‘The Coaches Are Who We Need To Transform’ – Newly Appointed TD Sowerby Gomes To Focus On Coaches’ Education
8 July 2021
By Neto Baptiste
Newly appointed football technical director and former national defender,
Sowerby Gomes, believes the key to turning Antigua and Barbuda’s football around lies within coaches’ education.
Speaking on the Good Morning Jojo Sports Show, Gomes said his immediate focus will be to ensure that those coaches working in the system are fully qualified and equipped with the necessary tools to get the job done.
“That’s why I am saying we are tackling the coaches. The coaches are who we need to transform right now, because the coaches are the ones who are going to have to train our youths. In fact, on Saturday, I did a canvassing across Antigua to see exactly who are being affected in terms of playing and who are the coaches coaching these youths across Antigua,” he said.
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ABFA head: Jarvis was a dedicated soldier who will be missed
President of the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association (ABFA),
Everton Gonsalves, said the sport has lost a genuine lover of the game and someone who was always willing to go the extra mile whenever called to serve in whatever capacity necessary to get the job done.
The former national and Villa Lions striker was, as the time, paying tribute to a former member of the fraternity and someone who would have worked within the offices of the association, Rhea Jarvis, who passed away on Sunday, just days after she reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.