2011 - 2012 Season

Our end-of-season presentation to all Cavalier players for the 2011-12 season, is once again to be held in the Forest Suite at Bracknell Sports Centre.

The date is Saturday 26th May with the presentation held over two sittings.

Sitting 1 - 5.15pm - U12s through to Seniors

Sitting 2 - 6.45pm - Soccer School through to U11s

After the presentations, there will be a disco available to those that wish to stay and celebrate the end of another season, with the bar open for drinks.

See you then.

Congratulations to the players and coaches of Bracknell Cavaliers U11 Colts who won the Division 3 League title yesterday, with a game to spare.

Very worthy winners of the title, playing some great football throughout the season.

Well done to you all !!

Unfortunately Reading were unable to field a side on 20th May so the game will move to September 2012.

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Bracknell Cavaliers FC are playing a team of ex-Reading professionals in a charity game at EP school on Sunday 20th May 2012.

The club are seeking to raise money to help fund special equipment needed for a disabled sibling of one of our club players.

Your team managers and coaches will be seeking to raise money by obtaining sponsorship to play in the game and would value your support both financially and also on the day by getting behind the team and cheering them on.

More details including player names and KO times to follow nearer the time.

Congratulations to Alex Dinnadge, another newly qualified Club Referee from our U16 Saints team. Alex, who has played for Cavaliers for over 10years, recently passed his exam with flying colours and will soon be officiating for the club.

Well done Alex... we look forward to seeing you "in the middle" in black.

Bracknell Cavaliers FC are supporting Sport
Relief 2012 by asking for contributions from match supporters who will be attending EP school to watch games played on the 24th March.

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UPDATE: Bracknell Cavaliers raised £184.70 towards this worthwhile cause. Well done to all who contributed.

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Team managers who are playing at 'Home' that weekend will be letting all their team and the opposition know that collections for this charitable cause will be made on the day and will be going round with a tin/bucket to collect as much as they can throughout the morning.

Players - the onus is on you to score as many goals as possible and force your parents/supporters to dig deep.

Many thanks, in advance, for supporting this event.

Mike Clothier

Dear Club Supporter,

Just a quick reminder that the next collection from Bag2School is fast approaching. They will be collecting from me on Thursday 3rd May so for all of you who have decided to have an Easter clear out, please hang on to your clothing items until then. I am happy to start taking bags from you from the weekend of the 21st/22nd April, so would appreciate it if you could store them until then.

For anyone who has joined the club this year or forgotten what Bag2School is all about, it is a recycling fundraiser for schools and clubs. Last year we managed to raise over £300 for the club from this alone. They take good quality, clean and dry clothing, shoes (pairs only please, preferably tied together), towels, bedding (no pillows or duvets), cuddly toys, handbags etc. and all you need to do is have a clear out, bag them up, deliver to me or your manager and I will do the rest.

We have also opened a club account with Support Your School which is a similar recycling/fundraiser and they collect old mobile phones, ink cartridges and toner cartridges. If you have any of these lying around and want to give them to your club to help them raise some money, please also deliver them to me or your manager. This can be done at any time as I have to wait for a certain amount and then arrange collection. NB: Please remove the SIM card from any phones before you send them in.

For more information on either of these schemes, please visit www.bag2school.com or www.supportyourschool.co.uk where you will find a list of items that they will accept. Bags for both collections will be available soon from your team managers, but they will accept them in any bag.

IMPORTANT: Please keep both collections separate - do not put phones/ink cartridges into the clothing bags. These must be in a separate bag as they go to different places.

Many thanks for your continued support,

Nicky Clothier
Bracknell Cavaliers Football Club - Fundraising

Congratulations to our three newly qualified Club Referees, all from our U15s team - Dan Master, Jonny Woodman and Mitchell Wheaton all passed their referee exam with flying colours and will soon be officiating for the club.

Well done lads... we look forward to you taking control of more club games, whilst wearing your 'blacks'.

Our congratulations go to 3 new qualified coaches who all passed their FA Level 1 Coaching award this weekend. Well done to Andy Gleeson, Paul Dear and Marc Box.

All 3 will be putting their newly acquired skills to good use with our three u7 teams from this Friday.

Great achievement guys; happy coaching for the future.

Bracknell Cavaliers FC has pleasure in inviting you to our annual tournament.

Our tournaments are highly regarded and popular, so to avoid disappointment please send your completed applications in as soon as possible.

Dates:
Saturday June 9th 2012 AM - Under 7s, PM - Under 8s and Under 11s
Saturday June 16th 2012 AM - Under 9s and Under 12s, PM - Under 10s and Under 13s

Venue:
Easthampstead Park School,
Ringmead, Bracknell. RG12 8FS

Teams:
7 Players plus upto 3 Substitutes (Under 7s and 8s)
6 Players plus upto 3 Substitutes (Under 9s and above)
Each club may enter a maximum of 3 teams per age group.
Age groups are as per 2010 / 2011 season.

For more info and application forms please go to our Tournament page.

Bracknell Cavaliers FC will be holding their annual quiz night on Saturday 3rd March 2012, hosted once again by the incomparable Graham Hill.

This was a hugely successful night last year, with lots of fun and laughter.

The event will be held at Birch Hill Scout Club, Birch Hill with doors opening from 7pm, with the quiz commencing at 7.30pm.

The event will be open to a maximum of 16 teams, made up of 4 players per team. Each team entry will cost £10.

As this is a fundraising activity for the club, we ask that you bring along your own nibbles/snacks and purchase your 'competitively priced' drinks from the bar.

If you wish to put in a team, please contact Mike Clothier and submit your team name, team members asap..... this will run on a first come, first served basis.

Your £10 entry fee will be needed as confirmation of your entry soon after.

Happy New Year to you all !!!

Training restarts this week, with the first session starting at 6pm at EP on Tuesday 3rd January and first matches on Saturday 7th January.

I wish you all football success for this half of the season - play well.

Mike

Now that the first half of the season is over, with no training or matches until January, we can take stock of everything we have achieved so far in 2011. A successful transition to EP school; 3 new U7 teams up and running and developing quickly; having an U10s and an U14s team playing each Saturday and some good results and league positions across the club. Let's hope 2012 goes as well as 2011.

May I pass on Seasons Greetings to every player, parent, supporter, manager, coach and volunteer of Bracknell Cavaliers FC.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and that 2012 brings you health, wealth & happiness...... and some equally entertaining and enjoyable football!!

Have a great time and see you all in the New Year.

Ho Ho Ho !!!!

Mike Clothier

Congratulations to Sean Doe who recently became the latest addition to our Cavaliers pool of qualified referees.

Well done Sean... we look forward to you taking control of more club games, whilst wearing your 'blacks'.

Our congratulations go to Rob Dunbar who has just passed his FA Level 2 Coaching award.

Rob has been a player for the club for over 10 years and is currently coaching one of our Under 7 teams.

This achievement has capped a good year for Rob who only passed his Level 1 last year. He has also acquired other FA awards in the last 12 months including: FA Coaching Children, FA Equality & Diversity and FA Player & Match Analysis.

Well done for all your successes. I'm sure our club players will benefit from your achievement over the coming years.

Happy coaching!!

Our congratulations go to Darren Russell who passed his FA Level 1 Coaching award last weekend.

Darren will be putting his newly acquired skills to good use with the U8s from this Friday.

Well done Darren and happy coaching for the future.

We have a new website section called Referee Allocation located under the Pitches header.

The intention is to put details of your referees (and wherever possible their contact details) for upcoming games on this page for all to see and to avoid confusion.

We hope that you find it useful.

In addition, you will also find under this section, the handout for Club Linesmen which provides lots of handy hints about what is required of them.

The following are dates that all managers/coaches should put into their diaries.

Monthly Club meetings are to be held on the following dates. They will be regularly held on the 3rd Monday of the month between 8pm and 10pm in a room at EP. We will advise exact location nearer to the first meeting on the 19th of this month.

2011
19 September
17 October
21 November
19 December

2012
16 January
20 February
19 March
16 April
21 May - AGM

We will soon be setting the date for our end-of-season presentation awards and also for the BCFC Football Tournament. More to follow.

The new season for the Seniors team started last Saturday with a 1-0 victory - well done men, a good result from a team with a few new players still bedding in.

Our Junior & Youth teams start their campaigns this Saturday 10th September, with teams at home kicking off from 9am. Prior to kick off, at about 8.15am, we will be taking a large group photo of all the players that are there with our Club Sponsor - Rodger Duckworth. The photo will be used in a press article we will be submitting to promote our new home venue, Easthampstead Park school.

Whilst it was a little sad to move away from St Sebastians after so many good years playing there, our club has continued to grow and we needed a venue that could cater for all our home matches at one location - and we have achieved that with EP school providing 4 different size pitches for our use, as well as excellent 3G training facilities for us during the winter months.

The managers have all been working hard to ready the teams, that doesn't just mean training sessions, but includes administration, both club and League, to ensure your children play structured football. To them I would like to say a big thankyou as we begin another new season; your kind donation of voluntary time keeps around 250 players regularly learning and playing football.

Goalkeeper Training has again been booked with Bayzo & Andy and this starts on Sunday 18th September for 6 sessions; this is great for the goalies in our club who really benefit from all the additional coaching, but it requires commitment from parents and the players, so thanks to them for agreeing to be there and get as much out of it as possible.

To every manager, coach, player, parent and supporter of Bracknell Cavaliers FC - please have a great 2011-12 season. As ever, play your best; play fair; respect the match officials and most importantly, enjoy yourselves.

See you during the season.

Mike Clothier

GK Training will start on Sunday 18th September 2011 and will continue fortnightly for 6 (1 hour) sessions, finishing (subject to weather) on 27th November.

Sessions will be held on grass at Birch Hill Hockey Club, Birch hill.

11-a-side GKs will start at 8.30am and 7-a-side GKs at 9.45am.

18 Sep - GK Training - Session 1 - 8.30am (U12+) and 9.45am (U7s to U11s)
02 Oct - GK Training - Session 2 - 8.30am (U12+) and 9.45am (U7s to U11s)
16 Oct - GK Training - Session 3 - 8.30am (U12+) and 9.45am (U7s to U11s)
30 Oct - GK Training - Session 4 - 8.30am (U12+) and 9.45am (U7s to U11s)
13 Nov - GK Training - Session 5 - 8.30am (U12+) and 9.45am (U7s to U11s)
27 Nov - GK Training - Session 6 - 8.30am (U12+) and 9.45am (U7s to U11s)

Please inform your GKs and ensure they attend. This is an excellent opportunity for them to receive specialist training aimed at their specific role.

With the new season approaching, if you are looking for the latest contact information for a Manager or Club Official please look at the Contacts Page.
The Team pages will be updated shortly.

Our congratulations go to Adam Smith who passed his FA Level 2 Coaching award.

Adam is one of our senior club players and is currently involved in coaching a number of different age groups within the club.

Well done for your success. I'm sure our club players will benefit from your achievement.

Adam moves on to do his FA Level 3 award next year.

Happy coaching!!

Dear Cavaliers' supporter,

I would just like to say a big thank you to all those who sorted clothes, shoes, textiles etc and brought their bags to me for our fund raising collection with Bag2School.

We collected over 40 bags and made £90 for the club, which is fantastic for a first collection. However, I think we could do better!
I had a lot of people telling me that they had just sorted their clothes and taken them to the clothes bank. So I am now giving everyone plenty of warning before the next collection!

We have another collection on 13th October. I will send out a reminder nearer the time, but please put this on your calendar so that when you have your end of summer clearout you can hang on to your bags of clothing and give them to me. Bags will be distributed to managers if you need them.

Please do not bring any bags now to me in the meantime, as I am sure you can understand, storage can be a problem! I will be asking for them to be delivered, ideally, in the week before the collection date.

Many thanks again to all those who contributed.

Enjoy the summer, let's hope the sun keeps shining.

Nicky Clothier
Bracknell Cavaliers FC

Congratulations to our U12 Girls team who won the Wokingham & Emmbrook Tournament last weekend.

This is a superb result for them on the back of a very good season.

Well done girls - keep it up!

Congratulations to our Club Welfare Officer, Deborah Wyatt, for being nominated for all her hard work promoting the RESPECT Programme across the country as the FA's Grassroots Respect Ambassador.
Deborah was nominated for and won the 2011 Bobby Moore Individual Award and was presented with her trophy by David Cameron at this years Cup Final between Manchester City and Stoke.

Well done Debs - keep up the good work!!

The BCFC AGM is to be held on Tuesday 17th May at St Sebastians starting at 8pm.

All teams should be represented at the meeting.

Apologies to Mike Clothier (Chairman) or Mark Rimmer (Secretary).

The End-of-Season Presentation of player awards is to be held on Saturday 7th May. Once again, this will be in the Forest Suite at Bracknell Sports Centre over two sittings.

Sitting 1 - 4pm - U12 age groups upwards.

Sitting 2 - 6pm - Soccer School plus U7s to U11s.

After the second sitting there will be a disco and the bar will be open.

Look forward to seeing you on Saturday.

BCFC Committee

Congratulations to the players and coaches of Bracknell Cavaliers U10 Colts who won the Division 4 League title over the weekend.

A close run competition between them and the runners-up but very worthy winners of the title, playing some great football through the season.

Well done to you all !!

Congratulations to the players and coaches of Bracknell Cavaliers U12s who won the Division 3 League title earlier in April.

They have played some excellent football this year and are very worthy winners of the title.

Well done lads!

Dear Club Supporter

Having a spring clear out? Not sure what to do with all those unwanted/grown-out-of clothes? Then I may have the answer!

I have arranged a collection with Bag2School which is a company who collects textiles from clubs/schools and pays us an amount per kg. This will help us to raise much-needed funds for your football club.

Collection bags will be distributed to the team managers who will hand them on to you. However if you don't get a bag, Bag2School will accept items in any bags as long as the items are clean, dry and in a reasonable condition.

The collection will be from my house at on Thursday 19th May. I will need to have all bags with me before this date.

If you have any questions you can call me on either of the numbers below.

Many thanks in advance for your help with this vital fundraising opportunity.

Nicky Clothier
Home: 01344 450228
Mobile: 07962085610

Following the successful completion of our Club tournament dates, we have now drawn the winners of our Prize Draw and each winner has been separately notified.

The winners and prizes were:

1st - Nicky McNulty - £100

2nd - Sam Goodall - Ipod docking station with radio

3rd - Anita Cleare - £20 M&S Voucher

Congratulations to all the winners.

Our congratulations go to both Darren Kettle (U10 Colts) and Scott Wheaton (Soccer School - U5s) who passed their FA Level 1 Coaching award today.

Well done for your achievements guys. I'm sure the players in your teams and in the soccer school will benefit from your success.

Happy coaching!!

Our congratulations go to Colin Bickerton (U10s Coach) who passed his FA Level 1 Coaching award on Sunday.

Well done for your achievement Colin. I'm sure your team will benefit from your success which will enable their future development.

Happy coaching!!

Bracknell Cavaliers FC has pleasure in inviting you to our annual tournament.

Our tournaments are highly regarded and popular, so to avoid disappointment please send your completed applications in as soon as possible.

Dates:
Sunday April 3rd 2011 - Under 7s (am) and Under 8s (pm) - No More Spaces
Sunday April 10th 2011 - Under 9s (am) and Under 10s (pm) - No More Spaces
Saturday April 16th 2011 - U12 Girls (pm) - Canceled
Sunday April 17th 2011 - Under 11s (am) and Under 12s (pm) - Canceled


Venue:
St. Sebastian’s Playing Fields, St. Sebastian’s Close,
Nine Mile Ride, Crowthorne, Berkshire, RG40 3AT.

Teams
7 Players plus upto 3 Substitutes (Under 7s and 8s)
6 Players plus upto 3 Substitutes (Under 9s and above)
Each club may enter a maximum of 3 teams per age group.
Age groups are as per 2010 / 2011 season.

Format:
The Under 7s and Under 8s will be run on a non-competitive basis with each player of all teams receiving a medal. A sportsman’s trophy will be awarded for the “Best in Group”.
The Under 9s to Under 12s age groups will be run on a league basis followed by knock-out stages. The top two teams from each league will be entered in to the Cup knock-out and other teams will go through to the Plate knock out competition.

Application form in Word format
Application form in PDF format

Bracknell Cavaliers FC will be holding their re-scheduled annual quiz night on Saturday 12th February 2011, hosted once again by the incomparable Graham Hill.

This was a hugely successful night last year, with lots of fun and laughter.

The club will be open from 7pm, with the quiz commencing at 7.30pm.

The event will be open to a maximum of 12 teams, made up of 4 players per team. Each team entry will cost £10.

As this is a fundraising activity for the club, we ask that you bring along your own nibbles/snacks and purchase your drinks from the bar.

If you wish to put in a team, please contact Mike Clothier and submit your team name, team members asap..... this will run on a first come, first served basis.

Your £10 entry fee will be needed as confirmation of your entry soon after.

May I pass on Seasons Greetings to every player, parent, supporter, manager, coach and volunteer of Bracknell Cavaliers FC.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and that 2011 brings you health, wealth & happiness...... and some better footballing weather too!!

Have a great time and see you all in the New Year.

Ho Ho Ho !!!!

Mike Clothier

Our congratulations go to our Club Welfare Officer, Deborah Wyatt, who recently won the Wokingham Borough Council Sports Personality 2010 award (Spirit of Sport section).

Deborah not only gives a lot of time to BCFC and our local League (EBYFL) but also works nationally for the FA as the FA Grassroots football RESPECT Ambassador.

This award goes a long way to rewarding Deborah for all the time and effort she puts in to ensure that children of all ages play football in a fun and safe environment.

Well done Debs!!

Check out the new Boot Swap section of our website.

If you have any old football boots (clean and in good condition) that you have outgrown, then we will take them off your hands and make them available for someone else to use. We have a few pairs already, but want more.

We will also take any old outgrown astro trainers and football kit.

See the new section for full details.

Our congratulations go to Mike Stephens (U8s Coach) who passed his FA Level 1 Coaching award last weekend.

Well done for your achievement. We look forward to you using your new award to best effect and developing Cavaliers players for the future.

Happy coaching!!

Our congratulations go to Glen Farmer (U11s) and Rob Dunbar who both passed their Level 1 Coaching award last weekend.

Well done to you both for your achievement. We look forward to you using your new awards to best effect and developing Cavaliers players.