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This site is for players, parents, coaches and anyone associated with Winwick Athletic Football Club. Visitors are welcome too.If you have any comments about the site please let us know!

Stop press! Winwick win NW Charter Award

Hot off the press - we have just been informed that our Winwick club has won the NW Regional Charter Standard Development Club of the Year. Well done - fantastic news.

U10A win Holy Cross tournament

Well done to the U10A who won the Holy Cross tournament up at Leyland on 27th June. They entered two teams, one made it to the semi, the other went all the way to win. Special thanks to the parents and players for their endurance at what must have been the longest tournament of the year (from 11:30 till nearly 7pm!)

Winwick win 2009 Lancs Charter Award

Great news..Winwick Athletic has been awarded Lancashire County FA Charter Standard Development Club of the Year for 2009.

Well done - thank you to all the players, coaches, managers and parents for supporting the club and helping us to win this award.

Annual Presentation

Thank you to all the players, managers, coaches and parents for their support of the annual club presentation evening held on Saturday 16th May at the Daten Club.

Small sided pictures above. 11 A-side part of the presentation evening below.

Teams of the week

Small sided team of the week is the U9A team who have just won the Warrington League Division 1 title. A fantastic achievement. Well done to Darren, Chris and the boys. They won 16, drew 2 and lost 2 out of 20 league games this season. They've also just enjoyed a weekend away at the Isle of Wight Tournament

Mention too to the U10A team who were runners-up in this years Prestatyn tournament in North Wales. This is the second year running they have been runners up in this tournament.

11 A side team of the week award goes to the Under 15's who this week won the Division 3 title. Well done to Dean, Tim, Paul and the team. The Under 15's are unbeaten in the league since early November winning 12 matches in a row

Well done too, to the U9A, U9B and U10B teams who were all beaten at the semi final stage of the cups in April.

FA In Service Workshop

9 Winwick managers and coaches attended an in service workshop hosted by the Lancs FA on 30th March 2009.

The theme of the session was "hitting the front player" and explored various theory and practical elements in coaching ways for teams to target their front player(s). The sessions are run by the FA for Charter Standard clubs.

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Sarah wins workforce award

WAFC's Sarah Charnock has been confirmed as one of the six Lancs FA winners of a Football Workforce County Award, and from those six County Winners it is fantastic news that Sarah has been put forward by Lancs FA for a National Football Workforce Award.

U10A Runners-up Birchwood Tournament

Well done to the U10A team who were Runners-up in this years Birchwood tournament. They won their group and lost the final on penalties to Whiston after drawing the last match 0-0.

Talented 6 year old - YouTube

Check out the talent of this Turkish 6 year old and his video on YouTube.

Summer Tournament forms

Please see the new tournaments page on the site with entry forms for 2009 tournaments. Download your required forms, enter and pay, then let Ian Price know which ones you have entered. Thanks.

FA Respect videos

A message to ALL parents / carers.

http://www.thefa.com/respectguide/

The FA want as many parents at grassroots level as possible to have viewed these 4 video-clips and also to become more familiar with the whole RESPECT programme (not just about Referee respect, but also about impact of adults on the touchlines with respect to player development and enjoyment).

New events on Club Calendar Page

Check out the updated events on the club calendar page. We will use this to post dates for important club events and meetings. Recent additions include the upcoming FA workshop for coaches at Lancs FA on 30th March.

Club Visit to Wigan v Fulham

Over 200 kids and adults attended the Wigan v Fulham Premiership game on Saturday the 7th February. There was slightly more action than last years fixtures, but once agan no goals! Thanks to club treasurer Simon for organising the tickets.

Club Visit to Liverpool v Man Utd Reserve Match

Over 100 kids and adults attended the Liverpool Reserves game at home to Man Utd reserves on 12th March. They saw a great game, which ended being a 2-2 draw.

From Winwick to Man Utd

Ex Winwick Athletic player James Chester made his debut for the Manchester United first team in their recent Carling Cup semi final victory against Derby. James is this seasons Utd reserves skipper and could be in line for a place in the squad when Utd take on Spurs at Wembley in March.

See Warrington Guardian article for further details.

Thanks for the reports & photos...

Thanks to those coaches and parents who've sent in match reports, photos and information about their teams at WAFC. Keep them coming- it all helps to keep the site updated and more interesting for visitors.