The Ron La For­est Soc­cer Coach­ing School will close off op­er­a­tions for the year on Sat­ur­day with a day of fun and pre­sen­ta­tion at the Nel­son Man­dela Park, St Clair from 9 am.

The coach­ing school con­sid­ered an in­sti­tu­tion due to its longevi­ty and ser­vice to the na­tion through foot­ball de­vel­op­ment, will join with an­oth­er coach­ing school from the cen­tral area on Sat­ur­day to give the young foot­ballers their last taste of the ac­tion.

The La For­est Coach­ing School com­pris­es three cat­e­gories – 5-7 years; 8-12 years and 12 and over. Chief coach Ron La For­est, a for­mer na­tion­al stand­out, will join his oth­er staff coach­es Ri­car­do Ja­cob, Amiel Tenia, and oth­ers who are known on­ly as Fab­re­gas and Hospedales, will be on hand for the fi­nal ses­sions.

La For­est said it would be a day of fun to see the young play­ers dis­play what they have learned at his school.

"There are usu­al­ly some past play­ers who would pass through to en­joy the ac­tion with the present play­ers. Af­ter that we will de­ter­mine who the best strik­er/for­ward, the best de­fend­er, the best mid­field­er, the most out­stand­ing play­er, and the most valu­able play­er in each cat­e­go­ry will be and present them with tro­phies and cer­tifi­cates, as well as oth­er gifts," La For­est said.

The school has pro­vid­ed sol­id play­ers tech­ni­cal­ly and tac­ti­cal­ly, for some of the top pres­tige schools such as Queen's Roy­al Col­lege, Fa­ti­ma Col­lege, St An­tho­ny's Col­lege, and St Mary's Col­lege, to name a few.

The school has been in ex­is­tence since 1997, help­ing young in­di­vid­u­als with their school, foot­ball skills, ca­reers, and over­all de­vel­op­ment as peo­ple for their com­mu­ni­ties and the wider so­ci­ety.