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Weather doesn’t stop play…

…well, training anyway!

It’s been another snowy week that has played havoc with the football scheduling in the SJFA and even affected many training sessions.  But in the last few days, thanks to many determined people, training for Camelon Juniors FC and our Youth Development teams has continued.

On Thursday, despite snow, ice and sub zero temperatures, the team at Galaxy Sports Little Kerse managed to clear snow away so that training could go ahead for our first team.

Then today (Saturday), despite the postponement of matches for all our teams, we managed to squeeze in some extra training sessions to build on the positive growth momentum throughout.

So the first team made an extra trip to the once again cleared Little Kerse, while the 16s, 17s and 19s tried out the Olympic Hall at Camelon Community Centre.

Little Kerse provided a crisp but welcome morning training session for the Mighty Mariners.  We are grateful to Stevie Barr and his team for their work this week in preparing the pitches.

The Olympic Hall provided an indoor option for our development teams which enabled round robin 5 a side and skills training for our young players.  It was also beneficial to use a local facility to further support the community.

Weather permitting, the first team will be back in action this Saturday (27th) in a rearranged and reversed fixture that will see us welcome Broxburn Athletic to Carmuirs Park.  The 19s welcome Falkirk in a League Cup game, the 17s travel to Cowie in the league, while the 16s are awaiting to hear their fixture.

Some images are below of our training sessions.  Click to enlarge them if you wish!

We’re grateful to all our supporters for sticking with us and encouraging all the lads as they represent Camelon.  #wearecamelonfc

First Team training sessions at Little Kerse (Photo Credit Jason Bolam)
Youth Development Training in Camelon’s Olympic Hall (Photo Credit Allan Morrison)

 

 

Head of Youth Development departs

We can announce that Pat Kerr has left his role with us as Head of Youth Development for pastures new.  We wish him well for the future and thank him for his efforts in creating the youth programme.

This was not in the club plan going forwards, but everyone at Camelon Juniors remain committed to our Youth Development programme and will be increasing our efforts to ensure we have the best programme in Central Scotland.

#wearecamelonfc

Camelon Juniors Youth Development

Camelon Juniors Youth Development offer training facilities to players and coaches affected by the closure of Forth Valley Football Academy.

This week the news broke in the press that the Forth Valley Academy will close on December 31, leaving many talented young footballers and coaches without a club. As a community club we simply can’t stand by and do nothing to assist those affected.

Our Youth setup is in its first season.  We currently have three youth teams operating, and have firm plans in place to expand that to seven next season. As such we would welcome any Forth Valley Academy player along to train with us and make use of our facilities.  We understand that this is likely the worst possible time for this to happen to a young player, half way through a season, when most squads are already set.

At Camelon Juniors, we can offer you the hand of friendship from a forward thinking progressive club and help you get back playing and most importantly, enjoying football again. We have an excellent strength and conditioning program that is the envy of many seniors clubs. In our first season, five of our under 19 team have already featured for the first team.

If any parent, player or coach is interested in this offer, or even just needs some advice on what to do next, then please get in touch with Pat Kerr, Head of Youth Development by emailing info@camelonjuniors.co.uk or by sending us a private message on Facebook.  We will do our best to help.

#WeAreCamelonFC