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 Capacity for the event is 16 teams. First come first served principle to be strictly applied |
Dates/times | Year 3+4 = Fridays 6th and 20th October Year 5+6 = Fridays 29th September and 13th October All meetings 4-6pm |
Cost | £80 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 (ie semis and final) then 3-penalties per side approach will be used and time allowed in the schedule for this contingency Note there will be a combination of independently sourced referees and teachers confident to referee. Participating schools will be contacted prior to the event to confirm whether they can contribute a referee 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 Likely to be two divisions as equal in number of teams as possible playing each other in a round-robin and feeding into a semi-finals and final based play-off section 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 22nd September First come, first served applies. tbc spaces maximum. 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 |