Category: Under 9

by Jonathan Purvis

Welcome back

Good luck to everyone today in all their games we have 17 teams playing this weekend so hope everyone enjoys this weekend.

Also this weekend sees the return of the NECSL Coaching leagues. Theses are the non competitive games that the under 8s to U11s play in. These are designed to teach our young players all about football and install a sense of FairPlay and enjoyment of the game. Welcome back guys do enjoy and learn from your games today. We look forward to reading about them later

Today also is another big day for our ex player and goalkeeper Amanda McQuilan who starts for Ireland today in the Women’s U17 game Vs Romania. Amanda was always a fantastic player and it is wonderful to see her do so well for her country Good Luck Amanda

http://www.fai.ie/womens/international-squads/under-17-women/103591-ireland-seek-uefa-wu17-championships-win-in-romania.html

by Jonathan Purvis

Busy Busy Week Ahead

After a weekend full of highs and lows we now look forward to the next weekend.  And what a weekend it will be we are going to be a very busy club next weekend with 18 Games scheduled for us all around the country.  We will have teams playing all over Meath, in the MDL, in Dublin and Cavan.

This weekend will also see our Junior sides back in action on the coaching leagues. This league is all about the younger players learning the game, gaining experience in match’s and enjoying the sport of Football.

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by Jonathan Purvis

Coaching League Fixtures

After what has been a long summer,  the coaching leagues are back  on Friday night for under 10’s Eagles and Saturday for all other junior teams.  The MDL will yet again provide us and other teams in the NECSL with a facility to play.

This year  all playing areas will be strictly no smoking.   No parent or coach will be permitted to smoke in the vicinity of the playing fields.  The MDL will have a designated smoking area.

Only astro runners or ordinary runners to be worn on the pitch.

This year official photography only is permitted.  Where a game is being photographed by an official, they will have introduced themselves to the coaches and obtained  full permission from the teams.

It is important that  these rules are respected as it could prove upsetting  for both the Club and the individual were they to be asked to leave the venue.  As the NECSL has to look after the welfare of all children, these rules are important.

Please see below  for this weeks Fixtures.

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by Jonathan Purvis

One Month Old Today

Well folks its been a whole month since the web site has gone live and it looks like you guys are loving it too.

On average people stay here for over 4 minutes a day, we have had 900 unique visitor and we have had 11000 page views.  We could not have imagined that we would get this much traffic in the first month.  It really is great too see the site getting so well used.

If you have got any suggestions about the site do leave a comment or send us an email.

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by Jonathan Purvis

Poker Night Fundraiser

We are delighted to announce that we are holding this years annual Poker Night in O’Briens, Old Johnstown Village  on the 27th of October.  The night will kick off at 730 pm where we will have a poker classic.  Later on in the night there will be finger food and when the poker is over there is a band playing downstairs so we can all have a great night out.

 

Tickets available from any member of the committee, your manager or if you want please feel free to drop us a line here and we will sell you a ticket.  Tickets are priced at 20 Euro and all funds raised go towards the club.

 

by Jonathan Purvis

Subscribe to Our Website

Find your self missing texts or want to know specifacally about your team.  Well now you can from tonight onwards you can subscribe to our site and choose what posts you want to read about in your email.

To subscribe click the register button at the bottom of the page.  You can use your existing facebook, twiiter or create an account on our site.  The Facebook and Twitter are the easiest options.

Once you are set up then go to the manage my subscription link at the end of the page and click the categories you are interesetd.  This way any info on your team will now go to you by email every time it is published.

by Jonathan Purvis

Coming soon your own JFC Jersey

In the next few weeks we will be opening up our on line shop full where you will be able to buy official Johnstown FC merchandise.  This will give us all a great chance to show our support for the club by wearing your Johnstown FC Jersey at pitch side or Johnstown FC Jacket.  Of course they will make great Birthday and Christmas presents too .  So do keep an eye on the site and soon we will have our official range for you to browse and buy at your leisure 24/7

But for now here is a sneaky peak of what the Official Club Replica Jersey will look like thanks to our model Liam who got this for his birthday.

 

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by Jonathan Purvis

Smart Phone Friendly

Nerds never sleep and certainly not whilst we can tinker. So over the last few days the club nerd has been fiddling with the site and we have some improvements that we think you will like.

Mobile phone and tablet friendly

From now on the site is responsive. It will know if you are on a phone or iPad and the display will adjust to fit.

Fixtures on front page
These now tell you what league the fixtures are in so you can see your games immediately. Seniors, Under 16s or shield games the competition name is there.

Logon/register

We would encourage you to interact with the site like articles and posts. Tweet the links and you can do all of that on the site itself.

Now too you can create a logon on the bottom right and leave a comment directly on the site. If you do decided to leave a comment you can log in by creating and account or use your existing Facebook or twitter logins as the site is fully integrated with both services.

by Jonathan Purvis

Away Game Directions

If you have a look at our Home page on our website you will see all our recent fixtures are displayed.  If this fixture is an away game when you click into the game you will get directions to the Venus.  In some cases we had the actual Co-Ordinates of the venue so the map will be bang on.  So whilst you may still get lost going to Away games you no longer have an excuse

Bellow is an example of an away game where we have the official directions and I had the Co-Ordinates

 

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by Jonathan Purvis

Child Protection in Sport Awarness Workshop

A big thank you to all our coaches, assistant coaches, committee members and our Child Welfare officer who all attended and successfully completed tonight’s Chid Protection in Sport Awarness Workshop.

Sandra McAuley , Code of Ehtics Tutor, gave an interesting and informative course in Child Welfare to all who attended. This year it will be a legal requirement for all involved in training and coaching children to have completed this course and tonight marked an extremely important step for us in JFC to have our volunteers trained to the highest standard available.

Without our volunteers giving up their free time to be trained we would not be able to run a successful club and for this I hope you can join me in thanking them all for their continued dedication to the club.