About club
Beckwithshaw Saints Junior Football Club are a Harrogate based, FA Charter Standard club, this year celebrating our tenth anniversary. Our ethos is simple - to provide a safe and fun environment for children of all ages from Harrogate and surrounding villages to learn and participate in football.
Founded in 2004, the club is run on a completely voluntary basis by many enthusiastic parents, who all give their valuable time, to make the club a success. Our core values are to ensure that the social aspects of team sport are highlighted as much as the technical elements of football and that children see football as an all inclusive game.
Our ‘home’ ground is located at Beckwithshaw Village Hall, with additional facilities at Queen Ethelburga’s Recreation Ground (Young’s Drive) and Killinghall Moor Recreation Ground. Training is held for all age groups, on a Saturday morning, on Harrogate's famous Stray, on Stray Rein from 9:30am. Some age groups also utilise the 3G pitch at Rossett School and the Astroturf at Harrogate Hockey Club during winter months.
We have an established infrastructure in place to ensure continuity through all age groups, each age group being representated in the local football leagues from Under-8 through to Under-15 inclusive. Some of the age groups also have Development Squads, to assist in developing basic techniques, and confidence in playing football. From the start of the 2011/12 season, we have also established a Girls section, for U11 and U13 players, which is proving very popular, and is growing quickly.
Our youngest age group, Under 7′s, provides for many children, that first taste of football, before graduating to the Under-8’s.
Furthermore, we have a relationship with the Beckwithshaw Saints open-age team, with the long term goal that this will provide a natural progression for our junior players, as they move into open age football.
All age groups are run by qualified FA Coaches who have attended and passed the appropriate FA Qualification requirements. This includes not just coaching but also First Aid and Child Protection courses. All coaches and referees we provide have been rigorously checked by the club and have successfully gone through the CRB process by the FA.
Additionally, the club has a Code of Conduct, that anyone connected with the club – players, parents, coaches and officials are required to adhere to at all times.
Founded in 2004, the club is run on a completely voluntary basis by many enthusiastic parents, who all give their valuable time, to make the club a success. Our core values are to ensure that the social aspects of team sport are highlighted as much as the technical elements of football and that children see football as an all inclusive game.
Our ‘home’ ground is located at Beckwithshaw Village Hall, with additional facilities at Queen Ethelburga’s Recreation Ground (Young’s Drive) and Killinghall Moor Recreation Ground. Training is held for all age groups, on a Saturday morning, on Harrogate's famous Stray, on Stray Rein from 9:30am. Some age groups also utilise the 3G pitch at Rossett School and the Astroturf at Harrogate Hockey Club during winter months.
We have an established infrastructure in place to ensure continuity through all age groups, each age group being representated in the local football leagues from Under-8 through to Under-15 inclusive. Some of the age groups also have Development Squads, to assist in developing basic techniques, and confidence in playing football. From the start of the 2011/12 season, we have also established a Girls section, for U11 and U13 players, which is proving very popular, and is growing quickly.
Our youngest age group, Under 7′s, provides for many children, that first taste of football, before graduating to the Under-8’s.
Furthermore, we have a relationship with the Beckwithshaw Saints open-age team, with the long term goal that this will provide a natural progression for our junior players, as they move into open age football.
All age groups are run by qualified FA Coaches who have attended and passed the appropriate FA Qualification requirements. This includes not just coaching but also First Aid and Child Protection courses. All coaches and referees we provide have been rigorously checked by the club and have successfully gone through the CRB process by the FA.
Additionally, the club has a Code of Conduct, that anyone connected with the club – players, parents, coaches and officials are required to adhere to at all times.
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