It has been announced that the Copa Riviera International Tournament will be held in Barbados in 2011. The International renoun tournament will be held in conjuction with Kickstart FC and UK Partners Tournament Events & Arena Management - T.E.A.M. Teams from Europe, America, South America and Barbados will compete in at least four different age groups, holding the Tournament is a coup for both Kickstart FC and Barbados.

"This is a fantastic opportunity to show off Barbados and the talent in local teams," Commented Dave Porter of Kickstart, "Hopefully this will lead to a International Tournament being held here every other year. It will also bring revenue to local clubs and Barbados."

It is hoped that Kickstart will be able to send two teams over to the Tournament in July 2010 to be held in Paignton, Devon, UK if sponsorship can be found to showcase the talent of Kickstart and Barbados. More details as they are agreed will appear on the website.

The boys went to Stoke Gabriel for the day and joined up with TEAM Football in the Community Coach Kev Wills and the

Stoke Gabriel team before their home game against Exeter University. The boys went into the dressing room with the team before the game as part of the squad, went out with the team and took part in the warm up before the game and sat in the dug out for most of the first half, then went in for the half time team talk to see how an English team prepares for games Both Manager Pete Gartree and Kev Wills were impressed with the boys attitude and effort they put into the time with the team. It gave the boys including coach Tony an insight into the way English clubs prepare for League games, despite all the rain the pitch was in great condition and the boys enjoyed training on such a good surface.

Tony, Raheim, Elsid & Antone are doing the pratical side of their FA Level One Coaching course tomorrow (Sunday) in preperation for the final exam next week.

Below are some pictures of the boys training with Exter City on Friday and at Stoke Gabriel on Sunday. More photo`s in the Gallery Section of the web site.

Training at Exeter City Training at Exeter City with the coach looking on.

Raheim warming up with Stoke Gabriel

Speed training with Exeter City

Friday saw an early start for the boys when they had to be at the Cat & Fiddle training ground to start their second training session with Division One Side Exeter City. Raheim, Elsid and Antone had a two and half hour session with the Exeter Squad and the Exeter under 18s and worked all areas of their game with drill and exercises ending with a small sided game. The condition were better but still wet from the deluge of rain from the previous day and it stayed dry until the end of training when the heavens opened up, by this time the boys were in the changing rooms.

After Lunch they had a lazy afternoon recovering and readying themselves for a busy weekend before getting ready for an evening out with Derek and James for a meal at the local Ship Inn, pictures below, Note the food on the boys plates and the smiles on their faces! Tony still refused to take his hat off even when eating as he said he was still cold!

After some twists and turns, the team are all here now! Tony and Raheim were joined today by Elsid and Antone, still raining and cold the new boys were feeling it on arrival in Devon. Tonight Elsid and Antone had their Introduction to their Level One FA Coaching badge on a one to one basis from the course teacher. Tony and Raheim have been out coaching in the Football in the Community Programme and later in the evening at the Plymouth Argyle school of Excellence with Adam Shearer.

The boys have an early start with tomorrow morning when they are off to train with Football League Division One side Exeter City, followed by a later training session at Championship side Plymouth Argyle. Details on how they got on will appear on the here tomorrow.

Tony and Raheim have have a lazy second day in the UK and not so wet and cold ! With a slight improvement in the weather they met up with some of the boys at the TEAM office. The evening is being spent taking the second part of their Level One - Basic First Aid at DCFA Headquarters. Tomorrow they are coaching in local schools with Football in the Community Officer - Adam Shearer and Coach Kevin Wills.

Tomorrow they will be joined by Elsid and Antone when they arrrive early evening (UK time) when Tony is insisting that we all go and watch Chelsea play in the Champions League!