Thirsk
Falcons Juniors
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Thirsk Falcons Juniors
FOOTBALL CLUB
Thirsk Falcons Juniors FC has been established for over 30 years and is one of
the largest sporting clubs in the area. It is a popular leisure choice for boys and
girls that provides a perfect opportunity for children and adults in Thirsk as well
as surrounding villages to take part in regular outdoor sporting activity thereby
improving health, confidence and well being.
Thirsk Falcons Seniors has been
established since 1948 and has enjoyed
unrivalled success in both the Harrogate
and Teesside league, most recently
winning the intermediate Cup Final on
penalties earlier this year.
The two clubs have now joined
forced and have restructured as Thirsk
Falcons FC. The vision is to bring semi
pro football to Thirsk and to run one club
that encompasses the breadth of junior
football from Fledglings to U18’s with a
clear pathway to a strong senior section
playing high quality football that the
whole town can get behind!
The club is high profile; well known
and respected; it helps to forge strong
friendships in players from a wide
range of schools as well as supporting
strong community cohesion with the
involvement of hundreds of parents who
continue their support, often for many
years.
Falcons also looks to engage boys
and girls at an early age into a structured,
disciplined,
sporting
environment,
nurturing their talents and providing a
focus for their energy! Being part of the
club and their respective teams instils
a sense of pride. Education is not just
about exams; it is well documented that
sporting activity can play a huge part
in building confidence, increasing self
esteem and teaching life skills for the
future.
We actively encourage parents and
carers to support the club providing
t he opportunity for adults to train as
refs/coaches/match day helpers. This
provides children with great role models.
As with maintaining any sports team or
community group, the club relies on the
passion and enthusiasm of volunteers
who have their own demanding day
jobs, families and lives to live!
Keeping that momentum going as
well as managing your own teams and
their expectations is pretty demanding.
However, seeing a team get to a cup
final, watching the comradery and
friendship flourish amongst the players,
training being put into practice on match
day and brainstorming with like minded
individuals on the future of the club and
bringing that to fruition is extremely
rewarding.
Our teams have enjoyed great success
in the leagues and tournaments that we
take part in across Teesside, Harrogate,
York, Hambleton and Richmond areas.
Gaining Community Club status,
numerous promotions, having excellent
cup runs, being finalists, conducting
team tours and being one of the only
English partner club’s linked with Celtic
FC have all ensured the club continues to
progress and move forward.
One of our U13 players has even
taken part in the FA’s recent first ever
national advertising campaign to
promote the new national education
programme Premier League Primary
Stars which aims to use football to inspire
a strong work ethic and an interest in
core subjects such as English and Maths.
Whilst the club is going in the right
direction and there is a lot of excitement
and anticipation for the future there is
still much to be done!
The club has seen rapid growth in
the junior section and is committed to
providing high quality football in a
community context. A measure of this is
that several of our players have gone on
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