Long Melford Football Club

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U8 Blues/Reds
U10 Blues/Reds
 

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Saturday Soccer School
 
LMFC Colts








 

 

 
 
 
Long Melford FC Colts is one of the largest clubs in the area and currently runs 15 teams from under 8 to under 16 age groups. We provide the boys and girls with a safe environment to enjoy taking part in a team sport that teaches them about discipline, dedication and commitment and helps them to interact with each other, which helps to develop their character and personalities for later life. Most of all they have fun, and keep fit in the process.

                As you can imagine there are a lot of people involved; managers and coaches at all age groups give up their time to the Club and to the children, having to not only coach but also to help mark out pitches, help with ground repairs, cut grass, roll the pitches, organise games, write match reports etc. It is a huge commitment for all of us.

                One of the other aspects we have to organise is raising sponsorship for kit, balls, track suits, training equipment and all the usual overheads to run the club such as pitch rent, electricity for the floodlights, maintaining the tractor and grass cutting equipment, line marking paint – the list goes on and on.

                Are you able to help in some way, however small, to help us run the Club and give the children a Club they can be proud of? Any donation or sponsorship, offer of help or loan of equipment would be gratefully received. It may help you to know that…a match ball costs £20 (each team needs two), practice balls cost £6 (each team needs approx one ball per player), a team kit costs around £500 per team of 13 players, a tracksuit costs minimum £25 each player.

                These essential items alone are substantial costs. Add to these the recent events such as our tractor being stolen (insurance policy excess was £1000) – we had to spend £2500 to replace it, having to pay the excess. One of the nets was slashed by vandals, replacement cost £120. If you would like to sponsor a team, your company name could be printed on the shirts or tracksuits. We could do this for a contribution of around £300. Otherwise any donation would be a help. We charge the players a season subscription to play for the club and if we get help through sponsorship, this cost can be kept to a level most parents can afford.

                An additional adjacent piece of land has been leased and this will be turned into a mini-soccer pitch for the age groups up to under 10. It has been previously used an allotment and therefore needs extensive preparation before the start of next season. We have already begun to clear the site of old metal, shrubs and greenhouses – a volunteer work party of all ages made good progress but the heavy plant costs of £3,200 need to be covered.

                As a Club we hold regular fund raising events such as race nights, summer fete, quiz nights and mini tournaments, and encourage the children to get involved so that they understand that money has to be earned for the club. They are made to realise that we don’t have a rich benefactor pumping money into the club! Last year a group of managers, parents and boys abseiled down Ipswich Maternity Hospital to raise money for the club and also donated £500 to a local charity.

 
Long Melford FC Colts Officers 2008/09
 
Role
Personnel
Phone
Mobile
Chairperson                         
Adam Coleman
01787 310482
07730 303826
Vice Chairperson
Mike Spurway
01787 319953
07962 082192
Secretary
Tim Bell
01787 379167
07702 379167
Treasurer
Steve Gates
01787 377993
07974 315892
Child Welfare Officer
Robert Austin
01787 310801
07736 156908
Referees Coordinator – Pitch Allocation
Ian Gammage
01787 248373
07702 554485
 
Team Managers 2008/09 

 

Under 8's Blues & Reds Manager

Jackie Hurley

01787 371920

07980 967110

Under 9's Blues & Reds Manager

Adrian Copsey

01787 374040

07891 342808

Under 10's Blues & Reds Manager

Mick Manning

01787 379183

07771 601904

Under 11's Manager

Adam Coleman

01787 310482

07730 303826

Under 12's Manager

Steve Day

01787 371790

07974 470657

Under 13's Blues Manager

Mike Spurway

01787 319953

07962 082192

Under 13's Reds Manager

Steve Gates

01787 377993

07974 315892

Under 16's Manager

Tim Bell

01787 379167

07702 379167

Under 18's C&DYL Manager

Malcolm Atkin

01787 278268

07733 482372

Under 18's Ridgeon’s Manager

Trevor Warren

01787 375378

07971 022768

 

Saturday Soccer School              

Mark Roberts

 

 

 

Team Assistant Managers 2008/09

 

Under 8's Blues & Reds

To be Advised

 

 

Under 9's Blues & Reds

Les Salter

 

 

Under 10's Blues & Reds

Paul Powis

 

 

Under 11's

Peter Kerruish

 

 

Under 12's

Clive King

 

 

Under 13's Blues

Dave Bolton

 

 

Under 13's Reds

Tony Gardiner

 

 

Under 16's

Joe Welsford

 

 

Under 18's C&DYL

 

 

 

Under 18's Ridgeon’s

Dave King