Easington Sports
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Hawkins Group have been keen supporters of Easington Sports during their recent upturn in fortunes and rapid progression towards a well-recognised community club within the area of Banbury .
Not only have the company assisted with the construction of the mini grandstand , Hawkins Group have been the primary sponsor of the adult first team for the past four seasons and have been on hand to offer expert advice regarding ground grading applications to the Football Foundation .
Club Chairman Richard Meadows stated , “ We have been delighted with the support offered by Hawkins Group in recent years and the speed of improvements would not have been possible without their support . Financial assistance through sponsorship has allowed the club to spend its own self-generated funds on further developments to the site and Hawkins have been very flexible with repayments to ensure that player development and provisions for our nineteen youth and adult teams have not been compromised . Hawkins Group are a Banbury based firm 100 % committed to the development of sport in the community and we are very grateful for their support ”.
Hawkins Group are certain the future looks very bright for Easington Sports and we will continue to support the club where we can going forward into an exciting period in the club ’ s history .
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“ The First Team have had a successful season this year and are due to finish in the top five of the Hellenic Division One West . This was on the back of a long unbeaten run which was a great effort by all the players and management . Our reserve team have enjoyed their introduction to Hellenic League football and our Under 18 ’ s have had a fantastic year pushing for top spot in the OIYL . Overall , we are really pleased with the season and look to continue this progress into next season .
With only a few league games left in the season , we are looking to ensure there is some stability between all of the teams at the club . The introduction of the reserves team to sit alongside the Men ’ s team is key to the transition for players throughout the club . We will review the last year as a club and look to ensure that best practices continue . Our aim is to provide our players with the opportunity to play at the highest level possible .”
Youth
“ Youth football is key to our club and the growth over the last few years has been staggering . This season we had twelve affiliated youth teams , likely to increase again to eighteen teams next season . As part of this we offer coaching each week to
almost 200 hundred players aged from under 6 to under 18 . We have a successful coaching mentor policy and all of the coaches seek to develop players / teams rather than focus on individual game results . This year we have also seen the introduction of our Under 9 girls ’ team . This has been as a result of a close partnership with Oxford
United FC and Oxfordshire FA . We are the only club to offer a girls only team in Cherwell District and we are hoping to expand on this next year as they are introduced into the Oxford Mail Girls League . We are also looking to create Futsal opportunities in the local area and are working hard with Cherwell District Council and the FA . At present there is no provision for this in Banbury and we see this as a great way to develop our players and local football as a whole .”
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Integration
“ It ’ s important that players have a pathway from youth football into senior football . In order to achieve this , and to bridge the gap , we look to ensure that all of the teams play in the appropriate league . We have seen players from our Under 16 / 18 and reserves all feature in the first team over the last couple of seasons , showing that this pathway is available .
The managers and coaches all regularly review the players , regardless of age , and look to ensure that youth is given an
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