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Follow on Google News | Npower 'What's Your Goal' gives teens start in football industryNpower's 'What's Your Goal' TV series has given six UK teens their start in the football industry.
By: npower Aizaz Hussain from Surrey kickstarted a career in the football industry with John Sibley as a sports photographer on national TV. Aizaz beat hundreds of eager young people to win the one-of-a-kind work experience placement. He can be seen being mentored by Action Images veteran John Sibley and completing a challenge set by him. Renaee Oduro from Brixton was mentored by Sky Sports' Billy McGinty as a TV producer on national TV and can be seen completing a challenge set by McGinty on the show. Grace Copley from Leicestershiore was mentored by Lynn Walker, the business manager for Ipswich Town FC, shadowing her for the day as she 'meets and greets' important commerical partners. Grace was even given the responsibility of presenting competion winners with their prize in front of a stadium full of fans on the pitch at half time. Louie Waldock from London can be seen being mentored by Sasa Ihringova, one of the most senior female referees in the npower Football League (http://www.facebook.com/ Luke Harris, a dedicated QPR fan from Kent, was mentored by the team's manager, Neil Warnock, as he steered the team into the premiership at Loftus Road. Luke was also given access to the QPR training ground where he was invited to lunch with Neil and took the opportunity to grill him on what it’s like to be a 'Marmite manager'. Ollie Marden, also from Kent, spent time with Sky Sports' David Jones. As part of his mentoring session, Ollie travelled to Portsmouth where he spent the day in an outside broadcast studio at Fratton Park, learning how to research facts and stats under the guidance of David before the game took place as well as writing and presenting his very own piece to camera. The npower What’s Your Goal (http://www.npower.com/ Clare McDougall, npower's head of education and community, said: "'What's Your Goal' offered young people fantastic once-in-a-lifetime experiences that allowed them to get stuck in with the professionals and learn the ropes first hand, so we weren’t surprised by the overwhelming response we got from parents and their children across the UK. "The TV show will help to spread npower's What's Your Goal message even further and we look forward to seeing npower’s What’s Your Goal winners as they make their TV debuts on screen, showing the world how ambitious and talented our teenagers are and hopefully encouraging others to start thinking about what their goal is." About npower: npower is a top energy supplier (http://www.npower.com/ npower specialises in risk management solutions, including market-leading flexible energy purchasing, business energy (http://www.npower.com/ PR Contact: Nicholas McHugh npower Oak House 1 Bridgewater Road Worcester WR4 9FP 0845 070 2807 www.npower.com End
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