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New season new players Boys & Girls Hexham FC currently run one team of under sevens and one at under eight, but due to our commitment to the FA development plan we would like to run two teams at under eight and nine in the comming season 2009/10. Each team will have a level one coach to look after team affairs one one team assistant to ensure all the admin is kept up to date.
Expansion of the girls teams is also planned for this season and we are looking for girls of all ages for the mini soccer and older to as their are vacancies at under 12,14 & 16. If you are interested please contact the Youth Teams Development Officer Malcolm Reah 07504 125211 or hexhamfc@btinternet.com Hexham Kit Travels to Gambia
For all team photo's from the night and more just follow the link
Long term servent of youth football in the Tynedale area Johnny Heslop has become a vice president of the division. This has left a vacancy for the position of chairman and last years vice chairman Colin Smith has stepped up to the chair. Treasurer David Tiffin and secretary Malcolm Woodhall were re-elected un opposed. The role of vice chairman was taken by Andrew Wylie (27 May 09) Under 14 Girls Northumberland Cup Win !!!
Hexham smile's at Skegness Hexham Juniors FC Under 11's recently travelled to a football festival in Skegness, Lincolnshire, featuring more than 200 teams. Although Hexham narrowly missed out on qualification for the final of the tournament (finishing second in their group) there were smiles all around as their names were announced as the winners of the tournaments prestigious David Beckham fair play award. The honour is awarded by the tournament officials, each team receiving points out of 100 by the officials for their performance and conduct in every game they play in over the weekned. Colin Fairless and Martin Lowes who run the team said "It's nice to win tournaments, but it is much more important that the kids enjoy playing and this award is fantastic for the team, not only was it for playing great football fairly but it was voted by the linesmen, officials and referees which makes it that much more special" As the winners Hexham are in with a chance of travelling to London for a special training weekend at the David Beckham academy.
Check out Photo's on u14 Cup final page Well done John 26 Miles Completed
Beware Thieves About !!! Please be all aware when using any changing facilities please do not leave any valuables. This week some low life decided to remove an IPod and a gold chain from the Wentworth. This happened whilst our u16 team was on the pitch last Sunday. If any person saw any thing suspicious please report this to the Club at Or any Club official. In the mean time we have asked the Leisure Centre to check the CCTV Hexham's golfing keeper
Ex Hexham Junior's Injury Nightmare
Visit the Journal/Hexham Microsite click below The latest article on local England ladies player Jenny wilkes appears here !
Utopia Travel Company of Corbridge have generously offered us a opportunity to boost our funds. When you are booking your next holiday, short break, business trip or any venture away from home, they will donate to us a percentage of the cost. Please have a look at the page on our site and visit their website call in or give them a ring. But remember when making a booking please quote HFC/09/DR
fANTastic deal for the Seniors
The senior team has a new sponsor; Mr Ant’s Bar has come on board for the rest of this season and all of season 2009/10. The team could not compete without the help of local businesses and Mr Ant’s is vital to the club. Part of the sponsorship is the Mr Ant’s logo on the teams shirts and after the home games our visitors are treated to an after match buffet. The deal also contributes to the insurance and pitch fees and along with other fund raisers/match sponsors ensures the teams future.
Around the Grounds Wed 4th March 2009 Hexham's duo's ambitious plans
Thanks to Paul & the Newcastle Evening Chronicle for allowing us to publish the article
Jenny Wilkes England Womans u15 Training Camp, February 2009
Thanks again Kevin and the Parent who handed the purse in
An offer for all Hexham FC players and their Families As part of a sponsorship deal with the club Open Road Motoring School have offered any player or member of their family a discount on any lessons. Freephone 0800 013 2046 Instead of the normal £20 an hour, any player or family member can book 1 hour for £16 ! Just ring the 0800 number and they will put you in touch with Paul and he will arrange everything. Remember thats any club player or a family member who holds a provisional licence Another Three Years of Charter Standard Status !!!
Tynedale Sports Council awards 2008 Hexham Football Club was well represented at the recent Tynedale Sports Council Awards held at the Function Suite, Tynedale Auction Mart. The Club came away with Certificates of Merit all presented by Tyndale’s own Olympic Bronze medal winner Matt Wells
In the Junior team of the Year award the under 15 team were nominated. This team has had an amazing run of success over the past three seasons, before the season just past they had won the Coast Colts League title for the two previous campaigns. Then the unfortunate demise of the CC League meant they had to join the NABC completion, this enforced a complete change with many new sides to take on as well as some old friends. This they did with dramatic effect. In a eighteen game season they swept all before them winning all eighteen matches scoring 138 goals conceding only 9 amassing 54 points.
Well Done to You All England Call's For Jenny
Local girl, Jenny Wilkes, who lives at Great Whittington, was delighted to learn recently that she had gained a place in the England Women’s Under 15 football squad. She is in fact only one of two players from the Tyneside area to be favoured with such high recognition and she is now in distinguished company. Fair Play award 2007/08
For the second year running the senior team has won the Northern Alliance Fair Play Award. During the season 2007/08 the team received just 10 yellow cards and not a red in sight. The season before they won the award outright, but this year they shared the title with Amble United. The club received a cheque for £75 from the Northern Alliance and also a voucher for £200 from the Northumberland FA to spend at the Umbro website. Pictured is Club Chairman Terry Graham receiving the voucher from Northumberland FA vice President Les Todd Waitrose Community Matters Help Hexham F.C
Pictured is club secretary Doug Robson gratefully receiving a cheque of £260. The cheque was given by Duty Manager Patrick Macalindon on behalf of Waitrose Community Maters. During the month of September shoppers at the Hexham store received a token at the checkout and then decided which of the local good causes they would support by putting their token into one of the three boxes at the door. At the end of the month all the tokens were counted and Club’s share of the £1,000 pot was £260. The cheque received will go towards equipment required for the new development at Dukeshouse which is due to open in 2009.The club is grateful to Waitrose who since coming into Hexham have been a tremendous supporter of the club. Also would like to thank all the shoppers at the store who gave us their token. Under 11 Great North Run Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Great North run last weekend. A special mention to Bradley Lowes (10th overall) and Tom Quibell (37th overall), two very impressive performances.
Hexham Juniors Net Football Foundation Grant 13:20 GMT, Friday, 08 August 08. Funding Hexham Juniors Football Club and Tynedale Council are celebrating following the award of a £463,815 grant by the Football Foundation, the UK’s largest sports charity. The cash bonanza will allow Tynedale Council to develop two new natural turf football pitches, a practice pitch and a changing pavilion at DukesHouse Wood in Hexham, designed for junior football. The scheme will specifically cater for children from the under eight age group up to the under 16s. It fulfils a long established need for football facilities in the Hexham area, as identified in Tynedale’s Open Space, Sport and Recreation strategy and its Playing Pitch strategy.
Three more coaches have recently taken and passed the FA Level One coaching badge. Clifford Graham, Colin Fairles and Martin Lowes all successfully completed the course. Ian Charlton unfortunately had to miss his final assessment due to being on duty for the u11 West Division Cup final. But he will be taking his assessment in late June. All the coaches took the course at Corbridge FC under the guidance of Mark Woodall from the Northumberland FA which involved all aspects of the game. From coaching to first aid and child protection.Also recently qualified is Jamie Mcnamee who took his course at Haydon Bridge High School. Jamie will be coaching next's years under 9 team Well done to you all.
FA Charter Standard Some of our parents may not know what the Charter Standard is that we all hold so dear to our heart. This was born some years ago and it was created to raise the standards of all grass roots football. There are different levels of the award and currently we are on the Development Club stage. Only one better award to receive and that is the Community Club Award, this is in our development plan to be reached in 2012.
We will be letting everyone know of our progress as time goes on. In the past few seasons this has become a major part of the scene in grassroots teams and from next season they require all the teams they have competing in their leagues must have achieved a Charter Standard award. This will make them one of the first Charter Standard Leagues in the country. A vital part of the award is that each team must have at least one coach who has achieved a FA Level One award, this involves 8 to 10 sessions with qualified trainers and coaches learning about all aspects of the game. Also in this course there is a basic first aid qualification and a Child Protection Course. As well as this every member is checked by the Criminal Records Bureau. So as you can see a lot of work is put into the Club by all its coaches and officials. at the moment we have four coaches nearing the end of the latest course and although it has been hard work it has been enjoyable Many other coaches have the level Two award and some have even progressed to UEFA qualifications. There are other parts of the Charter Standard which we will explain at alater date. But if you have any question, we will try to answer at the drop in open night at the Wentwrth LC on May 6th
From Monday 10th September the club has a direct new email address. Please use this address to report scores/queries/website updates or news that would be of interest to the Club's ever growing website viewers. This can also be used in strict confidence to report any child protection issues which any club member would like investigating. This will be dealt with the Club's management committee and if required the Northumberland FA and relevant authorities. This we feel is an important step forward as a Charter Standard Club. Remember at all times you can bring any issue to the attention of your coach.
We are awaiting clarification on the new rule brought in this season from the FA. It seams that the new law was brought in to late as many clubs have already purchased the match balls for season 2008/09. So at u14 level it could be either.
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The teams are open to boys and girls who are currently in year 2 or 3 at school. look out for the flyers which we will soon be distributing to all the local schools. The teams train once a week during the daylight evenings at Hexham Middle School and indoors at Queen Elizabeth High School during the winter and play there matches most Saturday mornings throughout the season. If there is plenty of interest a Sunday league is also available.
With the summer transfer merry ground hitting the heights it’s not surprising that the majority of people assume that football is awash with ready cash. Nothing could be further from the truth and at grassroots level this is very evident, where clubs like Hexham FC are reliant on player subs and generous local sponsors. Imagine what it must be like trying to raise funds for playing kit in the West African country of Gambia. This republic is the smallest country in the continent of Africa and is bordered to the North, East and South by Senegal and to the West by almost fifty miles of Atlantic coastline. The country itself almost mirrors the meandering Gambia River and at its widest point is only thirty miles across. Almost a third of its population earns below the international poverty line which is 1.25 US$, so the big money of the Premiership must seem like a completely different world to them. But Hexham Football Club has been able to assist them in a small way. After a Hexham lady, Theresa Brolly had a conversation with a couple of our coaches, she enquired what happens to our old strips when children have grown out of them and moved up.
Her nephew Phil and his wife Jeanette have a small holiday property in a small village in Gambia called Serra Kunda. In the past they had taken out unwanted toys, books and games for some of the local people who needed some help, this was a great way of building good relations in the country and they thought the locals could do with some new kit when they play at the neighbouring town of Wellingra . The coaches Terry Graham and Les Gibson mentioned this at a Club meeting and it was agreed we would look to see if we had any old kit which was just collecting dust and could be put to good use.
They soon collected some of our green and white kit and Theresa packaged it and sent it off with her family on their next trip over there. This week Theresa gave us some photographs to show how much the children and students of the village have appreciated the playing kit and how they are being put our old strips to good use. From the photo’s you can see the pitches are a little dry and sandy but as the climate is tropical at least they got a game before the rain came
We hope soon to be able to collect some more to send out to Theresa’s family and if anybody has playing kit of any kind which they longer need please let the Club have it and we will pass it on. It does not have to be a full set of strips even one will benefit someone. So when you are buying next seasons colours just think of the help you can give a young person in Africa with your old one. Any contribution can be donated to any club official
Changes @ the West Division
Match report on girls page.
NABC League Cup Success for Under 14's !!! 
This Sunday 26th John is running the London marathon 
The ex Hexham Juniors player Shaun Vipond has had a terrible slice of bad luck recently by breaking his collar bone in a pre season friendly for his new club Ostersund. Shaun who was an apprentice at Carlisle United before earning a two year contract with the Cumbrian club had made a good start with the Swedish outfit and had played four games before the injury struck. It was only twenty minutes into the game with Norwegian club Byasen when after a tackle his opponent fell on him and this resulted in the break.
Paul Dixon's Non-League Column 
The town is not noted as a hotbed of soccer, but in Doug Robson and Terry Graham, there are two people determined to put Hexham on the football map. Robson who is the club secretary and Graham who is both chairman and manager of the first team have built the club up from nothing in a short space of time. And Saturday’s excellent win over Shankhouse in the Northern Alliance League Cup quarter finals is proof that the club is heading in the right direction and just reward for their efforts.
Thanks to Kevin from Forest Hall under 14's,his team was playing at Wallsend on Sunday and one of his parents found a purse laying on the grass by one of the pitches. A quick investigation found a document with Hexham FC on it, he then got in touch with the Club and we were able to contact our under 15 team manager Phillip Loughhead who's team was playing at the same site. One of our parent's had dropped the purse earlier and after a couple of calls was gratefully reunited with her belongings.
On an individual front Aidan Harbottle from last year’s under 13 Whites was nominated also. Aidan has played for the Club since he was in the under 9 squad. In the early days this team struggled to keep pace with other teams of their age group. As the seasons have gone by the team has got better and better and some of this improvement has been down to Aidan and his goal scoring exploits. The season before last the team won the Coast Colts League and in the season just gone 2007/08 Aidan hit the net 70 times, this time in the NABC. This season up to October another 12 have gone past bemused goalkeepers. His all time goal haul now stands at 240. In season 2006 / 07 Aidan received the player of the season award from the Coast Colts League.
Also to receive a certificate was Senior team goal keeper Sean Heads, he may claim that is exploits between the sticks had a bearing on this award but surely his performances on the golf course earned him the nomination for Sportsman of the Year. Sean never missed a match for Northumberland County Golf team last season and was captain of the English Universities team. 
Four new Level One Coaches 
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