A special send-off for teen football ambassadors, Martin Davis and Kaya Beckford, was hosted by Scotiabank yesterday.

Davis, a student of St George's College, and Glenmuir High's Beckford have been called back to Spain to pursue football training after a one-week scholarship to the Valencia Football Club summer camp this year, where they impressed the Spanish coaches.

Davis, 12, has been accepted to the Valencia CF Academy to work with the Under-17 second team and begins his semester at the end of this month. Beckford, on the other hand, will be joining the E1 Valencia Academy.

At the brief function at the Scotiabank Centre yesterday, the boys were awarded US$1,200 (J$102,000) each towards their tuition at the prestigious Caxton College, considered to be one of the best British schools in Spain with excellent academic results and exceptional educational and sporting facilities. They were also given gifts including Scotiabank branded travel bags and were congratulated by the staff including the members of the Scotiabank football team.

Joan Forrest Henry, Scotiabank's director of marketing programmes, who cut the send-off football cake with Davis and Beckford said her bank was exceptionally pleased with the performance of the boys at the Next Generation Valencia CF Easter Football Camp this year where they were awarded $50,000 each for being selected most valuable players.

"It brings tears to my eyes to be a part of this dream which could one day see these boys representing Jamaica in international football," Forrest Henry added.

Valencia-born Victor Salazar-Chang, principal of The Next Generation VCF Camp, said he was surprised that the boys were selected to get advanced training.

"I never expected that any of the kids would go on after the first staging to train in Valencia. The truth is that there is so much natural talent here that we envision Jamaica, through initiatives such as these, dominating in the football arena as they do in other sporting disciplines such as track and field. Ultimately, my personal dream is for a Jamaican to play for Valencia and I believe it will become a reality sooner rather than later," Salazar-Chang said.