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Welcome to the Kirton Kestrels Football Club Website |
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We move into our 26th season after our successful anniversary event last May.
For 2011-12, I am pleased to say we have enough players to form a new U8 team. All the other teams move up one year, so we have 8 age groups again this season. The club is affiliated to the Suffolk County F.A. and our affiliation number for this season is JYI00131. The Girls section is separately affiliated, and their number is JYG00132.
Kirton Kestrels is a Charter Standard football club and all the club's coaches, managers and often their assistants, have been trained to the Level 1 standard, which involves 3 days of courses as well as evening sessions on safeguarding children and emergency first aid. We have our own Club Welfare Officer and are now following the FA RESPECT 'code of conduct' for players, spectators and officials.
Our club HQ is the magnificent sports pavilion on Kirton Recreation Ground, which was built in 2003 and received massive funding by the Football Foundation. Although owned by the Parish Council, Kirton Kestrels are the main user of the facility, and contributed significantly to the fundraising for the building.
Under-8's to Under-11's play 7 a-side football (mini-soccer). Our Under-8 and Under-10 teams play their home games on Saturday mornings at the Recreation Ground. Due to lack of space, the Under-11 team will play at Trimley St Martin CP School.
The club's Under-12, Under-13, Under-14 and Under-16 sides play 11 a-side football, all their home matches being on Kirton Recreation Ground on a Saturday morning. Our Under-14 Girls team will play home matches at the Recreation Ground on a Sunday morning.
All of our Saturday teams play in the South Suffolk Youth League, whilst the girls play in the Suffolk Girls League.
Each age group has 1 hour of training under the floodlights at the Recreation Ground one week, and then a session at the Orwell School All Weather venue the next week. Goalkeeping coaching is also available every other week.
Subscriptions for the season are £60 for mini-soccer, and £65 for 11 a-side teams. No extra fees are charged on a weekly basis.
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