Academy Newsletter No 10 Monday 8th December 2014
Dear Players and Parents,
An exciting few weeks with our futsal programme well under way. International honours for players and even more academy graduates representing our first team.
Academy Fixture Details Weekend 13th and 14th December
Full fixture list for this up and coming weekend which will be the final games weekend for the academy before the Christmas break.
Academy Fixture Details Weekend 13th and 14th December
Our under 8 and 9 sides are in full indoor futsal action this weekend at Connah's Quay High School at home to Rhyl.
Both sides must arrive in full red home kit and ensure they have the appropriate footwear for indoor futsal.
Venue: Connah's Quay High School
Date: Saturday 13th December
Kick Off time: 10:00 U8s, 11:30 U9s
Arrival Time: 9:30 U8s, 11:00 U9s
Kit: Red Home kit
Reminders: Players to arrive wearing playing kit with black rain jacket for warm up and Nomads water bottle.
Sunday morning our under 13 and 15 sides are also in home action when they face Rhyl in indoor futsal games.
Venue: Connah's Quay High School
Date: Sunday 14th December
Kick Off time: 10:00 U13s, 11:30 U15s
Arrival Time: 9:30 U13s, 11:00 U15s
Kit: Red Home kit
Reminders: Players to arrive wearing playing kit with black rain jacket for warm up and Nomads water bottle.
Our under 12, 14 and 16 sides are back in North Wales Academy Futsal Action week two action this Sunday.
The format and set up is identical to yesterday so it should make for another exciting day of futsal.
Venue: Deeside Leisure Centre
Date: Sunday 14th December
Kick Off time: 10:00 U12s, 12:30 U14s, 15:00 U16s
Arrival Time: 9:30 U12s, 12:00 U14s, 14:30 U16s
Kit: Yellow Away Kit
Reminders: Players to arrive wearing playing kit with black rain jacket for warm up and Nomads water bottle.
Our Academy Scholars are in home action this Wednesday when they face Crewe Alexandra. The side are on a great run with two good wins against Prestatyn and Telford Schools and are in the quarter finals of both the British and Welsh Colleges Cup competition.
Venue: Deeside Stadium
Date: Wednesday 10th December
Opposition: Crewe Alex
Kick off time: 13:30
Arrival Time: 12:30
Kit: Both playing kits to be brought
Reminders: Players to arrive wearing full tracksuits and polo tops and have with them both playing kits, black rain jacket for warm up along with water bottles and match day bag.
The under 19s are also in home action to Newtown this Sunday.
Venue: Deeside Stadium
Date: Sunday 14th December
Opposition: Newtown
Kick off time: 14:00
Arrival Time: 12:15
Kit: Both playing kits to be brought
Reminders: Players to arrive wearing full tracksuits and polo tops and have with them both playing kits, black rain jacket for warm up along with water bottles and match day bag.
Good luck to all of our academy sides.
Individual/Individualized Training Topic Change
New sessions start this Thursday evening at the Deeside Leisure Centre for U8 to U12 age groups with U13 to U16 the following week.
Individual/Individualised Training Topic Change
These optional individual sessions have gone down very well this season and have been an excellent addition to our academy programme.
The sessions are £3 and will be the following topics taken by the following coaches:
Pitch 4 - Finishing and free kicks - Taken by Chris Brooks
Pitch 5 - Long Passing and Crossing - Taken by Jay Catton/Mark Rowlands
Pitch 6 - Defending 1v1s - Taken by Daniel Reece
These sessions will run from 16:30 till 17:30 every week prior to academy sessions.
These will be ran right through until Christmas with the following dates for the following age groups:
U8-U12 Thursday 20th November
U13-U16 - Thursday 27th November
U8-U12 - Thursday 4th December
U13-U16 - Thursday 11th December
Academy Player Selected and Represents Wales Colleges Under 19s.
Last week Academy Scholar Jamie Roberts played and scored for Wales under 19 Colleges side in a four two victory over Scotland Colleges.
Academy Player Selected and Represents Wales Colleges Under 19s.
This is a fantastic achievement for sixteen year old Jamie Roberts who was the youngest player in the under 19 squad as a first year and just sixteen years old.
A fantastic achievement for a first year college student and great for our scholarship programme in its first year to progress a player onto this level.
Jordan Davies who is based at Coleg Cambria Yale who is also part of our scholarship scheme was also selected and started the game.
A big well done to both players and we hope to see them both representing the college side in remaining fixture against England colleges.
4 Academy Scholars selected for Wales Under 18s
Thomas Bibby, Ben Nash, Jack Chambers and Jamie Roberts all travel to Newport this weekend for training camp with Wales Under 18s.
4 Academy Scholars selected for Wales Under 18s
Four of our Academy Scholars have been selected for the first camp for this seasons Wales Under 18s Semi Professional squad.
The side will face the Republic of Ireland in two games in February.
This is a 24 man training camp in which the final 18 will be selected for the two game sin February.
A fantastic achievement by all four players and we hope they enjoy the training camp which takes place this weekend over Saturday and Sunday in South Wales.
3 Youth Players make Welsh Premier Debuts
A total of 25 academy graduates have represented our first team in five years. More than any other Welsh Premier Club!
3 Youth Players make Welsh Premier Debuts
Friday evening our first team travelled away to TNS where Ben Nash made his first competitive start at the age of just sixteen!
Alongside Nash in the starting eleven was eighteen year old Anthony Stanton and nineteen year old Sean Cookson who was also making his first ever Welsh Premier start.
Also making their first ever Welsh Premier appearances was under 19 captain Kieran Gaul and sixteen year old Thomas Bibby who both came on for the last twenty minutes.
Unfortunately the side lost by two goals to nil, but away to the Welsh Premier champions and to have five under 19s on the pitch is a very creditable score line.
This brings our tally of academy graduates to represent the first team in competitive fixtures up to twenty five. More than any other club in Wales which is a fantastic achievement by all.
We hope to see players now push on and make more appearances and aim to become regulars in the starting eleven, which is the final and hardest step of graduating from the academy and youth team into the first team ranks.
The full list of academy graduates to date can be seen below:
Kieran Farr – Welsh Premier - Llanelli Vs Gap Connah's Quay, Saturday 25th April 2009
Joel Thomas – Welsh Premier - Llanelli Vs Gap Connah's Quay, Saturday 25th April 2009
Josh Gannon – Welsh Premier League Cup – Caersws Vs Gap Connah’s Quay, Tuesday 28th August 2009
Jack Jones – North Wales Coast Challenge Cup – Gap Connah’s Quay Vs Barmouth and Dyffryn – Saturday 12th February 2010
Jordan Beck – North Wales Coast Challenge Cup – Gap Connah’s Quay Vs Colwyn Bay – Tuesday 2nd November 2010
Jamie Wynne - North Wales Coast Challenge Cup – Gap Connah’s Quay Vs Colwyn Bay – Tuesday 2nd November 2010
Steve Belli - North Wales Coast Challenge Cup – Gap Connah’s Quay Vs Colwyn Bay – Tuesday 2nd November 2010
George Baxter – Welsh Cup – Gap Connah’s Quay Vs UWIC - Saturday 26th February 2011
Rhys Healey - Cymru Alliance - Caersws Vs Gap Connah's Quay - Saturday 13th August 2011
Shaun Tinsley Cymru Alliance - Gap Connah's Quay Vs Caersws - Saturday 10th December 2011
Aled Reece Cymru Alliance – Llangefni Vs Gap Connah’s Quay – Saturday14th January 2012
Ryan Jones - League Cup - CPD Porthmadog Vs Gap Connah's Quay - Tuesday 28th February 2012
Ryan Edwards – Welsh Premier League – Carmarthen Town vs Gap Connah’s Quay – Saturday Saturday 5th October 2012
Jack Cheetham – Welsh Premier Word Cup – Gap Connah’s Quay vs Prestatyn Town – Tuesday 3rd September 2013
Lee Jones – Welsh Premier Word Cup – Gap Connah’s Quay vs Prestatyn Town – Tuesday 3rd September 2013
Aron Williams Welsh Premier Word Cup – Gap Connah’s Quay vs Prestatyn Town – Tuesday 3rd September 2013
Abe Dobson - Welsh Premier League - The New Saints vs Gap Connah's Quay - Friday 25th October 2013
Jack Riley - Welsh Premier League - Bala Town vs Gap Connah's Quay - Friday 13th December 2013
Jack Chambers - Welsh Premier League - Aberystwyth vs Gap Connah's Quay - Friday 12th September 2014
Anthony Stanton - Welsh Premier League - Gap Connah's Quay vs Rhyl - Friday 19th September 2014
Sean Cookson - Welsh Premier League - Port Talbot vs Gap Connah's Quay - Sunday 5th October
Ben Nash - Welsh Premier League - The New Saints vs Gap Connah's Quay - Friday 5th December
Kieran Gaul - Welsh Premier League - The New Saints vs Gap Connah's Quay - Friday 5th December
Thomas Bibby - Welsh Premier League - The New Saints vs Gap Connah's Quay - Friday 5th December
Academy Parents Evening and Christmas Break Information
Next week Parents Evening will take place on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th December for all academy players.
Academy Parents Evening and Christmas Break Information
All evenings will take place in the Deeside College Conference Centre.
Players must complete a player or goalkeepers self assessment form which is attached to this article and bring it to the evening.
All coaches will also have produced a coaches report on each player.
Players will be given ten minute windows from with the evenings taking place from 17:00 till 21:00.
Monday 15th December will be age groups U8, U9, U10, U11, U12 and U13.
Tuesday 16th December will be age groups U14, U15, U16, Academy Scholars and U19.
All individual coaches will text out to parents to inform all of what time slot you have been allocated on the evenings.
These will be the final academy events of 2014.
Training will resume in the New Year on Thursday 8th January at Deeside Leisure Centre and Monday 12th January at Connah's Quay High School.
3G Project Applied for by gap Connah’s Quay Nomads
The FAW have officially received our application for a potential new 3G pitch in Connah’s Quay.
3G Project Applied for by gap Connah’s Quay Nomads
After over eighteen months of numerous meetings with Flintshire County Council, Connah’s Quay High School and other relevant parties, overcoming obstacles as well as putting business plan etc together, last week our official application was received by the Football Association of Wales.
Planning application has been complete and a Transfer of Control Agreement being agreed between Flintshire County Council and the football club.
Our application is a venture which will see 25% of the project funded by gap Personnel which highlights their continued commitment to the football club in particular the academy with the remaining 75% if the bid is successful coming from the FAW.
We hope to hear of the FAWs decision in January and if successful work will start around Easter time 2015.
The plan will see a brand new state of the art FIFA 1 star 3G pitch laid down on the current astro turf at Connah’s Quay High School. As well as a new pitch their will be new fencing and floodlights. The pitch dimensions will be identical to the first team stadium pitch with three 7 a side pitches running across and 2 9 a side pitches also.
The bid will include 8 brand new state of the art goals including 2 11 a side goals and 6 junior goals which can be used for 7v7, 8v8 and 9v9 fixtures and all rolling and moveable which will aid in game set up and for all trainings.
For the football club the 3G would see all academy sides train at the facility twice a week and see all games take place on the pitch from U8 to U19 ensuing the highest standard of football both in training and games for the development of our players.
With this facility their will also be the opportunity to increase our games programme with mid week games for all age groups also.
Our aim is for the facility to become the biggest football hub in Wales. As well as the Nomads academy, Connah’s Quay High School will be able to use the facility from 9:00 till 17:00 every day enabling not just football but other sports to be played in the PE curriculum for the school with nearly 1000 students boys and girls.
The aim is for the facility to be the most used 3G in Wales and a real hub of Deeside with our partner clubs gap Northop Hall girls using the facility along with gap Deeside Dragons and other Deeside junior and senior clubs including Connah’s Quay Tigers, Deeside Phoenix, Aston Park Rangers and other interested local junior and senior league clubs across Flintshire.
If successful the second phase of the project will see Nomads also maintain and look after the four grass pitches which will be maintained by a full time groundsman and ensure as well as 3G pitch their will be four top class grass pitches maintained to the highest standards for our academy and local junior games. Cut, rolled and marked every week.