{"id":1710,"date":"2025-02-18T10:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T17:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/alberta\/edmonton\/?post_type=news_stories&#038;p=1710"},"modified":"2025-02-18T08:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:43:09","slug":"black-history-month-kondeh-mansaray","status":"publish","type":"news_stories","link":"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/alberta\/edmonton\/news-stories\/black-history-month-kondeh-mansaray\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month Feature: Kondeh Mansaray, Founder &amp; Sporting Director BTB Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating Black History Month at KidSport Edmonton, we are featuring some notable members of the Edmonton Black Community who have made significant contributions to the sporting world-whether as athletes, coaches, mentors, or general members of the community.<\/p>\n<p>Our first feature is Kondeh Mansaray, Founder and Sporting Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.btbsoccer.com\/\">BTB Academy<\/a>. BTB (Born to Be) has risen to become one of the most successful soccer clubs in not only Edmonton, but Alberta and Canada. In 2024, the club won 3 of 4 youth Provincial Championships that led to Canadian Nationals. All three teams medalled at the CSA National Championships with the U17 Girls winning Gold, U15 Boys taking home Silver and the U17 Boys capturing Bronze.<\/p>\n<p>To view the feature below as PDF please click here: <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/Kondeh-Feature.pdf\">Kondeh Mansaray Feature<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1711 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2-2-1131x1600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1131\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2-2-1131x1600.png 1131w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2-2-566x800.png 566w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2-2-768x1086.png 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2-2-1086x1536.png 1086w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2-2-8x12.png 8w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2-2.png 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1131px) 100vw, 1131px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1712 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/3-2-1131x1600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1131\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/3-2-1131x1600.png 1131w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/3-2-566x800.png 566w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/3-2-768x1086.png 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/3-2-1086x1536.png 1086w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/3-2-8x12.png 8w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/3-2.png 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1131px) 100vw, 1131px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1713 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/4-2-1131x1600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1131\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/4-2-1131x1600.png 1131w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/4-2-566x800.png 566w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/4-2-768x1086.png 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/4-2-1086x1536.png 1086w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/4-2-8x12.png 8w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/4-2.png 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1131px) 100vw, 1131px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1721 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/5-2-1131x1600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1131\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/5-2-1131x1600.png 1131w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/5-2-566x800.png 566w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/5-2-768x1086.png 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/5-2-1086x1536.png 1086w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/5-2-8x12.png 8w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/5-2.png 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1131px) 100vw, 1131px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1716,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[14],"class_list":["post-1710","news_stories","type-news_stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Black History Month with KidSport Edmonton Black History Month Feature: Kondeh Mansaray, Founder &amp; Sporting Director BTB Academy - Edmonton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Celebrating Black History Month with KidSport Edmonton. 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