Trevo Academy has wrapped its inaugural summer programme with widespread praise from families, closing out four ten-day cohorts that brought football and personal development to 58 boys and girls aged 8 to 13 across Bermuda. Founded by Bermudians Remy Coddington, Sincere Hall and Ajani Burchall, the Academy draws on the founders’ experience within professional academy systems at AFC Bournemouth, Aston Villa, West Ham United and Hull City to offer a structured development pathway for the island’s next generation of players.
Delivering the programme took a community effort: senior coach Stefan “Scully” Jones supported all four cohorts, alongside Strength and Conditioning Coach Melissa Smith and Artist Carlos Santana. Educator Dr. Derek Tully brought classroom subjects to life through football, turning maths, geography and literacy into extensions of the game itself. The Academy also drew on further support from its administrative, communications and marketing contributors. North Village Community Club opened its doors all summer, giving the programme a home base for training and competition. The Academy was also backed by four sponsors: The Charles and Lesley Marshall Fund for Football contributed $10,000: $5,000 toward equipment and operational costs, and $5,000 to fund seven programme registrations. The Bermuda Equal Justice Initiative (BEJI), led by Eron Hill, funded three Academy scholarships worth $2,100. 1-2-3 Contact Electric provided $2,000 towards equipment and materials.
And Essential Projects provided the cohorts’ championship trophies. Together, this support helped expand access for young Bermudians who might not otherwise have been able to take part. Trevo was designed to be more than a traditional football camp — football was the platform, but the goal was to develop the whole person. Alongside daily technical training, small-sided games and tournaments, players took part in strength and conditioning, nutrition education, self-awareness and learning-style sessions, leadership and mindset development, and opportunities to build confidence, communication skills and resilience — all anchored by the Trevo Standard, a culture of focus, coachability and discipline built on two non-negotiables: respect and
effort.
The praise was borne out in the numbers. Surveyed families reported near-universal satisfaction, said the programme offered good value, and said they would enrol again, recommend Trevo, and trust a Trevo-trained coach. The large majority reported significant improvement in their child’s football skills, with the remainder
reporting some improvement, and every family reported gains in fitness and physical development. Nearly all
respondents asked to be kept informed about future Trevo programmes.
DeVrae Tankard, President of North Village Community Club, said, “This is what community partnership should
look like — an academy and a club coming together not just to run a programme, but to invest in Bermuda’s next generation. Watching Trevo Academy’s players this summer, we saw firsthand what happens when young
people are given structured coaching, room to build confidence, and a standard that holds them to respect and
effort both on and off the pitch. That’s a legacy well beyond one summer.”
The Academy used that feedback to adjust the programme in real time. Early cohorts asked for more in-depth
individual assessments and more one-on-one feedback, so later cohorts were run in smaller groups with
individual player goals and more structured observation — a shift families in those cohorts consistently cited as a highlight, alongside the competitive games and tournaments that rounded off each two-week block.
The summer wrapped at Bernard Park with the Final Whistle celebration and Champions Game, bringing
together players, families, coaches, sponsors and the wider community to mark Trevo Academy’s first chapter.
“For the founders, the Final Whistle on Summer 2026 was not an ending — it was proof of what’s possible,” said Remy Coddington, Co-Founder of Trevo Academy. “Bermuda’s young players and families showed us they want an academy that builds character and leadership, not just footballers. None of that happens without the people who believed in us from day one: our coaches, who poured everything into these players; our administrative and marketing team, who kept everything running behind the scenes; North Village Community Club, who gave us a home; and our sponsors, who made sure no child was turned away. This is only the beginning.”
Details on the Academy’s next programme will be announced at TrevoAcademy.com, and sponsorship opportunities remain open for organisations looking to support youth development in Bermuda.
