CLAN EASINGTON SPORTS FOOTBALL CLUB
Easington Sports FC 2022 Youth Tournament
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TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR Welcome to Easington Sports Football Club.
This booklet is there to help provide you with all the information you are likely to need whilst you are with our Club during our 2022 tournament. Due to the pandemic, this is the first tournament we have been able to hold since 2019. Its great to be back. This is Banburys largest sporting event with over 130 teams attending and over 5000 spectators. Please read the rules of the event carefully, and ensure that you follow the fixtures on our torneopal website. The games come around quickly so please don’t miss a match. Whether or not you are spectating or playing today, the intention is for you to enjoy your experience with us at Easington Sports Football Club and have fun. Please remember that during your time with us. For spectators, let the kids play, encourage don’t instruct. We are proud of the philosophy that we have developed at the club, which you can read about below. We hope that our tournament and the way in which we hold the event upholds these values. Please remember to respect everyone participating or volunteering within football. If you do have any questions then you can always contact a committee member for advice or support. And remember, whatever we do, we only do positive.
Best wishes Jamie Hunter Youth Chairman Club Secretary Tournament Director
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Important: Parking Information All vehicles must park within Wykham Park Academy, Ruskin Road, OX169HY. Please access the school via Springfield Avenue.
There is no entry into ESFC via Addison Road for any parking. There will be a £3 charge per adult on the day of the tournament as an entrance fee.
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Our Philosophy Our philosophy is underpinned by following the core values of: Respect, Inclusion, Equality and Fairness. In doing so we want to create an environment which can ‘Develop The Person’ and ‘Develop The Player’. By living and breathing these values our intentions are: - for everybody to get maximum ENJOYMENT from their involvement at our club, whether as a player, parent, family member, supporter, coach or club official. - to demonstrate the highest standards of SPORTSMANSHIP through our behaviour and conduct on the field of play, in practice sessions and within a social setting. - to build strong FRIENDSHIPS for all child, youth and adult club members that extend beyond the game, can be sustained for life and lead to ongoing involvement in our club. - to actively promote CHALLENGE as a means of helping all individuals, teams and coaches develop and seek to improve. To challenge our players to become better players, our coaches to develop, our club to evolve – we all want to challenge ourselves to be the best we can be. Challenge also includes to challenge those who don’t follow the examples we aim to set and put positivity at the heart of everything.
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ENJOYMENT SPORTSMANSHIP FRIENDSHIP CHALLENGE
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Easington Sports Football Club Medical Emergency Action Plan Cub Name Club Address Postcode
Easington Sports Football Club Addison Road Banbury OX16 9DH
First Aider Information All teams visiting Easington Sports Football Club MUST have a Manager / Coach who holds an FA Emergency Aid Certificate and will be able to assist with a medical emergency. All ESFC teams will also have a qualified Manager / Coach. Please locate the nearest coach or manager should you require assistance. Emergency Action plan to be circulated to all attendees prior to any fixture. First Aid Equipment and Facilities Item Location Defibrillator ESFC Clubhouse next to bar Stretcher Referees Room First Aid Room Referees Room Access Routes For Ambulance For Ambulance For Ambulance Access via Addison Road into club car park. Entrance onto field through wooden gates. If access required onto Wykham Park or BGN next to astro, keys for gates within clubhouse clearly labelled First Aid Room to Ambulance As above, through into main pitch Pitch to Ambulance Across field Other Information Nearest hospital Horton General Hospital Hospital Hospital Address Oxford Road, Banbury, OX169AL Directions to hospital Exit ESFC car park turning right onto Addison Road. Turn left onto Grange Road. At the end of Grange Road turn left onto Oxford Road. Take the second right turn onto Hightown Road. The A and E entrance is on the left after 200 metres. Journey Time 5 minutes Nearest Walk In 5 minutes Centre Horton Hospital Nearest Walk In Centre ESFC Medical Emergency Action Plan
Horton Hospital August 2021
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ESFC Club Welfare Officers Welfare Officer Youth Teams: Sandra Ryall Welfare Officer Assistant Youth Teams: Debra Allan, Estelle Milner, Deborah Coleman, Vinny Halsall Jamie Hunter Welfare Officer Adult Teams: Jamie Hunter Welfare Officer Assistant Adult Teams: Debra Allan, Estelle Milner, Deborah Coleman, Vinny Halsall Sandra Ryall Welfare Officer Adult Disability Teams: Jamie Hunter All of our Club Welfare Officers are CRC checked and have completed CWO training with the FA. How do I contact a Club Welfare Officer? Email esfcwelfareofficer@gmail.com or ring Jamie Hunter on 07791681204 I have a safeguarding concern about a player / coach / parent, what shoult I do? Please check out our Safeguarding policy and how to report your concerns. Its important that we know as soon as possible. An incident has happened during a game at the tournament which I need to report, how do I do this? In all cases its important that we know as soon as possible. Whether the incident relates to abuse from another player / coach / parent, standards of behaviour which you don’t believe to acceptable or any other incident which is of concern. To assist you as to what is acceptable or not, the codes of conduct are included at the end of this document. In all cases you should contact speak to a coach present at the game, referee or attend the tournament control tent. It may be that after consultation with the Oxfordshire FA, we ask you to complete a statement about what happened. It is important that if you are asked to do this you include as much detail as possible. Here are some helpful tips: Include important details such as day, date, time and place. Describe the scene in as much detail as possible. Who are you there with and in what role are you there ie parent / coach / player. If you witnessed something, how far away were you? Did you have a clear and unobstructed view? If you heard something use direct speech if you can. Do you know those involved? If so, how do you know them and would you recognise them again. Give a good description of those involved ie physical features. If it involves a player from the opposition, what number shirt were they wearing?. Did you report what you heard to anyone else and what action did you take. What impact has this event had on you? Our Club Welfare Officers will help guide you through this process and keep you updated as to any action taken. We will challenge and deal with any behaviour doesn’t meet the standards that we as a club have set.
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New Club Kit Provider We are delighted to announce that we will be partnering with MDH Teamwear for the 2022/2023 season as our provider for kit and equipment across all teams. MDH Teamwear have provided the trophies for our 2022 Youth Tournament. MDH will offer a range of Joma products available to teams / sponsors / parents to order. A selected range has been chosen in consultation with MDH to ensure that moving forward all ESFC teams wear the same kits, in the same colours. Details of our new online shop will be released soon. We are looking forward to working with MDH and thank Andy Sparrow and team for giving us this exciting opportunity.
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Important Tournament Information All teams must arrive and be ready to play at 10am on their respective days. A Team Managers meeting will be held at the Control Tent at 10am on each day. The fixtures and results for each team will be shown on our dedicated tournament website -
https://easingtonsports.torneopal.com/ There will be no printed lists of fixtures. Gazebos can be used as long as well away from pitches. No dogs allowed unless prior permission sought. No alcohol to be carried onto the site by Spectators. Spectators must remain behind the respect barriers during games. Portable toilets are made available for use – 8 in total. We apologise in advance as we had tried to obtain more but have been limited due to Jubilee Weekend. Please be considerate to others and leave tidy. We have a number of young referees who have volunteered to assist, some as young as 14. Its their game too. We will also have respect marshalls in attendance, including Oxfordshire FA, to ensure that everyone remains positive Watch out, scouts are about. With so much talent on show a number of football club scouts are in attendance. All will be registered with the control tent and must show ID if they speak to a Team Manager. No player or parent should be approached directly. VISIT: EasingtonSportsfc.com – For the latest fixtures, results, news and much more…
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Get Involved and climb the leaderboard We are delighted to welcome Footsteps 4 Life for the first time to an ESFC event. Take part in football darts and aim at a 17 foot inflatable dartboard using specially designed “football darts” which stick to the velco dartboard. A leaderboard will be updated throughout the day with the winners seeking to win the top prize by achieving the highest score. Footsteps 4 Life have also been extremely generous and sponsored an ESFC Team for 2022/2023. For more information on Footsteps 4 Life please visit www.footstepsforlife.co.uk
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Addison Road – Home of the Clan Sunday Pitch Guide – BGN Field (TBC)
Club House
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Addison Road – Home of the Clan Sunday Pitch Guide – Wykham Park Field (TBC)
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Wykham Park Academy
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Tournament Rules 1. Players can play up a maximum of one school year, but must not exceed their age group on 31st August 2022, identified as follows: U7 – School Year 2 U9 – School Year 4 U12 – School Year 7 U14 – School Year 9
U8 – School Year 3 U10 – School Year 5 U13 – School Year 8
2. Each team shall consist of six players from a maximum squad size of ten players. 3. Managers must be aware of the FA Guidelines for Mini-Soccer and Youth Football. 4. No academy players are eligible to play. 5. Players may only play for one nominated team. 6. A child who has not reached the age of six will not be allowed or encouraged to play. 7. A player is allowed to play up one age group above his or her chronological age group. 8. No player is allowed to play in an age group below their respective age group. 9. Where FA Guidelines permit the teams may be mixed boys and girls. 10. All players MUST wear shin pads. 11. No changing facilities will be available on the day 12. No refund of application fees will be given in the event the tournament is cancelled or abandoned due to weather 13. No dogs, other than guide dogs are permitted within the grounds, unless permission requested. 14. The second named team will be required to change shirts or wear bibs should the colours clash. 15. The first named team in each game selects ends and the second named team starts the game. 16. Except where other provisions in these rules are made, the laws of mini soccer apply (for age groups up to U10) and the FA Laws of the Game 17. The match ball used will be the following: Age U7 – U10: Size 3 Age U11 – U15: Size 4 1. Substitutes may be used at any time during the game. Once substituted the player may be re-used on a roll on / roll off basis. 2. The offside rule does not apply. 3. The back pass rule does apply. 4. Goalkeepers are only allowed to distribute the ball by throwing or rolling the ball. The goalkeeper cannot roll the ball to allow themselves to take a further touch. 5. For age groups up to and including Under 10’s when the keeper restarts play the opponents must retreat to the half way line. The defending team do not have to wait for the opposition to retreat and has the option to restart play before should they chose to. The ball is in play once it has left the penalty area. 6. All goal kicks will be taken from the back line. VISIT: EasingtonSportsfc.com – For the latest fixtures, results, news and much more…
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Tournament Rules Cont….. 7. Normal throw ins apply. 8. Players may not score direct from a kick off. In the event that of the ball entering the goal from kick off without touching another player, the defending team will restart play with a goal kick. 9. Referees will be appointed to each match and their decision is final. 10. The referee will record the result of each game and hand a result slip to the winning (or in the event of a draw the first named) manager / coach at the end of each game. They will in turn take this slip to the control point where the result will be logged. The result slip must be signed by the referee. 11. A player cautioned will automatically be ineligible for their teams next match. A player cautioned twice or sent off will take no further part in the tournament. No substitute will be allowed to take the place of any player sent off. 12. Any case of misconduct involving players, officials or spectators may result in immediate suspension of the team concerned taking no further part in the tournament 13. Any dispute must be raised immediately at the control centre prior to the start of the next match. The decision of the tournament committee will be final. Each age group shall consist of group matches and knock out games: 1. Each age group will consist of one group with each team playing one another on a league basis. The first named team selects ends and the second name team starts the game. 3 points awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. 2. If a team fails to fulfil a fixture, a 2-0 score line will be awarded to their opponents, unless, by their failure to appear that team gains an advantage. In this case the tournament committee shall make a decision which will be final. 3. Games will be 10 minutes in duration with no half time Qualification for knock out stages 1. For age groups with ten teams, the top eight teams in the group after all the league games have been completed will qualify for the next stage of the competition. In the event of a tie on points, goal difference, then goals scored, the head to head will apply. If the teams are still level a penalty-shoot out will take place. 2. For leagues with less than ten teams, the same principle applies and the teams finishing first to fourth will enter the knockout stage. Knockout Competitions 1. In the knockout stages of the competition, if the scores are level at full time a penalty shoot-out will decide the winners. 2. Games will be 10 minutes in length with no half time. Penalty Shoot Out 1. Each team will take five penalties. If the scores are level at the end of this a sudden death shoot out takes place. Only the players left on the field of play, taking part in the game, are eligible. Both teams will remain on the half way line and the Manager will select the order in which the players will take the penalties and make this known to the referee. Should it go to sudden death, the remaining player left on the field at the end of the game takes the 6th penalty. If still no result, the penalties return to the first penalty taker from each side. NB All results will be entered onto the Torneo Pal website for this event. VISIT: EasingtonSportsfc.com – For the latest fixtures, results, news and much more…
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EASINGTON SPORTS FC HISTORY The Club was formed in the immediate post-war period of 1945/46 to fulfil the sporting and social needs of the young people of the Easington housing estate in Banbury, many of who were returning from war service. The Club, then known as ‘The Clan’, soon prospered, as there was an obvious need for such a facility, and formed a cricket, tennis and a ladies section. Football was, however, the main branch of the Club’s activity, and they began playing in the local Junior Leagues as Easington Sports F.C. The football was played on pastureland to the west of Wykham Lane, and for a few years endured the lack of facilities enjoyed today by almost all clubs. (No water available on site, no real changing facilities to name but two of the privations to be met on a cold winter’s afternoon). Fortunately, this situation was soon to change, for as a result of tireless fund raising by all concerned and some dedicated work by stalwarts such as Gordon Vivash, Tim Fountain and many other committed club members, the prospect of a new ground owned by the Club became a reality. The purchase of the Addison Road ground and the building of a clubroom, together with the Club’s entry to the Oxfordshire Senior League was the beginning of senior football for Sports, and to their credit they proved to be a formidable force at that level. (Becoming winners and finalists in the Senior Cup and heading the Premier League table on two occasions in the early and mid-fifties). In view of their success at county level the Club sought entry, and was accepted into the old Warwickshire Combination, which at that time counted professional and semiprofessional teams. (Aston Villa ‘A’, West Bromwich Albion ‘B’ and teams which now grace the Conference as members). Although having moderate success in this competition, as with many other amateur clubs; finance played its part in the decision to return to the Oxfordshire Senior League, where the expenses, in particular travelling, were much more in line with the club’s limited income. Looking to raise their standards once more, the Club sought entry to the Hellenic League. Subject to certain ground improvements they were readily accepted, and have remained as members of Division One ever since. With some ‘ups and downs’, Sports have almost always been mid-table at the end of each season, which, considering their amateur status against mostly professional or well-sponsored opponents has not been too bad a record. The Club has always sought to give the youngsters of Banbury and district an opportunity to get into senior football, and indeed beyond, and has continually run youth teams at various age levels. Wishing all those whose ability took them to higher levels good luck, and feeling grateful that the club gave them the start/plat- form to their careers. It has sometimes been said that Easington Sports have not been ambitious or forward looking enough in their sixty years, but shrewd and cautious stewardship by series of committees over the years have ensured that the club has never overreached itself financially, and has remained faithful to its original ideals to provide football of a good standard for local youth. In 2019 the club were awarded Community Charter Standard Status and currently have 35 affiliated teams. Our youth teams include both boys and girls and our open age section now includes three male, two female and a pan disability squad. We remain committed to providing those in the local community with a pathway into football. Our lateral movement into the UCLS for 2021 /2022 provides a welcome new challenge.
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Easington Sports Minis Thomas Smith leads the Minis section every Saturday morning. The group aims to give new players aged 4-6 years the chance to develop and enjoy football. Tom encourages all the players to learn skills with fun activities that fit carefully into our long term philosphy. The players regularly are asked to play like Meerkats and work in 3’s. A model which has worked well for a number of years. The players, and hopefully parents identified as coaches, then follow the pathway into an U7 squad.
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CLUB SPONSORS
To sponsor any of the players, programme, match day event or pitch side banner, please contact easingtonsports@hotmail.com to discuss all opportunities. With a social media reach of over 30000 people per week in the local community what better way to promote your business with the fastest growing club in North Oxfordshire and Oxfordshire Football Association Charter Standard Club of the Year 2019-2020.
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Easington Sports Wildcats Tammy Starr and Emily Lambden lead our Wildcats sessions every Tuesday eveing. The group aims to give new girl players aged 5-11 years the chance to develop and enjoy football. As with our minis sessions, the coaches encourage all the players to learn skills with fun activities that fit carefully into our long term philosphy. The players regularly are asked to play like Meerkats and work in 3’s. A model which has worked well for a number of years. The players, and hopefully parents identified as coaches, then follow the pathway into an ESFC squad. In the five years that we have been recognised as an Oxfordshire FA Wildcat Centre we have helped develop over 100 girl players and we currently have five affiliated girls teams.
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Oxford United in the Community and ESFC Holiday Camp Children looking to develop new football skills in a fun and supportive environment are being encouraged to sign-up to Oxford United in the Community’s half-term holiday camps. The football club’s official charity will operate three camps for children of all abilities aged 4-13 and 4-15 at The Oxford Academy in Littlemore and Easington Sports Football Club in Banbury between Monday, February 21, and Friday, February 25. The fun programmes teach new football skills and techniques while focusing on the development of agility, balance and coordination. All abilities are welcome with the emphasis on the comfort, enjoyment and safety of all children. Sessions are being delivered at both venues as part of Oxford United in the Community’s commitment to providing every person aged ‘two to 92’ living in the county with a positive connection to the football club. Chris Lowes, Head of the Charity, said: “Our flagship half-term holiday camps are a fantastic way for children to stay active, make new friends, boost their wellbeing and learn new skills via team-based challenges and activities. “We’re grateful to The Oxford Academy and Easington Sports FC for their continued support by allowing us to host our popular programme of half-term activities which help players of all abilities reach their full potential. “The camps are a real highlight among our experienced and qualified coaches who enjoy engaging with participants and helping them overcome challenges through the power of teamwork, communication and listening. “We can only offer a limited number of spaces, so we advise parents to book on via our website in advance to avoid disappointment.” The three half-term camps organised by Oxford United in the Community this February half term are: Easington Sports FC Holida camp Tuesday, April 19th until Thursday, April 22nd. 9am – 3pm. Suitable for children of all playing abilities aged 4-13. This is an indoor camp and will take place in the sports hall only each day. Book here. All Oxford United in the Community coaches are FA qualified and have up to date safeguarding, first aid training and CRC checks. Children must bring their own bottle of water and a healthy packed lunch each day and arrive between 8.45am and 9am each morning to sign-in. They are also required to wear clothing suitable for physical activity and football, including shinpads, boots, t-shirt and shorts. Spaces are available on a first come, first served, basis. Oxford United in the Community is the football club’s official charity and helps inspire people to live happier and healthier lives in better connected communities using the power of football.
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Easington Sports FC – One Club – The Clan – Oxfordshire FA Club of the Year
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Volunteers needed – can you help? We are a volunteer driven football club, and all of what we achieve is done through the amazing volunteers that we have associated with the club. As ever, and in line with our expansion, we are looking for more people to join The Clan. Below is a list of roles we currently need assistance with – Can you help? Youth Team Managers / Coaches – We are always on the look out for new coaches or team managers. Whether you are a parent or volunteer and want to get involved in coaching, make ESFC your club of choice. Pitch Preparations – To ensure pitches prepared and marked each Friday before the busy weekend at Addison Road. To include open age and youth team pitches. Pitches to be cut when needed and line marked. Match Day Hospitality – To coordinate with the First Team Committee and Club House Manager and to provide hospitality for those officials joining us at Addison Road from opposing teams in the UCLS Match Day Videos – We are looking for a film / sports enthusiast who would be interested in filming the first team games and producing match day edited highlights. Sponsorship / Marketing Manager – To work alongside the Committee and seek new sponsorship opportunities and to engage with the local business community. For more information contact easingtonsports@hotmail.com
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