Quickline bring Hull City stars to village school for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ coaching session
20 March 2025
Children at a village primary school were put through their paces by Hull City players in a special coaching session, thanks to rural broadband provider Quickline.
Quickline is collaborating with the Championship club to deliver benefits to communities across the East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, where it operates.
Eastrington Primary, near Goole, was selected as one of the schools to benefit from the collaboration, with City players Matty Jacob and Liam Millar holding the coaching session for more than 20 pupils from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Supported by three coaches from the club’s charity partner, the Tigers Trust, the players held a number of football-themed competitive games designed to improve the children’s skills.
Following the one-hour session in the school’s playground, pupils and their parents and carers were able to pose for photographs with the players and get their autographs.
Quickline also provided the pupils with branded water bottles and frisbees after the session.
Sarah Lilleyman-Hall, Social Values and Events Manager at the company, said: “Activities like this are so important to Quickline because we really value the work we do in our communities.
“The children were so excited to train with the players and coaches, and it was lovely to see. For them to be able to play football in their playground with professionals of that level was incredible.”
Hull City’s Partnerships and Hospitality Manager Claire Burton said: “It’s hugely important for the club to support our local communities and our partners, like Quickline.
“For the children, it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It was really, really special, and you could see how much it meant to them.”
Eastrington Primary only has five classes and a total of 113 pupils.
Deputy Headteacher Rachael Kay said: “We’re only a small village school but it’s really important to us to inspire our children, and to show them that anything is possible.
“To have Hull City players here will have helped raise their aspirations, and we’d just like to say a huge thank you to Quickline for making it happen.”
Quickline was last year awarded four Project Gigabit contracts to provide gigabit-capable broadband to 170,000 hard-to-reach premises across the whole of Yorkshire and the majority of Lincolnshire.
Project Gigabit is a government-funded programme enabling communities that would otherwise miss out on access to fast, reliable gigabit-capable broadband.
The partnership with Hull City is part of an extensive social value programme Quickline has committed to as part of the Project Gigabit contracts.
Along with community initiatives like the Eastrington Primary coaching session, the partnership also includes special giveaways, competitions and Hull City-themed events hosted by Quickline.
