MANCHESTER FA OFFICIAL STATEMENT – NEW GIRLS PROVISION ON ITS WAY FOR 2009/2010

MANCHESTER FA OFFICIAL STATEMENT – NEW GIRLS PROVISION ON ITS WAY FOR 2009/2010

NOW IS THE TIME FOR US ALL TO TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE – SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL!

Manchester FA have today issued a full press release to all local authority papers and regional papers.

As a key partner to our County FA and to Grassroots Football in Greater Manchester I am contacting you to advise you of the opportunities for Girls and Women that will exist for you and your clubs as from 2009/2010 season.

It is important to note that all the new opportunities have all been agreed with The FA’s National Manager (Women and Girls) and have been subject to significant and extensive consultation between Oldham Girls League and South Manchester Girls League.

New Structure

In Summary, as from 2009/2010 – The Greater Manchester Girls and Women’s League Structure will be formed:

This will include a North Manchester Girls League and a South Manchester Girls League. The structure and formats are available by clicking the link below:

The structure will offer consistent pricing for Player and Club Registrations these will be £2 per player registration and £40 per Club Registration. All Player Registrations will be dealt with by the Manchester FA and the Leagues. Each Player will have their very own ID card. All constitutions, codes of conduct, Rules and Regulations will be the same for North and South Leagues.

Expressions of Interest – Now being taken

Interested in placing a team into the North or South Structure – Interested but need some help with starting your Girls Team?

Contact Shirley.veevers@manchesterfa.com or click the link below for further information http://www.manchesterfa.com/News/2008/01/FemaleFootballOnTheUP.htm

League and Club Packs

All League and Club joining packs will be issued early April.

Executive Group

The new Structure will be supported by a newly elected Executive Group, whose main role is to influence on issues that will remove barriers for those Girls and Women wishing to take part in football. The most

important of those will be the groups engagement with local authorities, local education and the Football Foundation to access facilities and funding.

The Executive Group is made up of the following:

Football League Trust Regional Manager
FA Investment Manager
Senior Competitions Manager
Sports Development Manager – Greater Sports Partnership
Principal Sports Development Manager – Manchester City Council
North Manchester Girls League Representative

South Manchester Girls League Representative

Cheshire & Manchester Women’s League Representative
FA Greater Manchester Girls Centre of Excellence Director
Manchester FA Development Manager
Manchester FA Chief Executive
Manchester FA Women and Girls Officer
Manchester FA Council Member (Development)
Female Referee Representative

Women and Girls Advisory Group Representative

Women and Girls Advisory Group

The Executive Group will be supported by the Women and Girls Advisory Group, which has recently been re-constituted and has now appointed a chairperson for the next 12 months (Jackie Veal – Bury Sports Development Manager). The Chairperson will also be represented on the Executive Group.

The Women and Girls Advisory Group is an open forum for Clubs and Leagues to provide their views and steer the Executive Group in any fundamental reviews or changes that maybe required over the next five years.

Development Centres

Fundamental to the new structure will be our FlagShip Development Centres. – These promise to be very exciting and will be a great opportunity for all clubs to be part of. The centres will cater for structured provision at Under 10’s and also remove a couple of the most daunting barriers a club faces when setting up girls provision.

1.) The recruitment of players

2.) The recruitment of female coaches

The Development Centres will cater for the above and provide Clubs with the Player and Workforce resource to grow the Girls and Women’s game within Greater Manchester as well as helping to grow the number of female referees.

Now all Clubs can offer a provision for Girls! – Helping you and your club attain Development and Community Club Status

In summary, the Development Centres will be where possible indoor provision and will be for players aged Under 10. These will be open pay and play centres at a £1 per session and will all be affiliated and have paid coaching provision with Level 2 coaches and Level 1 mentored female coaches. The sessions will be focused around fun sessions followed by Mini-Soccer fair play matches.

The centres:

We are proposing 3 official centres to start with

Salford – Manchester United Training Ground – The Cliff
Manchester – Manchester City Academy Ground – Platt Lane
Oldham – Venue to be announced

Other Local Authorities are currently being considered.

Are you a Coach interested in becoming a Coach at a Centre?

Provisionally we will be looking for 4 coaches at Each centre who will report into Manchester FA’s County Football Coach.

The Coaches will be paid for the 2 hour sessions they deliver.

The Coaches must have Level 2 and it would be an advantage to the applicant to have completed the one day age appropriate module and also the four FA Youth Module 1.

All Level 1 coaches assisting will not be paid but will receive an extensive mentoring package together with financial support to complete their Level 2, Age Appropriate and FA Youth Module.

If you would wish to place an expression of interest please do by emailing Shirley.veevers@manchesterfa.com and Jack.bloodworth@manchesterfa.com

Many Thanks

May I just say that now is a great time to get involved in the Girls Game – Let’s make Greater Manchester the envy of Girls Football Nationally – A challenge, but one we are up for here at Manchester FA.

Thank you for your support.