{"id":172251,"date":"2018-02-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/172251\/donations-thrill-young-football-players\/"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:31:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T12:31:48","slug":"donations-thrill-young-football-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2018\/02\/07\/donations-thrill-young-football-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Donations thrill young football players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Burning Stars Football Club received a big surprise on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Imrie (who lives in Glasgow, Scotland but is originally from South Africa), Natalie and Tyra (12) Bakos, who are Boksburg residents, and Jenny and Frans Schneigansz (local residents), visited the children of the club to give them footballs, football kit and party packs.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The children were extremely excited to receive the gifts.<\/p>\n<p>Coaches Sidwell Makgatho, Bongani Jeku and Killer Ncube said they have been running the club since about 2008.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Burning Stars say thank you\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NqhEEd6L7pI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They teach children from u-11 to u-19 from the Makause informal settlement and have about 50 players.<\/p>\n<p>The team practises at the Primrose Sports Complex.<\/p>\n<p>The club is looking for any sponsorship to help them continue teaching the children.<\/p>\n<p>To assist in any way, contact Ncube on 072 976 9906.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/172014\/puma-rangers-fc-are-ready-for-the-new-season\/\" target=\"_blank\">Puma Rangers FC are ready for the new season<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/171392\/elspark-fc-searches-for-new-talent\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elspark FC searches for new talent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCNnews\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCblgxW6BRXTLGLQvpcumLqA\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Or add the GCN on<span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><strong>WhatsApp 079 406 1181<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<strong>BBM (BBM 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