Hampton & Richmond Borough FC are proud to announce that the club will be hosting a football academy in partnership with Soccer Coaching Limited (SCL) to be held at St Paul’s College Sunbury from September 2010, for boys aged 16 on August 31st 2010.
St Paul’s is a high performing academic school, which is 3 minutes walk from Sunbury station, with direct trains from Waterloo, Vauxhall, Clapham Junction (37 mins), Wimbledon, Raynes Park, Kingston and Hampton. School web site: (www.st-pauls.surrey.sch.uk).
The course entails 8/10 hours weekly study for a Sport leadership award (NVQ level 3 - equivalent to 2 “A” level B passes), which would incorporate the Football coaching EUFA “B” Licence Part one award (F.A. level 2) and in limited circumstances, would allow enough timetable space for two other courses at “A” level/BTEC/NVQ or GCSE retakes (please see brochure).
The boys will receive at least 6 hours training a week from an “A” licence coach on the astro turf on site. They will compete in the mid week Conference league against similar non league and professional (non “A” teams) college teams.
The club will maintain an “open entry” level to their youth team outside of the college offering, with boys coming in at least twice a week to train and play under floodlights in the Ryman Youth League (this team will be an amalgam of the Academy boys and the “open entry” boys). This will allow attendance at any college of their and their parents choosing.
The college course is ideal for boys who wish to follow a career in football coaching, football leadership, sports science careers and sports teaching (links will be sought with St Mary’s Twickenham for instance, for university study for PE teaching and other physical education and sports science careers).
In the first instance please register your interest by supplying a short CV to pauljw@live.co.uk with details of playing history/position and other pertinent points, or telephone Paul on 07847 032 095 to give your details. Boys with the most promising background will be offered a trial and then the final cohort will be selected in the spring of 2010 after trials.
If you are only interested in the “open entry” (i.e. attend a college of your own choosing and train one evening a week and a weekend morning and play for the Ryman Youth League team) please reply to pauljw@live.co.uk or 07847 032 095 with your CV or details, but indicate this intention.
You are quite welcome to speak to a Hampton & Richmond Borough FC representative or ring 07847 032 095 // 020 8947 2789 and speak to Paul White, whatever your intentions.
