CODE OF CONDUCT / RESPECT GUIDE

Dear Parents/Guardians

The club, U7s coaches and helpers would like to remind everyone of their responsibilities whilst supporting at matches and at training. This reminder is deemed required by all coaches and Robbie due to some over enthusiastic behaviour, unsuitable language and over pressurising of boys at recent games and during training sessions.

Please find the link to the clubs Code of Conduct which summarises the clubs expectations.

http://www.afcwaverton.com/codes-of-conduct-1/parent-and-spectators-code-of-conduct

Please also take time to look at the FA Respect Campaign videos and comments from respected professionals in the game.

http://www.thefa.com/respectguide/

This is a tough and embarrassing watch at times. The guide requires a FA Fan number and password but please don't be put off completing this (it takes two minutes) as for many of us this guide will radically help the way we support our team, our sons and our coaches.

We trust this information will be taken in the spirit it is being given.

Thanks for your continued support
Waverton U7s Coaches

MATCH REPORT - WED 26 NOV

An experimental Wednesday fixture on the 4G under floodlights saw a strong Jets team take on Blacon 'A' and Blacon 'B' teams.

We can role out this format now and have spoken to Blacon about playing a 'development' team to give some boys a run out under the lights without the pressure of a Saturday league fixture. The fact the ball stays in play on a small pitch means the game is a good training tool and hopefully can give more touches and time on the ball to our developing players. 

Great effort from our boys who won against Blacon 'B' 9-0 and then won again against Blacon 'A' 9-3.

Some wonderful goals, great passing, running and tackles. We showed our class at times and our desire to get on the ball was too much for a robust Blacon squad. Player for player we won our battles.

Goals from the whole team - William (1), Jacob (3), James (3), Jakob (3), Toby (3) and Frank (5)...!

Well done. 

MATCH REPORTS - SAT 22 NOV

Christleton Newscene 2 - 4 Waverton Jets

A well earned win against a robust Christleton side with one outstanding outfield player. 

The match saw Waverton putting together some accurate passing moves in the early stages. Our goals came from James (2) and Frank (2) and the win was assured with an outstanding save from Jakob to keep us 3-2 up. Strong technical strikes from James were the technical highlights.

Well done to Chris for refereeing in difficult circumstances and in such an unbiased manner.

Waverton Rockets 4 - 6 Elton Youth

A bit of a 'mixed bag' of a performance from a team that have not had much match time together. Going forward we scored a really great goal involving William, Jacob and finished cooly by Toby (2). Freddie and Jacob scored excellent individual goals from strong runs to put us 1-0, and then 2-1 and 4-3 up but we conceded some poor goals at the back by either conceding possession in very dangerous areas, a lack of conviction in some key tackles and some losses of concentration.

Elton gained confidence and their front two boys put us under pressure in the final quarter to win the match. They deserved their first win of the season and were rightly delighted which was nice to see. Elton are a club with good values who play the game in a nice spirit.

Well done to all our boys for their effort.

MATCH REPORTS - SAT 8 NOVEMBER

Waverton Jets 6 - 3 Blacon Youth

An excellent display against a strong and tough tackling Blacon side. Solid defending, breaking up the play, passing and running saw us score some fine team and individual goals from Jakob (3), William, Tom and Lewis. 

Joshua and Will B did well in midfield and attack. Alex had some great runs into space and was unlucky the referee disallowed his goal (goal line technology).

All in all a fine win against a good team.
Well done.


Waverton Rockets 9 - 6 Chester Nomads Colts

A great performance from the boys against a Nomads team that got stronger as the match went on. Some good passing orchestrated by Toby and Jacob W, powerful finishing from Frank, tenacious tackling from Rory M, George and Freddie and great positional play from Harry P.

Goals - Frank (5!!), Toby (2), Jacob and Freddie. 

A great win against a team we held to a 4:4 draw on the first day of the season. This shows the improvements we are making through our training with Robbie.
Well done.

MESSAGE FROM CHAIRMAN

AFC Waverton has an immediate vacancy for the position of Child Welfare Officer. This role oversees the club’s child protection work such as the organisation of relevant volunteer background checks. This is a rewarding role and training and support will be provided.  

Interested? For an informal discussion contact Julian White at julian68white@gmail.com or telephone 07561577609.”

Match Report 04/10/14 - Waverton Rockets V Saughall Colts

Waverton 4  v Saughall 4

Another four all draw, so everyone went home happy again!

Waverton cruised through the gears early on with goals from Frank and Alex and soon we were 3-0 up! We sensed a big score and sat back in the second quarter. Saughall brought on fresh faces and pinned us back with some decent, strong football getting back to 3:2.

An even final two quarters saw Waverton go 4:3 up before Saughall equalised with 5 minutes to go with a very debatable goal (kicking it from Williams hands). Waverton kept trying to pass the ball from the back and we had a few scary moments. Going forward we looked great and kept hitting them on break. Only some brilliant saves from the Saughall keeper kept them in the game.

James, Alex, and Rory played well throughout and kept trying to do the right thing and play our passing game. Jakob and Jacob were great going forward and had some strong runs. Frank was a constant threat with strong running, tackling and goals. William was strong in defence and ended the game playing two quarters in goal and showing good instincts as "sweeper keeper" to rush off his line!

Special mention to Frank Rose who was spotted by Man Utd scouts and asked to go for a trial with Man Utd academy.

Well done boys.

Thanks to parents for helping with set-up.

Training and matches - Information for parents

For any parents who weren't at training last Saturday - the coaches mentioned to the parents after training that any boys who don't play in a match on a Saturday and miss training won't be selected for a match the following week, so please do your best to attend training every week if you want your boy to play in a match. Please make sure that you register your boy with Marc (Toby's dad) or Rebecca (Oscar's mum) when you arrive at training and pay your £2 weekly subscription.

Also any boys who have not submitted a registration form and paid the annual subscription cannot play in a match as they are not insured.

Finally, any boys who play in a match but don't attend training still need to pay the weekly subscription. Please make sure that you give this money either to one of the coaches at the match (Rob, Steve, Chris or Colin) or Marc or Rebecca if they are at the same match.

Many thanks,

AFC Waverton Under 7s coaches.