With sporting action taking place at a venue called the Willows, you'd expect that cricket would be the game in question.
But that's certainly not been the case in Basildon during the half-term school holidays.
Lucky duo - Evening Echo competition winners Bradley Cohen (left) and Lawrence Mount, who are both aged ten, attended the Willows course free of charge and are seen picking up tips from coach Dale Brightly
For more than 100 youngsters aged four to 16 have been picking up top soccer hints from UEFA and FA coaches under the grassroots football academy scheme run by Arsenal scout Bob Woolf.
They've been learning to play the Gunners way in sunshine style during perfect weather conditions with certificates being handed to all and prizes on offer to winners during the four-day course at the Willows School in Church Road, Basildon.
Published Wednesday, June 4, 2003
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