GREAT GOAN

[BONNIE FERNANDES]

DEAR FRIENDS GOAN ADD A STAR   Former international Franky Barreto and Aby John completed the FA level 2 (UEFA B part 1) Football Coaching certificate recently. The course was held at Jebel Ali International Centre of Excellence, Dubai in the month of June and the assessment of the coaches was conducted in November 2008, this was the first batch of FA level 2 coaches which had 19 candidates out of which there were only 2 Indians, both Aby John from Kerala and Goa's Franky Barreto were declared successful by the Assessor from English FA, Stephen Lister and were awarded their certificates last month. The course was conducted by Paul Smalley, Regional Coach Development Manager, The FA in the month of June. Earlier both Aby and Franky completed their FA level 1 certification at the same centre 2 years back. Aby John is a Physical Education teacher at Al Diyafa School, Dubai while Franky Barreto, works as the Head of the Sports Department in University of Wollongong in Dubai, an Australian university and also has been pursuing his Masters in Strategic Human Resource Management Degree in the same university. Franky Barreto said that he will also be doing his FA level 3 once it is launched in Dubai. Bonnie Fernandes 0508488096