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The John Leyland Special Award

 Team News
Apr 262012
 

The John Leyland Special Award has been introduced to GGFC with a contribution made by Graham Leyland from donations received from family and friends after his dads recent passing.

The John Leyland Special Award

On speaking to Graham, he said, “My dad thought the world of his Grand Children and always had a big interest in all her games at GGFC.

Making a donation to help with player development at GGFC is something that I think  my dad would have liked and would have been very proud of to do so”.

His donation has provided THREE Substitute coats for the U11′s, 100 Special Award medals, and TWO “Player of Week” Award Trophies.

Email Address Changes

 Club News
Apr 192012
 

With the old website and domain expiring at the end of April we have had to change some of the officials email addresses to suit the new domain.

Changes as Follows:

Name Old New Effective Date
Steve Nathaniel snathaniel@golbornegirlsfc.co.uk snathaniel@golbornegirlsfc.com 19th April 2012
Graham Leyland gleyland@golbornegirlsfc.co.uk graham@golbornegirlsfc.com 19th April 2012
Chloe Penny N/a cpenny@golbornegirlsfc.com 26th April 2012
Lyndon Molyneux N/a lyndon@golbornegirlsfc.com 26th April 2012
Paul Walsh N/a paul@golbornegirlsfc.com 26th April 2012

Any club official requiring an email address for use for club communication, please contact Steve.

NIC Support Commemorative Calendar

 Club News
Apr 192012
 

Northern Insulation Contractors have continued to support Golborne Girls Football Club by sponsoring the month of March in our 2013 commemorative Calendar.

NIC have supported our U8 & U9 team for the 2011/2012 season by supplying some 20 kits.

For over 30 years NIC’s dynamic management team have been providing professional, efficient and reliable asbestos advice and services for their clients.

From their base in Stalybridge, near Manchester in the UK, NIC offer a nationwide asbestos management service.

NIC offer a full turnkey package offering full removal and reinstatement packages bespoke to client’s specific needs.

NIC strive for excellence and are committed to setting the highest of standards in the asbestos removal industry. NIC collaborates with regulatory and advisory bodies to ensure compliance with the very latest thinking to ensure a safe working environment for staff and the protection of clients and the general public.

Robust auditing procedures are continually reviewed, both internally and by independent third parties. These rigorous audits provide NIC’s clients with the assurance that experts who take pride in the quality and safety of their service are managing their asbestos with the utmost care.

Charter Standard Confirmation

 Awards, Club Development
Apr 182012
 

Confirmation of our annual Charter Standard Award came through today in the form of a letter and certificate.

Both documents available to view by clicking the images below:

Charter Letter 2012 Charter Cert 2012

Our thanks to the club workforce for their continued support in achieving this accreditation.

What Is Charter Standard

 Club Development
Apr 162012
 

 Charter Standard Football Club

The Football Association Charter Standard programme is a kitemark, which recognises and rewards high quality levels of provision in club and league football. The kitemark is awarded to clubs and leagues that are well run, sustainable, which place child protection, quality coaching and safety paramount.

The Football Association Charter Standard kitemark was launched in 2001 and now has 4,500 clubs, with 460 advanced level Community Clubs and 120 leagues. The kitemark is a major focus of The FA’s £200 million FA National Game Strategy and has improved coaching, the number of girls’ football teams and safeguarding children.

There are three levels of Football Association Charter Standard Awards for clubs to recognise the different standards. The entry level is an ‘Football Association Charter Standard Club’, the next level is an ‘Football Association Charter Standard Development Club’ and the most advanced ‘Football Association Charter Standard Community Club’. Each advanced level requires additional criteria to be met.

Any club can apply for Football Association Charter Standard status, even a one-team club. The criteria is challenging, but is attainable for every club. Once awarded, Football Association Charter Standard clubs and leagues are given an annual health check to ensure the standards of provision are maintained.

Criteria for achieving the entry level award include having a trained Welfare Officer, CRB checks for all volunteers, Emergency Aid-trained volunteers linked to each team, Respect programme sign-up, a Level One coach for each youth team, appropriate club administration in place and a volunteer co-ordinator.

The benefits for an Football Association Charter Standard club include a £100 UMBRO voucher plus 15% kit and equipment discount, free tickets upon application for England youth and women’s internationals, local in-service FA/McDonald’s coaching events, administration support sessions and support with funding applications.

The ‘hidden’ benefits are key to most clubs working towards the kitemark. By achieving the  Football AssociationCharter Standard Club Award, you are demonstrating to all members, parents, sponsors and the public, that you are a well-organised, safe Club offering opportunities for all.

To apply, clubs must complete an application form and return it to your County Football Association with the requested supporting evidence. The application will be assessed by the County Football Association nominated officer. Feedback will be obtained from the leagues that your club plays in to ensure that your club displays the high levels expected of the Football Association Charter Standard Club.

The Football Association Charter Standard Working Party will provide feedback on each application, which will include an action plan and a recommendation. If your club meets the criteria, the County Football Association will forward your application to The Football Association for awarding. If your club does not meet the criteria, your County Football Associationwill provide an action plan and advice.

The kitemark lasts for one season and will be renewed each year as part of the club reaffiliation process. Kitemark awards can be withdrawn if a club has a poor disciplinary record, fails to attend in-service Football Association Charter Standard events or is unable to continue to meet the criteria.

Coaching Pathway

 Workforce Development
Apr 162012
 

This a BIG QUESTION: What Sort Of Coach Do You Want To Be?

With Football Association Learning providing 47 different football qualifications, it can at first appear a bit confusing where to start.

Well, there are essentially two differing routes to become a football coach – it just depends on what you want to be and where you want to go.

There is the traditional route of football coaching qualifications (to the centre of the diagram you can download below), which progresses from Level One, Two and Three, building into the higher level UEFA A Licence and UEFA Pro Licence. The UEFA Pro Licence is the highest coaching qualification in the game, mandatory for all Premier League managers.

There is also the Youth Award pathway (to the right of the diagram), which focuses on a child-centred approach to football coaching. The innovative new look at coaching will create coaches who has an understanding of children and young players as well as football.

On the left of the diagram are the more specialist option courses Football Associatiob Learning runs, including courses for coaching goalkeepers and disabled footballers.

Download the latest edition of the coaching pathway in PDf format below:

Coaching at GGFC

 Workforce Development
Apr 162012
 

At Golborne Girls Football Club we are fortunate that multiple parents have become involved in this vital volunteer role at our club.

It is essential that players and parents understand the committment and time involved by a coach at our club.

A coach is not a baby sitter or taxi service but has a vital role in the welfare, safety and development of our players.

95% of the coaches you see on the training ground in April 2012 have achieved the following:

  • FA Enhanced CRB Check
  • FA First Aid Qualification
  • FA Safeguarding Children Qualification
  • FA Level 1 Coaching Qualification

In addition to this we have to satisfy our Charter Standard Accreditation which means each coach has to attend at minimum 4 hours of ‘In Service Training’ with the County Football Association each season.

The majority of the FA Qualifications are valid for a 3 year period and its back to school to maintain a minimum standard for our club and our Charter Standard Requirement.

What is not seen by players and parents is the time given up to maintain the development of our players.

Unfortunately its not a case of turning up for training and thats it. Many coaches prepare for a session in advance taking information from their training manuals, external sources or skills centre manual.

A session may be over several hours and therefore not confined to our one hour training slot on a Tuesday or Thursday. It may appear over some weeks the players are doing the same thing, but it may be the players have not grasped the objective or not progressed as envisaged. It should be noted that with the younger age groups we are coaching it can take some 7 sessions for the objective to become a natural core skill for a player to effect.

As a club we expect all coaches to be at the training ground prior to the training slot, set up and ready to go on time.

As stated this is a big committment and responsibility, if you are seriously interested please speak with a club official and express an interest.

As a guide the time required:

  • 1 hour session planning per week (Review previous sessions and forward plan)
  • 2 Hours on Tuesday Evening
  • 2 Hours on a Thursday Evening

Every coach is also offered the opportunity to develop themselves. We follow the FA Coaching Pathway.

It should be noted that the coaches have been extremely active in their development path, we have coaches now at FA Level 2, Youth Module, Youth Module 2 and many achieved the Youth Age Appropriate Qualification.

Your Kids Your Say

 Player Development
Apr 162012
 

Over the last two years, The FA has been undergoing research and consultation into youth football, discussing different changes to the game and listening to the views of grassroots coaches, clubs, leagues and children across the country. This process finished at the end of September 2011 and has since been seen by a number of internal committees at The Football Association.

Your Kids Your Say

Below are the final proposals that have come out of the two years research, in a presentation format.

How the proposals look today from where we started two years ago is very different and this has been down to the input from the grassroots game and we thank you wholeheartedly for that. We are very excited as to what the future holds for youth football as we move towards making the game even better for young people.

The next steps now, are to consult with County FAs on the final recommendations in January and April and then be going back to National Game Board and FA Council with final proposals in April 2012.

Download the document in PDF format below:

Are You Losing It – Part 2

 Respect
Apr 162012
 

Respect - Thanks Dad

The latest campaign in The Football Association’s Respect programme will be unveiled at Wembley during the England v Egypt game on Wednesday – aiming to help further reduce levels of anti-social behaviour both on and off the pitch.

The hard hitting ‘Are you Losing it?’ campaign targets abusive grassroots players and parents, and encourages disaffected team-mates and spectators to put a mirror up to those most in need of a wake-up call for their bad behaviour.

The films are part of The FA’s drive to promote Respect as everyone’s collective responsibility within the game, in a bid to create a fair, safe and enjoyable environment in which the game can be played at every level, from the professional game through to park football.

The FA’s ‘Are you Losing it?’ films are part of the Respect programme and are launched on the back of recent strong progress in addressing player behavioural issues in the game. However, recent FA figures also reveal that there is still work to be done, not least in addressing issues of unacceptable behaviour by participants to referees and fellow players, as well as from parents and spectators.

 

Are You Losing It – Part 1

 Respect
Apr 162012
 

Respect - Thanks Dad

The latest campaign in The Football Association’s Respect programme will be unveiled at Wembley during the England v Egypt game on Wednesday – aiming to help further reduce levels of anti-social behaviour both on and off the pitch.

The hard hitting ‘Are you Losing it?’ campaign targets abusive grassroots players and parents, and encourages disaffected team-mates and spectators to put a mirror up to those most in need of a wake-up call for their bad behaviour.

The films are part of The FA’s drive to promote Respect as everyone’s collective responsibility within the game, in a bid to create a fair, safe and enjoyable environment in which the game can be played at every level, from the professional game through to park football.

The FA’s ‘Are you Losing it?’ films are part of the Respect programme and are launched on the back of recent strong progress in addressing player behavioural issues in the game. However, recent FA figures also reveal that there is still work to be done, not least in addressing issues of unacceptable behaviour by participants to referees and fellow players, as well as from parents and spectators. 

 
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