The season is now upon us and I hope that all our players, parents/guardians and all their relatives enjoy a successful and rewarding campaign with Christchurch Youth. Let's hope the weather continues in the same vein as recently so that we don't have to postpone too many games until the end of the season, all matches are played in the kind of spirit we would like to see and that we support all the teams, including our opponents, and treat everybody with Respect and without Prejudice. A full list of upcoming fixtures is available through the FA full-time link on the youth team part of this site. Although please check with your individual team manager for confirmation.

Our teams, once again will be wearing their shirts with pride in support of Julia's House (Dorset Children's Hospice) as we are hoping to raise monies again throughout the year for this worthy charity, if you can offer any support, make a donation or just help with fund-raising events, please contact me. I would like to thank our Club sponsor In-Excess for supporting the youth teams with this initiative. The support of In-Excess will also allow all our players, coaches and regular helpers to look smart, stay warm and dry with brand new training jackets this year and we are hoping to have these distributed by the end of September, they have already been ordered so we are just awaiting a delivery date.

I would like to inform everybody that all of our old kits going back many years will soon be arriving in Rwanda as part of an initiative with the Grange School in Christchurch and a charity working in Rwanda called Msaada, (in Swahili it means Help), founded by the BBC reporter Fergal Keane who reported on the appalling genocide that took place in the country in 1994. These kits will go to many children who have little or nothing in the way of sports equipment or sporting goods and will I am sure be gratefully received. The Grange School are going out with a view to helping build a classroom at a designated school and deliver a life changing experience to those that are involved. If you would like to help support the Grange School with donations or equipment support please contact the school direct on www.grange.dorset.sch.uk or to contact the charity Msaada who are at www.msaada.org


We are still looking for new players for some of our younger teams, under 6's, under 7's and under 8's as well as the under 14’s so if you know of anybody who might be interested in joining a friendly club please contact the Club Secretary (e mail address is on the Club website www.christchurchfc.co.uk If anybody wishes to help within the running of the Club or a particular team or just able to give lifts, erect goal nets or be an un-biased assistant referee running the line, please let me know, as volunteers are always welcome.

Have a great season and I look forward to meeting as many people as possible throughout the coming months.


Mark Duffy

Chairman (07505 370906)

Welcome to the start of the new season, I hope that all our players, parents/guardians and all their relatives enjoy a successful season with Christchurch Youth. Let's hope the weather is kind to us (we don't have to postpone too many games until the end of the season), all matches are played in the kind of spirit we would like to see and that we support all the teams, including our opponents, and treat everybody with Respect and without Prejudice.

Our teams, once again will be wearing their shirts with pride in support of Julia's House (Dorset Children's Hospice) as we are hoping to raise monies again throughout the year for this worthy charity, if you can offer any support, make a donation or just help with fund-raising events, please contact me. I would like to thank our Club sponsor In-Excess for supporting the youth teams with this initiative. The support of In-Excess will also allow all our players, coaches and regular helpers to look smart, stay warm and dry with brand new training jackets this year and we are hoping to have these distributed by the end of September. Please look after these as they need to last for two seasons and we hope that after this time we will be able to deliver these to a charity that works with disadvantaged children in Africa.

I would like to inform everybody that all of our old kits going back many years will soon be arriving in Rwanda as part of an initiative with the Grange School in Christchurch and a charity working in Rwanda called Msaada, (in Swahili it means help), founded by the BBC reporter Fergal Keane who reported on the appalling genocide that took place in the country in 1994. These kits will go to many children who have little or nothing in the way of sports equipment or sporting goods and will I am sure be gratefully received. The Grange School are going out with a view to helping build a classroom at a designated school and deliver a life changing experience to those that are involved. If you would like to help support the Grange School with donations or equipment support please contact the school direct on www.grange.dorset.sch.uk or to contact the charity Msaada who are at www.msaada.org

Please note that the first matches for the Youth teams will be Sunday September 5th and that there will be a midweek game on the 7th September (Tuesday) with some of our teams playing away, please help us by getting your child to the agreed meeting point or football ground on time.

We are still looking for new players for some of our younger teams, under 6's, under 7's and under 8's as well as the under 14’s so if you know of anybody who might be interested in joining a friendly club please contact the Club Secretary (e mail address is on the Club website www.christchurchfc.co.uk If anybody wishes to help within the running of the Club or a particular team or just able to give lifts, erect goal nets or be an un-biased assistant referee running the line, please let me know, as volunteers are always welcome.

Have a great season and I look forward to meeting as many people as possible throughout the coming months.


Mark Duffy

Chairman (07505 370906)

The end of the season is finally here and all that is left to do is celebrate the success of the Club this season and show our support for the players and our appreciation to all the parents and families that have supported the teams over the course of the season.
I look forward to seeing many of you as possible at Poole Stadium on Saturday 15th May, tickets are available from the managers and the secretary and include entrance, free race card and a free drink, so please come along and show your support.

To all the players who have turned up regularly for training and made themselves available for matches, a massive THANK YOU, to all the parents and families who have brought their children to training and matches, a massive THANK YOU and to the players themselves keep enjoying your football, keep playing with enthusiasm and commitment and most importantly enjoy the game and I look forward to welcoming you all back for another season in a few months, THANK YOU.

FINALLY

A special mention to the Under 11's team who have been crowned champions of their league and reached two cup finals this season, the parents and coaches should be rightly proud of what they done and the way that they have conducted themselves on and off the pitch, you are truly a credit to the whole Club.

MARK DUFFY

Welcome to the business end of the season our teams have performed to the best of their ability so far and for some the potential of winning a trophy or two is tantalisingly close. The Under 11's play on Sunday 29th March at Ferndown for the right to be crowned BYFL Cup champions and they also play on the 18th April at Basingstoke for the chance to be Hampshire Cup champions, if you are able to support them I am sure they would be very grateful, please contact Michael Johnson for more details. The Under 11's, Under 12's and Under 13's and Under 14's all sit in the top six of their leagues with the under 11's having the best chance to be crowned champions.

The new training kit has finally arrived from the supplier in the Far East and will shortly be ready for distribution, please see your team manager for more details, as it is important that we give each player the correct kit, as they will carry their initials.

The Club AGM will be announced shortly so if you would like to attend and make a contribution to the running of CYFC then please look out for the notices at Hurn Bridge and on the website and come along and have your say, share your ideas and possibly get involved with supporting the great work that goes on to help deliver training and matches for over 90 children each week.

The Club presentation event will be held on May 15th 2010 at Poole Stadium, so please put the date in your diary as it would be great to see all our players and parents celebrate the success of all the children, look out for more details to be published soon.

A reminder that I shall be doing 500ft abseil down Guys Hospital in London on the 24th April and I am seeking sponsorship to raise at least one pound for every foot for our chosen charity this year Julia's House, if you feel you could make a donation or sponsor me, please see your team manager for the relevant forms. Enjoy the rest of this month and I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Mark Duffy

Firstly, apologies for the lateness of this update but as we all know the weather has played havoc with the fixtures over the last 4 - 6 weeks and is only now just starting to get back to normal. we must be prepared for an elongated season, especially when it comes to midweek games which will come into play late March and early April, so your support is extremely important.

On a Club front we have now ordered a training kit for every player and we are now awaiting delivery, which should be by the end of the month. It is hoped that this will give the children a Club identity and promote team spirit and togetherness on and off the pitch. Shortly your team manager will be sorting out sizes so that each child's initials can be placed on their shirts, so when asked please respond quickly so that this can be sorted.

On a playing front the under 11's have reached the semi final of the Hampshire Cup, a superb effort by all those associated with the team, whilst our under 12's have gone on a hot streak after an indifferent start and are now lying third in the table, even beating their nemesis side Redhill Rangers, 2 -1 recently. The under 13's remain extremely competitive despite losing a number of players to academy teams, great for the Club and the players, but hard on a successful team, however, we know that success brings success of another kind and this is what youth football is all about.

All our other teams are performing very well at the moment if not a little inconsistently but this game can be like that and as long as we are all giving of our best and enjoying it, this will make it all worthwhile.

Keep enjoying the game and I hope to see you all very soon.

Mark

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL PLAYERS AND SUPPORTERS

I hope that everybody has had a restful festive period and are fighting fit for the latter half of the football season. As a Club we have had no option but to be restful as the weather has played havoc with the fixtures for many of our teams with some only having achieved one match in the month and with the current cold snap it doesn't look like this matter will improve in the short term.

With no matches being played and with the frosty weather also affecting training it has been a quiet time for the Club, for those that turned out for the Christmas Party on the 18th December, thank you for your support, it is greatly appreciated.

In case you are not aware the Club are in the process of ordering a training kit for all the boys/girls which we hope they will use as intended at their training sessions, it would be great to see everybody turn out in the same kit, this is bright orange with a white side flash (think of the Holland kit and you will have a pretty good idea of what it may look like) so you can be sure we will definitely get noticed. it is also hoped that we can get the children's initials on each kit to personalise each one. This kit will be a gift from the Club and not something we wish to make a charge for so please support the managers by asking your child to wear this at their training sessions.

It won't be long before we have to think about our presentation event, which is planned to take place, once again, at Poole Stadium, more details to follow next month.

Lets hope the weather improves soon and then we can celebrate success on the pitch with our teams in the next newsletter.

Mark Duffy

Well the weather is now starting to play an integral part in the matches of the youth teams, we have lost a large number of games over the last few weeks as the weather has turned extremely wet and windy, though we have been very lucky that we have not had to endure some of the problems that the people in Cumbria and other parts of Britain have had to face. Please keep an eye on the website for updates to fixtures as those teams that are still in the cup competitions will almost certainly have their fixtures re-arranged as the cup games take precedent over the league matches. Please link with your individual team manager regarding the training arrangements over the festive period as I am sure everybody will want to have a break from football at this time.

The Christmas Party for the younger players takes place on Friday 18th December at the Bournemouth East Liberal Club, Holdenhurst Road, if you require tickets please see either Mary (secretary) or Kerrie (Under 9's) for tickets, there will be a buffet, disco, raffle and a visit by Father Christmas, only limited tickets available so get yours early to avoid disappointment.

I would like to say a massive thank you to all those who supported the Bonfire night held at Stanpit, we raised £140 on the night from both the penalty shootout and the drinks and sweet stall, this was despite a smaller turnout than in previous years, probably not helped by the weather but a fantastic result all the same. Special mention to those children who gave up their time to help by being a goalkeeper or by helping serve on the stall as well as those parents who supported their children, hopefully we can get even more help next year.

I hope that we will have some news early next year regarding training jackets for the players and coaches but our ambition to provide these as soon as possible can be made easier if we can attract some sponsorship, either on a team basis or as a whole club, so if you know of anybody with an interest in football or has a child actively involved with the Club then please ask them to contact me, we will try and get them as much publicity as possible and hopefully they can then see their name at football match every weekend over the season.

I look forward to seeing all of you at a match very soon and wish you all seasons greetings from the whole of Christchurch Football Club.

Mark Duffy

I would like to say a massive THANK YOU to all parents, spectators, coaches, managers but most importantly the players for the fantastic support that you are giving the Club this season, there is a real feel good factor within the Club at this time which also translates itself onto the pitch and with it we are achieving some great results.

I would like to thank all the adults that are supporting the Club with collection of subs, transport to matches, officiating at matches, supporting events, writing match reports but more importantly encouraging our players to enjoy the game, play together as a team and work for each other to try and win the game, which at the end of the day is the object of the game, but doing it in a respectful and sporting manner. I have attended many games this season and it has been truly uplifting to see the children play with such skill and determination in order to win fully supported by very generous spectators, lets keep this going.

All our teams are doing well but special mention goes to our Under 10's, Under 11's and Under 13's who have had a really great start to the season, the Under 14's are now starting to win and are three games unbeaten, Under 12's have won their last two games, whilst the under 9's are battling in difficult circumstances with a shortage of players and our under 8's are now starting to convert their enthusiasm into some excellent football helped by more players now being signed.

YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED as the Club is running a sweet and drinks stall along with a penalty shoot out competition at the Bonfire Night event being held at Stanpit, Christchurch on the 7th November, if you can help on the night please contact either myself or Mary Cameron or Tristan Chapman (under 10's Manager), all profits to Julia's House or if you cannot help please come along and enjoy the fireworks and many other attractions and help raise much needed funds for this great local charity.

It is proposed that the Club will hold a Christmas Party for the children on either the 18th/19th December, more details will follow but please pencil these dates into your diaries as we would like to celebrate with this festive time with as many players and parents/guardians as possible.

A reminder that all subs need to be paid on time for the Club to meet its financial commitments and that it is very important that we have up to date contact details for all players and parents in case of an emergency.

A reminder also that any player who wishes to attend a Wessex Premier League match at Hurn Bridge can do so free of charge with a paying adult, come along and support our senior side who are also having a great start to the season.

See you all at a match soon.

Mark Duffy

Welcome to the latest news for the youth section of Christchurch Football Club.

What a great start to the season, the Under 13's, Under 11's and Under 10's teams still remain unbeaten in all competitions, the Under 14's have progressed to the second round of the BYFL Cup and our Under 12's and Under 9's have performed really well against some strong opposition. After a difficult start due to lack of players the Under8's are least able to play with a full team and showing some good understanding in such a short time that really augurs well for the rest of the season.
We still require players between the ages of 6 and 9 years so please encourage friends or relatives to come along on a Saturday morning at Kings Park, Bournemouth (contact the Club secretary for more details, mobile number 07816 660493).

If you are reading this then I hope you are also reading the match reports being placed on the website, though we are still waiting for the Under 14's to catch up and post their first report, they are really exciting and give the flavour of the match for all visitors to our site. We have also placed some team photos on the site, so take a look and see the players in their new strips which show the Club's support for Julia's House.

I would like to thank Michael Johnson, players and parents of the Under 11's team for their unstinting support of the Fit Christchurch event held on the quay recently, where they manned the football target shooting area. The weather was kind, the enthusiasm was fantastic and fun was the name of the game, we handed out leaflets, sweets and collected donations for our charity throughout the day as well as meeting lots of budding players, pictures are on the website. THANK YOU.

We have two events looming for your diaries, on Friday October 23rd 2009, we shall be holding a fund-raising event in conjunction with Poole Stadium, for a night of dog racing and general fun, all for just £5 (including racecard and a free drink) and to make it even better children are FREE. The second event is a bit further away but we shall be holding a Club Christmas Party at the Bournemouth East Liberal Club on Friday December 18th at 19:30, so hold the date in your diaries more details to follow next month.

Please remember that your Parent Representative is Mike Holmes (Under 13's) if there are any concerns regarding the Club or its players, including team selection, subscriptions or general conduct matters, please contact Mike, he is there to help.

Let's continue what we have started and if there are any comments or queries to make please do not hesitate to contact me. We value your support, time and commitment, without it we cannot operate.

Many Thanks

Mark Duffy

Welcome to the start of the new season, I hope that all our players, parents/guardians and all their relatives enjoy a successful season with Christchurch Youth. Let's hope the weather is kind to us (we don't have to postpone too many games until the end of the season), all matches are played in the kind of spirit we would like to see and that we support all the teams, including our opponents, and treat everybody with Respect and without Prejudice.

Our teams will look fantastic this year in their new classic kit, please look after it, you will notice that on the front of our shirts this year we are showing our support for Julia's House (Dorset Children's Hospice) as we are hoping to raise monies throughout the year for this worthy charity, if you can offer any support, make a donation or just help with fund-raising events, please contact me. I would like to thank our Club sponsor In-Excess for supporting the youth teams with this initiative.

We are now listing all the matches on the website for you to review along with weekly match reports and hopefully, in the future, pictures; you will also find the link to the FA website where competitive teams can view their league positions.

Please note that there is a midweek game on the 8th September (Tuesday) with some of our teams playing away, please help us by getting your child to the agreed meeting point or football ground on time.

We are still looking for new players for some of our younger teams, under 6's, under 7's and under 8's if you know of anybody who might be interested in joining a friendly club please contact the Club Secretary. If anybody wishes to help within the running of the Club or a particular team, please let me know as volunteers are always welcome.

Have a great season and I look forward to meeting as many people as possible throughout the coming months.


Mark Duffy

Welcome to the first newsletter on our dedicated section of Christchurch FC. I would like to welcome all players, parents and club officials to the new football season which will start in earnest competitively in September, but for many of our teams the season starts now with pre-season training though some of you will have taken part in some tournaments over the close season, I hope that you have enjoyed them whatever the results.

Over the seasonal break we have had our annual player/club awards, which were held at Poole Stadium and the attendance of so many players and parents made it a great success, though we will work hard to make it even better next year, many thanks to you all for supporting the teams. We have also had some changes at the club which sees myself taking over as Chairman and Elaine Dyas adopting the role of Child Welfare Officer, all committee members and their roles are on display on our home page, so please do not hesitate to contact the appropriate person should you have any matters to discuss, I would especially like to point parents and guardians in the direction of Mike Holmes who is your representative on the committee.

This new season brings about a new emphasis for the youth section of the Club, as we have adopted Julia's House, as our chosen charity this year and we are looking to fundraise through the Club to raise much needed monies for this deserving cause, all our players this year will have a brand new kit in which to play their games and we shall be wearing the name of our charity on the shirts in order to promote them wherever we play, however, we are also looking for partners within the local business community to help us with our mission and if there is anybody who would also like to have their names on the shirts as a partner (either by team or as the whole Club) then please contact me for details.

This season we will have regular match reports for all teams placed on the website by Tuesday of the following week, though I am sure the managers may be looking for contributors from within their own teams, we are also hoping to have at least every team featured twice in a season for action photos which can then be accessed through the Club site, our match reports and team features will also have a section within the main Christchurch football programme when they play at home in the Wessex League. At this point I would like to remind all players that they have free entry to any Wessex Premier League or Combination League (reserves) game at Hurn Bridge when accompanied by a paying adult (for up to date prices please see the relevant section on this site).

Please may I respectfully ask parents/guardians to pay their monthly subscriptions in timely fashion to enable the club to meet its financial commitments ongoing.

I look forward to catching up with many of you over the course of the season and if there are any comments you wish to make please do not hesitate to contact me.


Mark Duffy

Chairman CYFC