FOOTBALL FOR ALL ACADEMY

Football for All programme is at 3pm to 4 pm on Saturdays
Will cater for Boys/Girls 6 -14 years with disability
Midleton FC in conjunction with the FAI are proud to announce that a Football for All programme will take place for one hour on Saturdays starting at 3pm.

The Football for All Club Programme will provide children with Cerebral Palsy, Dyspraxia, Deafness, Visual Impairments and Intellectual disabilities the opportunity to play football for their local team and enjoy some meaningful competition against other FFA clubs

This is the most recent initiative by the FAI as part of their disability programme with the aim of providing the opportunity of all children and adults with a disability to have access to football in their local community club.

We at the club are very pleased to have been selected to participate and also to be given an opportunity to support this community initiative in a practical way
The Football for All Programme will cater for players with a disability who want to play football. We hope this programme will be a huge step forward in becoming inclusive guaranteeing that all children with disabilities in the future will have the same opportunity as their able bodied peers to play football for their local club".

Coaches Ken O'Connell, Michele Kelly & Mark O'Neill.

Academy Registration will be on Sunday 11th September,
From 11am to 12 for all ages.
Training will start on Sunday 18th.

Membership Frees €20 per child or €30 for a Family + €3 per week.

Academy will cater for boys/girls born 2006 or before. (children must be 5 this year)

Best wishes to Shannon Cremin a member of our U12 Girls team, as she is a guest of the Irish Ladies U17 team next weekend at their training camp. (Shannon is second from right in the front row)

At All Weather Facility Knockgriffin Park
Boys on Sunday
9.30am/10.30am Born 2005/6
10.30am/11.30am Born 2004
11.30am/12.30am Born 2003
12.30am/1.30am Born 2002

Girls Saturday
3pm to 4pm Born 2000/2005

I would like to thank all the academy coaches and parents for the time and effort they give every Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning and while the small sided leagues are on supporting their child at home and away games and during blitzes. Without their help in making football enjoyable for children of all ages our academy would not be as successful or continue to grow. Sometimes we forget how much time the academy coaches have to give to their teams. Without them we have no academy. I would also like to thank Pa Coakley, Eddie Allen and Bo Lehane for their help over the course of the academy year.
                                        Martin Hurley, Academy Development Coach

Help needed for all age groups especially u5, 6 and 7.

Contact Academy Development Coach - Martin Hurley on 087 3231031.

Congratulations academy coaches Paddy Murray, Aiden Connaughton, John Connaughton, Christine Murphy, David Rowlands and Joe Jalill on completing their kickstart 1 coaching course this weekend March 20th/21st at CSN. Martin Academy Co-ordinator.

Also congratulations to academy coaches Geoff Lamb, Cormac Whelly, Dermot O'Halloran, Sean McGauran, Bryan Walsh, Noel Meade. They completed their Kick Start 2 coaching course recently at Colaiste Stiophan Naofa.

Girl's Academy takes place every Saturday on our All Weather in Knockgriffin between 3 and 4 o clock. Girls aged between 5 and 10 are welcome to come along and have some fun. We have girls from various parts of East Cork coming to play and enjoying the fun of it .
Cork Schoolgirls League organise some Blitz (Indoor & Outdoor) during the year when we play girls from other clubs around the county. The girls really enjoy these and everyone gets to play as much as possible. They meet others and no medals are awarded on the day as it is all done to help the girls improve themselves.