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The centre, which is based at the Templemore Sports Complex on the Buncrana Road, was one of the CIS Mini Soccer Centre award winners for the month of May.

Each month awards are presented to two centres and, as well as receiving the honour of being named a monthly award winner, each centre receives valuable coaching equipment to help with the coaching sessions.

IFA Grassroots Development Officer for Derry City Council Kevin Doherty, said: “I am delighted for Oxford United Youth to win the monthly prize. Since they received the IFA accredited licence more and more boys and girls have attended the weekly sessions. The equipment should help their IFA qualified coaches deliver fun filled coaching sessions to all those who attend.” The CIS Mini Soccer Centres provide fun and informal football coaching based around small-sided games for boys and girls aged between 6 and 14.

Aileen Walters, Sponsorship Manager for The Co-operative Insurance said: “The Co-operative Insurance has a strong tradition of supporting football at grassroots level throughout the UK through our coaching initiatives.  The CIS Mini Soccer Centres provide an ideal platform to extend this support throughout Northern Irelandwith activities which link to our sponsorship of the CIS Insurance Cup.  This is a very exciting sponsorship for The Co-operative Insurance and underlines our commitment to the game at all levels in Northern Ireland.”

To find out how your child can register for Oxford United’s CIS Mini Soccer Centre contact Phillip Devlin on 077 0976 0002 or Pat Doherty on 077 5269 6722.

More information about the IFA Grassroots Department can be obtained from the IFA website www.irishfa.com/grassroots or by telephone 02890 68 8426.