Merley Allendale YFC
News
Webmaster Required 10/06/08
I will be retiring from being the webmaster at the end of this season, so a new person is required to look after this website. Please contact myself or the chairman if you are interested. Full instruction will be given, and I will be happy to help for a month or two.Signing On Day 10/06/08
This will be held at Merley Community Centre at 7.30pm on Wednesday 25th June.AGM Details 04/06/08
Merley Allendale Youth FC held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 4th June 2008 at Merley Community Centre. The main decisions made were the cost of next seasons Signing On fee, which will be £20; Training fee, which will be £1.50; and Match fees which will be £1.50 for Mini-Soccer and £2.50 for 11-a-Side.Secretary’s End Of Season Report 20/05/08
Thank you to all the Mangers, Coaches and Officers of the club for all their support throughout the 2007/2008 season, which has now finally ended. Whilst you are all having a well deserved break from football, my job continues by attending various League meetings and getting the teams and players registered in their appropriate Leagues ready for the start of the season 2008/2009.It would be a great help, if parents and players would make themselves available when their team Manager requests that the ‘Signing On’ forms are needed to be completed. Your Team Manager will advise you of the signing on fee for the season at that time. If the player is signing on to the U13, U14 and U16 teams, you will need to have 2 recent passport photographs attached to the signing on card, so it would be useful if you could get the photographs taken as soon as possible (white background, no hats, etc). ALL players in ALL the teams are required to attach a photocopy of their birth certificate also.
I would be grateful if all parents/carers could follow these guidelines and be prepared, as being disorganised may jeopardise the team being registered. I wish you all a good rest from football and hopefully a nice hot, relaxing summer.
Jacqui (MAYFC Secretary)
Presentation Evening 17/05/08
This was held at AFC Bournemouth's ground from 6.30pm. All the individual player awards are listed on each teams season page. In addition the following awards were made:Team Of The Year: Under 18s - Merlins
Manager Of The Year: - Brian Bailey of the Under 15s - Eagles
Top Goal Scorer (Mini Soccer): Richard Dowling (15 goals) of the
Under 9s
Golden Boot Award: Henry Biglowe & Matt White (30 goals each)
of the Under 18s
Life Member Awards: Simon Wrixon and John Russell
Beach Barbeque 09/03/08
On Saturday 19th July 2008 there will be a Beach Barbeque at Sandbanks. This is booked with Poole Borough Council. We have 80 places maximum. Open to the whole Club and families, friends, etc. Small charge of £1 per person only just to cover costs and so forth. Bring own food, small BBQ equipment and any beach games available (although I will arrange some anyway). We have a good portion of Beach next to the Haven Hotel from 1800 hrs to 2300 hrs. Directions: Park up at Sandbanks Car Park (or somewhere near), walk to loos, turn right, about 200 yards on left by the rocks. Please contact John Hughes on 886964 for any more information.F.A. Skills 25/02/08
| Following the Dorset FA's skills coaches Clare Daniels and John Scott visiting Merley during January and February, why not go to their website TheFA.com/Skills to take on their challenges and watch their football games. |
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Merley Under 9 Leopards in record Run 25/02/08
Congratulations to the Under 9s, who in beating local rivals Broadstone 2-0 on the 24th February have guaranteed them at least 3rd place in the Dorset League. In addition this victory extends their unbeaten home record to 18 months.Merley Under 14 Hawks on Tour 09/02/08
The Under 14s have represented the Wimborne and Ferndown Lions Club in an International tournament. See full report on the Hawks Under 14 page.Annual Presentation Evening - Saturday 17th May 2008 10/01/08
Jacqui will be sending out 'Presentation Evening Invites' by post in the next week. There is a closing date, that will be strictly adhered to, due to finalising arrangements and deadlines to keep to. Please ensure, if you wish to attend that the reply slips with payments are completed and returned to Jacqui by the required date to avoid disappointment. Look forward to seeing you all there.Jacqui Groves - Club Secretary
Quiz Night - Saturday 2nd February 10/01/08
The Quiz was attended by 151 people including children of all ages. The winning team was ‘Baker Dozen (U13’s) who won a big bottle of champers, and last position went to Rave (mixed U14’s and U16’s) who won a wooden spoon for their efforts.According to the feedback that I have now had from everybody, about 98% of those attending were happy with the entrance fee, (although this will be reviewed for the children in future) and all seemed to enjoy themselves.
The grand total raised for the evening was £456.00 which of course will all go to the Club to help with your child’s football experience. Finally, may I extend a very big thank you to everybody that attended and especially the all the Social Secs for their sterling efforts.
John Hughes - Fundraising Coordinator
Goalkeeper Training 3/1/08
Andy Rimmer and Richard Simmons will recommence goalkeeper training at Merley First School on Saturday 12th January from 9.30 to 11 am. The remaining dates are:26th January
9th February
23rd February
8th March
22nd March
5th April
19th April
(Continuing after 19th April will be subject to demand and availability)
Explanation of 2007/8 Pitch allocation 12/11/07
It has come to the committee’s attention that some parents and players may be unaware of the club’s reasoning behind the decision to play our 11-a-side matches out of Learoyd Road on Canford Heath. I therefore thought it would be worthwhile writing to you to explain the background to this decision.In March 2007 Dorset County and Bournemouth FA’s directed all clubs that all grounds used for football matches for the 2007/8 season should have changing facilities and toilets available. Unfortunately in the case of Merley 1st School, these facilities are not available to us. This meant that, while we could use the pitches for training purposes, matches could not be played there.
Therefore, as a result of the FA’s ruling, it was necessary to find alternative local grounds where these facilities were available before the start of the 2007/8 season in September.
Despite the relatively short amount of time available the committee made extensive enquires to try and find alternative local pitches. Unfortunately our enquiries found that these were already being used by other clubs and there was no regular spare capacity with the exception of Learoyd Road which had recently been vacated by Dexter Sports.
This effectively gave us two options:
1) To be designated on a weekly basis any free pitch within the Poole Borough or
2) Have a regular home pitches at Learoyd Road on Canford Heath
At that time it was recognised that with other clubs looking for grounds with the required facilities and any significant delay in our decision could have resulted in the loss of Option 2.
Therefore an extraordinary meeting was called during which the team managers and officers of the club agreed unanimously that the Learoyd Road option was the best way forward for the coming season. This meant that all home 11-a side matches would be played at Learoyd Road while the mini teams would remain in Merley at Fenner’s Field.
Obviously this was not the club’s preferred option but did mean that the younger players would remain in Merley while the older age groups would be all together at Learoyd Road.
Going forward the club is committed to bringing all Merley Allendale YFC home fixtures closer to Merley and a sub-committee has already been formed to look at the club’s best options for next season and beyond.
Eagles Cup Run 11/11/07
The U15 team have got through to Round 3 of the Dorset Cup, which will be played on Dec 9th. They had a win of 5 - 2 against Broadstone Braves. Round 3 Draw to be done soon. Well done U15s!Old Results for the Kites 9/11/07
Thanks to Steve Wright, the website now contains a complete set of results for the Kites, the team managed by Peter and Jack Wright between 2000 and 2006.Under 9s Record 21/10/07
Congratulations to the Under 9s whose 11-0 victory over Heathlands High Flyers was a record win for this team. Richard Dowling scored the first 5 goals in the 15 mins. Well done to all the Under 9s.Under 16s Player honoured 17/10/07
Joel Brennan, this season's playing striker for the Under 16 Monsters, has been selected to play for the Air Cadets South West England team.Under 9s Excel 10/10/07
Congratulations must go to the Under 9's who on the 7th October have now gone a whole year without a home defeat. In that time they have Won 8 Drawn 2 Scored 25 Conceded 3 Of which 7 were clean sheets. Well done for all those involved.Under 16s Get Praised 8/10/07
Jacqui (Club Secretary) had a telephone call from the Referee for the U16's home game played on Sunday 7th October '07, against Lymington Sprites at KGV Playing Fields. The Referee (Rob Kingston) wanted "to praise the attitude of the Merley Allendale team, Coaches/Manager and supporters." He stated "they were a pleasure to referee, a fantastic bunch of lads and looks forward to refereeing their games again. They are a credit to your Club". On behalf of Merley Allendale YFC, thank you and well done U16s!!Goalkeeper Training 6/10/07
This is a photo of some of the Merley Goalkeepers and Reserve goalkeepers whose took up the chance to have goalkeeper training sessions with Neil Moss (AFC Bournemouth goalkeeper) and Robbie Yates (Junior Cherries Coach) and other AFC Bournemouth coaches. Jacqui was fortunate enough to arrange this training after discussions with Neil and Robbie, and most boys have been attending for the last 6 weeks and will continue to do so. All boys who attend have put in a tremendous amount of effort and commitment, and it should be recognised that the training is pretty tough and structured, with only those who show full commitment being given this continuous opportunity. Well done boys!
New Manager for Under 10s 23/9/07
John Hill has taken over as Manager for the Under 10 team. The club would like to thank Rodney Coombes for starting the team, and for his support of Merley Allendale YFC.Presentation Day 2008 23/9/07
Advance notice for this event: It will be held at AFC Bournemouth on Saturday 17th May 2008 between 5pm and 10pm.Goalkeeper Training 7/9/07
Paul Whitty and Richard Simmons will re-commence goalkeeper training at Merley First School this weekend. It will start at 9.30am and finish at 11am - this is to try a cater for more keepers who may already be training from 9.30am. It will be run fortnightly on the following days:8th & 22nd September
6th & 20th October
3rd & 11th November
1st & 15th December
New Season Started 26/8/07
The new season has started well, with the U18 Merlins winning the first match 7 - 1. The website has been updated with as many of the fixtures the webmaster has information about.Merley Allendale YFC to join the Sun Dream Team competition !!! 14/7/07
Message from MAYFC chairman Paul Whitty:I was thinking would any of you and your players (Parents entering) like to participate in the Sun's dream team competition? I was thinking about us all entering individual teams within one of their mini - leagues (it was £5 last year) under the name 'Merley Allendale YFC' - Password is Merley. It looks like we have up to the 6th August - so if you are interested enter a team from the link below and spread the word.