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Eyewitness News
2 days ago
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Public donations help secure plane tickets to bring home some members of SA soccer team stranded in Portugal
CAPE TOWN - EWN can confirm that 12 tickets were secured for the South African soccer team still stranded in Portugal. Thanks to donations made possible by the public, R54,000 was raised. Twelve players, along with one coach, will touchdown on home soil Wednesday evening. KFM presenter, Tracey Lange, confirmed that 12 tickets had been secured. "Our desire is to make sure they all get home in one go. We don't want to take a while and prioritise anyone above the rest. We don't want anyone's kids to feel that they are more important than anyone else's. The coaches are doing their best to keep everyone fine." The team's dream trip turned into a nightmare when the organisers failed to book return flights after spending a week in Spain competing at an annual soccer tournament. One of the coaches working for the organisers, Jayvin Chisholm, said many of the coaches were furious with the top management of BT Academy, which admitted in a letter calling for donations that the funds paid by the players had fallen short of covering the estimated cost of the trip. "He's just trying to keep afloat with the coaches that are willing to even speak to him at this moment, being myself and coach Clayton, because the other coaches, they won't speak to him at all because they are just so furious about the whole situation."
Eyewitness News
3 days ago
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- Eyewitness News
Parents of SA athletes stuck in Portugal growing more anxious
CAPE TOWN - The parents of a South African team of young athletes stuck in Portugal are growing more anxious by the hour amid fears they will be booted from their accommodation after a dream sports trip turned into a nightmare. The team and their coaches have until midday on Monday to check out as families scramble to cover the additional costs incurred on the trip when the organisers failed to book return flights after spending a week in Spain competing at an annual soccer tournament. Nine players and one coach have since returned, but more than a dozen other young boys and girls remain stranded in Lisbon. One of the coaches working for the organisers, Jayvin Chisholm, said many of the coaches are furious with the top management of BT Academy, which admitted in a letter calling for donations that the funds paid by the players had fallen short of covering the estimated cost of the trip. 'He's just trying to keep afloat with the coaches that are willing to even speak to him at this moment being myself and coach Clayton because the other coaches, they won't speak to him at all because they are just so furious about the whole situation.' One parent whose daughter is still in Portugal said they have not received any communication from the owner. 'As days are going, then she said they are changing, they moved from Santa Basia, they going to Madrid, where they got another accommodation. There they spent two nights there and then last night around past ten, they have to drive from Madrid to Lisbon airport.'
