Courtesy: The FA.com


Futsal Youth Festival

Thursday, 26 February 2009

Following the highly successful staging of The 2008 FA UMBRO Futsal Youth Festival held at the English Institute of Sport (EIS) in Sheffield, the 2009 event promises to be hugely popular.

The event will once again be held at the same venue over the weekend of 27– 28 June 2009 and is open to the following age groups:-

• U10s Boys / U10s Girls
• U12s Boys / U12s Girls
• U14s Boys / U14s Girls
• U16s Boys / U16s Girl’s

The FA anticipates significant interest in the event and is seeking applications for teams wishing to participate in the Festival. It is likely that the event will be oversubscribed in most age groups and therefore all expressions of interest will be viewed by the Local Organising Committee who will determine entry into the competition based on the following criteria:-

• Teams with Charter Standard or Focus Schools status.
• Teams playing regular Futsal – e.g. Leagues / Competitions / Festivals
• Teams that have previous involvement in FA and / or County FA Futsal development programmes.
• Teams that have previously played in the National Youth Futsal Festival.

Please note that:-

• County FA’s may nominate teams or teams may enter independently but in both instances the form must be completed.
• Should County FA’s wish to nominate a winner from a County competition that has not yet taken part, then they need to provide some information on the structure of their competition. For example, we are running a Girls’ U12s Festival on X date and we anticipate X number of teams taking part.
• The Festival is only open to teams affiliated to their local County / Schools FA.
• Centres of Excellence (male and female) and Academies (male) are not eligible to enter teams into the Festival.
• Entry will not be awarded on a ‘first come first served’ basis. All applications that are received by the deadline date will be viewed on merit.

Please complete the attached form to the best of your ability and return by either e-mail or post to the following: Logistique Innovation Forum, Salford University Business Park, Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6AR.

E-mail: Futsalyouth@logistique.org.uk

Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Logistique on 0161 743 3515.

All applications for consideration must be received by Friday 20 March 2009.

All teams will be notified of their entry by Friday 24 April 2009.

Teams that are not successful will be placed on a reserve list should those teams who are awarded places not be able to travel to Sheffield.








Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com