Wymondham Town United Youth Football Club

Thanks very much to all the parents and boys for coming along to the Presentation Event on Sunday despite the appalling weather.

Jon White’s photos of the event are here:

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Photographs2Art/WymondhamTownUnitedFCPresentations

I’m also sorry that I didn’t get a chance to spend much time with any of you, but the main apology has to be about the ’speech’: I knew exactly what I was going to say until the moment I had to say it - I was handed the microphone and my mind went blank.

So thank you to the parents for the support they’ve given me and Alex this year - it’s very much appreciated - and thanks also for the signed team photograph. Gestures like that are what make all the effort worthwhile.

One thing that might have caused some concern was when I tried get around to the parents to ask you to let me know ASAP if your lad still wants a place in the squad for next year.

As you may be aware, our squad presently stands at 15 but two aren’t able to play every weekend and for next year at least two or three won’t be able to train with us either. The Lizards have 13 but may be having another couple of boys join them.

So in effect, what we will have are two smaller squads from which we may need to borrow players to make up a minimum 11. For that reason, we will be entering both sets of boys in both leagues so that when called upon to make up a team for a game, we can do so without worrying about players being unregistered.

We do need to know for sure if anyone is planning to leave the team for whatever reason as we would need to make plans for that eventuality: all four coaches (Lizards as well as United) want to continue with two teams going forward, but neither team has a squad of the right size (17 or so) and any player losses could mean us having to consider a merger.

Hopefully, if everyone confirms their willingness to continue, then we go on as before but this year playing teams that do not have massive squads as the Norwich teams in particular do and getting more wins which the boys deserve.

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Jex, Saturday, 7 April 2007

This is a home fixture kicking off at 10.00am at Kett’s Park once more.

Could all the boys please make sure they’re there for 9.30am for warm-up and briefing.

Please can the lads wear our home kits (Red/Black).

Team News

Team Presentations: Players’ Player of the Year

Could all the boys please independently decide who their player of the year is and let me know in confidence. I need to know this weekend, please.

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Training, 24 March 2007

Training this Saturday will be up at Kett’s Park with the Under 11s Lizards from 9.30am until 11.30am.

Spixworth, 25 March 2007

This is a home fixture kicking off at 10.00am at Kett’s Park once more.

Could all the boys please make sure they’re there for 9.30am for warm-up and briefing.

Don’t forget that the clocks will have gone forward so make sure you set your alarms properly!

Please can the lads wear our home kits (Red/Black).

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Training, 17 March 2007

Training this Saturday will be on the Astroturf at Wymondham Leisure Centre from 10.30am until 11.30am.

Thorpe, 18 March 2007

This is a home fixture kicking off at 11.30am at Kett’s Park once more. Let’s hope we’re not let down by the conditions yet again… So come on all the Mums and support your sons: after all, what else would you want to do on Mothering Sunday? {cough}

Could all the boys please make sure they’re there for 11.00am for warm-up and briefing and to support the Lizards who are on before us.

Please can the lads wear our home kits (Red/Black).

Jex, TBA

This is a home fixture. The league want us to play on Tuesday, 27th March in the evening but we can apparently agree something else with Jex. I was suggesting one of the Saturdays in March or April, but Our Man at the League was worried about the boys being able to do a Saturday and the following day. He did, however, say that we could play the Saturday over Easter, i.e. Saturday, April 7th, as we are not playing on Easter Sunday.

So, in an unprecedented example of democracy at work in what is ordinarily a benevolent dictatorship, could you please let me have your preference? I can then ignore them completely take the majority view on to speak with the Jex Manager.

Other Stuff

Presentation Event

A date for your diaries: our annual presentation event will be taking place on Sunday, 13th May. I’ll let you know more details as soon as I have them.

Wymondham High School

On the basis that we all enjoyed the facilities at Wymondham High School last Sunday, I had a meeting this morning with the Facilities Manager and the guy in charge of the upkeep of the pitches there (and a fellow High School Governor…).

The bad news is that we cannot play our matches there for the rest of the season as they will be preparing the area for a new athletics track.

The good news is that they may well be able to accommodate us there for the 2007/2008 season for our home matches. We will be discussing this with them over the coming months; from their perspective, a lot of the boys will be pupils there from next September, it’s Wymondham High School and we’re Wymondham Town and of course there’s the revenue to be derived as far as they’re concerned (the school has a lot of local community use of its facilities as part of its business management - well worth looking at if you’re doing community or indeed business-related events).

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Training, 10 March 2007

Training this Saturday has been postponed, so you can all have a lie-in!

Norman, 11 March 2007

This is a home fixture kicking off at 10.30am at Wymondham High School (enter by the Folly Road (North) entrance, please, then go through to the car park to the side and behind the North Block). Whilst Ketts Park could possibly be ready to play on Sunday having looked at it this morning, we’ve been made the offer by the school so we’re going to give it a go.

Could all the boys please make sure they’re there for 10.00am for warm-up and briefing.

Please can the lads wear our home kits (Red/Black) - Norman will be wearing non-clashing kits.

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Training, 3 March 2007

Training this Saturday will again be on the Astroturf at the Wymondham Leisure Centre from 10.30am until 11.30am. I won’t be here, but Alex will be taking the session on his own. Please pay me the training subs. at the same time as match subs. on Sunday.

Jex, 4 March 2007

This is a home fixture kicking off at 10.30am at Ketts Park (conditions permitting…) - could all the boys please make sure they’re there for 10.00am for warm-up and briefing.

Please can the lads wear our home kits (Red/Black) - Jex will be wearing non-clashing kits.

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Training, 17 February 2007

Training this Saturday will again be on the Astroturf at the Wymondham Leisure Centre from 10.30am until 11.30am.

Dereham, 18 February 2007

This is an away fixture kicking off at 10.15am at Dereham Town Football Club, Aldiss Park, Norwich Road, Dereham.

Those travelling directly there should let me know please and aim to arrive no later than 9.45am/10.00am; everyone else should be at Ketts Park to leave at 9.15am.

Please can the lads wear our away kits (Green/White) to avoid clashing kits with Dereham’s black/white.

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Training, 10 February 2007

Training this Saturday will again be on the Astroturf at the Wymondham Leisure Centre from 10.30am until 11.30am.

Lakeford, 11 February 2007

This is a home fixture kicking off at 10.30am at Ketts Park - could all the boys please make sure they’re there for 10.00am for warm-up and briefing.

Please can the lads wear our home kits (Red/Black) - Lakeford will be wearing non-clashing kits.

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Training, 3 February 2007

Training this Saturday will again be on the Astroturf at the Wymondham Leisure Centre from 10.30am until 11.30am.

Poringland Wanderers, 4 February 2007

This is an away fixture kicking off at 10.30am at Poringland Memorial Playing Field, The Footpath, Poringland (on the left hand side opposite Budgens in The Street).

Those travelling directly there should let me know please; everyone else should be at Ketts Park to leave at 9.30am.

Please can the lads wear our home kits (Red/Black).

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Training, 27 January 2007

Training this Saturday will be on the Astroturf at the Wymondham Leisure Centre from 10.30am until 11.30am. I will be elsewhere, so Alex will be running it on his own. Please let me have your training subs. on the Sunday instead to save Alex collecting them.

Rocklands, 28 January 2007

This is an away fixture kicking off at 10.30am at Great Ellingham Recreation Centre, Watton Road, Great Ellingham. Once you come into Great Ellingham past the crossroads there’s a school and just after that on the right hand side there should be a wooden sign saying “Gt Ellingham Recreation Centre”.

Those travelling directly there should let me know please; everyone else should be at Ketts Park at 9.30am to leave at 9.45am.

Please can the lads wear our home kits (Red/Black).

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