Football Central Venue Leagues (Mixed)
HORSHAM AREA PRIMARY SCHOOLS YEAR OPEN FOOTBALL LEAGUES | |
Catchment | Any primary school in the Horsham District |
Lead organisers | Horsham Sports Services |
Venue | Tanbridge House School’s astroturf |
Age/gender/eligibility | Year 3+4 pupils of any gender Year 5+6 pupils of any gender |
Team size/entry | 7-a-side on pitch Schools can enter up to 2 teams. They can express interest in entering more if spaces remain by the entry deadline |
Dates/times | Year 3+4 = Fridays 3rd and 17th October 2025 Year 5+6 = Fridays 26th September and 10th October 2025 All meetings 4-5.30pm |
Cost | £85 per team to cover both meetings |
Rules, fair play and clothing | Horsham Primary PE/Sport Association Codes of Conduct Download Where a match decider is required at the end of a drawn game is required a sudden-death penalties per side approach will be used Players should wear conventional training shoes on the Bridge multicourts. At Tanbridge conventional trainers, astro trainers or moulded stud boots should be worn Shin pads with long socks are recommended. Teams should be in uniform colours as far as possible but bibs will be available in the event of clashes |
Format | Fixtures schedule to be advised shortly after entry deadline Broad aim will be to split teams into an A competition with large school first teams, and a B competition with small school teams and large school B teams, albeit allowing flexibility where necessary, for example small schools to play in the A competition if preferred For the purpose of using the leagues as a qualification basis for subsequent schools FA small and large school competitions if it is not possible to separate the teams on this basis then the highest placed small and large school teams in the overall process will be offered the opportunity. |
Contact/Feedback | Ian Ford on ian@horshamsportsservices.co.uk |
Booking | Use e-form Deadline: end of Friday 19th September First come, first served applies. Note: A ‘small school’ for the purposes of schools football is classified as such on the basis of having less than 100 children in Key Stage 2 and less than 30 in year 6. If you are a small school by these criteria please state ‘small school’ under the ‘Other information’ field on the e-form |
Conditions | Invoicing will be undertaken at the booking deadline No refunds will be issued for schools/teams that drop out after the booking deadline Additional teams can be accepted after the booking deadline at the discretion of the organisers In the event of a bad weather cancellation and where a re-arrangement process is undertaken no refunds will be issued |