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Ballymena and Provincial Weekly Round up 27th February 2010

Saturday again saw the fixture list decimated with games called off due to frozen pitches. On a brighter note Thirteen games got played including the Round 3 North West Junior Cup game Drummond United v Tobermore United Reserves with Tobermore recording a good win by the odd goal in seven.

Irish FA

Children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent

Children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent is calling on young people from Northern Ireland to get out on to the pitch this summer, dribble and pass their way to raise money for a good cause.

The charity has recently launched its annual football fundraiser for people of all ages and abilities – Kick for Children with Cancer. The campaign encourages football clubs and schools to organise football-themed events, to raise money for children and young people with cancer.

Since 2007, approximately 15,000 children in Northern Ireland have taken part in 200 events in support of Kick for Children with Cancer, raising around £37,000.

Registration is now open for this year’s campaign with football clubs encouraged to hold events between May and July 2010. As well as raising money for CLIC Sargent, clubs can choose to keep 25% of the funds. Sponsorship money raised by the campaign goes towards helping children and young people with cancer, and their families – in Northern Ireland, and across the UK.

CLIC Sargent provides a free event pack with everything youth club managers and coaches need to hold an event including fundraising tips, advice on how to get publicity for the event and template certificates.

For more information, or to register to take part in Kick for Children with Cancer, call the fundraising office on 028 9072 5780 or visit www.clicsargent.org.uk/football

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Amateur League

Fermanagh and Western Referees Course

The Fermanagh and Western Referees Association are now asking anyone out there interested in becoming a referee to register for the beginners course due to start on Sunday 7th and 14th March 2010.
The Association will help you from day one with your mentor and you have game by game self assessments, training and regular coaching with development meetings, your not left on your own we are most progressive Association in the Country.

We asking former players to give it a go and one as only to look at referees currently in the Association to show how successful this as been with likes of Decky Grimes, Danny Colton, Kevin Taggart and Wesley Campbell to name a few.

Female referees are require with the development of women’s football and we have Clare Noble and Valerie McManus who currently have refereed three Irish Cup finals between them, so ladies register your name NOW!

Young referees really have a future in the game with likes of Stewart Blair, Tim Marshall, David Anderson, Luke Ormsby, Joshua Porter, John Graham, Damien Maguire and Andy Stevenson only some of those doing well.

The course will take place in the Bawnacre Irvinestown so you can REGISTER your NAME by sending email at fwrefs  don’t wait do it NOW! or phone Arnold on 028 66 387972

nifootball News Writers/Bloggers Wanted

nifootball is now on the lookout for budding local reporters that would like to write news reports, match reports or even if you just want to blog on any aspect of local football.  You can write about anything you like from a review of the weekends matches in your own league, about your team or team mates.  Are you a coach, fitness guru why not help others and share some of your views and tips on coaching and fitness.

Have a look at the Ballymena and Provincial league round up here.  This a very extensive round up that also includes mini match reports on each game, but a couple of paragraphs would be sufficient.

If you fancy it and want to have a chat about what you would like to write about, drop me an email @ .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and we can see about getting you up and running.

Referees Charity Collection

This Saturday the Fermanagh and Western Referees Association will be asking the Clubs to support them for National Deaf Children’s Society Northern Ireland.

The referees will be giving a voluntary donation to the Charity and as in previous years this has been their match fee, and the Association Charity Co-ordinationer Valerie McManus has no doubt that members will give it their full support and appeals for the Clubs on the day to also add their support and donate towards National Deaf Children and help make their lives better.

Anyone involved in football wanting to support the Charity should make contact to either Valerie or drop into one of local games on Saturday and speak to the referee at that game.

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