DECEMBER 2007

CHRISTMAS DRAW COMPETITION
Congratulations to Tarek from the Wellingborough Town Under 11's who wins £50 for selling the most raffle tickets.

Tarek sold 16 books and will receive his prize, donated by non league football publication Non League Daily, at a forth coming home fixture.

Well Done Tarek!

CHRISTMAS DRAW
Many thanks to everybody that purchased and sold Christmas raffle tickets on behalf of the Club.

The Youth Section sold over £650.00 in tickets, well done to everybody involved.

Our Under 13's Sponsor, local bike shop Cyclelife Wellingborough (who can be found near to the Och & Dough), kindly donated a Raliegh BMX Bike.

A list of the winners can be seen here.

1st TEAM HOME GAMES
Saturday 22nd December V Wooton (15:00 KO)
Thursday 26th December V Raunds (12:00 KO)

Both Games are played at the Dog & Duck Stadium.

NOVEMBER 2007

RACE NIGHT
On Thursday 8th November Wellingborough Town is holding a ‘race night’ in the clubhouse (behind the Dog & Duck) starting at 7.30. Admission is 3 pounds which includes sausage and chips. Horses are available to buy for 5 pounds and Jockey’s are available for 2 pounds.

Please reserve your ticket by asking at the bar on match days or ring Martin Goode on 07768 917012.

We also need 8 races sponsored at 20 pounds per race so if you feel you or your firm can help then please support our cause.

It would be nice to see the clubhouse full an all proceeds go towards club funds.

1st TEAM GAMES
The first team have a number of key home games coming up and could really do with all of the support that the Youth Section Can offer.

Our Under 15's Manager Les Hornby is currently the caretaker manager of the first team. It would be fantastic if we could get as many Youth Section players and their parents to our forthcoming games as possible.

Players get in for free when they show their membership card. If you do not have one of these then please contact Martin Patmore.

Tue, 2711/07 Wellingborough Town V Cogenhoe United (19:30)
Sat, 8/12/2007 Wellingborough Town V St Neots Town (15:00)
Sat, 22/12/2007 Wellingborough Town V Wootton Blue Cross (15:00)
Wed, 26/12/2007 Wellingborough Town V Raunds Town (15:00)
Sat, 29/12/2007 Wellingborough Town V Stotfold (15:00)

For further details on the Wellingborough Town first team please click here.

CHRISTMAS PRIZE DRAW - WIN £50
Christmas prize draw tickets are now being issued to every Wellingborough Town Football Club player to raise funds for the club.

The player that sells the most tickets will win £50 and the chance to be a Wellingborough Town 1st team mascot. Last years Winner, Tarek from the Under 12's, sold an amazing 19 books!

Each player from the Youth Section will initially be given 2 books of tickets to sell; more are available from Martin Patmore, your coach and Martin Goode.

Prizes the draw include;

First Prize - £150
Second Prize - Raleigh Burner BMX (Donated by CycleLife our Under 13's sponsors)
Third Prize £50
Plus Many Other Prizes!

Tickets cost just 50p each, £5 per book. All proceeds go towards supporting and improving the facilities at Wellingborough Town Football Club so please do your best to support the club.

Please can we have all monies, stubs and unsold tickets handed in to your coach by Saturday November 24th at latest

OCTOBER 2007

UNDER 18 FA YOUTH CUP
Wellingborough Town Under 18 are playing at home in the 3rd Round of the FA Youth Cup.

The game will take place at The Dog & Duck Stadium KO 19:30 V Dunstable.

Wellingborough Town Under 17 Manager Frank Pipe commented "This is what the youth section of the club is all about and the level that every youth section player should be aiming for. It might be good if we could get as many Wellingborough Town Youth Section sides and parents at dog and duck to support the team please tell all coaches about game."

Please come down and show your support

CAR BOOT SALE
Wellingborough Town Football Club are holding a mini Car Boot sale at the Dog & Duck on Saturday October 13th (7 - 12). Click here for more details

1ST TEAM FA VASE GAME
The first team are playing Stanway Rovers in the first round of the FA Vase SATURDAY 6TH OCTOBER 3PM at the Dog & Duck. We would love to see a huge crowd to cheer the boys on in this famous competition.

SEPTEMBER 2007

UNDER 7's AT THE DOG & DUCK
The Wellingborough Town Under 7's played their first game down at the Dog and Duck on Saturday September 21st.

The purpose of Wellingborough Town Youth Section is for boys and girls to have fun playing football, develop their football skills and progress into senior football within the Wellingborough Town reserve and first teams, hopefully this was the first taste of this for many pf the players.

Wellingborough won the game 3-0 against Whitworths, a match report and photo's can be seen here

FIXTURES
The new fixtures are coming out now and being updated as soon as these are received.

Good luck to all Wellingborough Town teams

TOTE TICKETS
Wellingborough Town is selling 'Tote Tickets' to raise funds for the club.

The way that it works is as follows; as many tickets as possible are sold on a weekly basis (£1 per week / £40 for the season). Half the money for that week goes into the prize fund, half goes to the club. If your tote number gets pulled out of the hat you win the prize fund for that week. The more tickets that are sold, the higher the prize fund.

The Draw takes place at first team home games and I understand the prize is usually around £50 + per week.

The first draw is this Tuesday 14th August.

Please support the club by purchasing a Tote Ticket from your manager or calling Martin Goode on 07768917012.

AUGUST 2007

UNDER 8 PHOTO'S
The Wellingborough Town BLUE Under 8 team recently took part in the Grammarians tournament. See the photo's here.

FUN DAY
Wellingborough Town Youth Section will be holding a Fun Day at the Dog & Duck on Sunday September 2nd.

The day will involved all teams playing friendly matches against another local team. The Club House will be open and serving refreshments throughout the day.

The Mini Soccer games will be played on the training pitch, and the 11 A side games on the main pitch.

The running order is subject to change but will probably be along the lines of the following.

Mini Soccer
Wellingborough Town Under 7 - 10:00 - 11:00
Wellingborough Town Under 8 - 11:15 - 11:45
Wellingborough Town Under 8 Blue - 12:00 - 12:30
Wellingborough Town Under 10 12:45 - 13:45

Boys Football
Wellingborough Town Under 11 - 10:00 - 11:10
Wellingborough Town Under 13 - 11:30 - 12:45
Wellingborough Town Under 15 - 13:15 - 14:35
Wellingborough Town Under 17 - 15:00

FIXTURES
The new fixtures will be out soon. Once they are I will put them up in the relevant age groups section of the website

Wellingborough Town Under 7
Wellingborough Town Under 8
Wellingborough Town Under 8 Blue
Wellingborough Town Under 10
Wellingborough Town Under 11
Wellingborough Town Under 12
Wellingborough Town Under 13
Wellingborough Town Under 15
Wellingborough Town Under 17

Also keep an eye on the Mitoo website for changes.

INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE & REFEREE ABUSE
The League acknowledges that every child, young person or adult who plays or participates in football, should be able to take part in an enjoyable and safe environment, and be protected from poor practice and abuse.

The League will not tolerate inappropriate language or threatening behaviour used on match sidelines, particularly verbal or physical abuse directed at Match Officials.

Match Officials are just as entitled to enjoy the match as players and spectators.

The League reserve the right to ask anyone demonstrating actions deemed to conflict with Club policy to move away from the match sidelines.

Your cooperation would be very much appreciated.

JULY 2007

HELP URGENTLY NEEDED
Wellingborough Town is looking to recruit some referees for our junior games (Under 11 &12) played on a Sunday morning or afternoon.

Home teams are required to arrange a referee for their games as their is a massive shortage at the moment. It is very difficult to coach and referee at the same time which is why we are seeking volunteers.

Referees are paid £10 for the game and many clubs encourage players from older teams to take up this role. Parents are also encouraged to volunteer for this vital role.

No experience is necessary all though you do have to be over 16. Training courses will be provided if needed. Please contact Martin if you can help on 07817 017053.

MOULTON TOURNAMENT

Congratulations to the new Wellingborough Town Under 8's who recently competed in their first tournament at Moulton Magpies.

The boys played 6 games winning 3 drawing 3 without coinciding a goal all day.If it was a competitive comp we would have finished second behind Moulton Whites who beat us twice last season.

Wellingborough Town drew 0-0 with moulton whites who's manager said they had there backs to the wall all game

WELL DONE THE BOYS. a big improvement on last season.

JUNE 2007

FA SOCCER PARENT - FREE ONLINE COURSE
Soccer Parent is designed with coaches and parents in mind to provide guidance on specific areas that focus on the key issues involved when a child joins a football team.

As well as being designed to be informative, fun and engaging, one of the key aspects of the course is that coaches are given advice to assist in gaining positive contributions from parents as well as understanding issues on specific areas such as child welfare and attitudes.

Soccer Parent is a completely free online course that is available to anybody that registers with FA Learning – The FA’s Educational Provider. Everyone that completes the course and achieves the pass mark can immediately print off an accredited certificate directly from the web site.

Click here for a link to the FA web site and the soccer parent course.

MAY 2007

LOOKING FOR A NEW CLUB?
If you are currently playing at a club, but feel unhappy or fancy a change for whatever reason then please give Martin a call on 07817 017053

END OF SEASON REVIEWS

As seen in the Wellingborough Town V Blackstones match day programme, read the coaches end of season reviews here:

Under 7
Under 9
Under 10
Under 11
Under 14
Under 17

APRIL 2007

END OF SEASON PRESENTATIONS
It that time of year to reward all of the seasons hard work.

The mini soccer end of season presentations will be taking place during the last first team game of the season on April 28th at the Dog & Duck. Please cheer the boys on!

The Under 17, Under 16 & Under 14 end of season Presentations will be taking place on Friday 27th April, along with the First, Reserve and Under 18 teams. Tickets are available from Martin Goode.

The under 11 event will take place on Friday 11th May at the Working Men's Club.

UNDER 14 - CHAMPIONS!
Congratulations to Wellingborough Town Under 14's who have won their Division!

Read how they did it here.

MARCH 2007

UNDER 7 FRIENDLY
Wellingborough Town Under 7's will playing a friendly game on Saturday 31/3/2007 at the Dog & Duck.

The game will Kick off at 13:30 before the first team play against St Ives, hopefully in front of a bumper Wellingborough Town crowd.

It is the first time the Under 7's have played at the ground so please come down to the Dog & Duck to cheer the boys on.

MINI SOCCER MEDAL CEREMONY
If you gave photographs from the mini soccer medal ceremony's, please email them to martin coach@wtys.co.uk and I will put them on the site.

Wellingborough Town Under 10's

Wellingborough Town Under 9's

UNDER 10 FRIENDLY
Wellingborough Town Under 10's will playing a friendly game against Wollaston Vics on Saturday 17/3/2007 at the Dog & Duck.

The game will Kick off at 13:30 before the first team play against Bourne, hopefully in front of a bumper Wellingborough Town crowd.

Please come down to the Dog & Duck to cheer the boys on.

UPDATED FIXTURES
I have updated the fixtures that were cancelled earlier on in the season. can be seen in the relevant section but please check the mitoo site if in doubt.

FEBRUARY 2007

NEXT YEAR UNDER 7 (CURRENT YEAR1)
We will start training for your children currently in the Year 1 age group in March when the clocks change and it gets a little warmer.

Training will probably take place on a Friday evening or Saturday morning.

Details will appear on our website when we are ready to kick things off, keep your eye on www.wtys.co.uk for details but feel free to email us for more details.

JANUARY 2007

GAMES BACK ON!
After and extended winter break of up to ten weeks for some of the mini soccer teams, all games were on this weekend.

The results should now be up to date, as should most match reports. League tables can be seen on the mitoo site

Under 11
Under 14
Under 16
Under 17
Under 18

CANCELLED GAMES
Apologies for the amount of cancelled games recently. With the weather as it is, if the ball can not roll because of water on the pitch, the game can not be played due to safety reasons. This is an FA rule and applies to al levels of the game. Grammarians (the Dog & Duck and Whitworths) are particularly vulnerable to flooding due to the geography of the land.

Sir Christopher Hatton School (& Eastfield park) have particularly good drainage which is why training and matches are seldom cancelled at this venue.