11/10/08

The FA National Charter Standard Development Club of the Year was presented to Richard and Barry at Wembley before England's World Cup qualifier. The presentation was made on the pitch 30 minutes before kick off with Sir Trevor Brooking and Sir Geoff Hurst doing the honours. Back in the FA club Chris Kamara was on hand for a photo. Along with the award came £300 of Umbro vouchers and 4 Community Shield tickets.


20/09/08

Rich on the Radio:
Rich did a telephone interview on CWR. He is on again with Bob Brolly on Friday 10th October from around 2:20pm, recording coming soon.


12/7/08

The Club Presentation was held at The Woodlands Power League Centre. All the pitches were open and boys and girls of all ages were playing football throughout the warm evening. 500 burgers were sold, and even given away to the hungriest children at the end of the evening! The club presentation was held outside as there were too many children to pack into the bar at the same time, read more on the Lil Lion page.

Congratulations to all our players, a season of successes and failures, of celebration and commiseration, of laughter and tears, a season to remember for some and one to forget for others, another normal season in the life of a football club.

Individual players honoured by their teams were:

U7 Boys Top Goalscorer: Shaun Allsop Most Improved: Jack Tague and George Way Best Trainer: Josh Willis Parents' Player: Spencer Sawbridge Manager's Player: Fraser Morton Players' Player: Alfie Bates		U9 Boys Clubman: Joel Lamb Manager's Player: Owen Donely Players' Player: Eddie Deegan
U10 Girls Top Goalscorer: Milly Hughes Most Girl of the Games: Georgia Gaga Most Improved: Ellen Cluley Class Lass: Cerys Miller Manager's Player: Lauren Yardley Players' Player: Georgia Gaga		U11 Boys Top Goalscorer: Curtis Breeze Most Improved: Ross Desolla Parents' Player: Curtis Breeze Manager's Player: Damon Crawley Players' Player: Mitch Leybourne
U11 Girls Top Goalscorer: Danielle Smith Most Improved: Siobhan Lamont Parents' Player: Hannah Roxburgh Manager's Player: Danielle Smith Players' Player: Alicia Woolcock		U16 Girls Top Goalscorer: Gemma Riley Most Improved: Charli Aston Class Lass: Nikki Harrison Refs' Player: Gemma Pass Manager's Player: Gemma Hynes Players' Player: Gemma Pass
Ladies Top Goalscorer: Sinead Rust Player of the Season: Sarah Aston Manager's Player: Sinead Rust Players' Player: Sarah Aston

Massive thanks to Dawn for all her hard work beforehand and on the night, an excellent evening enjoyed by all. Our biggest and best yet!

31/5/08

Birmingham County FA hailed the heroes of grassroots football at its annual awards presentation held in conjunction with the Grass Roots Football Show at the NEC on Saturday 31st May. A host of characters from Birmingham, the Black Country and Warwickshire were rewarded for their efforts at the ceremony hosted by BBC WM's Jenny Wilkes and attended by guests from local leagues, Community Partners McDonalds and The Football Association. County FA Charter Standard Awards were won by clubs and individuals who have gone that extra mile to ensure they meet and often exceed the requirements outlined by the kite-marking initiative. Coundon Court FC won the FA Charter Standard Development Club of the Year for the 2nd time in 3 seasons. This was also the clubs 3rd Club of the Year award since their formation in 2002. The award was presented by the FA's own Les Howie to Barry Morris and Richard Seedhouse.

Young Leaders were also honoured. Two young leaders, one male and one female were selected to represent the BCFA in the National Young Leader s' camp later in the year. Callum McDonnell and Tracey Woodley, both members of Coundon Court FC were the chosen coaches.

Callum then went one better with a Football Workforce Award for Young Leader 2008. Overall a very satisfying day for all at Coundon Court who work so hard to ensure that the club stays in the forefront of Grassroots football in the area.

20/4/08

The Under 16s and the Ladies combined for a hardworking session at Morrison's on Sunday raising money both for the teams and a Breast Cancer charity. They raised £260. Well done Girls!

5/1/08

Head Coach Rich Seedhouse launches his first book 'Coaching The Coach'. Rich explained As a Charter Standard Development Club, Coundon Court FC coaches are all qualified to the minimum Level 1 standard. In my role as Football Development Officer I have seen many ex players, keen parents and young sports leaders complete their level 1 coaching award. They all come back fired up, keen to coach and all want to know about the Level 2 award. What are the differences, how can they improve and get to the standard required? We wanted to maintain this enthusiasm and give all our coaches the best chance of passing. So this was the basis for the book, to help, aid and improve all our new coaches”

Coaching The Coach is the only practical guide, which shows how to use drills as the tool to coach players and has received positive comments from established coaches. The book is available online through www.forsport.co.uk the pro-coaching equipment specialists who were delighted to list the book after two copies were sent to them for their professional evaluation. Match of the Day pundit and ex England striker Alan Shearer has even got a copy of the book, which is also available through the online bookstore www.amazon.co.uk having a RRP of £8.95.

1/1/08
The final count for Tesco vouchers was 4756. For this we will be able to order 20 match balls and 3 sets of space markers. Many thanks to everyone who contributed. We will not post our order until Monday, so any last vouchers can be handed in this weekend please!

30/9/07
Coundon Court secured more honours on Monday at the FA Charter Standard Club of the Year Awards. Popular head coach and football development officer Rich Seedhouse won the Facilitator of the Year Award recognising his role facilitating football projects within the county, particularly with regards to his liaison between schools, County FA and Coundon Court FC. Not only did he secure the award within the County but also the regional award too.
In addition Stacey who has recently started coaching at the Saturday community sessions scooped the young leader of the year award. Congratulations to you both!

24/6/07