Cambs FA Young Leaders Group (click here to visit more details):

Cambs FA are dedicated to supporting young leaders in the County and will be setting up a Young Leaders Group which is for 14-18 year olds that want to get more involved in football in Cambridgeshire. The group will have opportunities to network with other young leaders from the County and also have access to various training and course opportunities. Cambs FA will also use the group to steer and organise the various events which will be running throughout the year - a great addition to any young leaders CV!
If you are between the ages of 14 and 18 and would be interested in joining the Young Leaders Group contact Victoria Morley on 01223 376865

The FA's Young Leaders Camp July 2007 :

The FA's Young Leaders Camp is took place at St George's School, Ascot from Monday 16th July to Friday 20th July this year. 100 young leaders from across the Country benefitted from workshops tutored by full time FA staff; including both practical sessions and theory sessions on all aspects of football - from coaching, refereeing and goalkeeping to sports science football psychology. This camp was open to existing Year 11 and Year 12 students in academic year 2006/07.

The nominations and attendees from Cambridgeshire were:

Shereen Hutton from Neale-Wade Community College
Tyler Gilkes from Cambridge Regional College
Vicky Neal from Long Road Sixth Form College

Well done to all three! From the camp, these three young leaders will be invited to support our many events which we run throughout the year.
Keep logging in for details about next years camp!

Junior Football Organisers Course (JFO)
This is a leadership course designed to support teachers to offer training to young people aged 14-18 to provide specific knowledge and skills for working with young players, delivering safe fun and progressive football practices and mini soccer games. This course is completed by the young leaders organising and running a mini soccer festival.

There will be a CAR TREASURE HUNT for everyone to take part in on Sunday 30th September. Could all teams wishing to enter please meet at the Rising Sun at 1.30pm and enter on the day. The proceeds of this event will go towards the football teams in the village. Please make the effort to come and support this event and have some fun too.

Event organized by Colin Sheldrick.

Many thanks. (Gen committee)

I have arranged signing on nights and times for all teams and they are as follows:

Under 15 – 5^th July 7.00pm

Under 13 – 12^th July 7.30pm

Under 11 – 5^th July 7.00pm

Under 10 – 13^th July 7.00pm (dependent on how the meeting goes on the Wednesday with parents about finding a coach and some more players?)

Under 9 – 12^th July 7.00pm

The girls signing on will be done by Mark online and the under8’s don’t need to register as they have decided just to train again this year.

Jon Marks.

IUYFC is meeting demand for new teams and players head on by organising a unique Level 1 training course leading to full Level 1 accreditation. As indicated, Level 1 is the first level of coaching in the FA and Euro pyramid of coaching qualification. There are 5 elements to the course and they are taught over separate days and nights to ensure understanding. The following are the agreed dates for Isleham.

08/05/2007 (Tue)      1830hrs to 2130hrs        Child Protection             Isleham Village Hall Back room

15/05/2007 (Tue)      1830hrs to 2130hrs        First Aid Training            Isleham Village Hall Back room

17/07/2007 (Tue)     1830hrs to 2130hrs        Introduction to coaching Isleham Village Hall Back room

21/07/2007 (Sat)      0900hrs to 1730hrs        Practical training            Isleham Recreation Ground

22/07/2007 (Sun)      0900hrs to 1730hrs        Practical training            Isleham Recreation Ground

29/07/2007 (Sun)      Examination day            Isleham recreation Ground

Participation is a commitment to all parts of the course but it is thoroughly enjoyable, educational and very informative. Please consider attending and confirm your interest by contacting Marco as soon as possible.

Fundraiser Quiz Night Update

IUYFC is organising a trip to see England’s Women’s Football Team play Russia in a friendly as part of the build up to this years Women’s world cup. Buses will be arranged but will have to leave Isleham as close to 4PM as possible and will not be back much before midnight. The match is taking place Thursday 8th March at Milton Keynes National Hockey Stadium.

Cost should not exceed £8 per person, and it is open to players, friends, family and parents of both the girls and the boys in the club.

If you are interested please contact Mark Goldsack asap but before Wednesday 28^th February. Daytime 01353 722588, Evening 01638 780350 or Mobile 07831 168899. Buses will be confirmed for those who have confirmed their ticket requirement by 28^th Feb.

Present were the following people :

Jon Marks
Mark Goldsack
Andy Farr
Gary Plunkett
Paul Mulgrew
Marco Caferelli
Craig Boneham
Dave Fitchitt
Robbie O`Brien
Paul ?

All team managers introduced themselves and stated how their teams progress so far this season. Gary and Craig of the under 12`s said that they were struggling for players and maybe the committee could give them some assistance in attracting new members.

Managing parents was discussed and it was generally agreed that all coaches need to be more assertive in getting parents involved doing the jobs that always normally get left for the coach to do.

Many ways of coaching were discussed and it was agreed that some coaches would like to join other teams for some sessions to pass on ideas and learn new ones themselves. This was seen as a good idea to stop coaches becoming a bit stale and also to give the kids a different challenge. Paul? was present, who is a scout for Norwich City. He stated he will be able to get some players from the club involved with some things at Norwich such as trials and coaching. Paul is also interested in getting involved with the club at a committee level and is very experienced following his involvement at Thetford Youth where he helped run a club with 15 or more teams.

It was agreed that each team should have their own balls and bibs and that each team would take full responsibility for them. This is to try and prevent the loss of too much equipment and so that the correct stuff is available for each team when they need it.

We need to buy about 50 footballs for this to be possible. Lighting and floodlighting for training needs to be improved and Marco said this will be done once the ground is a bit firmer so they can get machinery onto the rec.

It was agreed that the pitch marking rota was a great idea and when someone marks the pitch they must ensure that there is enough line marker left for the next person.

The website was discussed next and it was agreed that each team will try to enlist a willing parent to look after their teams interest and that we must put as much information on the site as possible to enable a wider interest and to attract more members.

Finally the ambitions for the club and each team were talked about. It was generally agreed that all teams were happy and that was a huge asset to the club. We decided to continue to provide a fun and enjoyable atmosphere as well as excellent coaching to the kids in the hope that we can keep players happy and content at Isleham.

Website Redesign (Oct '06):

With the launch of the new website comes a plea to coaches and parents for information and photos relating to the IUYFC teams. Match reports and photos would brighten the pages and interest the children looking at their pages. Any information can be forwarded via the info@iuyfc.co.uk mail address, and it will be included on the site as soon as possible.

We have been informed that the full grant has been passed meaning that funds will soon be released and work can begin on the long awaited extension to Isleham recreation ground. This is not just brilliant news for IUYFC but for all users of the playing field.

There has been a tremendous amount of effort by many people since this idea was first muted, and there is still a huge amount of work to complete before our children can enjoy wonderful new pitches. Meanwhile, the special thanks of all at IUYFC go to Geoff Garbutt of the Parish council and the cross party sports committee consisting of IUYFC, ICC, IUFC and Isleham Sunday FC members

Please watch this space for future developments and your once in a life time opportunity for voluntary assistance in the creation of the new playing fields.