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Welcome to the Kirton Kestrels Football Club Website |
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Kirton Kestrels Football Club was formed in 1986 with just 14 players and ages ranging from 8 to 14.
Now, in our 22nd year, the club has about 150 players signed up, with teams right through from under-8 to under-18. The club is affiliated to the Suffolk County F.A. and our Affiliation number for this season is EYI00004.
In October 2003, Kirton Kestrels became one of the first six junior teams in Suffolk to attain the much coveted F.A. Charter Standard Club status. To achieve this, we had to demonstrate best practice for management, child protection, qualified coaches and codes of conduct. 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 child protection and emergency first aid. We have our own Club Welfare Officer and our own club "codes of conduct" for players, spectators and officials. The club hosts "soccer/parent" workshops to help parents appreciate some of the issues involved with their children and playing football.
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. It was opened amidst a blaze of publicity by Joe Royle, manager of Ipswich Town, in April 2004.
The clubs under-8 and under-9 teams play 7 a-side football (mini-soccer), with their home games being on Saturday mornings at the Recreation Ground. Due to lack of space, the under-10 and under-11 teams, also playing mini-soccer, have their home matches at the Coronation Sportsground, in Felixstowe.
Our under-12, under-13, under-14 and under-15 sides play 11 a-side football, all their home matches being on Kirton Recreation Ground on a Saturday morning, whilst, again because lack of space, the under-16 team must use Walton Recreation Ground for their home matches.For only the second time in our history, the club is running an under-18 team for 2007-8, and they will be playing home matches on Walton Recreation Ground.
All of our teams play in the Felixstowe & District Junior Football League.
Each age group has 1 hour of training under the floodlights at the Recreation Ground one week, and then a session at the new Orwell School All Weather venue the next week.
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