TRAINING IS NOW BACK ON Sat 9:30am - 11:00am

Please note that training sessions on Saturday are on - unless we have extreme weather overnight.
Or there is prior notification on this website.

Thank you,
Astley & Buckshaw Juniors Football Club Committee

SAFETY NOTICE TO ALL PARENTS

This notice is issued, due to safety concerns raised and discussed at a recent Committee Meeting due to the volume of traffic entering and leaving the Buckshaw Sports Facility Car Park on Saturday mornings.

All Parents are requested to ensure your child is escorted to/from the Sports Area Gate prior to and after the Saturday training session

Astley & Buckshaw Juniors Football Club Committee

Is your child aged from 5-8 years and absolutely mad about football?

Then why not come down to our open training sessions at Buckshaw Village all weather training facility an Saturday morning from 9:30am until 11:00am.

Training is supervised by FA trained, CRB cleared coaches.
Please note there is a small fee of £2 per child each session to cover our costs.

For more information contact
Chris Coyne (Head Coach & U9’s Manager) on: 07748 453429
or Adam Bolton on: 07704 733441

The all weather pitch is off the main road through Buckshaw Village. Turn off at the roundabout
nearest the sculpture of the man. The pitches are about 150 metres on the left.

** IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING THE USE OF THE WESTWAY PITCH**
Can any of the teams using the Westway pitch please NOT park on Judeland.
We have been notified that the cul-de-sac is being used for parking, and access, on matchdays, as well as an area to clean the mud off the bottom of players boots.

Thank you for your anticpated co-operation on this matter.

Astley Village Juniors FC - Annual General Meeting.
was held on Thursday 2nd July 2009.
at The Barons Rest, Astley Village.

As well as the change of Club Name to "Astley & Buckshaw Juniors FC", other issues were raised and delt with.
Attendees also elected new Committee Members CLICK HERE to view these.

Thank you to all who attended and contributed to the meeting.

Information regarding football at Astley & Buckshaw Juniors.

We currently have 3 competitive junior teams at Under 14’s, 12’s and 9’s who will be playing next year in the Mid Lancs Colts and the Central Lancs Leagues on a Sunday.

We hope that your children are happy just to come and be coached on a Saturday, however the club is keen to have new teams to come through each season.

Future Teams We are sure that many of you would like to see your children playing in a team at some point in the future, however the only way this will happen is if you, the parents, get involved.

Help with Coaching Astley & Buckshaw is particularly looking for volunteers to shadow some of the existing coaches on a Saturday morning.  This is all with a view to you at some point, helping organise a team in the future or just helping with the training and coaching.

Experience is definitely NOT required.  Our senior coach runs the current Under 9’s and the Under 12’s and 14’s are run by parents of the teams, neither of which had any previous coaching experience.  Please ask them what they think about the coaching and running a team.

Help with the Committee & Organising New Teams If you are keen to help in a non coaching capacity, we need your help as well.  It may be that you are not be interested in coaching but would still like to see your child in a team in future.  We need help organising events, new teams and assisting preparing the pitch and nets for the games.  We also need more input, opinion and ideas on our small committee.

Yes, we look very organised on a Saturday morning, but please do not assume that we do not need extra help.  We really do.

If you are interested in learning more about the coaching, running a team, sitting on the committee or just getting involved, please email your interest to webmaster@astleyvillagejuniorsfc.co.uk or speak to one of the coaches before or after a session.

Please pass this information on if you know someone else who may be interested in getting involved.

Thanks
All at Astley & Buckshaw Juniors

Special Congratulations go to.

Caroline Crofts - AVJFC Club Secretary.
For being voted the Central Lancs League, Secretary of the Year.

...and

Matt Loughline - AVJFC Under 13's manager.
For being voted the Central Lancs League, Manager of the Year (under 13/14 age group)

Astley Village Juniors FC - 4th Annual Presentation Evening "A Great Success".

Astley Village Juniors FC presentation evening for the season 2008/09 was held on Sunday 10th May 2009 at Chorley FC Social Club to a packed ordinance.

Congratulations were given to all 3 managers U10 - Chris Coyne, U11 - Graham Galloway and U13 Matt Loughlin, for doing such a fantastic job through the past season. And various awards were given for the season 2008/09.

Winners included:
Under 10's - Most Improved Player: J Chalk, Top Goal Scorer: Pranzo, Managers Player: Mahon, Clubman: K Chalk and Players Player: K Chalk. Well done lads.
Under 11's - Most Improved Player: Vassallo, Top Goal Scorer: Ashford, Managers Player: Tennant, Clubman: Gaskell and Players Player: Galloway. Well done lads.
Under 13's - Most Improved Player: Clyne, Top Goal Scorer: Smith, Managers Player: Field, Clubman: Loughlin and Players Player: L Colbert. Well done lads.

Thanks were relayed to:

• our team sponsors NCCC & Michael Ward Ltd.
• Mrs Claire Hollister, (Head Teacher) Parklands High School (for allowing access and use of the pitch during the season).
• Steph & Dave of the Baron’s Rest, Astley Village (for donating the use of the pub as changing facilities for the under 10's team).

and... ...a BIG thanks was said to all who attended and helped with the organisation of the event.

Astley Village Juniors FC 2008 Training - New From 2008
To View the Scheduled programmes click here.

The club has arranged for a new programme aimed at the growing number of younger players aged 6 to 9 years of age who are joining the club. These sessions can now be found on the coaching section and will be run by coach Adam.

Details of all the 2008 sessions and programme can be viewed on the coaching section.

Details of the new spring programme will also be made available at the first session and will be a continuation on from the autumn programme.

Certificates for the Passing and Shooting and Dead Ball Skills sessions will be handed out to those who completed the coaching programme in October & November.

The astro turf has been booked for 4 weeks in order to get around the problem encountered just before Christmas when sessions had to be cancelled due to waterlogged pitches at Brookfield.

At AVJFC we now have a Monthly Newsletter.

Copies will be given to parents each time one is released to keep you all up-to-date with events and the teams.

We welcome any possible contributions you may have so please email them to webmaster@astleyvillagejuniorsfc.co.uk

PDF copies of the newsletter can be downloaded below:
September 2007- Issue 1
October 2007 - Issue 2
January 2008 - Issue 3
February 2008 - Issue 4
March/April 2008 - Issue 5

Squad players can register their profile details online by filling out the online form and submitting it CLICK HERE

Tesco Vouchers

We are now collecting TESCO vouchers to enable us to get sports equipment. If you have any please give them to one of the committee members on a Saturday morning.
All contributions are greatly appreciated, thanks

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