Rayleigh Boys Youth Football Club Presentation Day Season 2007/2008 www.rayleighboysyouthfc.org.uk
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Chairman’s Report The 2007-08 season has been an historic season for RBYFC in many ways. In July last year through the hard work of everybody involved in RBYFC we were presented with the FA Charter Standard Development Club Award by Mark Francois MP for Rochford. This achievement should not be underestimated due to RBYFC being regarded by the FA as the largest youth soccer club in Essex. With this award the club can now progress forward with realising our aim of having a ground that is managed by ourselves for the players of RBYFC and we will be in a better position to obtain grants towards real changing facilities for the players to use. This will be a long journey but the committee are 100% behind this plan for the lease on the ground behind the new Leisure Centre in Rawreth Lane. We have presented a full proposal on how it will be managed, including working as partners with the Council and the people living on the newly built housing estate. This is the closest we have come in 32 years of having a place we can call our home, this also may be the last chance as well due to the constant selling of green space for building which in part then adds to a larger demand for spaces in teams for the growing community. Of the 3 clubs in the final assessment by the Rochford Leisure Services Department we are the largest by far and I believe more importantly the only club based in Rayleigh ,with Hambro Colts based in Rochford and Elmwood Colts based in Eastwood. However, you never know what these decisions are ultimately based on but the only thing I can say for certain is that if we are not successful it will not be for lack of efforts or compla- cency on the clubs part and on that I would especially like to thank Paul Quick and Karl Hayes for all of their time and efforts. If the decision does not go our way I can assure you we are committed to keep looking for land in the Rayleigh’ catchment and are already talking to the Catholic Church and Rayleigh Town Council in case our proposal is unsuccessful. This year has seen unprecedented growth in our club with our first ever Cougars team formed at under 7 and our total teams reaching 30. Part of this has been achieved by settling our differences with Rayleigh Town Council and getting a 3 year agreement to use King Georges, a central point for all young players to come and start their careers, King Georges is vital to the clubs progression. We have also seen some proactive recruitment for players with the committee being re-structured to have a Publicity Officer and School Liaison Officer who have boosted our presence in Rayleigh Schools as well as a poster campaign in commercial premises Rayleigh, both of these initiatives led by Neil Kirsh and Danny Stalley have certainly seen our club expand. For the coming year we are looking to implement Gift Aid into the club, with an aim to start collecting with this year’s registration. In a nutshell we are under all of the same cost of living increases as anybody else and although we have not increased registrations in the last 3 years we could soon start seeing the clubs funds dwindling, so increases in registration fees, which I am sure nobody wants to see. We are now registered as a CSC (Community Sports Club) which means that all parents can sign over a part of the existing fee as a gift to the club, we can then claim back 28p in the pound on this so boosting the club whilst costing the parents nothing. This comes out of the tax we all pay anyway and will stop the need for registration fee increases for the future. I personally would prefer my tax going to help a community based team that my children benefit from rather than to the Government. I would also like to add to this subject that we have this year increased our fundraising through the social side of the club with nights at the Tandoori Parlour and the very popular Quiz nights. I would like to thank Kate and Mike Driscoll for all of their hard work and to everybody who has sup- ported these events; it does make a difference to our funds.
This year has seen 3 new members to the committee Adam Birch, Chris Hockett and Danny Stalley, their enthusiasm and efforts are already being seen within the club. Whilst on the subject of the committee, I would like to thank all the committee members for their support with keeping the club running, some of whom do not now have children playing for the club. The committee is the backbone of the club, and we are now looking for new committee members to help strengthen the existing members, and provide future management of the club. Dave Evans and Colin Mayor will be leaving the committee in May due to work commitment and on behalf of the club I would like to thank them for their work and efforts in their time on the committee. Dave was the previous Chairman of Rayleigh Boys and his knowledge and input into the club will be sadly missed, Dave’s team will be leaving at under 16 this season but on behalf of everybody well done lads and thank you for your dedication to RBYFC over many years. Another big thank you to Clare Rankin-Maclean our club Secretary. Clare is the person who signs on the 400 plus children which is a major task in itself, removing all of the mistakes and ensuring the correct pa- perwork is on time otherwise the children would not be eligible to play. Clare is also very active on a daily basis dealing with all correspondence results cards and referee fees. Clare’s son leaves the club with the under 16’s this year and we have already told her we will not let her resign with him. Clare is a great exam- ple of the hours of work put in every year by so many people in the club who really deserve more credit. Well done to all the managers, coaches and volunteers throughout the club for their hard work and commit- ment to their teams and the Club. We would not survive without them. Finally, well done to all the children, who have played their hearts out for Rayleigh Boys this year. Remem- ber win or lose always play fair and respect your opponents, and most of all enjoy it. Have a good summer, and look forward to a new and even more enjoyable season in the autumn. Martin Shields
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U7 Lions P W D L F A 14 (EL) 12 2 0 50 6 Player Position 07/08 07/08 Goals Appearances Ellis GK 0 14 Josh Defender 1 14 Sam Defender 1 14 Henry Midfield 17 14 Toby Midfield 19 14 Rhys Midfield 3 14 James Forward 4 13 Freddie Defender 0 12 After a shaky start against Catholic Kai Midfield 3 13 Lions, our rampage started to gath- er pace, a good win against Wickford Town and a hard fought win against one of the stronger teams Leigh Ramblers, gave the boys confidence. The lion’s rampage was turning into a slaughter, the next three games produced twenty goals and some exceptional football from the boys. The next game against Hawkwell saw a poor first half, but an inspired 2nd half with 3 classy goals which earned us the win, Southend Manor tried to kick us off the park, but our pass- ing and football skills under minded their aggressive approach. Two further great wins against Essex Royals and Great Wakering set us up for a rematch against Catholic Lions, where we produced a disciplined win. Leigh Ramblers came looking for revenge, but to no avail, this was probably one of our poorer games, but they still couldn’t break our unbeaten record, this was followed by two further games in which we notched up another 12 goals. Ellis- rarely been troubled during the season, but when called upon has saved us on many occasion!! Josh- nothing gets past him, has mastered the art of the aggressive challenge. Sam-big boot, scored from the halfway line, solid at the back. Henry- long legs, those legs don’t stop running, great work rate and with many exceptional goals. Toby-free kick and corner expert, always solid in midfield, achieving amazing top corner goals. Rhys-little midfield dynamo, skilful runs and majestic passing. James-solid up front and right midfield, lazy runs, hard working and tough tackler. Freddie-no-nonsense if in doubt kick it out defending, tough tackling, and good team player Kai-all rounder, scored couple of important goals, cool on the ball and makes some skilful runs. The boys approach to training and matches is constantly met, with an enthusiastic manner. They always give 100%, but some times only listen 50% of the time. Imagine what they would be like if they listened 100% of the time?. Due to our current form, we have become the team that other teams want to beat, but due to the boys desire to remain unbeaten and the constant improvements in their footballing abilities we still remain undefeated. We would like to thank the boys for an entertaining last two years. We have had many a funny moment dur- ing this time, we would also like to thank all the parents for their continuing support. Also our sponsors UMTB Bank Ltd and SM Locksmiths. Thanks Tony and Stu
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