Like Grassroots clubs across the country, KWFC were delighted to hear the news that the FA and Government have today given the green light for football to return.

Following a very successful period of socially distanced training for our U8s, U9s and U11s over the past 6 weeks, we can now begin planning to 'properly bring football back'.

Competitive training is now allowed, meaning that our coaches will be able to put on sessions where all players can train together amongst their team and we can even introduce matches within the training session - we know this will delight all of the boys!

Furthermore we can also now start arranging friendlies starting from the first weekend in August and our phones have been buzzing all day as we start to get fixtures in the diary.

We of course must not take this position for granted and it would be negligent to all of a sudden stop the hard work that has been put in by our coaches, children and parents in recent weeks.

As such, measures such as distanced drinks stations, non-sharing of equipment and attending sessions and matches with all kit ready will continue to be in place.
We'll also be reminding parents and players to safely and efficiently arrive and exit from the sessions with safe distancing still in mind.

Coaches will also be equipped with hand sanitiser which the players can use during the session. Whilst bibs may be used for training sessions these will have been thoroughly washed by the coaches prior to training and bibs will not be shared between players during the session. Coaches will again thoroughly wash all bibs before the next session.

It goes without saying that we also expect parents to ensure the children feel well before attending training and that they themselves also don't attend if they are unwell and/or displaying any Covid19 related symptoms.

With competitive training coming back we must also once again emphasise the requirement for players to wear shin-pads.

For the full details of the FA announcement today, follow this link

After so long without football we are now on the countdown to the Kickstart League starting in just eight weeks time on Sunday 6th September.

Welcome back football - we've missed you!!

Up The Swifts!