Grassroots Football News
12/05/2008 MCDONALDS REGIONAL FESTIVAL - LONDONDERRY
The new synthetic football pitch at St Columb’s Park hosted the McDonalds Regional Football Festival last Thursday.
12/05/2008 KYLE BACKS IFA NUTTY KRUST SUMMER SOCCER SCHOOLS PROGRAMME
NORTHERN Ireland’s Kyle Lafferty is calling on all budding young footballers to get ready for a summer full of football fun!
08/04/2008 EASTER SOCCER CAMP
Ballinamallard United Football Club hosted a very successful Easter Soccer Camp, which was attended by approximately 70 children aged 6 to 12 years.
31/03/2008 CIS MINI SOCCER CENTRE LAUNCHED
MAYOR Alderman Drew Thompson and President of the IFA Raymond Kennedy, joined local budding footballers from Shantallow, Pennyburn and Galliagh at the Templemore Sports Complex on Saturday as they officially launched the Oxford United CIS Mini Soccer Centre.
29/02/2008 COMMUNITIES EMBRACE NEW CLUB DEVELOPMENT PLANS
At Newry City FC, the ‘bridge’ of South Down and South Armagh, there was a link emerging in other ways that could inform the future of Grassroots Development of football.
11/02/2008 CIS MONTHLY AWARD FOR CASTLEREAGH MINI SOCCER
CASTLEREAGH CIS Mini Soccer Centre was the lucky winner of the CIS monthly award.
05/02/2008 NEWBUILDINGS ACHIEVES CIS MINI SOCCER CENTRE ACCREDITATION
Mayor of Derry City , Alderman Drew Thompson and local budding footballers from across L’Derry helped Newbuildings Utd FC launch their CIS Mini Soccer Centre on Sat 19 Jan at Newbuildings FC.
24/01/2008 COACHES BOOST FOR DISABILITY FOOTBALL IN NORTHERN IRELAND
OVER 600 children with disabilities throughout Northern Ireland are set to benefit from a new Coach Education partnership involving the IFA Disability Football Department and McDonald’s.
05/12/2007 SOCCER 7's COACHES DEVELOPMENT DAY
Last Sunday saw the first ever development day for coaches and parents of the 32 teams involved in the CIS Castlereagh & North Down Soccer 7,s development program hosted at Billy Neill by Castlereagh grassroots officer Phil Melville & Co Down county performance manager Ray Alexander.
21/11/2007 NORTH DOWN MINI SOCCER DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE FINALS DAY
Twelve teams of children of P5 - P7 ages from the North Down area have been taking part in the North Down Mini Soccer Development League on Saturday mornings.
