Course RELAUNCHED
The weekly course relaunches on Tuesday evenings in Pingle Sports Hall, 5:30-6:30pm.
Since the last course 9 members of the Midway coaching staff have also passed their FA
Disability football certificates so we are hoping to build on the previous sessions and
make this a success. For more infomation please call Sarah or Ian (see the contacts page - link above).
Recognition for Midway Players
Tom Brealey and Kyle Forryan have both been nominated as players of the year in the South Derbyshire
Annual Awards. The results are announced in September so good luck to both.
Burton Mail Article 29/04/08
Pictures from the Burton Mail's coverage of the 1st session are in the gallery.Click Here to be
redirected to the gallery.
Up and Running
Midway held it's 1st disability session on 24th April 2008 with weekly sessions planned to continue
at Pingle High School on the Astro Turf Pitch/in the Sports Hall.
We need players, coaches and funding so if interested please get in touch.
Midway Awarded Grant to Assist With Disability Football Section
The Burton Brewers Trust have been kind enough to award the Club with 1.5k in order to help
fund the disabled football section which will help us purchase equipment for these sessions.
This is a much needed cash injection that helps us with the expenses that come with the setting up
of the sessions.
Derbyshire Disability Football Development Group
A link to any news coming out of these meetings has been created to the left. Newsletters from
the group will also be attached on this page and hopefully once they have a website a link
through to this will be created.
Press Release March 2008
Midway Football Club are in the process of setting up a disability section of their
football club. A 6 week block of coaching sessions for disabled young people will begin
on Thursday 24th April 5.30-6.30pm at Pingle school. Already a Charter Standard club
Midway are keen to progress the opportunities they offer for their local community and
as such have seen setting up a disability team as the next stage in the clubs
development. Ian Davies, Club Secretary said 'With sections in place for juniors, men
and women the next progression for us to offer football to all people in the community
was for us to start this program. Hopefully we can offer football to those who have not
previously been given a chance.'
Key partners Derbyshire Football Association, Derby County Football in the Community
Disability section, South Derbyshire School Sports Partnership and South Derbyshire
District Council are supporting the project in a bid to give more young disabled people
the opportunity to train and play football in the district. They have been successful
in being awarded a grant by the Burton Brewers Trust to help them get the scheme off
the ground but anyone else willing to assist with funding would be welcome
For further information on taking part or to help with funding for this course please
contact Ian Davies on 07799 537072 or ian@midwayfc.co.uk
Midway's Ian Davies welcomes new recruit, Kyle Forryan
