Training on Wednesday 1 July/Girls Festival 4 July UPDATED

The final training session of 2008/09 will take place at Waverton on WEDNESDAY 1 JULY at 5:30 - 6:30. Please be there on time. The training will focus on preparing for the Vicars Cross Girls Festival of Football on Saturday 4 July.

The under 12 tournament is now full and the draw has been made. We wait to see who we have to play but there are some good sides in the u12 group including Wigan. The games will kick off

at 9:30 and all girls will have to meet there at 9.

The confirmed squad is: Kiera, Lily, Elia, Emma, Hollie, Caitlin, and Ellie.

The festival will take place at the Rugby club at Hare Lane. From Littleton go across the A51 and past the Rugby club entrance, over the by pass and into the Rugby training field on the left. Car parking and the matches will all be in this field.

Any parents or friends who wish to take photos or video can do so but will have to complete a request form. Mike has copies which will have to be handed in to the registration tent.

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We need to sort out the registrations for all those girls who want to play for us next season. Details on the thread below, but we need to collect:

Waverton registration form 2009/10 (see front page of main website) and cheque for £75

Two passport photos for 2009/10 Wallasey League registration.

Both of the above should be handed to Mike or Heather by the date of the tournament at the absolute latest.

Arrangements for next season and Vicars Cross tournament

Next Season

We need to complete the registration arrangements for next season asap, definitely by the end of June. 

We have entered three teams into the Wallasey League, at u16, u14 and u12 level. 

Kiera, Ellie, Lily, Emma, Meg and Caitlin will team up with Cara, Olivia, Ellie M, Nicola, Laura and Amy to form a very strong under 14 side. You all have played for a season with Olivia, Cara and Ellie so you know them well. 

Elia and Lucie will stay with the under 12s along with Hollie if she decides to stay for another season. These girls will be joined by a group of new girls who have been recruited from Christleton and Waverton Primary Schools. Lizzie who trained with us in the winter may also join the under 12s. 

Mike and Heather will move up to manage the under 14s with Paul Bowman taking over the under 12s. Paul has been managing junior football at Waverton for a while and his

daughter Isobel will also join the u12s. 

All of the Wallasey League games will take place on Saturday mornings (and some midweek games in the Autumn and Spring), so there will be no change from what you have all been used to. 

David Harker, who many of you will know, will act as co-ordinator for the girls football at the club. Robbie Mills will continue coaching the u16s. 

Heather and Mike will be sad to lose Elia, Hollie and Lucie, but we'll see you again in the 2010/11 season when the current u12 team will all be the under 14 side. Get it? We'll still be around of course to offer help and support. 

We need to get the registrations sorted. All girls must complete the two processes: 

1 Complete an AFC Waverton registration form. This is downloadable and printable from the resources page of this AFC Waverton website. Go the home page and resources is on the menu on the left. The form is the first one on the Resources page. This is the subscription for the 2009/10 season for the club. You will need to print off the form and return to Mike along with a cheque for £75 for the years sub by 30 June. This covers things like FA registration of each player, insurance, training equipment and kit, referee costs etc.

2 Complete a registration form for the Wallasey League. Mike has these and the good news is that this is paid by the club and Mike will complete most of the form for you as last season. You will just need to tell us if contact details, school, medical issues, etc have changed from last season. Also because the girls change so quickly, the League insist on two new passport photos. Please get these done asap. 

Mike will be in touch with you to agree how the information will be collected from you, but we need to do all this by 30 June. After that point, we will start recruiting externally for the teams. So we have given our existing girls until the end of the month to get signed up and we have guaranteed them a place in the squad if they complete all of the paperwork by then.

The above applies to Lucie, Holly and Elia too, Mike will sort out your stuff for you. 

Any problems, please give Mike a call/text on 07901 552261. 

Vicars Cross Tournament - Girls Festival of Football - Saturday July 4

We have entered the team into the Vicars Cross tournament given the encouraging responses on availability. 

The squad is: 

Kiera, Lily, Ellie, Emma, Elia, Hollie, Caitlin.  We have no subs so get to bed early the night before girls!

We are awaiting details from Vicars Cross, but we understand that they are really looking forward to us being there and the U12 age group is now full. It should be a great day and an excellent way to finish the season. 

You will need to reserve all day. The tournament will be held at Chester Rugby Club at Hare Lane. There will be no charge to the girls, the £30 entry fee is being paid by the club. 

As soon as we more details, we'll put them here. 

Shooting practice needed!

End of season night out

Hope all the girls had a great time out last night at Laser Quest and Pizza Hut at Cheshire Oaks. A good end to a great season.

Mike's red team beat Heather's green team in the first game and then it went the other way in the second game. There was some hand to hand combat going on in there too, but we won't mention any names!

We'll probably be going back there in the new season as everyone enjoyed it.

End of season night out this Friday

This Friday is our end of season night out. We are going to Laser Quest at Cheshire Oaks followed by a pizza.

Please confirm your attendance with Mike on 07901552261 and meet at the bowling place at Cheshire Oaks at 6:15 prompt. We should be all finished by 9 to 9:15.

Mike and Heather will be there all evening and so parents don't need to stay.

Please bring two passport photos for registration for next season - further details to follow.

Watch out in this week's Chronicle and Standard for a special report on the brilliant Cup win.

We have entered the Vicars Cross tournament - Saturday July 4th - put it in your diary.

We won the Cup!

AFC Waverton 3 - Irby Colts 0

A great end to the Wallasey League season ended in our girls taking the Presidents Cup back down the M53 to Waverton after a great display against Irby Colts.

Heather's special message for the girls, sent all the way from Spain, was read out to the girls just before kick off.

A nervous start meant that for the first 15 minutes the girls didn't settle easily with little evidence of the great passing football that the girls have played for much of the season. Once the deadlock had been broken though through a Kiera corner which went straight in, the girls relaxed and were always in control.

Ellie shows her ball control skills and a knowledge of the handball rule

1-0 at half time the girls were told not to panic and keep playing their passing game. This is what happened and Ellie added the second goal running through and slotting the ball home into the far corner and then Meg chose a great time to score her first goal of the season tapping home a low cross from close range.

Meg chooses a great time to score her first goal of the season

Kiera stepped up to collect the President's Cup from Robbie McGlynn of the Wallasey League and the celebrations began.

Thanks to Robbie, Hughie, Karen and all at the Wallasey League for their hard work in organising the evening and to all the supporters who travelled from Waverton.

Well done girls. All of AFC Waverton is proud of you!

Lucie keeps her cool even in the handshaking

'What's that round white thing over there?'

Vicars Cross Tournament - Saturday July 4th

Following a discussion with a number of parents, we have entered a team in the u12s section of the Vicars Cross tournament. This will take place on Saturday July 4th and will last most of the day.

Can those girls who haven't yet confirmed availability, please do so.

More details to follow but please put in your diaries for now. It should be a really good day.