DATES:
Under 8’s 6th April 2008
Under 9’s 13th April 2008
Under 10’s 20th April 2008
Introduction
Welcome to the Fleckney Festival of Football. We have worked hard over the last year, to make this years tournament the biggest yet.
We have places for 24 teams for each age group, all tournaments will take place over 1 day and each game will be 10 minutes one way. We have many clubs and sponsors involved already, one of which is a professional photography company called DE Photo.
“We are pleased to announce that DE Photo have been appointed as the Professional Sports Photographers for this event. This event, by its very nature, is in the public arena and when entering for the event the participant and their parents acknowledges this fact, which may result in the recording and publication of his/her image. All DE Photo photographers and staff have been CRB checked and the company operates a strict Child Protection Policy and Code of Ethics which can be viewed on their web site at www.dephoto.co.uk/cpp.html”
Watch out Scouts About
Scouts have been spotted at previous tournament from, Leicester City, Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Coventry City, Aston Villa & Birmingham to name a few, we are in the process of contacting more clubs about this years Tournament.
Player Registration
All Clubs are required to fill in the application forms, in reference to the players registration, it is required that each team member is registered with the Football Association in there correct age group.
Team Registration
All Clubs are required to fill in the application forms, and enclose a cheque of £25.00 made payable to
“FLECKNEY ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB” non refundable.
Trophies
All Players with receive a trophy, the presentation of these will be at the end of the tournament.
There will also be a Best Player & Top Goalscorer Trophy.
Insurance
All Clubs, please be aware that you are not covered by Fleckney Insurance, you need to have your own Insurance.
Child Protection
The Fleckney Festival of Football support the Football Association’s Child Protection Policy. For a copy of the ‘Child Protection and Practices Handbook’
call the FA/NSPCC Child Protection Hotline on 0808 800 5000.
All tournament organizers are CRB checked.
Code Of Conduct
All Clubs managers will be required to sign the Festival ‘Code Of Conduct’ on behalf of their party which details the expected behavior of their players,
officials and supporters whilst attending the Festival.
Supervision
We would ask all teams to remember that the Festival is run as a family event and we therefore request and expect proper supervision of your party at all times.