Police grant helps support local football club

Cash from a police fund has been donated to a grassroots football club in Wednesfield.

Wednesfield Junior FC applied to the West Midlands Police Property Act Fund for cash to help with the upkeep of the club.

The application was successful and they have received £750.

The PPA Fund is made up of monies received by the police from property confiscated by order of court and then sold.

Ron Brown, from Wednesfield FC, said: “It’s so hard to get funding so this cash will make a real difference.

Sergeant Simon Causer, from Wednesfield police station, said: “It’s always nice to be able to take seized cash and put it back into local good causes.

“Ron clearly does a fantastic job for the community and it’s a pleasure to hand over this cheque today.”

Footage from Wednesfield Girls FC under 15′s excellent recent win over academy team Coventry City.

Wednesfield Girls play their home games at the ‘back’ of Wednesfield Football Club in Amos Lane.

Please come along & support the girls in the CW Premier League where they are holding their own against much more established teams!

Match report by Richie Garner.

*Unfortunately this event has been cancelled at the last minute due to pitch conditions :-(

Pudsey Bear will be undertaking referee duties at a football tournament on Friday, in an event organised by the Wolverhampton Homes Partnership to raise much-needed cash for Children in Need.

The event, which will kick off at 5pm at Wednesfield Social Club in Amos Lane, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, involves four teams from the partnership including community regeneration specialist Frank Haslam Milan (FHM) West Midlands, Thomas Vale Construction, Bullock Construction and Wolverhampton Homes.

Bullock has volunteered its Regional Director Richard Baker to referee the matches. The teams will also be wearing a Pudsey Bear eye patch to make it more interesting.

Money will be raised through the sale of football programmes at £2 each and sub-contractors and suppliers have been encouraged to donate £50 in return for having their business cards included in the programme.

Shaun Aldis, Director of Property Services for Wolverhampton Homes, said: “We want as many people as possible to come down and support the event on the day.

“We’re always looking for new ways of raising money for charity and we thought the football tournament was a fantastic idea. I’m sure it will be played in great spirit, and there will be plenty of entertainment available for anyone who wants to come down and watch on the day. I would like to thank the partners for organising the event.”

The tournament will boast four games lasting 40 minutes each including a match between FHM and Wolverhampton Homes, Thomas Vale and Bullock. Participants can also make use of a bar set up throughout the day where food is available.

For more information about sponsoring the event, or to make a donation to Children in Need, please call Gemma Edwards on 01675 461 661, Jon Rodway on 01902 867 950 or Sammy Sidhu on 01299 827 770.

The Wednesfield Challenge Cup is a new competition which will take place at Wednesfield Park (St George V Playing Fields) at the end of August.

Exact dates are still to be confirmed but hopefully the tournament will be played over one or two weekends, depending on the amount of teams that enter.

Each player pays £5 to enter in a five-a-side team with 2 subs. The winning team will take home all of this money. For example: If 10 teams enter = 70 people = £300 for the winning team.

We are not sure how many teams we will get for this yet, but just wanted to try out for a bit of a laugh. If you want to join us please visit our Facebook page and click on “attending” and then leave a message with your team name and members and we will add it to the list.

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Wednesfield Girls FC U14′s fantastic performance in the South Staffs Young Women’s League Cup Final resulted in a 4 – 1 victory against Wyrley Pumas on 22nd May, with the team ending the season League and Cup winners for the second year in a row.

The game was played on a red hot day on a bone hard pitch but both teams gave 100% effort and commitment, making it a great advert for womens football. Watch highlights of the match on YouTube here.

Wednesfield’s Team: LOTTIE (Goalkeeper), LAURA, LOZA, KELSEY & MOLLIE (Defence), BAZZA (Captain), CODY, LAUREN (Midfield), MEGHAN & ALI (Wingers), COURTNEY & BETH (Strikers). Manager PAUL SMITH and Trainer DAVE BEARDS.

Congratulations from WV11.co.uk to Wednesfield Girls on their double this season!

Read more at the Midland Junior Premier Football League website.

WOLVERHAMPTON police officers have been getting on-side with local youngsters through a community football tournament.

The event, which took place on Saturday 13 March, was organised by officers from the Ashmore Park neighbourhood police team, the Local Neighbourhood Partnership (LNP) and Wolverhampton City Council Youth Services.

Youngsters from Ashmore Park and Long Knowle youth clubs played games against Wolverhampton Police and West Midlands Fire Service. Each member of the team then received a trophy for taking part.

The aim of the tournament was to build relationships between young people and the police.

Sergeant Tracey Baker, from Ashmore Park neighbourhood police team, said: “This is the third year we have organised a match between young people and the police and we are very pleased to have the fire service involved this year too.

“This kind of event is really important because it helps us build positive relationships with the local community. It allows young people to see their neighbourhood officers in a different light – out of uniform and in a more relaxed setting.”

Cas Simpson, Area Youth Manager for Wolverhampton City Council said: “It’s all about building positive links between young people and the police. The young people all really enjoyed it.”

Picture: Jason Haywood (18) and Crew Commander Paul Lovell from West Midlands Fire Service with Sergeant Tracey Baker from Ashmore Park neighbourhood police team

Ashmore Park Rangers JFC started out as the Victory Youth Club back in 2001. In 2002 the under 9′s then became Danesmore Casual Youth before finally forming Ashmore Park Rangers in 2003. In 2004 the club gained a Charter Standard and in 2006 were awarded Charter Standard club of the year and accredited Walsall Council Club Standard Award. In 2009 the club were awarded FA Development Club status, and have hosted APR Soccer 7′s Tournament which have proved to be a great success at Wolverhampton United FC.

APR have now grown into a substantial club with teams entered in at Under 7′s, 8′s, 9′s, 10′s, 11′s, 12′s, 13′s, 14′s, 15′s, 16′s and 17′s. After forming a partnership with with Wolverhampton United the club are now based at the Wolverhampton United Football grounds on Prestwood Road, Wolverhampton. The Rangers regulary train at the grounds and play home matches (in the Walsall and Bilston league) on a well maintained pitch and train week nights at several venues in the local area in the winter.

If you’d like to find out more about Ashmore Park Rangers JFC, please visit their website.

Mitch Fammond was in fine form for Wednesfield, scoring four goals in a 5-2 win at Ledbury.

Stuart Skitt gave Wednesfield the lead with a penalty on 33 minutes before Fammond got his first, two minutes later.

Dorian Colling got a goal back for Ledbury before being sent off on 54 minutes after a penalty area incident.

Fammond made it 3-1 before Ledbury sub David Accam got a goal back.

But two late goals from Fammond completed the win for Wednesfield.