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Birtley
Town receives top honour
Birtley
Town Football Club has been recognised by the Football Association
for the quality of its management and coaching.
The
club has been awarded the Charter Standard, an award only given
by the FA to clubs that reach the highest standard of professionalism.
Following
the award, the club hopes to secure funding for new changing facilities
and floodlights. If successful, the funding could amount to over
£250,000.
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| Birtley
Town with their certificate |
Club
spokesperson, Paul Magnay said: “We have become one of only
3% of clubs in the UK to achieve the award and only the third club
in the Durham FA area to receive Community Club status – the
highest level of award available. It’s worth a huge amount
to the young players and their families."
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Girls
Football Fun Day
The Newcastle Football Development Scheme is running a girl's football
fun day on Monday 5 April 2004. For an application or more information
contact :- 0191 274 0181 or send them an e-mail
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Fixtures
fall foul of the weather
Heavy
snowfall, wind, rain and other weather problems have forced many
junior football matches to be postponed.
So
that means we may not have as many results, tables or match reports
as usual. The BBC Tyne team does our best to make sure we publish
these, but remember, we can only publish the information you send
us!
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West
Brom Swoop for Cramlington Pair
Two
members of the highly successful Cramlington Juniors Football Club
have signed scholarship agreements with First Division promotion
chasers West Bromwich Albion.
The
pair, striker Stuart Nicholson from Cramlington and left midfielder
Ben Pringle, 15, from Whitley Bay came to the attention of Scouts
at West Brom after performing well for Cramlington. They were then
invited for a weeks trial at the Club.
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| Stuart
Nicholson and Ben Pringle |
Stewart,
who will be 17 on the 3rd February, will start his Scholarship immediately.
Stewart said, "It is a dream come true. I thought my chances
of getting in to professional football were slipping away, but West
Brom have given me a great opportunity".
On
the other hand Ben will join the Club after completing his examinations
and leaving school in the summer. Ben has been tracked by a number
of Clubs including Celtic, Huddersfield, Scunthorpe and West Ham
United. He also plays for Northumberland Under 16's.
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Charity
Match to be held in Hunter's honour
Montagu
and North Fenham B.C. have arranged a charity match between Montagu
and Gosforth Juniors under 18s
This
will be held at the Newcastle Blue Star football ground on Sat 24
April 2004 with a 7pm K.O.
The
match is in memory of William Hunter, a very promising young goalkeeper
with a very bright future ahead of him, who was tragically killed
in a road accident in Dec 2001 (aged 16) near the Newcastle Blue
Star's ground.
Williams
parents, Tanya and Bill, together with the help of Montagu, have
set up a fund for all monies raised in these games and other fund
raising events, to provide
specialist coaching for young goalkeepers in the local area.
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Newcastle
win the cup
Newcastle Women's football club showed their more
famous neighbours at St James' Park the way by winning a European
Football Trophy at a tournament in Lloret del Mar, just down the
coast from Barcelona.
The seniors eventually won the final 5-0 (funnily
enough, against Newcastle Womens FC's under 21 team), but both teams
put on a proud display and were fine ambassadors for Newcastle.
Who
says Geordie football lacks strength in depth?
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Soccer
coaching courses
Samba
Soccer Skills are starting new specialist coaching courses available
to children of all abilities aged between 5 and 12 years old.
During
the course participants will learn new turns, dribbling techniques
and have fun.
All
sessions are organised and conducted be F.A. Qualified coaches and
last for a period of 5 weeks.
For
more information contact 0191 237 2990 / 07736456407
or visit the website!
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Whickham
warmers
Whickham Glebe U15 Juniors, NABC Division 3 leaders, rose to the
challenge set by local business DC Handrails & Ironwork Parts,
of winning their first six games to earn new club
jackets.
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| Whickham
Glebe in their new club jackets |
Managing
Director Dave Collins had to dig into his deep pockets
when the juniors won their opening 10 games. Their next challenge
is to remain unbeaten in the league for the season to earn new strips.
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Cramlington
v Texas
It wasn't just George Bush who recently paid a visit to the
region. Cramlington Juniors welcomed visitors from across the Atlantic
too!
Check out our News
Special on the event.
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