The annual Norkem Park Primary School soccer and netball festival will be held on the weekend of May 18 and 19.
This festival has been running for 16 years and began in 2002 with only seven soccer and seven netball teams.
It now caters for 10 soccer and 10 netball teams. Many of the learners that attend this festival are from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The mission of the festival is to give children from all backgrounds an opportunity to play in a professional and well-organised environment. Very few children get to play a professional sport and this is a great opportunity for them to feel like superstars.
This year the participating schools are Norkem Park Primary, Wendywood Primary, Tlamatlama Primary, Birch Acres Primary, Super Sport United Schools, Cresslawn Primary, Solid Foundations, Bedfordview Primary, Shangri-La Academy, Glenstatia Primary, Parkrand Primary and Mooifontein Primary.
