A good month of results in both the cup and league for many of our teams. Exciting last-minute wins for our Under 12 and Under 14 Girls and penalty shoot out defeat for our Under 12 Eagles. These, and all our other results, can be followed on our Facebook page,
News at Newton Aycliffe Youth Football Club.
Durham F.A. Award
The hard work from the club and our dedicated coaches has now been recognised by Durham FA, as the first winners of the ‘Wildcats Reward and Recognition’ award. The girls and the coaches were presented with their award before their session on 18th October. The club are extremely proud of this award, recognising the approach we have to developing our young female footballers, in safe, fun, but structured, sessions.
Our very successful girls’ development sessions started in 2004 with only one team. In the next 10 years girls football continued to grow. Then, in 2014, our club were then one of the first Wildcats centres in the country, giving the girls an identity and, with support from Durham FA, girls football had lift off. Football was now a sport that was a first option for many girls. The number of teams grew and now we are able to offer team football for every age group, with a full female pathway from Rising Stars through to Wildcats then into teams and the adult women’s team. The future is bright for female footballers at Newton Aycliffe Youth FC.
Women’s Football – Rebuild
What a fantastic start to the rebuilding of our Women’s team, 14 ladies attended our very first session, enjoying passing, dribbling, teamwork challenges and a 7v7 match.
This was followed in week two with 20 ladies attending. The standard has far exceeded our expectations, the feedback has been phenomenal and we’ve already had more interest in joining.
There are exciting times ahead for Women’s football in Newton Aycliffe, watch this space in future editions of Newton News.
Women’s Just Play
The club continues with our recreational sessions, for those who just want to keep fit through football, with 14+ ladies attending each week. The focus is on fitness through creating challenges, rondos and match play. The improvement week on week is incredible! Congratulations to each Trainer of the Week, who get the coveted trophy and Greggs voucher!
Adult Men’s Football
The male pathway is thriving, starting at Rising Stars mixed sessions into Little Eagles boys development on to our youth teams, culminating with opportunities to join our adult men’s team in the Wearside League. However, we still have opportunities to join the squad, from any interested players who can play at this level. We are also looking to strengthen our coaching staff. If you have the knowledge and drive to coach men’s football, this could be an opportunity for you.
Training is every Thursday at Greenfield 3G – 7pm ‘til 8pm.
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