Nottingham sports groups football evaluation report 2013

EVALUATION REPORT 2013

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Hi!

Welcome to this evaluation report of Nottingham Sports Groups (NSG) first event, a football tournament on the Forest Recreation Ground on the 24th and 25th of August 2013. This report aims to present information about who we are, what we do, how and why we do it.

The goal of the tournament was to bring together different communities and unite them through sports, physical recreation, competitiveness and networking in an attempt to increase social cohesion. Our motto is ‘communities united through sports and physical recreation’.

NSG is a gathering of people, especially from new and emerging communities living in Nottingham, with a passion for sports and physical activity. There is great value in people working together to organise events that benefits the whole community.

We would like to thank all our volunteers (over 20) for giving their time and energy to organise and manage the event. This report records and promotes their achievements!

Volunteerism is a key value of our group so if you are interested in knowing more about NSG or helping us then read on and contact us for more information about how you can be involved.

NSG is looking forward to the 2014 Summer Football Tournament at the Forest Recreation Ground.

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Summer Weekend Football Tournament Saturday & Sunday 24th & 25th August 2013 10am - 6pm The Forest Recreation Ground The annual 7-aside FOOTBALL Tournament held on Saturday & Sunday, 24th & 25th August 2013, 10am-6pm, on the Forest Recreation Ground was an overwhelming success.

The tournament aimed: • to bring communities together, to build sustainable social cohesion by encouraging networking, sharing and working cooperatively • to enable communities to participate in sports and recreation to encourage physical and mental wellbeing • to build confidence, selfesteem and movement away from negativity by having fun and adventure • to promote local businesses by showcasing the local economy as a first point to purchasing goods and services

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These aims were, according to our evaluation, successfully delivered, thanks to the active participation of the 250 or so footballers, the match officials, the many spectators, parents, sponsors, stallholders, music man, the young women presenters, the groundsmen, parents, families, friends of NSG, and many others, too many to mention here. Everton Richards used his erstwhile professionalism to project manage the event.

Saturday, was aimed at adult teams, players over 16 years. Ten teams of 14 players, 140 footballers, applied their skills and experiences to display Nottingham’s finest amateurs.

Competition for the Winners Cup and Trophies was fierce with no guarantee or certainties about the winner. After the five heats, Gambia & Nigeria B were the finalists. The finals was a fast moving action packed match of two giants. After penalty shootouts, Nigeria B won.

The Sunday event was aimed at the youths (young people below 16 years). On the day teams of mixed ages and abilities vied for a place in the finals. Gambia and Cavaliers reached the finals. Gambia won the youth tournament.

Adult Tournament NIGERIA B WINS

Fixtures Organiser & Consultant - Everton Richards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

SNEINTON FC JOLLOF FC FC CAVALIERS FC NIGERIA A NIGERIA B GAMBIA CAMEROON FC URBAN FC MOROCCO FC NOTTINGHAM COMMUNITY FOOTBALL FC

Ten teams, of 14 players, listed above participated in the tournament. The winner was NIGERIA B. Thank you very much indeed for your active participation.

A big shout out goes to the players, managers, coaches and fans for making the tournament a safe and peaceful day out for the whole family. Many of you, footballers, have indicated how much you enjoyed the opportunities to work with other teams, to test your skills in a local bout and that the event was more about signifying, participating on the day, rather than winning.

Thank you and see you in 2014 @ the SUMMER WEEKEND FOOTBALL IN THE FOREST event.

Our Referee!

Everton Richards

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BEST PLAYER & TOP SCORER AWARD

Waheed of Nottingham Community Football FC

WINNING TEAM Nigeria B

RUNNERS UP Gambia

SOME OF THE OTHER TEAMS

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Youth Tournament

Sunday Youth Tournament Another great day out. The Gambian youngsters and FC Cavaliers (Hyson Green) played in the finals. The decision to declare the Gambian team winner of the Youth tournament was a collective effort to make sure that the youths were not asked to play another match. The young people were tired and some of them (on both teams) thought that a penalty shootout was not test enough to decide on the best team. So the winner, Gambia, were declared based on highest number of goals scored rather than points.

managers your contributions are valuable to us and we hope you will continue working with us in future events. The matches were safe as our first-aiders were able to handle inhouse the incidents which occurred.

A wonderful spirit of working collectively and sorting issues without negative escalation. Thanks to all of you for helping to ensure that the Nottingham Sports Group is ready to be a great way of bringing young people together for common good in the interest of individuals, groups and the general public.

Congratulations to all the Youth Teams that took part, you were awesome on the day. Thank you to the parents, supporters and the crowd in the park who took in the matches, your encouragement really helped the youths to stay focused and successfully compete.

A very special thank you goes out to the all the team coaches and

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A family-cent

Fun and adventure!

Peaceful leisure activity to build unity, caring and sharing good!

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ntred day out During the two days football players, supporters, parents, stallholders and other community members, were invited to take part in our survey by answering seven questions giving qualitative data about their feelings, perceptions and beliefs about the event. Below are the responses collected.

Gender:

66% Males / 34% Females

Age:

72% Adults / 28% Youths

1. What did you like best?

Different age range of youth teams, the venue, provision of food and drinks/toilets; bringing people together; well organised; catering facilities, toilets available; community togetherness; everything; African black young people and adults coming together. Forum for young people to engage in organised team activities; My son being a member of a football team and playing well; watching the youths play and enjoying as a member of a team; the good spirit and mood of the gathering. Everyone looked happy and enjoyed themselves.

2. What did you like least?

The long wait for the youth event to start; nothing; Youth Day - be organised, start on time, finish on time; the venue.

3. What would you change?

I think everything is very good organised & perfect but we welcome improvement in the future; be more organised start on time; the enthusiasm and drive. Really good party atmosphere; more teams, more sports.

4. What would you not change?

The venue; the music; must be African led/organised.

5. What sports would you participate in?

Netball, Football, Aerobics, Badminton, Circuit Training, Athletics, Basketball, Table Tennis and Boxing.

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A Big Haile Up

Acknowledgements & Sponsors Thank you very much indeed for working with us and enabling the Summer Weekend Football Tournament to be such an overwhelming success.

A Big Haile Up goes to...

Everton Richards our football consultant.

Thank you for your expertise and professionalism, warm regards.

our corporate sponsors for your support.

African Social Institute Development for the design and printing of the flyers; Afri Cooperative for your cash donation; Berridge Ward for the grant aid and a big shoutout goes to The Renewal Trust for thinking of us in our moment of need!

Bruce, DJ equipment music (STARDUST).

Doughnut family & Gambian Women Food Co-op.

The Medina International Food Stores for their kind support.

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Denny’s Cuisine the finest Caribbean food ever.

C & S Castles for the bouncy castle.

Also to: The princesses who made the announcements, keeping scores & running things. The ice-cream man with the delicious treats. The Sharif Supermarket for the water. Finally to Jube, the BBQ Spicy pineapple and goat meat for the delicious food.

Finances

A balance sheet outlining the final accounts for the event is available, should you require a copy then please email us and this will forwarded this to you.

We would like to show our appreciation to all those Ward Councillors, who financially supported the Tournament & NSG. Thank you to the voluntary sector partnerships,

particularly The Renewal Trust your contribution was greatly valued in that it enabled our dream to become a reality.

Should you be interested in working in partnership by sponsoring our events then please get in contact with us. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Abdulie Jah, Everton Richards, Norma Gregory and Juma Amdani sharing the awards at the Winners’ Cup Presentation.

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Meet the team:

Amdani Juma

David Jones

Abdoulie Jah

Dionne Rose

Everton Richards

Nia Ward

Treasurer

Chairman

Vice-Chairman

Consultant

Secretary

Other team members: Tarik Oumazzane - Rick Johnson - Wilfried Mackenzie Liassou - Bruce Peace

Contact us

We are always looking for groups to work with to deliver services around sports and physical activities, so if you are interested in working with us please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Address:

Telephone: Email: Facebook: Website: Membership: Sponsorship:

Nottingham Sports Group, c/o Hyson Green Youth Club, Terence St., Nottingham, NG7 6ER 0115 9109 955 / 079 6603 384 nottinghamsportsgroup@gmail.com www.facebook.com/nottinghamsportgroup www.nottinghamsportsgroup.co.uk The Secretary The Chairman / Treasurer