A football-based youth engagement programme has crossed the sporting divide and visited the University of Chichester as part of their basketball activities.
Portsmouth Football Club’s RESPECT programme encourages social and personal development and healthy lifestyles among young people by participating in sports. For the past three years, basketball has formed part of the activities and has worked with Rising Ballers, an initiative run by University of Chichester Thunder basketball team coach Emmanuel Davies.
Rising Ballers aims to keep young people active and out of trouble by focusing on positive sporting activities. The number of young people taking part in basketball activities has risen year on year.
On Saturday 22 January, 30 young people came to watch the University of Chichester Thunder’s 83-79 victory over Team Gloster Jets in their National League match as part of the programme.
Emmanuel, who is also performance director for Rising Ballers, said: “Having the kids come to watch the game was a great plus to the programme, as it can show what they can do with their talents if they continued to work hard. The kids are very enthusiastic and we hope they continue using the positive vibes from the project and apply them elsewhere in their lives.”
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