AGM & Signing On Nights

The Agm of RTJFC will be held on Monday 4th June 2007 7pm Kilsby Lane

Any proposed rule changes or amendments need to be with the Secretary in writing 14 days before the meeting.

Signing on Nights

The club wish to announce the Signing on nights for next seasons age groups

Mini-Soccer 7`8`9`10`s

Tuesday 5th June 2007 and Thursday 7th June 2007 Kilsby Lane 6pm to 8pm

Under 11`s 12`s 13`s

Tuesday 19th June 2007 Kilsby Lane 6pm to 8pm

Under 14`s, 15`s, 16`s, 17`s

Thursday 21st June 2007 Kilsby Lane 6pm to 8pm

MOP UPS All age groups

Tuesday 26th June and Thursday 28th June 2007 6pm-8pm

All players and Parents need to attend

Under 9s Take Home Tamworth Cup!

Rugby Town under 9’s travelled to “ The Lamb “ the home of Tamworth FC on Saturday to contest the final of the Tamworth Cup.

Their opponents were Coventry based side Chapelfield Colts who had conceded only one goal in the previous five rounds.

Town started the stronger and great football created half chances for Charlie Hawkins and Dylan Tellyn whose shots were either well saved or brushed the woodwork.

A lapse in defensive concentration allowed Colts an opportunity but a superb chase and tackle from Elliot Moore rescued the situation.

With Colts struggling to handle the pace of Adam Shaw, he eventually found enough room to hit an unstoppable shot to give Town the lead.

With Josh Baker and William Scott outstanding in defence Colts opportunities were few but just before half time slack marking at a corner resulted in the equaliser being scrambled home.

Nathan Bailey and Harry Brown worked tirelessly for the Town in attack and Adam Neale in goal was forced to make some fine second half saves as the rain made conditions more difficult..

With extra time looking possible Dylan Tellyn and Charlie Hawkins combined to release Adam Shaw who fired home his second of the game and the ultimate winner.

A great all round contribution by all nine players in the squad and a deserved reward for their performances throughout the season.

Congratulations to all the boys and big thanks to all the supporters on the day.
Well done also to the management team of Chris Courtenay and Nick Letts.

Trevor Brooking Visits Kilsby Lane!

LOCAL VOLUNTEERS HONOURED BY SIR TREVOR BROOKING

Read More & View The Photos From The Event Here!

Volunteers at Rugby Town Junior Football Club (RTJFC) have received recognition from the Football Association (FA) for their work and dedication.

On Thursday evening, 163 volunteers received certificates from Sir Trevor Brooking, FA Director of Football Development, at a special presentation ceremony held at the club’s new home on Kilsby Lane in the town.

Youth Trial Dates

Rugby Town will be competing in the Under 18 Midland Floodlit League Eastern Division next season and have now announced their Players Trials dates.

They will take place at the Rugby Town Rubber Crumb Astro Facility Butlin Road on the following dates:

• Wednesday 6th June 1900- 2100
• Friday 8th June 1900-2100
• Wednesday 13th June 1900- 2100

Any player who wishes to attend needs to Ring 01788-547987

U15s AVC International Cup - Italy

Rugby Town Junior U15’s took part in the inaugural AVC International Cup played between the 6th and 13th of April in Sportillia, Italy and what a great time was had by the players as they had a taste of a footballers life, with a full programme of coaching and matches at the purpose built sports facility high up in the mountains near Forli.

All the age groups played matches in a four-team league format with the top two teams then playing in the final. First up for Town for A.S. Virtus Calcio from Italy, after a nervous start in the first 15 minutes, Town switched into overdrive with a classy free kick from Ben Oliver opening the scoring and that was followed by an Alexander ‘Shillo’ Shilton hat-trick, and one each from Danny Jones, Sam Birtwistle and reserve keeper James Price rounding off to a 7-0 win.

Up next was the Chelsea FC USA Academy and what a game this turned out to be. With the Town lads determined to cause an upset, they gave 150% effort, intensity and commitment and stunned CFC USA Academy with what proved to be their only defeat of the week 4-3 thanks to two from Shillo, one from Michael Glover and one from Ryan Miller all of which were based around set piece work.

Match three was against Stevenage Borough’s Academy, and despite Stevenage having a never ending stream of substitutes to prevent tiredness in the hot afternoon against Towns small squad and the tatic of having several people around the pitch to feed the ball in to keep the pace relentless, Town ensured they qualified for the final with an outstanding team performance on goal difference by holding out to a 1-0 defeat.

The final against Chelsea’s USA Academy went in the favour of Americans 4-0, as they took their chances and thwarted Towns superior aerial power at set pieces that had provided the goals in the previous encounter by borrowing a couple of Stevenage’s taller defenders, never the less the lads did themselves proud in giving everything they had.

The U15’s didn’t come away empty handed though, at the presentations they were awarded the tournament fair-play trophy for displaying a high standard in the ‘spirit of sportsmanship in football’ for their commitment on the pitch, their sportsmanship after each game, their team spirit both on and off the pitch in winning or loosing and for the way have represented their club throughout the week and in doing so, they were congratulated by the organisers for setting an example to the other 11 teams attending, something that they should all be proud of.

A big thank you to the businesses that contributed to the trip - Longhorns Bar & Grill – EON – Premier Sheet Metal - Cummings and McAlpines and to everyone who helped with the fund raising.

England Tickets

As part of its Football for all programme and its Community Club status Rugby Town
been allocated 50 tickets for the

UNDER 16

ENGLAND V SPAIN

AT Wembley Stadium Saturday 28th April 2007

Kick Off 3pm. Tickets are Free

Anybody that would like tickets email info@rugbytownfc.co.uk

Mini-Soccer Fesitval!

Lottery Winners This Week

Rugby Town Junior Football Club
Lottery Results for Sat May 19th

19 – 20
6 WINNERS

John Wale, Keith Low,
Arthur Beadsworth, G. Branston,
Roy Goodwin, Dave Roberts

Each Wins
£ 184.00

Win £1,100.00 This Week

PLAY HERE

Easter Raffle Winners

Youth Out In Semi Final

Rugby Town Youth were knocked out of the Midland Floodlit Youth Cup at the Semi Final stage by Quorn at Butlin Road.

The final score was 0-2.

FA Goalkeeping Workshop

at Rugby Town FC Astro Pitch

Saturday 19th May

10 am until 12 midday

with Andy Poole FA Regional Coach Development Manager/Goalkeeping Coach

Andy will be coaching you the coaches from the Rugby area on 20 technical practices and the role of the keeper in a small sided game.

An excellent session to help coaches develop their team keepers!

Places are limited so book now through Andy Burston by mailing to andyb_96@hotmail.com

or queries on 07771 535391.

Wembley Community Day

2 Rugby Town Members travelled down for the first Community day at the New Wembley and what a fantastic day they had.

Lee Anker and his Wife Sharon summed it all up

Here is their story

" I have never experienced such a occasion in my whole life. The stadium is magnificent"

" My Husband persuaded me to go and it was breathtaking "

See their experience in pictures Here

Tamworth Cup

Both the Under 9`s and Under 14`s have now reached finals day at Tamworth FC on Saturday 12th May. The under 10`s are in the Semi-Final after a shoot out.

The 14s won their Semi final 2-0 against Sutton Coalfield and the current holders will meet Nuneaton Griff in the final. This is the third season in a row that Mark Edgingtons boys have reached this final with a win and a loss.

The under 9s beat Chetwyn Tigers on Saturday 4 - 0 with Adam Shaw netting a hatrick and Ryan Tellyn the other scorer. They will play Chaplefield Colts in the final

The under 10`s could make it a hatrick of teams as a well contested quarter final finished 0-0 after 60 mins of football. It was all down to penalties as Town scored all theres to win 5-4. Scorers were Thomas Lowe, Ryan Williams, Ben Goggin, Adam Wright, Chay Kalym. They now go on to meet either Aylestone Park or Atherstone Rangers in the semi-final.

Easter Raffle

Groundsmans Store Updates

Football In The Community On A Saturday Morning

GRASS ROOTS FOOTBALL SHOW

Funders Thanks

Rugby Town Junior Football Club celebrated its new, permanent home at a special Funders Celebration on Thursday 23rd November.

Representatives from organisations which supported plans to build the club’s new Kilsby Lane facilities gathered to see the facilities and meet club members.

Now complete, the building is the club’s first secure base, comprising nine mini soccer pitches, two intermediate and two full-size pitches plus a fully equipped pavilion. The new ground will benefit the whole community by providing a purpose built facility that can be hired for sporting events or in the case of the pavilion, for social events.

The project was given a £47,848 boost from Biffaward, a multi-million pound environment fund managed by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, which utilises landfill tax credits donated by Biffa Waste Services. Biffaward funding contributed specifically to the installation of floodlighting.

Ian Fulton, Club President, said: “This award enables users of the club to extend playing time and make maximum use of the facilities. We are extremely grateful to Biffaward for their support.”

Martin Bettington, Chairman of Biffaward, said: “Biffaward is delighted to provide some of the funding needed to give a permanent home to the club and enable it to continue its successes. The complex will provide new sporting and social opportunities to greatly benefit the local community.”

Biffa provides a range of public sector, commercial and industrial waste collection services as well as the management of 33 operational landfill sites across the UK. The multi-million pound a year Biffaward fund has been set up, using tax charged on waste taken into landfill sites, to help finance environmental projects near Biffa sites.

Vacancies at RTJFC

The club has vacancies for a Secretary, Football Coaches & a Football Kit Officer.

Click here for more information

Wayne Nutt: New Level 2 Coach

Congratulations to Wayne Nutt who last week took his Level Two coaching badge in Kettering.

He currenty coaches the Under 11`s boys team that play in the Coventry Minor League

Wayne now needs to complete 100 hours of Coaching from minis to adults before going back for a two day assesment in April next year.

Scored a Hat-trick for Your Club?

Register it here

School Vouchers

Rugby Town are again collecting Tesco Sports for Schools Vouchers for Brooke Special School in Rugby.

Any Vouchers collected at any TESCO SHOP OR PETROL STATION can be given to your Manager and deposited in the collection box at Kilsby Lane

Over 9,000 vouchers were collected last year and our target this year is 10,000

Rugby Town Under 14s

A Letter from Richard Dean Secretary of the Nuneaton & Bedworth League:

Dear Secretary Rugby Town JFC

We are quick to criticise but slow to praise so I thought it only right to say that Derry Birse & his team are a credit to your Club and our League. I watched a thoroughly enjoyable game of football played in great spirit and the sportsmanship from both teams during, and after the game was great to see. If only they were all played like this one!

Best wishes

Richard Dean (Secretary)

The score was: Whitestone 3 Rugby Town 1

GOAL - Leading the Way in Child Protection

Child protection is high on The FA's agenda.

The goal is to have someone at every club in the country aware of child protection and best practice, whether it's a Premiership Academy or a Sunday morning park side.

Goal is about doing things the right way, doing things properly. It's about allowing children to enjoy the game without abuse of any kind. That means bullying, physical, emotional or sexual abuse and neglect.

The FA believes football can have a powerful positive influence on children. But that means everyone involved in football must take on the responsibility of looking after those children that want to play the game.

The latest edition of the Goal Briefing is now available. Click here to download.

Rugby Town Juniors Meet With Kewford

Rugby Town Jnr Exec recently met with Kewford Eagles committee after their request to view the new facility at Kilsby Lane.

After a tour of the new development there was a question and answer session. Kewford Eagles Committee were then invited to attend the SLP game v Yate Town and to view the nearly completed third generation pitches at Butlin Rd.

Photo is of Kewford's Chairman, Colin Worthington, who wrote to the club thanking them for giving up their time to meet his Committee. He also went onto say that the facilities at Kilsby Lane were 'first class', and should be a bench mark for any junior club looking to construct its own facilities.

http://www.kewfordeagles.co.uk/

The Season Kicks Off In Sunshine Style!

Rugby Town Juniors kicked off last weekend and many young players played their first matches.

Photos by Dean Batty here

A MESSAGE

THEY STAND ON THE FIELD THEIR HEART BEATING FAST,

THE WHISTLE HAS BLOWN THE DIE HAS BEEN CAST

MUN AND DAD CANNOT HELP,THEY STAND ALL ALONE

A GOAL AT THIS MOMENT WOULD SEND THE TEAM HOME

THE BALL AT THEIR FEET.THEY KICK IT AND MISSES

THERES A MOAN FROM THE CROWD, SOME BOOS AND SOME HISSES

A THOUGHTLESS VOICE CRIES "TAKE OFF THE BUM"

TEARS FILL THEIR EYES ITS NO LONGER FUN

IF YOU ARE EVER TEMPTED TO SHOUT OR GROAN

REMEMBER, ITS A CHILD,WHO STANDS ALL ALONE

SO OPEN YOUR HEART AND GIVE THEM A BREAK

ITS MOMENTS LIKE THIS, A PLAYER YOU MAKE

KEEP THIS IN MIND,PLEASE DO NOT FORGET

THEY ARE ONLY CHILDREN, NOT ADULTS YET

Congratulations to Under 13s Falcons!

Congratulations to the Rugby Town Under 13s Falcons

Tamworth Cup Winners, Coventry Minor Cup Winners, League Runners-up