Chairmans Blog Tuesday 4th March

FRUSTRATED, is probably the best word to sum up the period of time since my last blog update, frustrated that as a club we've missed some opportunities, frustrated that we've identified some floors in our communication process, frustrated that as a club we are taking for granted by some, so when I attend a friends get together, the irony in being asked if I want a game of "shut the box" which is probably one of the most frustrating but addictive games known to a competitive person was just the tonic I needed. For those wanting to know what "shut the box" is, well it's a simple game involving two dice a specially designed wooden box with 9 wooden numbered blocks that flip over, the object of the game is to flip all 9 blocks and "shut the box", for those intrigued we'll have this at The mOObs event, I'm sure we'll raise a few pounds for the club with it!!!!

I'm pleased to say we've another 12 coaches attending the Youth Module 1 coaching course over the first two weekends in March, raising our YM qualified coaches to 34 (50% of our coaching volunteers), this is a great credit to our coaches commitment and the clubs vision to offer the best coaching to its players.
Preparations are ongoing for our clubs "Respect The Game" week which will be held over the week commencing 17th-21st March, we've got a few themes to cover, but after watching Match of the Day over the weekend we are sending an open invitation to NUFC manager Alan Pardew to join us, surely an invite from English FA Grassroots Club of the Year 2013, a club pretty much on his doorstep and one that supports and promotes Respect would be a great opportunity for him to give something back to the amateur game whilst hopefully educating himself and understanding what impact his actions have to the young players observing such behavior, I hope you read this Alan, get in touch to get this arranged!!!
It'd be rude not to mention the other premiership team in the North East SAFC, who over the weekend gained better headlines for the League Cup Final they participated in, although when watching on the TV a minor miracle when Borinni scored was on the cards, reality of what money in the professional game does these days spoke volumes, two world class goals sealed the win for City..imagine if only 1% of those 22 players playing at wembley could be donated to a grassroots club like ours!!! Back to my dreaming phase again...Oh know did I just pinch the SAFC slogan from the weekend D:ream!!! Ha adios for now and catch up next time chairman over and out