CHARTER DEVELOPMENT CLUB  

SHIPLEY JFC

  
     
 
WITH OVER 400 PLAYERS Shipley is one of the biggest junior clubs in the area, but it was a different story back in 1991 when a group of local parents got together to provide somewhere for their children to play organised football and a squad of just 15 players became the first Shipley side.
 
This season the club is running 14 7-a-side boys teams , 2 7-a-side girls teams, 15 11-a-side boys teams and a ladies 11-a-side team. The club has also an Under 6's section with the emphasis on fun.
 
     
   
  Shipley enjoy a break on a recent trip to Germany  
     
  In 2001 Shipley became one of the first to achieve F.A Charter status and the next obvious step was to become an 'F.A Charter Development Club' which was achieved in July 2003.  
     
  As part of the qualifying process the club appointed a Child Protection officer to ensure that all coaches and helpers were registered with the F.A child protection scheme.  
     
  The club also currently boasts no fewer that 44 registered coaches who have achieved FA Level 1 or above.

Shipley's Jake Askham (centre) with England's Michael Owen
 
 
Shipley General manager Paul Whitehead said "The club can be proud of themselves for achieving the award. Once again it shows we are going in the right direction and still growing year by year.  Our main aim is to improve the facilities and we are now looking at a long term project of building proper changing facilities at our Junior section base".
 
   The clubs main fundraising event is its annual 5-a-side tournament which this year will be held at the Bradford and Bingley Sports Club. There are competitions for Under 7's to Under 15's boys and for girls Under 10's / 12's and 14's. Last years event attracted 252 teams with over 1700 players taking part.
     
  The club is also involved in the Bradford City Memorial Cup at Easter and hosts players from the German team of Aplerbeck which is a district of Dortmund at age groups Under 12's and 14's. The Shipley players then go out to Aplerbeck in October, an exchange that has been going for the last three years.  
     
 
Club Sponsor Jump Property Services presenting a cheque 
 
     
  For further information about the club please contact
info@shipleyjuniors.co.uk or visit our website www.shipleyjuniors.co.uk 		 
     
  
 
     
 
TO FIND OUT MORE 
Please contact...
Julie Grundy
Tel...   0113 282 3577
Julie.Grundy@wrcfa.com
 

 

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