Around 300 young footballers from 12 nurseries contributed around €2,000 to this year’s L-Istrina by participating in a friendly football session co-organised by Eurosport and the Malta Community Chest Fund.

Eurosport, which is also donating €10,000 to L-Istrina, brought together a number of nurseries involved in the Youth FA to participate in the third edition of the L-Istrina EuroSport Football Nursery Fun Event.

Under the patronage of President George Abela, the event was held today at St. Aloysius College and Infetti Grounds in Birkirkara.

Intentionally non-competitive, the event was intended to give children the opportunity to practise the sport they enjoyed while raising money for people in need.

For this year’s edition all participating nurseries within the Youth FA from the under 10 age group downwards were invited to participate.

Participants donated towards the cause and more donations were given by visitors during the event. A special certificate, signed by Dr Abela and a special medal for the occasion was given to all participants.