00:00 Well, five teams were involved in the Inter-Community Football Competition as some took time to
00:08 practice their skills in front of their home fans.
00:11 This is the third edition of the Interphase Games and organizers are pleased with the
00:16 progress.
00:17 Our main objective is to get the community out and as you can see we have a nice lovely
00:20 crowd here.
00:21 This has been going on since last week, right, and this is going until the sports day.
00:26 So this initiative, the main objective has been achieved in terms of getting the crowd
00:31 out.
00:32 In terms of coaching, it's more senior people in the different phases that would manage
00:37 or coach the teams or if one of the senior players on the team are part of the games
00:42 they would manage the subs.
00:44 So it's no coaches, everybody's a coach and everybody have fun.
00:46 MP for the area Arnold Ram believes that this is the beginning of better things to come
00:51 for the community.
00:52 This is just phase one of what we are doing with the Edinburgh 500 Village Council.
00:58 So we have football, we have cricket, we have netball, different sports throughout the next
01:04 couple of days, weeks in particular, culminating with a big family day at the end of August
01:11 to really bring the community together.
01:13 As I say, the main aim is to keep the youths engaged.
01:18 And we can see by the number of persons here this evening, and we have young people that
01:22 they feel a sense of commitment to their community.
01:26 He outlined what needs to be improved in 500.
01:29 In this particular facility, it's well maintained because there's a kind of management community
01:34 that manages the facilities and so forth.
01:36 But within the Edinburgh 500, in the early phases, there's still roadworks that's required.
01:42 I mean, the same things that you and I suffer in our villages and our areas, the same thing
01:47 that this community suffers from, home invasions, police visibility and presence.
01:54 So those are the kind of things that we have to work with different stakeholders to improve
01:58 in the community.
01:59 Girls were noticeably absent on the field of play.
02:01 Edinburgh Community Council Education Officer Janelle Jo Ryan explained.
02:06 No, we don't have any girls teams, but it was open to anyone.
02:12 So it's not just for boys, it's for men, I should say.
02:16 But we do have girls players, because on the academy, we have girls on the Edinburgh Academy,
02:21 the Evolution Academy, that is.
02:24 We have girls on the side, but I didn't see anyone decided that they want to play with
02:28 these guys.
02:29 They probably think the guys are a bit big and tough, and they don't want to get knocked
02:31 out.
02:32 Meantime, there was no knocking down the presence of community spirit.
02:35 Sergio Dufour, TV6.
02:36 [BLANK_AUDIO]
