After weeks of rain, we’ve finally some sunny football promised this weekend. Root out the sun cream, clean the boots, and don’t forget your shinguards and water.

Best of luck to all players and volunteers.

If you want to stay up-to-date with the NECSL fixtures, visit their website at https://necsl.ie/fixtures-saturday-15th-to-thursday-20th-april-2023/ and https://necsl.ie/credit-union-plus-coaching-league-fixtures-14-15th-april-2023/.

Continued appreciation for our sponsors:

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Players, parents, and supporters of Johnstown FC! It’s that time again – get ready to clean those boots, find the shinguards and grab a bottle of water because the NECSL Coaching and Competitive Leagues are starting this weekend on the 3rd of March 2023! We’re beyond excited to get started and have some serious fun while improving our skills at every level. Last weekend’s JFC MDL tournament was a success and we’re confident we can carry that momentum forward throughout the season!

Here’s everything you need to know:

Coaching Leagues

The matches will begin Friday evening, 3rd March, continuing Saturday, 4th March for our coaching league teams. This is an exciting year as we see PJ promote 2 U8 Boys and 2 U8 Girls teams from our Academy, while U9s and U10s continue their football journey under the excellent guidance of Neil and Jason and Jay.

Competitive Leagues

The competition will be tough in every league, but we’ve trained well and are ready to GO!
Matches start this Saturday morning, 4th March continuing Sunday 5th March. Each team needs to work hard, stay focused, and maintain discipline throughout the league if we want to come out on top. U11s and U12s begin their seasons with home matches vs Trim. U16s Premier and D3 both start away from home with U13s wrapping up the weekend away to Robinstown. Our U14s have no scheduled fixture this weekend.

Parents and Supporters

Sport for young people is about Fun and Participation, best effort and Fair Play in a Safe environment.

The Code of Conduct and Good Practice for Parents/Guardians in Football provides guidance for those involved in the sport. The Irish Football Association (FAI) wants to ensure football is safe, and fun and takes place in the spirit of fair play. Parents, coaches, and administrators have a vital role to play in promoting good practice in children’s sports. Focusing on individual participants’ needs encourages young people to achieve and demonstrate enjoyment, equality and fair play. Parents and guardians should:

• Encourage participation and fun
• Emphasise and praise effort.
• Be positive or be quiet, negative comments are counterproductive.
• Promote and demonstrate FAIR PLAY, for other parents, coaches and referees.
• Lead by example.
• Support the coach’s and referee’s decisions
• Offer to help, washing kit or carrying gear.
• Make an effort to attend training and games.

Conclusion

The NECSL Coaching and Competitive Leagues are an excellent opportunity for us to improve, test our skills, and come together against the best players in the region. We are wishing all players, parents and supporters and fun-filled and successful year.

So, are you ready to join us and make this a season to remember?

#JFC2023 #johnstown #communityclub #oneclub #necsl #navan #greatestleagueintheworld

First team captain Ciaran Croke under went surgery last week to repair damage done to his knee.  Ciaran sustained a cruciate injury during  a game in October and we would like to wish him all the best and a speedy recovery.

Get well Ciaran.

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As many of you are aware, we still do not have our own land and club house.  This is something we desperately need.  We are currently paying for use of the astro turf, in the MDL for training and for home games.   We also have to pay for pitch hire for every game we play.  If we had our own lands and club house, all our subs would go to directly to support the club.  We really appreciate how welcome we are made to feel in the MDL, however a football club needs its own home at the centre of the community.

This is something we have been pushing for regularly.   We have been chasing a plot of land that is close to all of us in Johnstown. Adrian has practically become a permanent fixture in Town Hall.  He regularly goes to hearings regarding getting some land.  Thankfully we have our friends on the council who have been helping us.  We are very grateful for all help received to place our club at the centre of our Community.

Last week things have become even more interesting when we got a call from local Councillor and Johnstown supporter Tommy Reilly to meet at the plot of land.  As always Adrian dropped tools and headed off to yet again plead our corner to all.  The story of our club was then picked up by the Meath Chronicle who interviewed both Adrian and Tommy about plans for the land and our urgent need for a home.  The article has appeared in this weeks chronicle and we are hoping by the first Quarter of 2014, to have a decision on the land and its usage.

We would ask that every time you see one of our local councillors you mention to them our urgent need for grounds and how important it is for young children to have a sport to be involved in that teaches them community values. This will help to push our cause to the forefront.   The benefits of such a decision need to be highlighted, such as the benefits of physical exercise to children in to-day’s society where sedentary life styles are causing children to become over-weight and obese.  The security that the parents feel that children can exercise in a safe environment, and the social skills and team spirit encouraged in our children.