Paringdon Youth
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Paringdon
Youth
FOOTBALL CLUB
F
irst established in 2013,
Paringdon Youth Football
Club was set up in order to
give children from the age of five and
above the chance to play football. It is
affiliated to the Essex County FA and is
an FA Charter Standard Club that is run
by youngsters giving up there time in
order to give youngsters a chance to get
into the game.
Based at the Paringdon Sports Club
on Paringdon Road in Essex they have
certainly come a long way since first being
established and now have more than one
hundred players registered. This means
that they are always on the lookout for
volunteers and welcome anyone with an
interest in getting involved.
They state on their official website
www.paringdonfc.com that they are
built around the ideas of, “fair play,
enjoyment and respect for everyone”
whilst providing “a safe, fun learning and
playing environment for all.”
It is important for football in the country
as a whole to be attracting youngsters
into the game and Paringdon Youth FC is
clearly a club that does a fantastic job in
this regard. It will certainly be exciting to
see how their players are able to develop
in the coming years.
All of their players take part in weekly
training sessions under the supervision
of their team managers at excellent
floodlit 3G Astro Turf facilities. They also
have the opportunity to play structured
football matches on a Saturday or Sunday
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depending what league they play in
with many also entering additional
competitions and tournaments including
their own annual tournament which is
growing year on year. It has developed a
reputation of being one of the best in the
area.
The younger ages compete in or close
to Harlow with some of the older teams
going further afield for their fixtures. The
separate teams have their own identities,
taking names from the “Big Cat” family
such as Lions, Tigers or Pumas.
Paringdon Youth FC is a voluntary
organisation that supports itself
financially to provide teams with
football kits, training kits,
first aid kits, footballs, bibs,
cones, annual County
FA registration, league
registration, pitch fees,
training facility fees
and ref fees.
Whilst doing this
they make every
effort to keep player
subscriptions as low
as possible. In order
to do so they lay on
fundraising
events
throughout the year
and this helps to ensure
that they are able to
make the game accessible
to all. Obviously the more
support they receive the better
and they will always encourage
players, parents and members of the
community to take part.
There is much to admire about the fine set
up that Paringdon Youth Football Club
currently has in place and this is thanks
to all of the hard work that has gone into
make them a success. Clubs such as this
are vital to the future of the game in this
country and hopefully they will be able
to continue in the same manner for many
years to come. Everyone at Football Focus
Magazine wishes them the best of luck.