NEWS : PIFA launch new website - www.pifa.co.in (1 Jul 2010)
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 ACADEMY : PIFA International camp 2nd visit to Barcelona (23 Jun 2010)
This was our 22nd camp to Europe in 7 years. PIFA campers from India trained in Barcelona from 14-22 June 2010.
The campers toured the beautiful city of Barcelona. Stayed in a luxurious resort in the mountains on the outskirt of Barcelona.
They children visited Nou Camp and a Water Park.
All children got a certification of participation.
 ACADEMY : Interview of PIFA Director (7 June 2010)
Read PIFA Director - Nirvan Shah interview by Harmit Kamboe for Sportskeeda, click on the logo.
 ACADEMY : PIFA International camp visit FC Barcelona (15 May 2010)PIFA campers from India had the priviledge to watch FC Barcelona win the Spanish Premier
league at the Nou Camp, when they won their final match of the season beating Vallaloid 4-0.
The children celebrated the victory with 100,000+ FC Bareclona fans inside the Nou Camp. The day before the children got to
tour the FC Barcelona training ground, the city of Barcelona and Nou Camp stadium.
MDFA : PIFA Colaba students selected for Maharashtra State U19 team (31
May 2010)PIFA students cum players Dashyang Kachru and Ramakant Pawar who played for PIFA Colaba U19 1st Division MDFA league for 2009-2010 have been selected for the Maharashtra U19 state team, they will play the AIFF National Football Championship U19 to be held in Kolkatta.
 MDFA : PIFA Colaba U19 come 3rd in 1st Division League (20
May 2010)PIFA students played the 1st Division MDFA league for 2009-2010 season in group B and finished 2nd in their group. They qualified for the play-offs. In the play off they finished 3rd, missing the runners up position by just 1 point.
 ACADEMY : PIFA Champions Tour to England (9 May 2010)Children on the PIFA Champions Tour to Manchester/ Liverpool had the priviledge to train at Liverpool Football CLubs - The Academy in Kerby. Steven Gerrard and Michael Owen were the prodigies of this academy. The children also got to tour
Anfield Stadium & Museum as well Old Trafford Stadium and Museum. The campers watched the Everton-Portsmouth EPL match at Goodison Park. Skills test was conducted by Inspire Academy and the winner was Vikhyat Sinha with 630 points.
 ACADEMY : PIFA U15 team reach semi
finals of Arsenal Tata Tea soccer star (19 April 2010)PIFA students played the Arsenal - Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars tournament Mumbai edition at the Cooperage Stadium. 60 teams participated in this 7 a side tournament. The academy team lost the semi-finals on penalty shoot outs to the eventual winners of the tournament.
 ACADEMY : NSS Hill Spring International school - Prize Day (15 Apr 2010) PIFA
training culminated for for the school with a prize day for the students. Children were awarded prizes sponsored by NIKE for Best Player from the school at MSSA, Most Imporved & Skills. Every child was tested for fitness and skills and a s report card was handed to the students along with a certtificate.
The best player girls was won by Rhea Jaffer and best player boy by Yash Advani. While the skills winner was Shivin Poonglia.
 ACADEMY : PIFA All Centre Tournament (PACT) (14 Feb 2010)PACT
was held at Priyadarshani Park, Nepeansea Road, Mumbai on Saturday, February 13, 2010. About 200 students from all PIFA centers participated in the this 4 age group tournament. There were prizes for all categories including most improved student from each of the PIFA
centers. The player of the tournament was Yash Jain. The chief guest of the tournament was Pooja Bedi, she handed out the
Nike prizes to all the winners.
MDFA : PIFA-Colaba FC will stay in the Mumbai Elite Division 2010-11
(21 Mar 2010)
PIFA-Colaba FC played the MDFA Mumbai Elite League again this year without a
sponsor. The team survived the league comfortably. The team also played the I league 2nd division play off round in Akola.
MDFA : PIFA Colaba U15 promoted to IIIrd Division MDFA
(26 Jan 2010)
Children from the academy played in the IVth Division MDFA this year. The team finished third in the league and have earned a promotion to the IIIrd division for the next season.
 ACADEMY : Hussain Vahanvaty wins QPR talent hunt (4 Jan 2010)
Premier India Football Academy student Hussain Vahanvaty was ranked first after a 4 day intensive Queens Park Ranger camp that ended on 4th January 2010 at the Karnatak Football ground, Mumbai. He has won a six to eight week all expense training at the QPR academy in England.
He was among the 20 boys and 6 girls selected from the South Mumbai Junior Soccer Challenge 2009 tournament held at the Cooperage Stadium to attend the camp conducted by QPR coaches in Mumbai. (Rhea Jaffer was ranked 7th, making her the best
player in the camp)
 ACADEMY : NSS Hill Spring International teams in semis (20 Dec 2009)
Both girls & boys team 11-14 years reached the semifinal round of the first annual South Mumbai Junior Soccer Challenge 2009. The girls beat JB Petit in the knock stage to reach the semis. Rhea Jaffer was selected for the QPR camp.
The boys beat St Mary's ICSE in the quarter finals to make it to the semis. Yash Advani and Arnav Kasbekar were selected for the QPR camp.
 AIFF : PIFA Director called for AIFF women coaches workshop (6 Dec
2009)
Anjali Shah was invited to attend US coach Mr. Mike Dickey
workshop organised by AIFF in Goa. There were 17 Indian state coaches.
Mike is the U.S. Soccer’s Women’s National Staff Coach and was here to guide the Indian National Women’s team coaches in the preparation of the National Women’s Football team
for the South Asian Games to be held in the end of January 2010 in Bangladesh.
MSSA : NSS Hill Springs International School all teams in quarter finals (2 Dec 2009)
PIFA is conducting the football program at NSS Hill Springs
International School, Mumbai. This was the first year at the school. The U-10, U-12, U-14 & U16 boys team remained unbeaten in their group stage and went all the way to the quarter-final. The girls U17 are the Mumbai District DSO Champions.
 AIFF : PIFA Directors appointed Manager & Coach of the Maharashtra
U 19 girls team
(24 Nov
2009)
Anjali Shah was appointed the Manager while Nirvan Shah the coach of the Maharashtra U19 girls state team. For the Girls Junior National Football Championship held in Cuttack from 24 November to 11 December 2009.
 COACHING : PIFA International Camp
(23 Oct
2009)
This year, PIFA organised 7 camps in 6 cities for 225 students. The coaching was conducted by FA/UEFA licensed coaches from Inspire Academy,
Liverpool who flew in from England to conduct these 4 day training programs.
Camps were held in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai by Sean Clancy & Garreth Rafferty. Gary Judge did the camp in Dehra Dun. Garreth & Gary then did camps in North Mumbai, South Mumbai & Goa. This was Gary & Sean's 3rd visit to India. The camp guarantees improvement. Previous campers have played for PIFA-CYFC under 17 team in South Africa.
ACADEMY : PIFA is proud to be associated with Dermalogica
(18 Sep 2009) PIFA
is now associated with Dermalogica, a top US skin care company now in India.
As the first skin care system aimed at helping teens cut through the hype to get their healthiest skin ever, you may be surprised to find Clean Start is rooted in skin health legacy!
Clean Start was created by the skin health experts at Dermalogica, the brand that’s been changing the face of skin care for more than 25 years. It became clear that no one was addressing the needs of teens – not only with products that get results, but also with the education they need – when Dermalogica Founder Jane Wurwand’s own daughters entered
their teenage years.
 ACADEMY :
PIFA Directors meet Mr Praful Patel (26 Jul 2009)PIFA
Director Anjali & Nirvan met Mr Praful M. Patel, Vice President of AIFF and President of WIFA at a felicitation ceremony organised by WIFA at Cooperage Stadium on 26 July 2009. Anjali presented a bouquet to the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, he
said that he had heard a lot of good things about PIFA and encouraged us to keep up the good work for the development of youth football. Mr Praful Patel's, son has attend the PIFA International camp.
 ACADEMY
: PIFA
students
become FA coaches (29 Jun
2009)
PIFA students Aryamann Shah (17) & Crish Shah (17) completed the FA Level 1 Certificate In Coaching Football at the Inspire Academy Both
boys finished in the top 4 of their class in their assessments and have been asked to do their Level 2 immediately.
The boys are also certified in FA Child Protection and FA Emergency First Aid. PIFA
welcomes these young lads as coaches into the academy.
 AIFF : PIFA children played for India
(28 May 2009)
Three
boys associated with Premier India Football Academy (PIFA)
played for the AIFF Indian team at the AFC U 13 Festival held in
Iran from 17th to 23rd May 2009.
Hussain Vahanvaty a PIFA student while Aryamann and Calvin are PIFA campers. All three boys
have featured for the Maharashtra U-13 team that won the
National Football Festival held earlier this year in
Jamshedpur.
Maharashtra girl and PIFA student Natasha Merchant played for the India U-14 girls
team that won the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) under-14 Girls' Football
Festival held at Sri Lanka from April 30 to May 5, 2009.
Natasha
was the only girl selected from Maharashtra. The state team coached by Nirvan had finished runners up at the AIFF National Football Festival Tournament held in Chennai early this year.
 SAFF : PIFA-CYFC U-17
played Inter Milan in South Africa
(30 Mar 2009)
PIFA-CYFC was invited to play the Gauteng Future Champions U-17 from
23–28 March 2009, organised by South African Football Federation.
The
tour was fully sponsored and organised by Cutting Edge Event Pvt Ltd. The team was coached by PIFA Director Nirvan Shah.
The team did extremely well in
the entire tournament, they scored one past Inter Milan. The
tournament was won by Boca Juniors (Argentina), Esperance
FC (Tunisia) came 2nd and Inter Milan came 3rd.
South African Airways
sponsored the air tickets. NIKE was the official playing kit for the team.
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DNA - Mar 21 ;
Mumbai
Mirror- Mar
21, 2009
 AIFF : Maharashtra U-14
girls felicitated by the Governor
(3 Mar 2009)
The Maharashtra girls team that competed
at the AIFF Under-14 Football Festival held in Chennai from 23
December 2008 to 1 January 2009 and finished second was
felicitated by His Excellency S.C. Jamir, the Governor of
Maharashtra on 3rd March at the Cooperage Stadium.
This is the first
time in the history of Maharashtra football that a Maharashtra
team has finished at such a high rank.
Mr
Wali Mohammad (Asst Secretary of WIFA) announced a reward
of Rs 1 lakh for the team.
PIFA
Director Mrs Anjali Shah was Team Manager, while Nirvan was
the Maharashtra Coach.
"DREAM TO ASPIRE AND YOU WILL BE
INSPIRED TO ACHIEVE THOSE DREAMS" - Nirvan Shah
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