CLUB NEWS

We were already so proud as a club for what we have achieved and developed since our humble beginnings but even more so over the last several years... this is what the West Riding FA had to say about some of our successes:

Calverley United Junior Football Club has come together over the difficult last year we’ve all faced and offered everyone involved support, encouragement and hope. They’ve worked hard to become a Community Charter Standard Club, achieved last year, and their acceptance as a new Wildcats Centre, helping further grow local girl’s access to football and fitness. The hard work behind the scenes often goes unnoticed but the Club does so many things, like as developing a Youth Committee to help inform the Club’s DNA, improving the whole experience for everyone involved.

The positive impact in the local community is truly phenomenal. They’ve grown the girls game from 5 girls, on a mixed team 4 years ago, to nearly 100 girls training and playing regularly, and their first ever girls’ team reached the West Riding Cup Final last year. Behind the scenes volunteers have worked really hard to help improve access to better pitches and facilities. During lockdown the club inspired over 180 players and coaches to contribute to the #PassTheBallNotTheVirus challenge, just one example that shows what an impressive, inclusive, and well-loved community club they are.

They’re a small village club which has doubled in size over the last 5 years, even though there are a lot of clubs nearby with huge catchment areas and all without an official clubhouse and limited use of pitches. It’s the volunteers that makes the club stand out, they really do inspire the children from the local community, and further afield, to be the best they can be. They’ve come together to raise money for community, school and sports defibrillators and they’ve worked so hard to ensure that each return to football following lockdown is as safe, and fun, as it possibly can be.

It was also double delight for the club to see that Luke Cooper had also won Coach of the Year for youth players. Congratulations to everyone at the club.

Challenge Completed!

We have completed our Around (Through) the World challenge in flying colours, with a week to go and 500km over what we needed!

With JustGiving and cash totals, we have also raised a staggering £1649!

This will all go towards the David Cooper Memorial fund and in doing so, it will be there to purchase another defibrillator for a community, school or sports club as well go towards the upkeep of the 7 other defibrillators we have been a part of fundraising for.

The idea of the challenge was to also give players and their families that extra little motivation to get out and get moving in whatever way, which has been important more than ever during this third lockdown! And maybe a boost for some to go the extra mile than what they already do! And I really hope that it has helped to do just that.

I (Luke) just want to say the most massive well done and thank you to everyone who has got involved with the challenge and supported it by donating. You are all incredible.

On the 16th March 2020, football came to a complete stop. The world faced a global pandemic with the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and the whole country went on lockdown. Work places were closed with only key workers keeping the country going. The club rallied together, which was easy enough to do in this modern era of technology and we shared one simple goal; to pass the ball, not the virus...

We are absolutely delighted to announce that we, Calverley United Junior & Senior Football Club  have been approved by the West Riding County FA as an FA Charter Standard Community Club. This is the highest standard that a grassroots club can achieve and we are sure everyone connected to the club are very proud of that. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all past and present volunteers that have helped lead the club to this achievement and here is to many more years of providing football to our community!

Last season the David Cooper Memorial and Community Shield tournament made its second appearance, and after successfully raising nearly £1000 at both events we have helped to fund raise for more community defibrillators such as the one now at Calverley C of E Primary School.

The format of the tournament this year will consist of 7x 7v7 teams made up of the player's parents and coaches. There will be most likely someone you know who is playing so please come down and support them, or regardless, just enjoy some good old competitive football whilst supporting an important community cause. All details can be found in the picture above.

All of the money raised from this year's tournament will go towards another defibrillator for somewhere in and around the community. All of the proceeds will go towards the defibrillator fund.