Jan 24, 2008 | Amsterdam Edwin van der Sar seeks Official Nuon Ball Boys and Girls for Dutch national side on TMF
Nuon and TMF have called on football goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to assist in recruiting new Nuon ball boys and girls for 2008. From Thursday 7 February the captain of the Dutch national side can be seen on the after-school programme Reaction on TMF asking for new ball boys and girls for the national team.
“The Dutch national side, and indeed I believe the whole of the Netherlands, appreciates the fact that Nuon is recruiting the ball boys and girls for the Dutch national side for the fourth time”, says Van der Sar. “The Nuon ball boys and girls give energy to the national team; they contribute enormously to a good game of football. So I call on all boys and girls in the Netherlands to help the national team. You can apply to be ball boys and girls via www.nuonballenjongens.nl”.
Edwin van der Sar will be assisted in his search by Nuon ball boys and girls from last season. In the programme ‘Ballenjongens van Oranje’ on TMF these experienced Nuon ball boys and girls, led by Van der Sar, will ensure that the Nuon ball boys and girls and the Dutch national side enter the 2003 European Championships well prepared.
Nuon is proud to have Edwin van der Sar as the successor to Dirk Kuijt in the role of scout. For the forthcoming matches of the Dutch national side Nuon is looking for 70 ball boys and girls. These are friendly matches in the run-up to the European Championships and the first qualification game of the Dutch national side for the next World Cup. The 70 best ball boys and girls will be selected via six regional preliminary rounds and a national selection day. TMF will broadcast comprehensive reports of these selection days.
Nuon is recruiting the Official Nuon Ball Boys and Girls for the Dutch national side for the third year in a row. In the previous years around 35,000 boys and girls aged between 12 and 16 applied for one of the coveted places around the football pitch. In the end, 112 boys and girls were selected for the matches. For more information you can go to the website www.nuonballenjongens.nl.
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