SCHOOLS
 

School - Club Link

  
 
GUISELEY AFC's NETHERMOOR PARK was the venue for a Festival of Football as youngsters from The St Mary's Specialist Sports College Cluster and Guiseley AFC Juniors got together to celebrate becoming the first FA funded School-Club Link in the County to provide a pathway from a Charter Standard School into local a Charter Standard club.
 

Coaches and Players take a photo call    

Courtesy of Wharfe & Aire Observer    
The project, which was organised by St Mary's Partnership Development Manager Richard Chattoe, Guiseley Juniors and West Riding County FA's Football Development Department, reached approximately 120 young people and resulted in a new under 10 boys and under 11 girls teams being established by Guiseley AFC Juniors.
 
Six local primary schools received two coaching sessions delivered by Level 2 coach Ian Ingle and additional sessions took place at the clubs ground. Every young person involved in the project was invited to a festival at the home of Guiseley AFC and the day was a fantastic success.
 
In addition Ian Ingle mentored no fewer than seven sixth form students from St Mary’s College through the FA’s Level 1 Coaching Certificate and they were on hand to pass on their newfound knowledge to the youngsters during the morning coaching clinics.
 
A total of 11 coaches from Guiseley AFC Juniors have also passed their Level 1 Certificate.
 
Valuable Training on the pitch at Guiseley AFC
THE FA SCHOOL – CLUB LINK PROGRAMME can be defined as “a process to assist a young person to move from participating in PE and Sport in school to moving into an FA Charter Standard Club”
Through the School-Club Link programme, West Riding County FA aims to:
* Increase the number of young people, aged 5-16 years old, playing on a regular basis in an

                                        FA Charter Standard, Community or Ability Counts programme.       
* Increase the number of FA Charter Standard and Community clubs.
* Increase the number of Charter Standard Schools.
* Develop sustainable partnerships between FA Charter Standard schools and

 FA Charter Standard clubs.