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Mayor Zuhayb Ahmed (centre)
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Young
Mayor Kicks Off New Term at
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Kick it Out Event
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Newly-elected Young Mayor of Newham Zuhayb Ahmed made his first
official engagement on Friday when he presented awards to children who
took part in the half term sports activities.
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| Zuhayb was joined by Deputy
Mayor Councillor Christine Bowden and Councillor Richard Crawford at
Meridian Square in Stratford. |
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| More than 900 children and
young people took part in football games including '3 vs 3', 'keepy
uppies' and 'freestyle' competitions, as well as a range of Olympic
sports sessions. |
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| The trophies were donated by
the British Transport Police. Pc Zaheer Ahmad, who is chair of the
Association of Muslim Police, helped to present the awards to the
winners of the competitions. |
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West Ham United donated a football shirt that had been signed by
players. Zuhayb presented the shirt to Lewis Whilnell, a Year 7
student at Cumberland School, who won the prize for player of the
week.
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Newham Council's Healthy
Living and Sports team organised the week, together with community
organisations and local clubs. The week was part of LIVE LIFE, the
borough-wide campaign aimed at getting people to become more active. |
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| The football activities also
raised awareness of Kick it Out, the Let's Kick Racism Out of
Football campaign, which is supported and funded by the Professional
Footballers Association (PFA), the FA Premier League, the Football
Foundation and The Football Association. |
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| Zuhayb said: “Everyone
who took part in the football competition were really skillful. I
was very proud to present the West Ham shirt to Lewis. He is very
talented and worked hard to improve his skills throughout the week.
Lewis definitely deserved to be chosen as player of the week. |
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| "With
England bidding to host the 2018 World Cup, it would be absolutely
amazing if we had Lewis or any of the other youngsters in the squad. |
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Racism Out of Football is a campaign which I fully support. Football
is the country’s most popular sport, so a campaign like this will
automatically have an enormous audience, on the pitch and on the
terraces” |
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Cllr Bowden said: “The half term sports
activities are a really good way for young people to get fit and have
fun. The week has been a big success with so many youngsters taking
part in sports activities. Everyone was very impressed with Lewis. He
was so eager to take part that every morning, he arrived at Stratford
before the sports coaches!
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“I fully support
the Kick Racism Out of Football campaign. We need to send a clear
message to say there is no place for racism in football or
society.” |
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