Winter 2019 •Al Masry Club

In This Issue: • Egypt Trip •Arab Contactor Club •Star Sports Academy •Time Sports Interview •Al Ahly Sporting Club •Zamalek Sporting Club •Ismaily Sporting Club Newsletter – Winter 2019 •Al Masry Club •Canal Club Suez • South Shields FA Youth Cup •Christmas Wishes Neil meeting the President of Al- Masry Club – Samir Halbir This November, Catalyst4 Director of Football Operations, Neil Saxton and our Middle Eastern Consultant, Ibby Halhool travelled to Egypt for several important meetings with high ranking Egypt Trip personnel from Clubs, Sporting Academies, The Egyptian Football Federation and Local Intermediaries. It was a fantastic experience and our team were overwhelmed with the unbelievable hospitality shown throughout the trip. There are numerous projects now in the pipeline and countless opportunities for future collaborations with Egypt. We met Mohammed Rdwan the Head of Youth With the Kids at Star Sports at Arab Contractors Club Academy in Cairo and watched their Watching Arab impressive U16s play Al Contractors V Aswan Ahly. We then watched the AC first team play Neil also gave an interview Mohammed Rdwan Aswan in the Egyptian with local sports channel Premier League. AC are Time Sports which you can the former Club of watch below: Mohammed Salah. Time Sports Interview We visited training sessions at the Star Sports Academy in Cairo as guests of owner Ayman Awad and the Head of the Academy Fekri Saleh. These sessions are for children aged between 4 and 19 with over 300 children participating three days a week. The passion, enthusiasm and overall quality was fantastic to witness. TV Interview Neil and Ibby with Al Ahly Trophies Watching a training session with Director of Al Ahly SC the Sporting Director of Al Ahly SC Neil and Ibby were introduced to Khalid Mortgi, a Director of Al Ahly Club – The Club of the Century, and also had a discussions with Amir Tawfik and watched training with Sporting Director, Sayed Abel Hafeez and Egyptian National Al Ahly Legends legend, Sherif Adel Moneim. We also visited Al Zamalek Sporting Club, including The President of the Club, Mortada Mansour and Sporting Director Sherif Islam. We witnessed facilities available to the members that would match those anywhere else in the world. Amir Tawfik – Marketing The link below will show these facilities: Director Al Ahly Mortada Mansour Zamalek Club Facilities We also attended the African Nations Olympic Qualifiers U23 Final between Egypt and Ivory Coast. This took place at the International Stadium in Cairo, in front of 80,000 people. You can watch a short video clicking the link below: We met the President, African Nations Cup U23 Final Coaches, Sporting African Nations Olympic Directors and Players and Egypt won 2-1 and qualified for Qualifiers U23 witnessed training the Tokyo 2020 Olympics,. sessions at Al-Masry and Ismaily Sporting Club After talks with the Sporting Director of Canal Club, Catalyst4 were invited to watch the team’s training Morcy Elsaid - Sporting Director session and taken to the site of their new stadium of Canal Club GM of Canal Club – watching a opening in July 2020, which will hold 30,000 training session people. Discussing potential opportunities in England and across Europe with Mohammed Shiha and Meeting at the Football Federation Marwan Sherbini Football Agents in the Middle East, Egypt and We met with Mohamd Yassin Africa. the Chairman of the FA Football Branch – Port Said Mahmoud Wadi and Austin Amutu – Al Masry Players Marwan Sherbini Chatting with Omar the owner of a Football Academy ‘Gate to Play’ potential players that could come to Europe for trials, training and to Mohammed Shiha gain experience playing in Europe Ayman Awad , Owner of Star Sports Academy Omar Alarabi South Shields Elite Academy reached the 3rd round of the FA Youth Cup eventually losing to South Shields a very strong Fulham side. They have already gone one better than last year’s progression to the second round by reaching round three for the first time in the club’s history, brilliantly beating Gateshead, FA Youth Cup Carlisle City, North Shields, Harrogate Town, Morecambe and Hartlepool United along the way. Also the experience will have helped massively in the development of these young players and we watch with anticipation how their young careers progress. And finally, we would like to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, From all of us at Calalyst4 PSM Catalyst4 Professional Sports Management Limited, FA Registered Company: IMSC000962 Suite 11, Gateway House, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 8NE Craig Pearson FA Registered Intermediary IMS002773 Click to enter Website 0191 2293460 Click to WhatsApp Click to Email * NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE * ST ANDREWS * LEEDS * SHEFFIELD * LONDON * MANCHESTER * EDINBURGH * GLASGOW * BELFAST * VALDRES *FRANKFURT * VALENCIA * CAIRO * KARACHI * CHENGDU * PERTH * ADELAIDE * BOSTON *TORONTO *NEW YORK *PORT OF SPAIN * MUMBAI * BELARUS * BOGOTA *.

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