'Incubator' of sports talent in mountainous districts of Nghe An
The sports movement has been promoted in the mountainous districts of Nghe An. Many sports centers and clubs have been established; many promising young athletes have been trained and nurtured.
First time a player joins Song Lam
In previous years, Quy Chau district was the “lowland” of Nghe An youth football. In the Youth and Children’s Football Tournament of Nghe An Newspaper Cup – the most prestigious tournament of youth football in the province, the youth and children’s football teams of this locality often played the role of “underdogs”. Sometimes, the Quy Chau youth football team also passed the group stage. However, that achievement did not have a sustainable professional factor, but depended on the excellence of a few individuals.
However, in the past 5 years, Quy Chau's youth football has had new developments. At the Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children's Football Tournament, Quy Chau's youth and children's football teams have made remarkable progress in terms of physical strength, technique and thinking. Quy Chau team has become a dark horse, a tough opponent for any championship candidate of the tournament. In 2023, Quy Chau Children's team competed on par with strong teams such as Do Luong, Thanh Chuong, Cua Lo. In 2024, Quy Chau Youth team reached the quarter-finals, only to stop before the defending champion Quynh Luu Youth team.
Since 2017, Quy Chau has promoted school football with the aim of building a local football movement; as well as enhancing physical training for children.
Mr. Nguyen Ke Kien - Deputy Director of Quy Chau District Culture, Sports and Information Center
In 2019, Quy Chau had a community football center, recruiting and training students of teenage and children age. This center was founded by a former player.Lam River Nghe Anis the child of the district opened. In 2023, Song Lam Nghe An Football Club also opened a football talent class in the locality... And more importantly, people's lives have been increasingly improved. Parents have been interested in the comprehensive development of their children.
At Quy Chau Stadium, every day, in the late afternoon, youth football training activities take place. One day, the Community Football Center conducts training, the other day, the gifted football class of Song Lam Nghe An Football Club practices. The young players are passionate about physical exercises, technical and tactical exercises under the guidance of the coach.
Mr. Le Trung Khoa - former player of Song Lam Nghe An Football Club, is the coach of the center and the gifted class, said: At the center, there are 2 football classes for 2 age groups: 6-8 years old and 8-13 years old. In the gifted class, the 2 age groups gather together. Each class has more than 20 children participating... In the community football class, children participate according to their interests. The gifted class selects young talents in the whole district and teaches football for free.
From this development, in 2024, Quy Chau introduced 3 young talents to Song Lam Nghe An Football Club, namely Lu Anh Khoi, Lo Nguyen Quang Dang and Mai Cuong. All 3 of them are in the U12 age group and were agreed by Song Lam Nghe An to sign a youth training contract. However, only Lo Nguyen Quang Dang participated in long-term training at Song Lam Nghe An. The families of the remaining 2 did not agree and wanted them to focus on prioritizing their studies... The fact that Quy Chau has a young player signed a training contract by Song Lam Nghe An for the first time is a good sign, showing that the football movement in general and the youth football "nursery" here are making new progress.
In fact, the physical condition of Quy Chau people is completely capable of playing football well. In the coming time, the district will try to find more talents, focus on training and nurturing; try to lead them to compete for high achievements in the Bao Cup; as well as introduce more young talents to the Song Lam Nghe An Football Club. From there, contributing to creating a football movement in the locality in particular and a physical training movement in general.
Coach Le Trung Khoa
Harvest the golden season
If the football "nursery" of Quy Chau district gives the first "fruits", then the "nursery"ping pongCon Cuong district has reaped golden harvests. It is known that from 2012 to now, the sports training movement in Con Cuong district has developed strongly, in which table tennis is known with many athletes achieving high results in youth tournaments in and outside the province.
Accordingly, with the attention and facilitation of all levels and sectors, social activities in developing physical education and sports in Con Cuong have been promoted. In the district, 4 table tennis clubs have been formed, of which 3 clubs carry out training and education for students of adolescent and child age, including Tra Lan Mountain Table Tennis Club, Song Lam K9 Table Tennis Club, Binh - Cuong Table Tennis Club... Each of these clubs annually has about 30 - 50 students from 5-15 years old participating in training.
At the Tra Lan Mountain Table Tennis Club in Con Cuong town, in the afternoon after school, many students come to practice basic and advanced table tennis under the guidance of coach Lu Hoai Trung. Mr. Trung is always patient and enthusiastically instructs his students on each technical move. Le Thanh Dinh - a young athlete at the club said: Coming here to practice, I have been enthusiastically supported and guided by the coaches, so my level has gradually improved. Practicing at the club after school helps me relax, be healthy and make more friends.
It is known that at the 2024 National Phu Dong Sports Festival, students of Con Cuong district won many table tennis prizes. Lu Thanh Dinh, Pham Thuy Linh, Nguyen Anh Tho, and Le Van Duy were the athletes who won the first prize nationwide. In which, Pham Thuy Linh was the athlete with the best record with 2 Gold Medals and 1 Silver Medal at this Sports Festival.
“Every summer, the district has 20-30 more children participating in table tennis talent classes at the club. From the summer talent classes, the district has selected a number of talented children to continue training in advanced classes, creating a source of young athletes. These athletes are not only arranged by the club and coaches to compete regularly with their peers at a number of clubs in the province, but are also sent to compete in youth tournaments such as: Phu Dong Sports Festival at the provincial and national levels; Nghe An Open Table Tennis Tournament, Nghe An Children's Open Tournament...
Coach Lu Hoai Trung, Tra Lan Mountain Table Tennis Club in Con Cuong town
The movement has developed strongly, Con Cuong has been highly appreciated, famous for its "good hand" and is the locality that trains the most successful young table tennis athletes in the province. Coach Nguyen Van Binh, Binh Cuong Table Tennis Club said: The current generation of young athletes with high achievements in Con Cuong district is the 5th generation of the district. The first generation to win the Gold Medal at the National Phu Dong Sports Festival in 2016 were Thuy, Quynh, Duc, Huy and Nguyen. In the provincial tournaments every year, Con Cuong has athletes who won first, second and third prizes. The club has trained 3 excellent young athletes who have now been brought back for professional training by the T&T Police Club: Nguyen Van Tuan Anh, Nguyen Thuy Duong and Nguyen Le Nin.
To have more sweet fruit seasons, Con Cuong district will continue to promote the movement of physical training and sports, socialized sports activities... creating a useful playground for people to exercise; contributing to training talented athletes for the province./.
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