Premier India
Football Academy organised the 3rd edition of their Skills Contest on 21 October
2007 at St Xavier's, Parel ground.
209 participants tested their skills -Short Pass, Dribbling, Shooting, &
Ball Control. 25 children qualified for the final round - the Lofted Pass test.
Past winners Ajay Kajania & Rolfred Couthino hold the record score of 800
points in 2005, Tejas Raut scored 770 points in 2006. David Beckham scored
1100 when he was 11 at Bobby Charlton Soccer School Skills contest.
This year the record was broken by winner - Calvin Lobo (11) from
Beacon High and a PIFA Student at the Bandra center with a fantastic score of 960
points. Runner up was Ajil Almeida (16) from Holy Cross Convent
School with a score of 890 points. They both won a goodies bag from NIKE.
Thanks to Dr Francis Saldhana, this year 10 children have got invited to participate free of cost at the PIFA International camp being held at Karnatak Sports from 3-6 November 2007.
A few words from Dr Francis Saldhana, USA - "It is my pleasure as a hopelessly incompetent soccer player in my youth, but an ardent fan of the sport, to support this skills tournament with a gesture of US 1000.00, and a pledge of US 2500.00 before the end of this year to PIFA. My congratulations to the winners, and good luck to all.”
Balls were sponsored by Nike