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AUGUST 2010
FUN
DAY 15 AUG 2010
The sun
shone, the people of Kilbirnie headed to the Vale and a great time
was had by all, despite the obstacles which were put in our way on
the day
All the
KCFC teams at U7s,8s,9s,10s,11s x 2,12s,13s and 11s,13s,17s girls
had invited teams along to play with the U17s girls kicking off the
proceedings in a league game against East Kilbride-:
A great performance by each and every player from number
1 to number 11 battling through from the 1st minute to last securing
a fantastic victory with goals scored in each half, firstly by Louise
Welsh following some great build up play & what turned out to
be the eventual winner scored by Jillian Humphrey with a fantastic
chipped finish as she cut in from right hand side which went into
top left hand corner.
Delighted
for girls who continue to battle away,and received a nice comment
from an East Kilbride player, who said that we thoroughly deserved
our win & that she felt our team spirit was brilliant. Well done
girls
With
the 7s 10s,11s and girls 11s/13s welcoming their opposition and preparing
to play, the U8s, 9s,11sCougars,and 12s waited and it soon became
apparent that the 4 teams from Woodwynd Wolves who were scheduled
to play them were not going to show, likewise the Tass team who were
to play the U13s at 11-a-side, so a few phone calls later, the 8s
played the 9s, the 11s Cougars had enough players for 2 teams to play
each other, the 12s played the 13s at 7-a-side then reversed the fixture
at 11-a side so everyone got a good kick at the ball and had lots
of fun in the process although were disappointed in not being able
to play their arranged games
Off
the park the rides and face painting kept the smaller children happy,
the beat the goalie and wet sponge throw gave the young players a
chance to get their own back on their coaches whilst the raffle,guess
the age of the bear and bottle stall gave everyone a chance to win
the mountain bike kindly donated by R T Cycles of Glengarnock, Blastie
bear and lots of bottles courtesy of Alan Wilson and the KCFC teams.
The
NAL Activator gave its health checks of blood pressure, pulse rate,
lung strength, height ,weight and body fat so anyone calling in got
a good m.o.t. The burger and ice cream vans did a roaring trade whilst
the busy beer tent helped quench everyones thirst in the scorching
sun
A great
day enjoyed by all, thanks to everyone who helped out on the day,
also all who attended.
See you all
next year
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KCFC SOCCER SCHOOL
Kilbirnie Community Football Club's ever popular Soccer school is
staying outside at the Vale for its next Saturday morning sessions
which start on Sat 28th August from 10-30
to 11-30 for a run of 6 weeks.
Open to boys and girls from P1 to P3, there is only a nominal charge
of £1 per session and we look forward to lots of Kilbirnie youngsters
enjoying the fresh air and hopefully some sunshine.
Remember the date, Sat 28th August, 10-30 to 11-30 at the Vale. P1
to P3 age groups
Whether you've been to the soccer school before or fancy trying it
for the first time, we look forward to welcoming you and hope you
enjoy the sessions which are run by SFA Qualified coaches For further
information contact Robbie on 07969320981
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SUMMER
CAMP 2010
KCFC's
summer camp for 2010 ran rom the 9th to 13th August at the Vale where
Kilbirnie Ladeside kindly loaned the pitch for the budding footballers
to try out their skills.
Good
numbers turned up to the camp each day for the two sessions 10am till
12 and 1pm to 3pm and after a dull Mondayand a wettish Tuesday, the
weather improved ending up with glorious sunshine on the last day
(Friday) where everyone enjoyed themselves to the end.
All sessions
managed to be completed outdoors and the attendees had a great time
putting much effort into each of the day's themes
Thanks
go tho the coaches Robbie, Mark and Andrew and others who gave up
time to call in and help out the odd day also to all the players for
turning up with a good attitude, working hard and having fun and making
the week the success it was.
A
couple of photos here, more on the gallery soon
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COACHES
DAY SOMERSET PARK
see
sfa south west news link on http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=539
SUNDAY 1st
AUGUST AND KCFC WERE WELL REPRESENTED AT THIS YEARS COACHING DAY AT
AYR UNITEDS GROUND WHERE THE SFA SOUTH WEST TEAM OF RITCHIE WILSON,
JOHN BROWN, AND MANY OTHERS PUT ON A VERY EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING
SESSION AND THE HOSPITALITY WASN'T HALF BAD EITHER !
WITH AN
INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING DIFFERENT SLANT ON THINGS FROM KEVIN
McGRESKIN OF Soccer eyeQ IN THE MORNING, AND A WITTY CHAT AND A VARIETY
OF GRASS ROUTE DRILLS PROVIDED BY JIM FLEETING IN THE PM, IT WAS AN
EXCELLENT DAY ENJOYED BY ALL WHO ATTENDED. KCFC'S GOOD
REPRESENTATION WAS COMMENTED ON BY THE ORGANISERS AND SPEAKERS, WELL
DONE
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JULY 2010
NEW UNDER
7s TEAM FOR 2010/11
Kilbirnie
Community Football Club are in the process of forming their
new U7s team for players born in 2004. Anyone interested
should go along to the Public Park, Kilbirnie at 6pm on
Thursday 15th July. If you are unable to attend on that
particular night, but still interested in being a part of the new
team please contact KCFC on 683474.
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JUNE 2010
KCFC
Ladeside u10s held their end of season presentation
at Powerleague, Kilmarnock on Saturday 26 June. All the players were
presented with Squad Awards in recognition of their contributions
this season. Additional award winners winners were:- Lee Salisbury
(Player of the Year), Jamie Campbell (Parent & Players Player
of the Year), Kian Halbert & Ruby Sloss (Joint Merit Award) and
Lee Salisbury (Top Goalscorer with 78 goals). The presentation was
followed by a buffet, raffle and a friendly against our invited opponents
from Netherthird Utd. The club wish to thank all parents, families
and our sponsors (Quinn Memorials, Mitchell MacKenzie Estate Agents
and Garnock Valley Boxing Club for your support throughout a busy
season and also Kilmarnock FC for donating a signed match ball and
complimentary tickets for our raffle.
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CUP
FINAL CUP
FINAL CUP
FINAL CUP
FINAL CUP
FINAL CUP
FINAL
KCFC
GIRLS U13S are into their first ever Cup Final this Sunday 27th June
The
Plate Cup Final against Ayr United is being held at Toryglen with
an 11-30 kick off and if anyone can get along to give the KCFC girls
their support it will be most welcome. Entry to the finals
is £3 adults and £1-50 for children. Good luck girls
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NASA
FAIR PLAY AWARD GOES TO LIONS U11S
North Ayrshire
Soccer Association held their annual 'Fair Play Award'
ceremony on Friday 11th June 2010 @ Dalry Primary School.
Ladeside Lions U11's football team won the 'Fair Play Award' for their
age group.
The Fair
Play Award is given in light of overall sportsmanship, from kids on
the park, coaches and parents/supporters
on the sideline.
A worthy
award to be proud of and The Lions can help lead the way for other
up & coming groups that support
not only
from Coaches, but supporters alike can make a difference.
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AGM
DONE
The AGM
of Kilbirnie Community Football Club will be held at Ladeside of Kilbirnie
Bowling Club on Tuesday 15th JUNE at 7-30 pm. All welcome.
This
will be followed by the KCFC meeting with an emphasis on the Fun Day
in August.
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SEE
GALLERY FOR PHOTOS COMING UP SOON
PRESENTATION
DAY
The 2010
KCFC Presentation Day will be held on Sunday 6th June at the Garnock
Community Social Club. All teams from U7s through to the Over
35s are invited along to do their slot and keep all the parents and
friends informed of how their team and players are doing.
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KCFC
Ladeside Lions
The Lions
management are looking for players born 1998 to help keep an under
13 team going within KCFC next season along side their U12s. Anyone
knowing of a player born 1998 please contact Tommy/Mags on coachtommy@hotmail.co.uk
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MAY
2010
SFA
Study group to Denmark
This
was my project. Full report to follow
Steve
Leonardo
Da Vinci Visit--- Denmark 2010
Friday
7 th May pm visit to TARNBY local grassroots club :- S Wilson
Tarnby
Football club has a long history dating back to 1917 during which
time various links with other local clubs have been tried over the
years. Most didn’t work out and Tarnby ended up on its own again but
a strong link with Aarmaar took place around 1970 and finally in 2009,
AB TARNBY 2009 was formed with Tarnby FC and Aarmaar FC losing their
own identities.
With
55000 people in the community there are 4 or 5 football clubs in the
area but with 1400 playing members, Tarnby are rated as the 5 th biggest
club in Denmark and have activities for all age groups from U5s mini
kickers up to the grand old masters at over 65s.
The
facilities are first class, the clubhouse, meeting rooms and restaurant
building is adjoined by numerous pitch areas, astro pitches and 2
stadium pitches for the first teams.
Including
the “west “ area which is across the road from the clubhouse there
are approx 8 11-a-side, 8 7-a-side, numerous 5-a- side and fun areas
plus the floodlit astro and 2 stadia . Pitches are allocated free
of charge to the member teams and training is allowed on the pitches.
With so many members and other sports competing for the facilities
this pitch allocation process can have its problems, but times, days
etc are submitted and decisions made. The facilities are owned by
the local community council and maintained by them. Any improvements
, alterations etc have to be agreed by the council and carried out
by them when the budget allows rather than the club just getting on
with it and this can be frustrating.
Having
1400 players, it requires a large number of volunteers to keep things
going and this can be a problem at times. Parents are asked to become
involved when their kids are an early age, come and coach for fun,
then maybe later on some will take coach education courses which are
arranged locally. Parents info packs give basic induction information,
then a simple manual of 10 drills is handed out to them to give them
something to start on.
The
age groups play as follows 5/6 3 v 3, 7-9 5 v 5, 10/11 7 v 7, 12/13
9 v 9, 14 upwards 11 v 11. From 5/6 to U10 (2000) its fun football
playing with their pals and parents coaching. From 11 upwards they
get a proper coach to work with the parents, he takes the A team but
keeps an eye on B C or D teams. Proper coaching is introduced and
at Tarnby this coach moves up the years with the team, but this is
not stipulated as a must in Denmark The coaches are looked after by
the club, particularly by way of coach education courses which are
not cheap in Denmark .
By
the time the kids reach U14 level they think about 70% of boys are
playing football with a grassroots club or better, a fantastic statistic.
As
well as providing the facilities free of charge, the council offer
funding for every member under the age of 25, at a rate of 125 kroner
per year-about £15. The club also has its yearly membership fees which
range from 1600 k (£200) for adults, 1200 for 19-14s, 1000 for 11-13s
and 600 for the youngsters. The parents don’t need to join but can
be active on the kids membership even having voting rights on behalf
of the child up to the age of 18’
Tarnby
is on the outskirts of Copenhagen and by our standards the facilities
are excellent but further West say in Jutland the clubs are even better
looked after. A town of 25000 population has an indoor pool, indoor
football ,21 grass pitches, hotel accommodation and they are building
a new astro . Lots of money available for sport in the West of Denmark
As
players progress, the good players are poached by the bigger licensed
clubs but this is taken as a fact of life in Denmark and to some extent
encouraged because the development of a player is a top priority for
them. Tarnby’s most famous son is Nicolas Bentner now with Arsenal
who left the club before he was 12 but still comes back and has his
own soccer camp as well as being a beneficiary of the club.
Conclusion:
- Although the facilities and organisation of the club were outstanding,
it was in some way refreshing to see that at grassroots level they
do still have minor problems to sort out—allocation of pitches, training
times, volunteer recruitment etc, but with everything Danish apparently
geared up to a healthy/sporting existence, these are soon sorted.
We as community clubs in Scotland can not change societies habits
and attitude to sport and healthy living, but we can pick a few pointers
in encouraging parental involvement, providing information and education
and inviting more kids to participate. Without the kids playing there
is no club so we need to improve player recruitment, monitoring, development
and lastly identifying the elite player in our midst and giving him
the opportunity to progress. Ghua !!
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Lions
New Away Strip
KCFC
Ladeside LionsU11s away fixture against
West Kilbride on Sat 15th May was switched to the Vale and both teams
put up a good game trying to play football. Tony Gallagher scored
first for KCFC but WK equalised before half time. In the second half
the WK keeper pulled off a number of great saves but the Lions ran
in 3 goals through Scott Maxwell and Kevin Monaghan to run out winners
by the odd goal in 7.
The
Lions played this game in their new away kit sponsored by MM Landscape
and would like to put up a big thank you to Stevie for his donation
which is very much appreciated by the team.
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KILBIRNIE
AFC ARE 4TH DIV CHAMPIONS
Kilbirnie
AFC in their first year at amateur level have won the AAFA 4th Division
The
trophy was presented by AAFA President Mr Stuart Urquhart at the Vale
prior to the final game of the season against Symington Caledonian
which Kilbirnie won 3 1
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APRIL
2010
KCFC SOCCER
SCHOOL
Kilbirnie Community Football Club's ever
popular Soccer school is going outside at the Vale for its next Saturday
morning sessions which start on Sat 1st May from 10-30 to 11-30.
Open to boys and girls from P1 to P3, there
is only a nominal charge of £1 per session and we look forward to
lots of Kilbirnie youngsters enjoying the fresh air and hopefully
some sunshine over the 8 week block. Remember the date, Sat 1st
May 10-30 to 11-30 at the Vale. Whether you've been to the soccer
school before or fancy trying it for the first time, we look forward
to welcoming you and hope you enjoy the sessions which are run by
SFA Qualified coaches For further information contact Robbie on
07969320981
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March 2010
RACE NIGHT
KCFC's Kilbirnie
AFC held their first Race Night in the Bowling Club on Sat 20th March.
A good night was had by all as Jim McKillop sorted out the odds for
the races then put on a disco until closing
Many thanks
to Jimmy Pierce for sponsoring the evening, also "Benny's",
the Bowery Bar and James Houston (Architect) who sponsored the races.
The ams funds
were swelled by over £800 so a big thanks also to all who bought horses
on the race sheets. Sorry you couldn't all win but some fine
prizes were provided thanks to Messrs The Grouse Experience, Wm Grant
Distillery and Glengoyne Distillery who all donated bottles.
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February
2010
KCFC GIRLS
SECTION :- start up and Presentation Sun 21st Feb
The girls
section will be playing friendlies on Sunday 21st Feb at the Vale.
Kicking off at Noon, the U11's & 13's will play 7-a-side against
Ayr United, whilst the U17s will be on the 11-a-side pitch playing
Kilwinning.
The KCFC teams
are then having their presentation from last season in the clubhouse
pavilion at 2pm.
Come along
and give your support.
AND THIS
IS WHAT HAPPENED:-
KCFC U9 s and U11s girls
had a joint presentation for their hard work and great efforts last
season at the Vale on Sunday 21st Feb. Friendly matches against Ayr
Utd had to be postponed because of the frost but there was still a
great turnout with 25 girls and parents in attendance to see the players
receive their trophies.
Well done to all the
girls and good luck for the new season ahead when you will be playing
at U11 and U13 age groups.
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The Girls Under 17's presentation
was also held in Ladeside Pavillion for the season 2009 and prior
to that they played a friendly against Kilwinning Girls. Despite a
hard pitch, a good workout to blow away the winter cobwebs saw the
girls go down 5 - 1, but it was good to get their first game played
prior to the season getting underway with a opening league fixture
at the Vale on Sunday March 7th versus Celtic FC.
Picture shows
the team who will participate in the South West Scoltand under 17's
league.
The girls then held
their presentation, details as follows:-
The Award Winners:-
Jillian Humphry-- Leading
goal scorer
Rebecca McKenzie--Player of the Year and Joint
Players Player of the Year
Ashleigh Hastings--Joint Players Player of the Year Rachel
Finningan--Most Improved Player
Ashleigh, Rebecca, Jillian, Rachel - Congratulations
Boy was it cold !!!!!!
By the way,
as the pictures show it was really cold
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December 2009
Ladeside Lions Presentation Day
The KCFC Ladeside LionsU11s held their football presentation at Vale Park
on Sunday 20th December 2009. We had two 'local sportsmen' present
the kids with their trophies, Stevie Miller & Paul Bell from Kilbirnie
Ladeside.
We would like to relay a big thanks for Stevie & Paul for giving up
their free time to come along & present the kids with their trophies,
the kids were delighted.
Stevie & Paul also gave their appreciation
to the people behind the scenes, volunteers, parents & coaches, Tommy
Burns & Colin Monk, who without people like them they wouldn't have
kids coming through the football pathway to hopefully play
professionally in years to come.
The Ladeside Lions U11's have had a great season so far, winning-11,
draws-2 & lost-5, all with fabulous team performance throughout the
season.
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KCFC Girls U17's |
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KCFC FUN DAY |
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