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Newton Aycliffe Youth FC
CASH BOOST FOR AYCLIFFE YOUTH FC
Newton Aycliffe’s biggest youth
football organisation says a cash
boost will enable them to keep
subs down.
Newton Aycliffe Youth FC (NAYFC)
were one of 12 local groups to
win a share of Great Aycliffe and
Middridge Partnership’s (GAMP)
grant giveaway.
In our special Video Feature, the
club’s secretary Berni Borsberry told
us the money will go
towards expensive
running costs.
But,
more
importantly, it will
ensure they can
keep their weekly
subs down to just
£2 a week.
NAYFC came out
top in the public
vote, getting £2,320.
“We’ve allocated this money to
reward the children at the end of the
season, when we’ll buy trophies and
memento’s of their season and will
help to pay for football pitches,” said
Berni.
“They key to grant funding
is keeping our subs as low as
possible. We could probably pull in
the same sort of money annually if
we charged every child a lot more,
but how many youngsters can
afford that?
“We charge our children £2 a
week, and the main aim of our
football club is to keep the subs low
by chasing grants.”
Earlier
this
year,
NAYFC
announced a season of celebrations
to acknowledge the fact that they
have achieved 25 years of providing
football for young boys and girls
from the town.
The football club was founded
in 1989 by a group of enthusiastic
parents after realising there no
opportunities for young children to
play football in Newton Aycliffe at
that time.
The first ever Youthy team was
an Under-13s team (pictured) that
played in the Bishop
Auckland Northern
Echo League.
NAYFC,
which
is the only youth
football club that
trains and plays
all their matches
in Aycliffe, was
awarded
the
Teesside
Junior
Alliance League “Club of the Year”
for a third time in 2012.
“The club is proud to have reached
this landmark and continue to be
one of the top junior football clubs
in the County,” added Berni.
“NAYFC...was awarded
the Teesside Junior
Alliance League
“Club of the Year” for
a third time in 2012”
A short Video Interview
with Berni is on our website:
www.aycliffetoday.co.uk
AYCLIFFE CRICKET
Newton Aycliffe Cricket
Club Secretary LEE WELDON
gives an overview of the
town’s official cricket club…
Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club
is based at Newton Aycliffe
Sports Club and was reformed
in 1986 with just one team in the
Darlington and District league.
The club have made significant
progress since them early days,
both on and off the field and now
have two senior teams and four
junior teams playing local league
cricket.
The senior teams now play in
the highly ranked NY&SD Premier
League and the club’s first team
gained promotion in their first
season in the league in 2013.
Newton Aycliffe CC were also
delighted to win the prestigious
Gold Award as Club of the Year,
during which all teams in the
league were assessed in five
areas, Administration, Facilities/
Match Day Experience, Fair Play,
Discipline and Match Play with
Aycliffe coming out a clear top.
The award brought a fine end
to the 2013 season that also
saw Newton Aycliffe CC awarded
Clubmark by the ECB and being
selected as a ‘Chance to Shine’
club, recognising the progress
being made both on and off the
field and the systems in place
that highlight the club as a trusted
provider of cricket for all ages.
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