Tournament
Woodley Saints 6/7-a-side Soccer Tournament
Sat 19th/Sun 20th June 2010
Berkshire County Sports, Sonning Lane , Reading
With separate competitions for strong, average and weak teams, great facilities and superb organisation
Woodley Saints FC is well known for running one of the most popular 6-a-side tournaments in the Thames Valley, receiving entries from clubs from a wide area. Some of the reasons for the tournament's popularity include:
- Superb organisation from a very experienced team used to coping with 3000 footballers, 3000 spectators and over 1000 games during the weekend.
- The busy programme always runs to time!
- There are only short breaks (typically 30 minutes) between matches.
- Excellent playing facilities.
- A reputation as a sporting and fun tournament run in a friendly atmosphere.
- All referees are fully qualified.
- A and B tournaments at most age groups allowing teams to compete against those of similar ability.
- All teams qualify for the knock-out stages at Under 9s and above.
- Over 1500 quality individual medals and trophies presented.
- Excellent first aid services.
Boys and Girls will compete together at Under 7s to Under 11s. Under 7s and 8s will play 7-a-side with squads of up to 9 players. They will play 6 non-competitive matches against teams of similar ability, with all players receiving a medal.
Under 9s and above will play 6-a-side with squads of up to 8 players. They will play 4 or 5 league matches and then every team will enter the knock-out stage against teams who have had similar success. Individual medals will be presented to all winners and runners-up in both the main play-offs and consolation competitions. There are team trophies to keep for the winners of all the main play-offs.
We plan to run competitions for age groups from Under 7s (i.e. under 7 on 01.09.09) to Under 16s. For most age groups there will be separate competitions for strong (A), average (B) and weak (C/D/E) teams as indicated in the provisional schedule below.
Dates
| Saturday 19th June | am: Boys/Girls U7s A, B & C, Boys/Girls U11s A, B & C and Boys U15s A/B & B/C |
| pm: Boys/Girls U9s A, B, C & D and Boys U13s A/B & B/C | |
| Sunday 20th June | am: Boys/Girls U8s A, B, C, D & E, Boys U12s A & B and Boys Under 16s A & B/C |
| pm: Boys/Girls U10s A, B & C, Boys U14s A/B & B/C and Girls Under 16s |
Entries
Invitations to enter will be sent out in Mid January 2010 and as for 2009 Woodley Saints are going digital and all Tournament admin will be performed via email and the Woodley Saints Website, if you have any comments on this process from last years entries feel free to comment to Mark Jones - Tournament Website Admin
- Complete an Online Application Form for each team you wish to enter.
- You will recieve confirmation of your 'Provisional' entry via email
- You will be required to verify your email address via a link in your confirmation email
- The Tournament Administrator for your age group will check availability in your age group and will via email either:
- If space is available: Send An Invitation email confirming a place has been allocated and giving payment details
- If space is not available: Send An email notifying you that you have been placed on a Waiting list
- Once Payment has been received, your place will be confirmed and you will receive an email confirming this
- THREE-FOUR weeks before the tournament, the fixtures will be made available on the Woodley Saints Website and you will be emailed to notify you of their availability
Tournament Entry Cost is £35 per team which will be payable either by Cheque or via 'PayPal' using a Credit Card or existing paypal account
Offline Entries
If you are unable to complete the online entry form then you can download an Entry Form and send this completed form along with a cheque to the appropriate address detailed on the form. The Tournament Administrator will then add your team if spaces are available BUT online entries will take priority and an email address for correspondence will still be required.
Tournament Preference
At most age groups there will be both an A tournament for stronger teams and a B tournament for other teams. At some age groups there may even be C and D competitions. You can indicate any preference you have on the Application Form.