Monday was a sentimental day for three rising sports stars from Warwick as they gave each other a fond farewell.

Harlem Bean-Fox, Ralph Scott and Amaris Munya were gathered on Cedar Hill, where they grew up and a few hours later footballer Bean-Fox was on a flight to England to pursue his football career at Future Pro Academy.

Rising athletics star Munya left yesterday to finish her last two years of high school at Montverde Academy in Florida.

“It felt really nostalgic to be back with Ralph and Harlem,” Munya told The Royal Gazette.

“We grew up in the same neighbourhood. I used to ride my bike around with Harlem and the other children in the neighbourhood.

“It felt like a full circle moment. It just goes to show that you can do anything if you’re driven, focused and if you work hard.”

Scott, who is bidding to become the first Bermudian to break into the NBA ranks, is heading back for his last year of high school at IMG Academy, in Bradenton, Florida.

Bean-Fox is switching bases after spending eight months on scholarship at Brooke House College Football Academy. His time at Brooke House saw him getting an invitation to train at Bournemouth for two weeks.

The PHC and Bermuda youth-team forward has received part-funding at Future Pro, where he hopes to take his football to the next level.

“It’s a blessing to be selected to get this opportunity at another school and academy to show my potential and gift to move forward in my career,” the 17-year-old said.

Shiloh Waite, Chedi Smith and Kennahz Fray are the other Bermudians at the academy and they will soon be joined by Jahni Simmons, who made an impression after joining Future Pro in January.

Demir Vavan, the Future Pro founder and managing director, indicated that Bean-Fox contacted him as he was seeking better chances of enhancing his skills.

“He [Harlem Bean-Fox] wanted more opportunities to showcase himself and they reached out to me,” Vavan said.

“He will now be in the elite squad with the other Bermudians to give them opportunities to progress to the next level. We have a positive atmosphere with the Bermudians here, they are settling in and we have some big games coming up soon.

“All of them will be playing in the Under-19 Men’s Premier Category 1 and Under-23 National Youth Football League. Both leagues are the highest-level outside academy football set-up tier in the UK.”

While she is anxious, Munya is delighted to start life at Montverde. She joins other Bermudian athletes, Miles Outerbridge, Arima Turner, Elise Dickinson and Zydon Lightbourne-Furbert at the school.

“I am really excited to go to Montverde Academy,“ the 15-year-old said.

“I’m a bit nervous but I know I’m in good hands and that my God has my back.

“I feel extremely grateful and I’m ready to take on this new experience. I know I will see improvement because I believe that anything I strive to accomplish, I will accomplish it.”

After a hectic summer, Scott is spending a bit more time with his family. The 6ft 7in small forward was voted MVP at the Basketball Without Boundaries Americas camp in El Salvador, at the beginning of June.

At the end of June, Scott played for Bermuda Under-17 against Radiant Sun, a touring team from New Jersey. A month ago, he was invited to the NBA Academy Games, where he scored 77 points to finish sixth overall and also made 12 blocks, the fifth best of the competition.

Offers from American institutions have been flooding in for the Connecticut-born Scott, who now has a tough decision on where to pursue his college basketball career.