The Jack Petchey Foundation

 

The Jack Petchey Foundation has been established to help young people take advantage of opportunities and play a full part in society. Pitshanger Football Club have been accepted to join the Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme, which will provide the Club with money to award to nominated young people to be spent for the benefit of the club. Steve Kloss is administering the scheme on behalf of the Club. If you would like further information please take a look at the Jack Petchey website at http://www.jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk

There are a few rules which apply to all clubs in the scheme
  - Achievement Awards can only be given to young people between the ages of 11 and 25
  - An award of £200 is made each month
  - No-one can win more than one award with the same club

Each team in conjunction with their manager will come up with a list of things they would like to spend any awards on, which can be team specific or more generally for the club. The winner is able to choose something from this list to use his/her £200 on.

Nominations can only be made for players from Under 12 teams and older. Anyone associated with the club may nominate, but all nominations should be sent via an adult. These will be judged by committee and an award given as appropriate.

If you wish to make a nomination, please email Steve Kloss at jackpetchey@jungleland.co.uk with the following details
  - Name of nominee
  - Reason for nomination
  - Name of nominator and status within club eg. Manager/Coach/Player/Parent

 

Award Winners

May 2008

 Alex van Oudgaarden

 Under 13 B

 Extremely keen, always works hard at training, plays for the team, on match days he is the first to arrive. Having lost our top goal scorer of last year to A squad, Alex was moved to this position. He is now our top marksman ! Has been at the club since Soccer Sevens.

April 2008

 Liam Thomas

 Under 12 A

 During the course of April captained his team to 6 successive victories at the end of the season to take the team from second bottom to fourth in the HYFL Premier for this team's highest finish to date. He played every game at centre half and was truly inspirational.

March 2008

 Lucky Basran

 Under 12 B

 A versatile player who has played in defence, midfield, and on occasions up front for Pits U12B - has also been selected to represent Ealing in the London Youth Games at badminton.

February 2008

 Jack Goodall

 Under 15

 Jack has just made his 100th appearance for Pitshanger. He was appointed captain of the U15A team this season and has grown into the role, gaining in confidence and showing excellent leadership qualities, both on and off the pitch. He is an inspiration to the rest of the team with his never-say-die attitude to each and every match and 100% attendance record, having played in all U15A matches this season.

January 2008

 Duncan Pinder

 Under 12 A

 Duncan ran in the Middlesex County Championship race on 5th January, he came 8th out of 40 and as a result has now been invited to run for Middlesex County. He runs for Ealing Southall and Middlesex, and trains twice a week. He also took part for the first time in the Adidas Mini Marathon in 2007 and came 8th out of over 150.

December 2007

 Andre Nazar

 Under 18

 Andre has been nominated for his help with transport to away games for the Under 18s.

November 2007

 Phillip Gallagher

 Under 17

 Phillip started training with the squad back in 2003 and has remained a regular training member ever since. He always gives his best in training despite never being selected to join the league squad. Last summer he was chosen to represent the Club in two six-a-side competitions and in a pre-season friendly in which he showed his worth, both as a defender and as a striker, scoring a fine goal.

October 2007

 Elliot Turton-Cumberland

 Under 14

 In November Elliot scored his 13th goal of the season for the U14A team. It was his 108th goal for Pitshanger FC in his 113th game and the goal made him the all time top scorer for the club - an outstanding achievement for a 13 year old.

September 2007

Lauren Vaux

Under 14

For nearly three years, Lauren has been helping with the coaching of the current U13 training-only group. Initially, she helped her step-sister with this, but now coaches them on her own. This group of boys are of mixed footballing ability and commitment, so it can be hard to organise sessions that meets all their needs. Lauren is very reliable and helps for 2 hours every Saturday. The boys respect her, and she is not afraid to show them who is boss! She also recommends the better players to the B Team squad so assists with their development. On a number of occasions, she has organised specialist training for the U13 A and B keepers, as she herself is a keeper with Brentford FC and Hanwell Town.

August 2007

Nicholas Schmale

Under 12

He has shown good sportsmanship, always helping an opposing player to his feet , if a tackle was mistimed, and at training always has time to help explain things to boys who are not sure what is required.

July 2007

Aashish Kharas

Under 11

After having landed the Players' Player award and having just missed out (by 2 goals) as Golden Boot, Aashish shone in the team's 4 summer tournaments. He was the only player ever present in a team that was runner-up at Bedfont, Semi-finalist at Kodak and quarter finalists at Yeading. He scored 14 goals across the 4 tournaments.

June 2007

Devaughn Williams

Under 11 A

Devaughn has been awarded the June prize for scoring a hat-trick in the HYFL League Cup Final, which Pitshanger FC had not won since 1994.

May 2007

Mark Cameron

Under 13 A

Mark has returned to Pitshanger FC, joining us in the A team after previously playing in the B's, putting in some excellent displays in defence, stepping up to the higher level of football with no problems and is really developing his game. This is partially due to his comittment to Athletics for during the season Mark has been transformed into a top class cross-country runner for his age group. Mark has appeared for his School, Borough and County at many cross country events, including the National event in Sunderland, and has risen up the ranks during that time. He took part in the London Half Marathon in April this year. Mark has had an outstanding sporting season and we are very proud and pleased for him, as he has been a part of the team from the very start at U7.

April 2007

Lauren Andrews

Under 12

 Lauren Andrews, 15, has been helping with the coaching of the U12 group for two years. She now has responsibility for the U12 'Training-only' group who occasionally play as the U12C team. She turns up every Saturday morning and looks after a group of 10-16 boys. These are players who have not been included within our League squads and the group includes a wide range of abilities. Many of the boys have improved considerably in recent months and have benefited from the coaching that she gives. Lauren also coaches our League squad keepers (Lauren is a keeper for Spurs Ladies).

March 2007

Daniel Kloss

Under 17

 Daniel was nominated by Chris Waldock. Chris commented that Daniel is  "an outstanding example of what commitment to football really means. I don't for a moment believe there are many others of his age who play and are also a qualified referee as well as a coach".

February 2007

Tom Bishop

Under 18

 Tom was nominated by Les Hurst. Tom has selflessly assisted with transport arrangements for the team for several years.

January 2007

Harriet Wells

Under 13 Girls

Congratulations to Harriet Wells from the Under 13 Girls team who is the first winner of the Jack Petchey award of £200 to be spent for the benefit of her team.

Harriet had more than one nomination but the one that earned her the award states that she has been with the club for 5 years, became team captain this season and as a result has dropped other activities to concentrate on football.

The award was spent on a trip for the team to the England v Northern Ireland Womens International at the new Wembley Stadium.