Connection youth trio for English trials

ACE national Under-17 striker Gorean “Mickey Rat” Highley and two W Connection teammates  striker Aaron Downing and midfielder Kemuel Rivers, left here on Tuesday for England where they will undergo an eight-day trial stint with English First Division team Walsall.

Highley, who also plays for Arima in the British Gas Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL), Downing, a student of Union Claxton Bay and Rivers, who attends Waterloo High School, will spend seven days attending training sessions with the Walsall youth teams and another day showing off their wares with the Walsall senior squad. Arrangements were made by FIFA registered agent David Baldwin in collaboration with W Connection owner David John-Williams. Baldwin revealed that the trio were officially invited to the English club last Saturday by manager Colin Lee to be a part of  Walsall’s youth programme, which is set up in conjunction with English Premier League giants Manchester United.