Bangor Ladies Football Club Founded in 2006

IMPORTANT CLUB INFORMATION
BANGOR LADIES FOOTBALL CLUB


• MEMBERSHIP

• MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS

• SUBSCRIPTIONS

• TEAM SELECTION

• TRAINING SCHEDULE

• CLUB COLOURS

• GENERAL RULES/INSURANCE

• DISCIPLINARY MATTERS

The Seasiders ladies section competing in 2012 with the NIWFA

MEMBERSHIP

The membership of Bangor Ladies Football Club 2012 will remain open until September 2012. The membership will officially close when the Secretary is in possession of 28 completed 2012 NIWFA REGISTRATION FORMS. These are already available on line (Click link) to apply for Membership, whether a new member or you were a player last season. Please complete and sign the NIWFA registration forms, which will also be available by request at Pre-Season training, which will start in January. By submitting your completed and signed 2012 registration form (both pages), you are reserving your membership until March 31st. As a registered member of the club (all proposed members are listed below), you will then have 7 weeks (May 15th) in which to pay your club subscriptions (see below).

Membership for Bangor Ladies is now open

SENIOR MEMBERSHIP OPENS!!

Once you register, by filling in the 2012 Registration Forms....you are a valid member eligible to play..just complete the form and post it to Secretary Andy Craig, 25 Lisadell Place, Bangor BT20 4XG or alternatively, contact 0773 2277854 to reserve your membership....Membership will close when the club has 28 Registered Players for 2012. so do it now!

On receipt of your completed Registration Form, your membership will then be secure. As of April 1st, 2012 the committee have set any annual fees as detailed below and ALL players WILL be informed by March 31st and advised immediately. Failure to settle your subscription may result in a text from Club Treasurer Lynsey Turville, reminding you, payment must be made before June. If you have still not settled this subscription by the end of June, this may result in the loss of your membership. Once you are a member of Bangor Ladies Football Club 2012 you will keep your membership until September 31st, 2012, or such time that you decide to leave the club.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS

Applications are open now! All 2011 members were contacted, requesting them to report back to the club on January 15th. Details are also released in the local paper, and posted on the Club's website on the internet. Membership, as of Sept. 1st, 2011: 20: Tina Sharpe, Trish Webb, Jackie Price, Natasha Lee, Leanne McGarry, Dawn Clarke, Alanah Burns, Jessica Beers, Christine Duncan, Sophie Ferris, Stevie Clifford, Jenny Boyd, Lisa Gilmore, Lynsey Turville, Lauren McAteer, Mollie Moore, Kellie Gillies, Val McKibbin, Rebekah Adams and Claire Arthurs. Hayley Gains and Gemma Brewster members in 2011, have since left the club having gone abroad. Failure to respond, by May, and your MEMBERSHIP will be CANCELLED.

SUBSCRIPTIONS 2012

The committee for 2012 have set the annual fees for 2012 at £40 (Seniors, over 18) and £25 (under 18). 2011 Subscriptions are detailed below are for reference only: Subscriptions: Senior (Over 18): £40, Unemployed: £25; Age 18 & Under: £25 and Concessional (an agreed set fee per individuals circumstances) £25 - £40 per Season (May – September). The only other payment required (May – August) is £2 per player – these collections are required to cover cost of an IFA referee and for use of our facilities. The main subscription £40 will cover the cost of IFA Affiliation, NIWFA Registration & Good Behaviour Bond (£225 per annum), IFA referee expenses and for the use of facilities at, either the Clandeboye Park or Bloomfield Road. As of January 1st, 2012 the committee for have set any annual fees as above. The committee will meet in April to discuss fund-raising events and ALL players WILL be informed and advised immediately.

The main (£40) subscription will cover the cost of IFA Affiliation, Transport, NIWFA Player Registrations, County Antrim Association Affiliation, Postage and training equipment & a Good Behaviour Bond (£75 per annum). IFA referee expenses and costs for facilities at, either the Clandeboye Park or Bloomfield Road, are also a consideration.

2011 expenses (£1,300 approx.) are detailed below.

Club Expense Accounts for 2011

Subscriptions (should they be required) can be paid by installments if preferred: or in a lump sum, by cash, by cheque (made out to Bangor Ladies F.C.) Club Treasurer Lynsey Turville (07732 094332) will be accepting payments. Andy Craig, Manager will also be accepting payments every Sunday.

TEAM SELECTION

Team selection will be the sole responsibility of the Manager. The team will be decided at training on a Sunday prior to the next fixture. The team will be selected from those who attend the training. The manager will select what he considers to be the strongest eleven plus 3 subs for each fixture. If you are unavailable for training you may automatically rule yourself out for selection.Individual commitments (work, illness, holidays etc.) will be taken into consideration, though it will be the players responsibility to contact the manager in advance (0773 2277854) to clarify the reason for absence in all circumstances. Only registered members of the club can be selected. 2012 LEAGUE FIXTURES

This rule will apply for injuries and holidays, as soon as you return to training, you are then eligible for selection. Exceptions: less than 14 at training - selection will then be made on availability. Whilst the club will do what it can this season to try and give everyone football – hopefully numbers can be sustained - regular full training sessions will guarantee general improvement in individual performances, as well as being beneficial to whole club and contributing to our overall success of the team this season. In short, just by regularly attending the training, so are actively contributing every week to the success of the club.

All Bangor home games will be played on a TUESDAY evening, and all are evening kick-offs. Away/cup games will be played on a night most suitable to the opponents (Usual mid-week).

TRAINING

Training is scheduled every Sunday afternoon, from 1.45 p.m. SHARP until 3.35 p.m. and at Clandeboye Park, until further notice, (Ground Closure) then switch to the Valentine/Bloomfield Playing Fields. All members are required to attend training. If you are not available, you should contact (text) the club secretary at 0773 2277854, to explain your absence. While it is understandable that work, family commitments, etc., sometimes take preference to training etc., a member of the club who is regularly unavailable to train, might be considered as unavailable for selection. All instances will be considered as due the individual circumstances. Training for 2012 will re-commence January 15th, at Clandeboye Park, Bangor - with a programme of coaching which will concentrate on three elements of the modern day footballer: Physical - cardio vascular conditioning; tactical - team formations, offsides, principles of attack and defence; and finally technique - skills, shielding, heading, passing etc. Training will generally proceed regardless of weather conditions. Should for any reason the training be called off, every member of the club will be informed by text no later than 12.30 p.m. on that Sunday. Players are asked to wear suitable clothing, and advised to wear shinguards at all times, for their own safety and in the interests of the club.

New members: Membership is currently open. New players will be encouraged to join the club, by filling out a 2012 registration form, posting it to A. Craig, 25 Lisadell Place, Bangor BT20 4XG, or by attending training. These members will become valid members until such times as the membership closes (maximum 28). Any new members, who joins outside the membership closure, will go on a waiting list, with the intention if requirement demands, an expansion by the club. As of the membership opening, January 13th, the first 28 Registered Players, submitting their forms will be accepted. Total to date (May 4th), maximum 28: 24 Players Registered. 2 Registrations pending: 2 Membership remaining.

CLUB COLOURS

Bangor Ladies have recently secured a suitable 2012 sponsor for the ladies section, in order to furnish all players with a new kit in 2012. The official club sponsor of the ladies section are Sammy Mellon & Sons, Hyundai Dealers, Bingham Street, Bangor, who also sponsor the whole Bangor Football Club organisation, and this includes the ladies section. The club will be furnishing the team with a new home kit for 2012, in traditional Bangor colours (Blue/Yellow) our away kit will be all Black. The new kit will be numbered 1 – 20. Once your Membership is secured you will be allocated a squad number. Players keep their number all season. The shirts of the kit must remain intact 1-20 - Players will be permitted to take their shorts and socks home after a game - though they must always be accounted for, and be returned at the end of the season (September). All players will be expected to take the kit home to wash and prepare for the following fixture. Once you have taken the kit your name will be changed to purple and the next available player in line will take the kit the following week. Club rain jackets (umbro) will be available shortly, which will feature the Bangor FC crest embroidered on the front and the individual players initials. These are availavialable at reduced cost of £20.00.

GENERAL RULES OF THE CLUB

1. The Management and Staff of the Club will adhere strictly to the Rules and Regulations of the NIWFA.
2. All Registered Club members (under 15) will have Parental Permission to play and be involved in Ladies Football.
3. When playing for or representing the Club all players are requested to conform to a strict code of discipline and behave in a proper dignified manner.
4. All Members of the Club will be expected to pay Match Subscriptions, anyone falling into arrears May 16th, will be asked to pay the deficit by text. Any player, who does not make arrangements to pay, will not be eligible for team selection and their membership may be cancelled.
5. No Player under the age of 15 years is eligible for any Team in the Senior Section, and will only be involved in the Junior Section.
6. All Coaching Staff and Managerial teams will be subject to an Access NI check, in line with the clubs Child Protection and Safe Recruitment Policy.

INSURANCE 2012

All players are requested to take out suitable medical insurance. While all efforts are made to ensure the game is played in a healthy and secure environment, it is paramount that players insure against themselves against personal injury or possible loss of income. Bangor Ladies are an amateur club, and have no collective personal insurance, because of the financial burden involved, therefore Bangor Ladies ADVISE all registered players to take the necessary precautions, and get PERSONAL INSURANCE.

DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE

Disciplinary Procedure: a) Suspension 1 (min.) to 4 (max) matches.
Fines £5 - £20. Expulsion.
Each procedure to be handled by the Committee (all subject to individual examination).

Northern Ireland Ireland’s Football Association

FIXTURES: Season 2009