Football Focus Issue 72 | Page 47

Bryncae It’s been a mixed season. We have not performed so well in the league, although, off the field we have been doing great; with the club’s first annual gentleman’s evening being a massive success.” other players. Our coaches keep a close eye on them to get a feel if they are ready for the challenge of first team football and if they believe they are, they will get the opportunity to step up.” With junior football starting next season we are planning for a second pitch and a car park.” Youth Community “Youth football is very important to our club. We have a number of young players in the club at the moment and they are all making their first steps into senior football. The club aims to generate local young talent through to seniors and with this now the focus, we are starting two new sides next season; U14’s and U16’s.” “We are very much a community club. We are always encouraging local youth in the area to come join us in training sessions and the majority of our sponsors are local businesses in the area. Many of the volunteers in the club are from the surrounding area.” Integration “There is always room for improvement in this area! Our home ground has, over the years, been developed with new changing facilities, pitch crowd barriers and at the end of this season we are installing new dugouts. “I think the biggest challenge for any club around the area and at our the level is funding and sponsorship. It’s hard to keep a club running and we are always looking at ways to raise funds for the club. We had our first gentleman’s evening this year with Neil Ruddock and that has helped to fund the work going into our pitch and to start a junior section next season. Our ambition is for a Junior section with long term stability and continuing development of a young group of players. We want to see our senior side to be promoted to the South Wales Alliance League.” “Our young players start off with our reserve team first before stepping into first team football, whilst integrating them into the club and getting to know the Facilities Challenges/Ambitions “I think the biggest challenge for any club around the area and at our the level is funding and sponsorship. It’s hard to keep a club running and we are always looking at ways to raise funds for the club.” www.footballfocusmag.com 47