YOUNG FOOTBALLERS KICK START NO MESSIN’! TOURNAMENT

Tuesday 18 Oct 2005

YOUNG FOOTBALLERS KICK START NO MESSIN’! TOURNAMENT

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Young people from schools across Hull will be putting their football skills to the test at Network Rail’s No Messin’! football tournament on Wednesday 19 October. The six-a-side competition will be held on the Astroturf pitch at Kingston Communications Stadium when these youngsters will have the opportunity to show off their skills. Teams will compete in two groups in a ‘round robin’ competition. The winning team from each group will go head to head in the final. The No Messin’! campaign is aimed at nine to 16 year olds and is stylised to fit into today’s popular culture. Rather than telling children what not to do it aims to show them alternative activities to messing about on the railway. Dyan Crowther, Route Director said: “School holidays are a prime time for children to try messing about on the railway. The long days can lead to boredom and often when children are caught on the railway lines they say it is because there is nothing better to do. No Messin’! aims to show them there are alternatives, such as football which are fun and safe to do.” The winning team will be presented with the inaugural No Messin’! trophy.

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