Firstly I'm pleased to welcome Alex Mitchell who has joined the squad and to his parents Kim and Don.
I would also like to wish Dan and Keir well who have decided to leave.
My Targets for the season are:
- Make training and games challenging and enjoyable
- Development of all the players
- Passing target of 130
- Team to be able to do up to 8 consecutive passes
- Implement Skills Reports
- Complete the Wanborough fun run within the time challenge we set
Friendly Games
With the start of the season only a couple of weeks away I have arranged two friendly games:
- Sunday 31st August v Bassett Rangers (@ Ballards Ash - meet @ 10.00 for 10.30 kick off)
- Weds 3rd September v Croft (@ Croft Sports Centre - meet @ 18.15 for 18.45 kick off).
Grateful if you could quickly confirm availability, with holidays and lower numbers in the squad we may not have enough players. I want everyone who is available to play.
League Fixtures
The attachment has our fixtures and kick off times, these should soon be updated on the FA Web site, the URL to the FA site is below for your information. This shows the league table, results etc, it is well worth bookmarking. We are in the North Wilts League, Division 3.
Squad Size
We could be at 14 boys for the start of the season which given injuries, colds during the season etc is not ideal. If you are aware of any boys that might wish to join who are of the standard to play straight away in the team please let me know. I'm afraid we can't take on complete beginners to football.
Training
I appreciate this Monday is a Bank Holiday, I will be doing training but understand if numbers are low.
From Monday the 1st Sept I expect everyone who is available to be @ training.
We will continue training at Hoopers Field until the 6th October.
From the 13th October training will be at Zurich from 19.00 to 20.00 (now renamed to the Liddington Hotel).
It is really important to note that the parking @ Zurich is in the main car park and NOT THE SMALL CAR PARK by the House, can we also use the side entrance just before Foxhill cross road on your right, for entrance and exit and not the main entrance from Liddington.
I would prefer you NOT to drive around to the training pitch, leave your car in the main car park and walk the boys around.
The change to Hotel from Training Centre makes a big difference and is the driver behind this request from the new owners.
Wasps Web Site
Make sure you bookmark and use the site, the AGM Photo's are currently on the site.
After every game I put down my thoughts on positives / learning points from the game. People take in information in different ways so this is my attempt at helping the boys who learn by reading.
I also put the majority of updates onto the U13 page if you ever lose my em's.
Skills Reports
For those boys who haven't got them send me the 3 areas of Strengths you displayed last season and 3 areas in improvement in your game, I will then do the report.
For those of you that have completed them now the season is nearly with us I will fix up to come around and spend 15 to 20 mins discussing them.
My requirements of you
- It is important to me that we continue to set an example on how Junior Football should be to all the Clubs we play.I know this will continue in line with the Parents and Spectators charter you have signed up to.
- Please read the em's from Lorraine and I and act promptly when requested to take action, this is all done in our spare time, we don't want to have to continually chase people.
- If you or the boys have any concerns speak to me about them
- Match Days / Training - Turn up promptly, on match days the meeting time is when I expect to start the team talk / warm up. If I say 10.00 meet I don't expect you to be strolling along at 10.10. This is because in that 30 mins we do the team talk, stretches and warm up, passing and small sided game plus some activities to get the boys thinking.
Team Selection
I wrote out in detail to you last season and will be following the same approach this season.
This should be a really good season, I know many of the coaches and they share similar views on football to us, I'm expecting the majority of games to be close played in an environment which is enjoyable for the boys.
As always thanks for all your support, I look forward to catching up with you again and sharing the Wasps roller coaster ride through the 08 / 09 season 
Rob
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