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Roger and Suzanne Walmsley awarded the Walmsley Endeavour trophy to the Endeavour team of the year 2010/11 to Andy Parfitt on behalf of the Under 11s Tigers.
Simon Stoddard awarded the Jo Stoddard Memorial Clubperson of the Year award 2010/11 to Keith Hardy
Bryn Young awarded the Ben Young Memorial Player of the Year award 2010/11 to Emily Quimby
Carol and Fred Harrison awarded the Matt Harrison Memorial Team of the Year 2010/11 award to Under 18s Girls.

Well done to all the winners and good to see the families of the trophy donors again.

The awards evening took place at The Crossing in Walsall, with the trophy picked up by Committee member Andy Parfitt.

This is further tremendous recognition in what has been a magnificent year for the club – FA National Community Club of the Year, Blackcountry Community Sports Club of the Year and now Walsall MBC Volunteer Organisation of the Year – well done to everyone connected with the club. You all deserve this recognition.

The Club received the Community Club of the Year award, which is tremendous recognition for its efforts over the last 12 months, particularly as it was up against clubs involved in all sports.

Well done to everyone involved with the Club.

The Club was delighted recently to receive Staffordshire FA Charter Standard Community Club of the Year 2011 for the fourth time in 8 years and even more so when it was also voted the Regional winners for the second time in 6 years.
These awards were put into the shade when the club heard that it was the National Community Club of the Year for its work in the following areas: -

•supporting Staffordshire FA’s diversity objectives by creating a Veterans team and Under 8 girls teams
•after 11 years of much effort, raising £1.15m to build it’s own clubhouse, which will be finished at the end of the month
•volunteering free coaching to the local Community Police to keep youths off the streets
•providing free schools coaching
•its two academies for boys and girls aged 4 to 9 having over 70 players registered
•becoming a Deaf Friendly Club – one of only 100 nationally
•continual development of it’s coaches
•the quality of its annual tournament for 170 teams and much more

Keith Hardy, Chairman of the Club, picked up the award on behalf of the Club at a lunch hosted by Sir Geoff Hurst and Sir Trevor Brooking before the Manchester United v Manchester City Community Shield match at Wembley. He is pictured below receiving the award from Ian Rush, ex Liverpool and Wales. He then went onto the pitch at half time with other award category winners to be introduced to the crowd. During the game, Wyrley Juniors FC name was flashed round the ground on pitch side advertising hoardings. Keith said ‘The Club is delighted to receive the highest award possible for any junior club and this is recognition for over 100 volunteers and 50 coaches involved with the club’. He added ‘ The club is going through a remarkable period, with our own ground weeks away from completion and receiving recognition at the highest level. For me, to walk on the Wembley turf with a national hero in Sir Geoff Hurst was an experience never to be forgotten.’ Shaun Ponder, Vice Chairman, who also attended the luncheon said ‘this is remarkable recognition for not just the club and its coaches and players but for the local area.’
Wyrley sent over 30 committee members and managers to the game – pictured below sporting their Wyrley scarfes before the game.
Keith Hardy finished by saying ‘the Club is 30 years old this coming season and with our own base we now intend to kick on again in providing excellent facilities to local footballers.’

Anyone wishing to join us should contact Keith on 07836202764.’

Click on the link below to see the film about the Club that was shown at the Presentation –

Below a picture of the Wyrley name going round Wembley.

Jason was awarded the prestigious Haven Hero Community Award by The Haven Refuge – the Wolverhampton-based domestic violence charity which provides support and care for women and children who have suffered domestic violence. Jason was blissflully unaware of his award until he arrived at last night’s ceremony in Wolverhampton attended by Lord Bilston – Dennis Turner and he was presented his award by Emma Reynolds – Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton.

The Haven have been searching for it’s first ever positive male role model and was nominated by The All New Wyrley Colts U11′s players and Team Manager, Scott Lyons. The Haven received countless nominations for police officers, firefighters, solicitors and even a radio DJ, but his voluntary commitment to children in football, especially his one to one care with those who have experienced personal problems, drew a unanimous verdict from a panel of dignitaries, Haven board members and Haven service users who heard of Jason’s relentless energy and selfless commitment to his young team.

The team recorded an emotional video which was shown to the audience and saw testimonies from players in their own words, along with a tearjerking message from his sons Connor and Kielan, both Wyrley Juniors players.

Congratulations to Jason for his award and his commitment to his team – Wyrley Colts are very proud of you!

The Club picked up the County and Regional awards at an awards ceremony before the Walsall FC v Wolves game at Banks’s Stadium last night and was also then delighted to hear that it was the National winner.

To get Community Club status in itself is a challenge and to receive County recognition is an honour (we were also County winners in 2004, 2006 and 2009) as there are 15 Community Clubs in Staffordshire. To be a Community Club you have to have 10 teams, a girls section, adults teams, development plan and all FA policies in place. To get Regional recognition is rare – we were also Regional winners in 2009 (in additional to Staffordshire, the Region is made up of Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Birmingham FAs and you can only guess at the number of clubs in that huge area). BUT to get NATIONAL recognition has exceeded all our expectations!

We are told that some of the reasons for our nomination are as follows: -

- working with Police to deliver free coaching
- supporting Staffs FA diversity initiatives with U8 girls and Veterans
- goalkeeping centre
- Long Lane Development
- support for Young Leaders and coaches
- support for Staffs FA on committees and workshops
- the quality and size of our annual tournament (interestlingly another winning club commented very favourably about our tournament and will be returning next year)
- and the list goes on!

Every one involved in giving up their time volunteering for the Club should be very proud of this award – it is indeed a ‘one-off’ and rare acheivement – WELL DONE EVERYONE!

The National award will be presented to us at a luncheon before the Community Shield game between Manchester United and Manchester City on August 7th in the FA Club Room at Wembley, where we will be rubbing shoulders with other National winners in 6 other categories and footballing icons such as Sir Geoff Hurst and Sir Trevor Brooking.

Watch this space for photos taken from that event!

The winners were: -

Matt Harrison Memorial Shield for Team of the Year – awarded to the Under 18s Girls who played 26 won 26, scored 257 goals, went 41 games undefeated, won the League and Cup and also the County Cup.
Walmsley Endeavour Shield – awarded to Under 11s Tigers who reached a Cup Final in Division 1 of the Walsall Junior Youth league, despite playing most of the season with a shortage of players
Jo Stoddart Memorial Shield for Clubman of the Year – awarded to Keith Hardy for his efforts in getting Long Lane off the ground.
Ben Young Memorial Shield for Club Player of the Year – awarded to Emily Quimby from Under 18s Girls who scored 29 goals from midfield including 3 straight from corners and 23 from outside the box. Emily also helps coach 2 WJFC teams, referees and won an award from Staffs FA last year.

Well done to all our winners.

We will be having a formal presentation of the trophies at one of our monthly Managers’ meeting early in the new season.

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Then look no further! Wyrley Colts have won 3 prestigious awards for it’s football and services to the community and we need enthusiastic, energetic, and quite frankly, bonkers kids to join the 107.7 The Wolf Children of Pride Award Winners 2010.

The team is sponsored by Asda Wolverhampton and has it’s own mascot, Wyrley Bear!

TRIALS ARE BEING HELD ON SATURADY 5 FEBRUARY at St. John’s playing field, opposite St. John’s Primary School, Hobnock Road, Essington at 10.00am

Wyrley Colts go to annual tournaments away, have their own star-studded presentation awards, and not to mention a fantastic team of players and coaches who really know how to play great football and have some serious fun.

To book your place, please contact Scott Lyons on 07866 778483 or email him on scott.lyons@live.co.uk.

Matt Harrison Memorial Shield to the Team of the Year Under 15s Cougars presented by Fred and Carol Harrison
The Walmsley Endeavour Shield to the Endeavour team of the Year Under 14s LK09 presented by Bill Hickenbottom in the absence of Mac and Cath Walmsley, who could not attend the night
The Jo Stoddart Memorial Shield to the Clubperson of the Year Kate Foreman and Lisa Ford presented by Simon Stoddart
The Ben Young Memoriaal Shield to the Player of the Year Callum Simkiss presented by Glyn Young

Well done to every one of them!