{"id":81780,"date":"2025-07-10T16:31:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/west-coast-football-academies-awarded"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:40:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:40:39","slug":"west-coast-football-academies-awarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/west-coast-football-academies-awarded","title":{"rendered":"WEST COAST FOOTBALL ACADEMIES AWARDED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The West Coast Regional Football Academies Association on Saturday decorated the champions of the different categories of its championships at a ceremony held at the National Technical Training Centre, Yundum.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The champions are Kids With Talents, which won the U-17 championship; United World, the U-15, White Croc UTD, U-13, Surprising Stars, U-11, Medina United, U-9 and Surprising Stars, the U-7 champions, were each decorated with a giant trophy, gold medals and a set of jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, second place finishers in all the respective categories were awarded with a set of jersey and silver medals.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was attended by senior officials of the Gambia Football Federation among others. Officials praised the organisers for a job well done and expressed confidence in the future of Gambian football.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The West Coast Regional Football Academies Association on Saturday decorated the champions of the different categories of its championships at a ceremony held at the National Technical Training Centre, Yundum. 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