Holiday Camp - Feb half term

Cheshire FA are delighted to announce our next Half-Term Holiday Camp taking place at our Cheshire FA HQ, Moss Farm, Northwich on Tuesday 20th February-Friday 23rd February, 9am-3pm - filled with fun activities and football.

 

You can read more via the website and complete our booking form: https://www.cheshirefa.com/play/cheshire-fa-holiday-camps

Please share with members of your clubs – but encourage them to sign up soon as places are filling!

 

 

For All Officers Programme 2022

Want to make your club more inclusive? Do you fancy becoming a 'for all' officer and working with Cheshire FA to help develop an inclusive game that we can all be proud of?

Inclusion events / CPD - Cheshire FA

Please see below information about some forthcoming Inclusion events the FA are delivering   

https://englandfootballgrassrootshub.co.uk/events

The FA National Youth Council are also delivering an education series titled LGBTQ+: from Pride to Purpose 

http://emea.focusvision.com/survey/selfserve/5a3/211006

In addition to this Cheshire FA are also looking for players, coaches, referees, club or league officials to show your support for the Rainbow Laces Campaign.  Please support the campaign by sharing or filling in this survey:

https://bit.ly/3mMkQo2

Advice for reducing the risk of being struck by lightening

Health and safety information. 

On Tuesday of this week, nine-year-old Jordan Banks was struck by lightning during a football coaching session and tragically lost his life.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has issued guidance https://www.rospa.com/leisure-safety/advice/lightning about measures to reduce the risk of being struck by lightning.

Our thoughts go out to Jordan’s family and friends.

Update on Cheshire County Cup Competitions

See below the letter from County re the cancelation of this seasons Cheshire County Cup Competitions.

Cheshire County Football Association Cup Competitions for Season 2020 – 2021

To:

District Association Secretaries, League Secretaries and Participating Club Secretaries.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

At a joint meeting of the Cheshire FA Cups and Youth Committees held on Tuesday 9th March the decision was taken by the members present to cancel all eleven competitions for season (2020 – 2021)

The decision, although disappointing, means that Leagues who are intending to complete their Fixture program can now plan ahead without the need to schedule CCFA Conference Dates in their timetable for the remainder of the season.

For the benefit of transparency, an explanation as to how the Members arrived at their decision is clarified below including information obtained from participating clubs.

When the announcement from the Government confirmed grassroots football could restart on March 29th, we wrote to all leagues asking for clarification on their plans to continue or curtail their league fixtures. Almost all confirmed they were planning to continue in some form or other to provide competitive football for their member clubs. With that information we then wrote to all clubs asking if they wished to continue in their respective competition or withdraw their team should we decide to continue with all CCFA Cups Competitions. The response from the Clubs in the Amateur Cup, Sunday Challenge Cup and Ladies Cup was less than 50% although the majority of those wished to continue should the decision to progress be approved. Almost all of the Youth, Junior & Minor Girls and Boys Leagues and Clubs replied indicating they wished to continue should the competitions also move forward.

Although not all clubs replied, this was a positive indication to continue.

The members then discussed issues relating to the number of outstanding fixtures, proposed fixture dates, away teams travelling, ground availability and any current and additional restrictions that may be imposed by the FA, County FA and Local Authority after 29th March.

  • In the Amateur Cup we still have 64 teams requiring 6 dates to complete.
  • In the Sunday Challenge Cup still have 64 teams requiring 6 dates to complete.
  • The Ladies Cup has 24 teams, and they need 5 dates to complete,
  • The Boys Youth, Junior & Minor have at least 32 in each requiring 5 dates
  • The Girls competitions have between 12 and 16 teams needing 4 dates.
  • Depending on when Leagues intend to finish there are a minimum of 9 weekends and maximum of 13 to get their fixtures completed assuming all facilities remain open and shared facilities between leagues are available. Most Leagues have indicated they will also need to fixture midweek games in to complete their program.
  • Scheduling the games on - Saturday / Sunday dates would have consequences with our affiliated leagues. Midweek fixtures may prove difficult for teams travelling from one end of the county to another for an evening ko.
  • Assuming all the grounds are re-opened and do so for the foreseeable future enabling those leagues who wish to continue their fixture program. There may be difficulty in scheduling games to avoid double booking especially if there are different leagues involved. At present some LA’s are allowing the use of the grounds until the middle of June but that may not be the same for all Authorities across Cheshire.
  • There are restrictions on indoor gatherings and Local Authority changing facilities remain closed at present and possibly will do so after 29th Those clubs with private facilities may also have restrictions on the use of changing and shower rooms.
  • As grassroots football can restart on Monday 29th March, it is not clear if the present restrictions will remain and if there will be any additional conditions placed on the Leagues, Clubs and Players before they can take part in any organised football.

Taking the responses from the leagues and clubs in to account against the above factors relevant at present as well as any possible disruptions that may arise, the re-introduction of a geographical ‘Tiered System’ for example the Committees decided that in the best interest of the Association, Leagues and Clubs all competitions have been cancelled for this season.

Although this may be disappointing to some, the Committee Chairmen, taking all factors in to consideration, are sure that Clubs will believe the decision was correct.

 To avoid any misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the decision, we would ask all club secretaries to circulate the above information to players, club officials and supporters.

Kind regards

Kevin Mighall

Youth & Competition Secretary

 

Youth Voice Survey

We hope you are keeping safe and well in these strange times. See below from Cheshire County FA re the Youth Voice Survey - a great way to get your daughters opnion heard and to shape the game.

At Cheshire County FA, we are fully committed to supporting young people in our beautiful game and ensuring that we provide regular opportunities throughout the year to provide feedback in an open & honest manner to ensure we can continue to improve & develop strategies & policies to better safeguard everybody and ensure a safe & enjoyable experience. This piece of work forms part of our ‘Youth Voice’ initiative which aims to offer young people in football within Cheshire the opportunity to provide feedback to shape the game for them for the future.  


We would ask all of our Under 18 Players, Coaches and Volunteers to please spend a few minutes completing the below:

Youth Voice Survey (smartsheet.com)

You will have the opportunity to submit the feedback to shape decision making going forward. Please also do not hesitate to get in touch with us should you need any support.

If you know of someone who is under 18 and is involved in grassroots football in Cheshire please do pass this onto them.

Thank you for your continued commitment in making football happen and for your valuable feedback.

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FA updated guidance on dealing with concussion in youth football.

This article provides helpful information about how to recognise and manage a concussion – from the time of injury through to a player's safe return to football.

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