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Sleights Football Club continue to work hard on and off the field
By Andrew Snaith
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Anothergrant has been secured, this time from Councillor Phil Trumper’s locality budget, to upgrade their goalposts for their 9 a side teams. There are plans in place for a new under 10s side (the existing team will move to U11 next season) and hopefully a girls team for 2023-24. Currently all four sides- U8, U10, U13 and U14 are fully subscribedthe club have maximum squad numbers to abide by. This ensures players all get a fair chance to play.
SFC are indebted to Simon Boushall, our Under 13s manager for the work he’s done on the pitch with Under 8s manager Ricky Hall also heavily involved. Without this kind of day to day help, including from our brilliant sponsors- Car Care of Marske, Hume Electrical Services, Vinyl Signs of Whitby,
Whitby Am Dram, Wantiques of Whitby, Bright Cloud Group and Identity
Printing- our club couldn’t continue to run.
The club were also delighted to hear positive feedback from opponents Heslerton FC who praised our Under Tens- managed by Annabel and Lee Beever- for their sportsmanship. This is something SFC are hugely proud of, well done Annabel, Lee, boys and girls.
Our Under 8s, in their first season, under Ricky Hall, have been progressing well. They were watched by Hull City’s Academy at Filey recently. Sleights FC love to see our players improve and achieve their potential, as well as enjoying themselves, most importantly.
Our Under 14s manager Mark Jackson has been nominated as coach of the year in the Scarborough Borough Sports Awards. Alongside assistant Andy Hinds, Mark combines running our oldest age group with a great deal of admin for SFC, including the treasurer’s role. We always love to hear from parents of players wanting to join but also need volunteers to continue our development as a club.
Sleights FC play at the Car Care of Marske Sports Ground on Lowdale Lane in the village. Our teams play on Sunday mornings.
To contact the club, find us on Facebook, Twitter at sleightsfc. co.uk or email: sleightsfc@gmail. com.
