Shay Stadium Community Football

SATURDAY MORNING SESSION ON JANUARY 9th HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE WEATHER. SESSIONS START SATURDAY 16TH JANUARY

FEBRUARY HOLIDAY COURSES

The february half-term courses are now available.

Courses will once again run at both Ossett Albion FC and at The Shay Stadium. Please complete the online booking form so that we know you are attending and we will see you in a few weeks.

Don't forget to attend our Goalkeeping/Saturday morning clubs (both at Shay)

GOALKEEPING SESSIONS

The new Goalkeeping course starts on Wednesday 6th January at The Shay Stadium from 5-6pm. The course will run for 6 weeks with the final week being on Wednesday 10th February. To book a place on the course you need to e-mail Lee Ashforth, , the subject of the e-mail should be GK SESSION. In the e-mail please state, parents name, childs name and D.O.B, your address and contact number. You will receive a confirmation e-mail. The payment must be paid on the first date and the cost of the course is £36.00. For further information please contact Lee on 07834421064.

Christmas Closures

After the Christmas Holiday course (21st to 23rd Dec) our sessions will cease until the New Year.

Saturday Morning Club - Last session 19th December. There will be no sessions on 26th December and 2nd January. The sessions will re-start on 9th January.

Midnight League - Last Session 12th December. Re-starts 9th January.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY COURSE

From December 21st to December 23rd we will be organising holiday courses at the Shay Stadium and at Ossett Albion FC. With the course only being for 3 days we have decided to run the courses at a special rate. The Shay course is £10 per day and the Ossett course £5 a day.

We are expecting large numbers so please book early to avoid disappointment! As soon as you book online, you are automatically booked onto the course, we do not contact you with confirmation.

For the holiday booking form please click on the link on the left hand side.

Dream Team News

After 9 weeks of the Premiership the coaches are starting to dominate the top 10. Hotdog is the only player in the top 5. Matty and Innes both drop out of the top 5 after a poor week for them. Harrison Toby and Nathan are still in the hunt for top spot but with the bar set so high by Andy everyone will have to up their game for the next few weeks.

FC Halifax Town vs Trafford

Some of SSCF's regulars got a chance to take penalties against Halifax keeper, Phil Senior at the recent match against Stafford. During the half-time break the boys held their nerve to step out in front of a 1400 strong crowd and try their luck againt the Halifax stopper. Every player got 2 attempts and most shots either flew in or were well saved. The lads were given a warm applause as they left the pitch and settled in to watch Halifax keep their 100% record with a 2-0 win.

Pictures are online now (see the 'Pictures' section)

JOIN OUR LEAGUE AND WIN A FREE WEEK IN SUMMER 2010

With the new premiership season fast approaching it's time to pick your dream-team. Go to fantasy.premierleague.com the official Premier League website and select your team. You can then join our league to compete against the coaches and other players. Click on join league and enter the following code 645138-139855. It's free to join but spend your £100M wisely.

The player finishing top will win a week on our Summer Holiday course 2010.

All the best

BERLIN MARATHON SEPTEMBER 2009

Lee Ashforth, Senior Football Development Officer for Shay Stadium Community Football is running the Berlin Marathon on the 20th September. He is running the marathon for CLIC SARGENT which is the charity who deals with Caring for Children with Cancer.

All the work that SSCF does is with children of any age and that is why this charity has been selected.

Additionally, a coach who has worked and will work again for SSCF is currently undergoing treatment for a form of cancer, some people will be aware of this and we all wish him a speedy recovery.

Please visit the following two links for more information-

www.clicsargent.org.uk

www.justgiving.com/leeashforth

DISABILITY FESTIVAL (MAY 17th 2009)

Lee, Nick and Damian pictured at the festival.

Shay Stadium Community Football recently assisted Sean Reagan at the Football Association in organising a disablility festival for children and young adults with a wide range of disability from all over the West Yorkshire region. The friendly tournament was held at St Jon Fisher School in Dewsbury and over 120 players attended. Sean Reagan said ' All the members of the Shay Stadium Community Football were a credit to themselves and the tournament could not have been organised and ran efficiently without their support. I sincerely hope this is only the start of work that I will be doing with them'.

NEW MEMBER OF STAFF

Damian Hopkins is the newest member of Shay Stadium Community Football. He starts his role as Community Coach on Tuesday 5th May and we are hoping he will become a valuable member of our team. Damien has a wealth of playing experience having played through the Manchester United youth setup and representing Wales at all levels up to Under 19's. Damien has been a professional footballer at Bradford City and is now playing at a high semi-professional level. A full profile will be available on our coaches page shortly.

SATURDAY MORNING CLUB (21/04/09)

We are starting a Saturday morning club that will run at the Shay Stadium from Saturday May 30th. The sessions will run on a weekly basis and will run as follows-

9-10am ages 5-7

10-11am ages 8-11

The cost will be £2.50 per week, if you pay for a 10 week block, the cost will be £20.00.

We are opening this up to all, therefore you can turn up on the day, however I would appreciate if anyone who is definitely atending on May 30th to let me know so that we have an idea of numbers.

You can e-mail me or contact me on 07834421064

I hope to hear from you soon

Lee Ashforth

COACHES DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (28/03/09)

Lee Ashforth and Nick Walker have now completed the next level of their coaching development. The FA have devised a new stucture of courses that aim to show coaches how to coach children aged 5-11. The age appropriate Module One course is a 4 day course that shows how to allow children to develop their sessions and also how coaches can develop the FA's four corner module. The 4 corner module covers, technical, physical, psychological, and social aspects of a childs development. These skills will allow us to develop children further in our school sessions and on our Holiday Courses.