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The
Father Joseph Gough Sports Foundation is
formulated to develop sports,
train trainers, train athletes, provide
scholarships, foster community development and
provide facilities to schools and communities
for youth and sports development.
The foundation is named to honour Father
Joseph Gough; an Irish priest who worked in The
Gambia for about twelve years (12) as a pastor,
educator , coach and "Father" to all Gambians.
Father Gough as everyone called him, is
presently livingin his home town, Dublin, Ireland where
he teaches at Blackrock College.
He came to The Gambia in 1971. He started
the St Michael Seminary in 1972 where he trained the
first Gambians to be ordained as priests. He taught
at the St Augustines High School throughout his stay
in The Gambia, where he was principal from 1978 to
1983.
During his tenure as principal he
transformed the school by increasing enrolment from
about four hundred (400) to over a thousand (1000)
students. He introduced commercial subjects to the
curriculum, upgraded the school to 'A' level status,
built a new library and science labs and established
the first Board of Governors at the school.
He built in the school a covered
basketball lawn with fibre glass posts, a gymnasium
and transformed the swamps at the back of the school
into a football field.
Father Gough was involved in all aspects
of Gambian life. He was honoured with the Order of
the Republic of The Gambia (ORG). Father Gough is a
household name in The Gambia.
The Father Joseph Gough Foundation has
been set up to try to emulate and continue the good
work Father Gough has done in Ther Gambia. The
Manjai football field has been renamed, The Father
Joseph Gough Spots Complex. The foundation in
association with the Kanifing Municipal Council is
presently working on upgrading the football grounds
with dressing rooms, pavillions, a modern basketball
/ volleyball court, multi-purpose hall, a playpen, a
gymnasium and a market for the women folk of Manjai
/ Kotu and Bakoteh at the complex.
Father Gough is the main sponsor of the
foundation. He has pledged to support the Foundation
for the next four (4) years to develop the
facilities at the complex.
The complex is projected to be completed
by 2010 and is estimated to cost about fifty million
dalasis (D 50,000,000) to build. It will be the
first major infrastructural project funded through
private donations and community contributions.
When completed, the facilitie will be
utilised by the communities of Manjai/Kotu/Bakoteh
and Kololi and the scools within these areas.
The foundation will be working with
businesses and schools within the community to
transform the Father Gough Sports Complex into a
vibrant community entity, contributing immensely to
the development of the community.
In this regard The Father Joseph Gough
Sports Foundation solicits your help and support in
its endeavour.
Contact us:bwadda@hotmail.com
Tel:
+353868165169,+447940116892;
+447932242068;+220-7751122; Fax:+00441344204629
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