September Update

As we move out of our first month of football I can say that generally things have run pretty smoothly from a Club stand-point, Wendy and myself thank you for your commitment and support to making this happen. I just wanted to update you on a few points of administration and process to help us all work together at the ground, with our players and their parents, and with the Club and Leagues:

1. Squad Pages
2. Ground Use Guidelines
3. In-Service Day
4. Squad Kit-Bags
5. Training Equipment
6. Clubhouse Cleaning
7. Springfields Use

If you have any questions or concerns please get in touch.

1. Squad Pages
Details of match and training times. Also has team calendar and news for those using these features

2. Ground Use Guidelines
Please take care to ensure that no more than TWO matches are scheduled to take place at BSG any one time.

3. In-Service Day
This has been postponed.

4. Squad Kit-Bags
Please email with any deficiencies in your kit bag. I will get items to you over the next few sessions.

5. Training Equipment
Please ensure you stow used training equipment in the Dug-Out tidily in the assigned location.

6. Clubhouse Cleaning
Please ensure that one of your team's parents sweeps it out after you or your opposition use it.

7. Springfields Use
Ensure your parents don't exceed the speed-limit, park only in the correct place. They are also not allowed to smoke anywhere on the site and need to be responsible for the behaviour of any younger siblings.

Website Updates

You may find the following website updates useful:

1. Each squad page has links to your fixtures and League table
>>>> Navigation = www.dhufc.org > Home > {Squad Name}
2. Game Format, Age, League and Division for each of our squads
>>>> Navigation = www.dhufc.org > Home > Our Squads
3. Weather, Traffic and Maps of our grounds
>>>> Navigation = www.dhufc.org > Home > Find Us

Remember every squad page has the facility to support a squad Blog (News page). If you, or a member of your squad, wants to use this facility then please get in touch and I'll explain how to use it.

Age Appropriate Coaching - Introductory Module

A one day course aimed at anyone who is primarily coaching children of ages 6 - 11.

I have completed the full 4 day module of this course and can highly recommend it. This one day workshop will help introduce the FA Skills Programme and how it addresses the needs of the young performer. The Club would be delighted for you to attend the day and reimburse your fees as encouragement to attend. We feel the information on offer will provide some great foundation values for coaching children during the "FUNdamental" and "Learning To Train" phases.

If you fancy going please complete the application form and post.

Once you've attended please ensure you provide your attendance certificate so we can reimburse your fee.

• Title: Age Appropriate Coaching - Introductory Module
• Venue: Sheldon School, Chippenham
• Date: Saturday 20th September
  
• Duration: 9.30am - 4pm
• Cost: £10 (reimbursable from DHUFC upon completion)

Pitch Booking System

You will shortly receive information about your fixtures for season 0809. Your next task will then to be reserve a pitch for your home games and contact a referee to officiate.

I am currently working on a process to notify our qualified Club referees of match opportunities. It is important we utilize all of our refs rather than selecting one favourite throughout the season. Our goal must be to keep all of them employed officiating matches, building experience and confidence. Selection of one or two favourites could mean that some give up and we will then have less referees to share between us.

I will shortly be announcing how the referee notification process will work but in preparation can I ask that when logging into the Pitch Booking System (PBS) you select "User List" at the top right of the screen. Once selected please review the email address that you have listed, and correct if necessary.

If the correct email address is provided you should receive confirmation of each pitch booking you make. It is this mail that will be used to contact the referees (so don't delete the mails just yet, you will need them to make a referee request).

If you don't know your PBS login name or password then please get in touch. As you can appreciate the PBS is a key element in sharing our limited pitch resources without the conflict of four teams appearing at the ground to play on the same pitch. Remember, all matches should have a PBS reservation to avoid this awkward situation.