SNESA Teaching Migrant Teens to Play Football
20 Feb, 2012
Amateur football in the Demons district is set to take on a multicultural flavour this weekend with the SNESA Football Club launching a program to teach migrant teens the game of Aussie Rules.
In association with the WA Football Commission, the Demons District and Communicare, SNESA will be signing up teens in the Canning area to join in a six-week introductory football course, opening the doors wide open for anyone to try out our native game.
SNESA president Nick Rynne said the program is very basic, with a focus on key skills such as kicking, marking and handballing.
“Having grown up in a small Queensland town where AFL was virtually nonexistent, I know how hard it can be to try and learn a new game from scratch,” he said.
“There are plenty of families in the Canning area who are new to the country and I’m sure would love to play footy but don’t know the first thing about the game. Hopefully this will encourage them to come down and have a go.
“It’s very basic so there’s no need to have played – or even watched – footy before.”
The free program kicks off with a sign-up day this Sunday, 10am at Queens Park Reserve on Treasure Rd in Queens Park.
