Andorra ahead of their Matchup this Friday vs. @fedandfut
The Sugar Boyz commenced their first training session in Andorra ahead of their Matchup this Friday vs. @fedandfut | 25.03.2022 | Estadi Nacional – La Vella, Andorra | #stkittsandnevis
And we are off again this weekend….so nice we decided to do it twice. Come over with us to our sister isle for another exciting day of Track and Field!
It’s cold in Andorra but the Sugar Boys are gradually getting acclimatized to the conditions in this European country in the lead up to their international friendly against the host nation on Friday March 25th. Coach Austin Huggins, speaking from Andorra, said they had their first training session on Tuesday. “Oh my God; its freezing,” Huggins said chuckling. “But things are going very well. The guys are in good spirits. We went out training today and the guys are in a very positive frame of mind; looking forward for this very important friendly,” the coach added. He said this will hopefully be a good test for the team.
Sugar Boyz Depart To Andorra For International Friendly
The Senior Sugar Boyz departed the Federation on Sunday afternoon on board British Airways to Europe, where they will play Andorra in their first international friendly for 2022. At the RLB International Airport, Coach Austin Huggins said he was pleased with the preparation put in by team over the weeks and months and is looking to see the team play as a unified unit in that match. “We are very confident. The guys are very happy to be going to Europe to represent St. Kitts-Nevis. They are in good spirits and we are hoping to reach there safe and have a good showing to represent our country,” Huggins said.
SKNFA Forms Partnership With La Liga Club Cádiz C.F.
The St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association (SKNFA) and La Liga club Cádiz C.F. announced a partnership on Thursday, that will see young players from St. Kitts and Nevis getting professional and developmental opportunities at the club. The announcement was made at a brief press conference Thursday, which was broadcast live on the St. Kitts and Nevis Facebook page from the Royal St. Kitts Hotel Conference Room. President of the SKNFA Atiba Harris and International Director of Football at Cádiz C.F., Enrique Martinez Perez, signed the agreement at the press conference. Also present at the signing was 1st Vice President of the SKNFA Sean White, who is also the head of the SKNFA Marketing Committee.
Mr. Harris said this opportunity will not only be limited to youth male players, but females as well. He said this development is significant in providing opportunities for local players, who desire to pursue a professional pathway in football. “I think the dream for many of our players is to go to college or become professional footballers, so to formulate this agreement with Cadiz Football Club, a La Liga Club…it’s a realistic opportunity for our young players to have a realistic, standardized pathway to chase their dreams and become the next professional footballer or the many professional footballers in years to come,” Mr. Harris said. This he said would help to raise the standard of football in St. Kitts and Nevis.
Meanwhile, Mr. Martinez-Perez explained that this agreement will bring players from St. Kitts and Nevis to Cadiz, to give them a professional opportunity. “We will try to develop the talent we have here and they will have the opportunity in our club Cadiz to develop all their skills,” Martinez-Perez said. Incidentally, Cadiz was the first professional club that Atiba Harris played for when he was just 18 years old. “Cadiz happened to be my first professional club. When I was 18 years old, I left the Federation to embark on a journey and today 19 years later, we have an agreement that we are about to formulate with Cádiz Football Club and the SKNFA to make a standardized pathway for our youth players, to have a professional career possible,” Harris said.
Cádiz (Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.), is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, the Spanish top flight league and hold home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of over 20,000.
CAPTION: From left: 1 st Vice President of the SKNFA Sean White, International Director of Football at Cádiz C.F., Enrique Martinez Perez and President of the SKNFA Atiba Harris after the signing on Thursday.CAPTION: International Director of Football at Cádiz C.F., Enrique Martinez Perez and President of the SKNFA Atiba Harris hold up a Cádiz jersey as a sign of their cooperation at the signing of the agreement.