We currently have 10 teams in the top 3 of their leagues but as usual the clear success is having nearly 700 players in the black and white stripes of Wyrley Juniors. The club is already planning ahead for next season – any teams looking to join theclub will be very welcome.

Highlights of the first half include: -

Staffordshire FA awarding us Community Club of the Year for the 3rd time in 6 years
Planning permission received for our development of Long Lane. Our Business Plan for the major chunk of funding is now with the Football Foundation for their consideration.
New mower and fencing at Harrisons Ground.
A thriving and well used website.
The 4 main Club awards presented by families of the trophy donors.

The sad news was clearly the death of Liam Keeling, who died from meningitis at the young age of 13. We have a number of events planned to support Meningitis UK and our thoughts are with Andy and Georgina. We also heard of the ill health of ex Vice Chairman Colin Boon and we wish him well in his recovery.

Future Events: -

Wyrley Juniors FC First team v Walsall FC Old Boys in aid of Meningitis UK – 31st January 2010 at Gt Wyrley FC 2.00 kick off.
Our 13th annual Tournament is already well into the planning stage and set for 19th and 20th June – our traditional 3rd weekend in June date.
We intend to send a party of coaches to Africa to coach underprivileged children.
We have bids in for funding to complete the fencing at Harrisons Ground.

As usual, busy times for the biggest and best club in Staffordshire! Any player, coach, volunteer or team looking to join a successful and ambitious club should contact Keith on 07836202764.
A Happy and Successful New Year to everyone connected with the club.

Highlights of the season just finished: -

36 teams competing – our highest number yet in 27 years

5 League winners and 1 Cup winner with numerous runners up performances

our 12th Annual Tournament was probably our most successful yet

a fresh, revamped and well used website now in place

a vibrant and popular Academy with over 25 boys and girls aged 4 to 7 taking part on Saturday mornings

a very popular girls academy with nearly 30 girls aged 6 to 10 taking part on Wednesday evenings

continued strengthening of our feeder club status with Walsall FC with 15 boys referred and 5 signed up

a number of successful fund raising events including the Fun Day/Fun Run and Abseil events

signing of a 25 year lease over Harrisons Ground, Hazel Lane, Great Wyrley

3 successful Presentation Nights at Banks’s Stadium, Walsall FC

a number of Coach Development and referee development events carried out

professional footballer coaching given during holidays

links made with Community Police to provide free coaching

Aims for 09/10

improvements to Harrisons Ground, Hazel Lane

hopefully revised Planning Permission and funding package finalised for our Long Lane project 

increase in teams

maintain our current initiatives! 

Well done to everyone involved with the Club!

Keith Hardy,

Chairman

A quick summary of achievements so far: -

36 teams all up and running!

The Club won the Regional Norwich Union ‘Join Our Team’ Vote for the West Midlands Region, receiving £13,500 towards the Long Lane Development Fund. We received much PR on the back of this including local Radio Stations and Express and Star.

We have referred 5 players to Walsall FC

We had over 40 players attend exProfessional footballer coaching at Great Wyrley High School. We are looking to repeat this at Whitsun Half term.

This website has been revamped – my personal thanks to Gareth Hardy who has spent much of his unpaid time in updating it. I think you will all agree that the quality of the site puts us ahead of our peers. The Last Sentinel divx

We have 5 teams top of their league with 7 in the top 3 – but the clear success is having 550 playing football in the black and white of Wyrley!

The Mens First Team have reached the semi Final of the Staffs Cup. The semi will be played on February 14, 2009

Future Events/Plans!

Fun Day and Sponsored Fun Run at Long Lane on February 21st 2009. We will be having the following at the event: -

RAF helicopter

Climbing Wall

Pig Roast

Penalty Shoot Out with ex professional footballer

Hot and Cold Drinks and more hot food!

Sponsored Run

• The Village Barbershop

• Astérix et Cléopâtre film Visioneers dvd Amistad ipod

Tombola

All teams will be involved as this will be a major fund raising event for Long Lane

The Clubs 12th Annual Tournament will take place over the weekend of June 20th and 21st. We will keep to the 3rd weekend in June as we’ve done in previous years – application forms to follow. With over 168 teams taking part, this is the largest sporting event in the Chase area and with our many years of experience we are confident that this is the best organised as well as the biggest tournament around!

If you are aware of any teams that would like to join our progressive, successful and largest club in Staffordshire – please contact me on 07836202764.

Keith Hardy

Chairman,

On the field

We had league winners from Under 7s, Under 8s, Under 10s Lions, Under 15s Tigers, Under 10s Girls Panthers, Under 14s Girls and Under 15s Girls
We had league runners up from Under 9s Tigers, Under 11s Tigers, Under 12s Cougars, Under 16s Inex, Under 12s Girls Panthers and Ladies
We had Cup winners from Under 8s, Under 10s Tigers, Under 12s Panthers, Under 15s Tigers, Under 10s Girls Panthers, Under 12s Girls Panthers, Under 15s Girls
We had Cup runners up from Under 17s, Under 10s Girls Pumas, Under 14s Girls
We had a County Cup winning team from Under 17s Girls
Again, the true success is having 550 players in the colours of Wyrley Juniors FC!
Our annual tournament attracted 168 teams, 1500 players and 3000 spectators, making it the largest sporting event in the Chase area.

Off the field

We renewed our Community Club Charter status for another 3 years
We held a referees course – creating another 12 referees
We assisted South Staffordshire District Council in hosting 2 schools tournaments for girls
Our Feeder club status to Walsall FC went from strength to strength
We secured additional grant funding for our Long Lane development

The future

· We have created an additional 5 new teams for next season and have only lost 1 – we will have an amazing 36 teams next year, including a Sunday team in the Cannock Chase league. This is the highest number of teams we have had in our history!
· On the 6th August the men’s team will be playing against a Walsall FC X1 at their home ground at Four Ashes, Stafford Road, Four Ashes. Kick off 7.00. Admission £3 for adults and £1 concessions.
· Please see the Weather lottery link below, which is a novel fund raiser for the club – please support your club!

Awards

At the clubs Annual General Meeting on Monday 14th July, the following awards were voted upon: -

· The Matt Harrison Memorial Trophy for Team of the Year was awarded to the Under 15s Girls team who won the League and Cup double in the Central Warwickshire League, remaining unbeaten all season and going 38 games unbeaten since March 2007, scoring 213 league goals, conceding only 18 from 26 league games; having 8 players who scored 10 goals or more and winning the Wyrley 7s for the 4th year in succession

· The Walmsley Endeavour Trophy for the team that struggled against adversity was awarded to the Under 10s Girls Panthers, who won the league and Cup double and having to grieve for their manager Stuart Dyson, who sadly passed away after a battle against cancer.

· The Jo Stoddart Memorial Trophy awarded to Clubman of the Year was awarded posthumously to Stuart Dyson in recognition for his efforts for his team and the Club. He will be sadly missed by all at Wyrley Juniors FC

· The Ben Young Memorial Trophy for Player of the Year was shared by Daniel Wilson, who played for 2 under 12s teams during the season, stepping into the breach and playing extremely well for both teams and Rachel Hall, who played for Under 15s Girls, who returned to Wyrley after spending a season at Wolverhampton Wanderers, and coming top goal scorer with 42 goals.

We are looking to present the trophies at the Club’s first monthly meeting of next season at Cheslyn Hay WMC at 8.30 p.m. on September 15th.

Players wanted!!

The following teams are looking for players for next season: -

· 2 new Under 10s girls teams
· 1 new Under 15s girls teams
· Under 16s Panthers
· 3 Under 11s teams
· Under 8s Panthers
· Under 9s Panthers
· Under 12s Dragons

If you would like to join the club or hear more about our ambitions, please contact Keith on 07836202764.

Keith Hardy,
Chairman