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| The South African Football Association is sending four of our top officials, including four Women's National Team players from the Coaching Department tomorrow to conduct a Coaching Clinic on Women's Football at the Oprah Winfrey Academy for Girls at Henley on Klip in the Vaal. The officials are led by SAFA's Conti Kubheka - Technical Manager: Coaching, Augustine Makalakalane - the Head Coach Women's Senior National Team, Fran Hilton-Smith - Women's Football Teams Manager, Anna Monate - the Assistant Coach Women's Senior National Team and Christina Phafane - the Coach Development Officer. |
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Hilton-Smith explained: "For us at SAFA this is a huge opportunity - presenting a workshop on women's football for Oprah Winfrey. The schools she has opened in our country have contributed to uplifting girls in South Africa, and including women's football in her curriculum is a big plus for us and will go a long way in developing the sport at youth level, where there is at present little development.
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| "We are really excited about this event and hope there will be a long term relationship put in place with her foundation, as has been indicated," said Hilton-Smith. The Principal of the Academy, Desiree Verdan has welcomed this new relationship and said it was a start of a needed marriage between her school and the Association. "I'm excited, the girls are excited and we hope this will not be a once-off," said Verdan. "This is an absolutely great opportunity for our girls to get their motivation as we also have a small team going at the academy. "Some of the girls have been talking endlessly about Banyana Banyana players, because they are so excited about them and identify with most of them." |
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