Luke V.

Alex / Previously worked together at Crystal Palace in the UK and currently an SOC Team Co-ordinator at London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games. (Testimonial)

I have known Luke for a number of years now (since 2010). We first met when I was working for Crystal Palace FC Foundation in the Croydon area where Luke was a regular participant. Luke is a naturally gifted sportsman and always showed a keen interest his own personal development as well as assisting myself and the other coaches in delivering sessions to his peers and the younger participants. An intelligent, caring and approachable individual, Luke is an excellent role model and was (and I am sure still is) somebody who those in his community clearly looked up to. Even in his youth, fitness and helping others were clearly both very important to Luke. In terms of future potential I would certainly class him as one of the stand-out young individuals I worked with during my time at Crystal Palace FC. To that end, Luke was one of the few participants our cadre of coaches earmarked to attend football tournaments (regionally and nationally) and be offered opportunities for first unpaid and then paid work within both our as well as other local organisations. As alluded to earlier, I believe Luke’s motivation to succeed in coaching is unquestionable and would most likely be unrivalled. Somebody with such a natural gift and passion for sport coupled with an insatiable desire to help others is an obvious choice for a profession such as coaching. From what I have been privileged enough to observe, Luke’s contribution to his local community and the community of Crystal Palace FC Foundation has been outstanding. I am sure that these are not isolated incidents and that these sentiments would be echoed by anybody who knows him well.