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Feb 2010
No.355
Stradbroke Youth FC Kicks Off ! It has been a great start for youth football in Stradbroke and once the snow vanished we were able to get our first training sessions underway. The under 12s kicked off on Sunday morning (17th) when 11 of them turned up for the first get together at Westhall. On Wednesday evening 24 of the over 12s went to SBEC) and they had their first session organised by Chris Cooke who is a highly qualified coach and has in the past run Fulham FC’s junior coaching setup. Chris is with us for the rest of the season and he has already put a clear training mentality and structure into place which we can build on. Will Wilkinson from the Stradbroke senior team is working with us on the coaching side and Matthew Preston-Bloom is also helping as an assistant with the younger group - we all pitch in with the admin tasks. Fairly soon we will need a few more people on the organising side particularly secretarial, financial and Child Welfare. “Your Village Needs You” posters may appear before long! The initial funding from Suffolk Sports Unlimited has allowed us to recruit the services of the professional coach, whilst funding from the Stradbroke Charitable Trust has enabled us to purchase all the training equipment and first aid kit. With a portable generator and some self constructed mobile floodlights we have been able to hold outdoor evening sessions until we can either move indoors at SBEC or until the evenings get lighter. The Parish Council have also indicated that they would be willing to help with some funding when asked. Our aim is to have football in Stradbroke Youth FC standing alongside the Stradbroke Cricket Club as a successful and well organised activity that provides a real asset for the community and one that gives our boys and girls a worthwhile and enjoyable activity to participate in from an early age. We have a page on the Village Website (stradbroke.org.uk) so just go to “Members” and click on Stradbroke Youth FC to see our plans and activities as they evolve! Mike Readman/Don Darling Stradbroke Youth FC Under 12’s training on Sunday Morning!
Your Editor Speaks (...or doesn’t, as the case may be!) Dudley Wood, our new Editor who was due to start this month has had to withdraw from the job due to a sudden health problem just 24 hours before “Magazine Day” which rather left us with a problem. So if there are any mistakes in this edition - our apologies - we have had to become Editors overnight. We think we have gathered everything in and fingers crossed, typed it in all the right places; which has been difficult with crossed fingers. We now need someone to take on the Editor’s role. It comes complete with a green eyeshade and large cigar so any budding journalists out there who can type and use email; send us one and we can tell you all about the job . Today “The Stradbroke Monthly” – tomorrow “The Times” (preferably not tomorrow or we would be looking for an Editor again.) Our best wishes to Dudley for a speedy recovery. Thank you to the people who have responded to our Helper appeal - as soon as we have done this month’s magazine we will sort that out. “The Team”
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