Football Photos

Wet, wet, wet!!!

These photos were taken on Dec 6th 2007. The ponds are as you can see full, and hence this slows the draining process of the pitches, because the water backs up...but after checking the pitches at 12pm Friday the pitches have drained very well and all was looking good for the weekend ahead.

North Wilts football festival October 2007

On October 18th 2007 Stanley Park sports ground supported a year 3-4 Football tournament in conjunction with NWDC. Over 20 schools/Teams entered and some great football was on show, with the main theme being "Let Them Play". Special thanks needs to go to Alex Muse and his sports development team for putting on the event, the ground staff at the park for the fantastic pitches and also the sixth formers who helped supervise the pitches while games went ahead. Good support from parents and teachers just added to a great afternoon of football, and show that Wiltshire has a bright future in sport, especially football. Well done to St Marys and Monkton Park who reached the play off final in which St Marts won after extra time 2-1.

Wiltshire youth games 2007

Stanley Park was one of 3 venues to host the Youth Games in June 2007. Sports included were Tag Rugby, Cricket, Girls Football and Sen Football. Special thanks needs to go to Louise, Jo and all involved with planning and running the event, which was a huge success, and you will see from the photos the occasional spurts of bad weather didn't effect the enjoyment of the young participants. THANK YOU TO ALL INVOLVED.

Give us back our game

June 16th 1pm - 4pm. Over 40 Children turned up to take part in this fantastic Day. The rain visited briefly, but didn't effect the childrens enthusiasum. Touches were recorded in a variety of games and as many as 88 touches were had by 1 player in a 5 minute period. Scores were not recorded, and the children went home with memories of how many goals they scored and how much fun they had. It was a great afternoon of football. A huge thanks needs to go to Chippenham Town Youth U8, Derry Hill Youth U8 and Malmesbury Youth U6 & U8 for bringing their youth teams and all the other boys who attended from other clubs and schemes. Thank you to Terry McCosh, Rob Stephens, Imman Rees, Jamie Moss, Dave Buckley, Alan Crocker, Pat Darcy and Alex Muse for making the Day such a huge success. All players went home with a certificate and a medal and most importantly a smile. Positive comments all round from the Parents with the biggest theme being,"Good to see the games being played without any Adult influences or control". Watch this space for the next GUBOG event.

Give us back our game hits the schools

On June 15th 2007, GUBOG hit two local primary schools to launch this great scheme, Kingslodge & St Pauls. Over 120 Boys and Girls took part in the Lunch and After school sessions. Alex Muse & Pete Hussey would like to thank the Schools, Mr Buckley & Mrs Ratcliffe and for their support in a scheme which is now not only nationwide but has stretched across the globe. "Let Children Play, and let the game be the Teacher" Feedback from the pupils involved has been very positive and have all said how much they enjoyed the games and were allowed just to play. While at the Schools no pupils approached the Pitch Supervisors to say if they had won or lost, they were only telling us how many goals they had scored, while having a big smile on their face! On average in a 4 to 5 minute game, each child touched the ball 46 times.

Chippenham Town Ladies Football Tournament 2007

On the weekend of June 2nd & 3rd 2007, Chippenham Town Ladies Held their annual Tournament at the park. The weather was great and the whole event was well organised and run. Special thanks to Alan & Steve and all the parent helpers, you made it a great weekend of enjoyable football.

FC Chippenham youth football tournament 2007

On the weekend of May 19th-20th 2007, Stanley Park hosted the Annual FC Chippenham Youth 6v6 Football Tournament. Over 2000 boys and girls took part, with over 250+ teams participating from all over the area, some teams coming all the way from Wales. The FCCY Tournament is known for being a well run event, hence the high entry levels. A lot of thanks and credit needs to go to the Club with special thanks to those who helped on the day(s), but also to those who gave up a days work on Friday 18th to help set the site up. The weather held good which was a bonus, and just added to another very successful weekend, WELL DONE FCCY!!

"E on" sponsored, NWDC primary school football festival

NWDC held a "E ON" sponsored FA Cup 6v6 Schools Day on April 24th 2007. 35 Teams entered from Wiltshire Primary Schools in the area, with in excess of 280 Children taking part, Boys & Girls. Local secondary school Students helped referee and some local coaches and officers also voluteered their services to help out. The whole event was a huge success, and has topped the one held here in November 2006. Special thanks needs to go to Alex Muse, NWSDO, who organised and planned the event in co-ordination with CTC. Also a big thank you to "Eon" for sponsoring the event, who with WCFA helped provide the rewards for all involved.

Easter funweek

The weather was great for our 3rd FITC Funweek in the April Holidays. All the children who took part went home with a bag of goodies, which included, a certificate, marker cones, water bottle, leather football and Bungee ball. As you will see from the pictures the kids had a fantastic time and were all very well behaved.

February 2007 football funweek

Photos taken at our 2nd Football in the Community Funweek, which took place in February Half Term 2007.

Landscaping project - the beginning

In January-February 2007 the landscaping project started at the Park. Trees and Shrubs are being planted which will tie in with the environment and surroundings by William Wolfe. Nature Trails here we come!

Snow at Stanley

February 8th 2007, A severe weather warning was issued and the snow came, but only stayed for the day.

Wiltshire cross country trials - at Stanley Park

Stanley Park Sports Ground was proud to hold the Wiltshire Athletics Cross Country Trials on the 9th December 2006, in which 250+ Young & Old Athletes took part. It didn't effect the Football on the day because the organisers planned their course around the 47 acres available to them. It was a well run event, and alot of Credit needs to go to Derek who did most of the planning.