It may be mid-Winter but lots of things are going on in our Junior Section. Here is a snapshot of current activities plus advance info about the 2017 outdoor Season–

1. Indoor Coaching Programmes

As part of our plan to improve technique and game awareness, we have significantly increased the number of indoor practices before and after Christmas 2016. In total we are delivering over 85 hours of coaching to our Junior players this Winter.

Ongoing sessions -

General Sessions - focussed on boys and girls not taking part in Academy Training are as follows -

Girls – Indoor sessions are being held at Wren Academy – see separate news item for details.

Boys – Post February Indoor sessions on 26 Feb and 5, 12, 19, 26 March (all Sundays) also at Wren Academy as follows –

• Under 7, 8, 9 and 10s – 12 noon to 1.30 pm – these sessions are now fully booked
• Under 11, 12 and 13 – 1.30 pm to 3pm – nearly fully booked so if you want to sign up please email nmcc.colts.gmail.com asap

These sessions will be delivered by a Pro -Coach with help from our own volunteers.

Academy Sessions – Sessions for boys and girls selected for Pre-Academy (mainly U10/11s), Junior Academy (mainly U12/13s) and Academy (mainly U14-16) Groups have been running since before Christmas.
These Programmes have been directed by Head Coach, David Robson, and delivered by Dave and 3 other Pro Coaches with help from our own volunteer coaches at 4 separate venues. In line with our Player Pathway, Academy selection was made by Dave in consultation with age Group Managers.

2. Indoor Leagues

In full swing at PlayOnSports, Whitechapel.

Girls – see separate news item for information about how our Girls indoor teams are doing.

Boys – we have teams playing in the U10, 11, 13, 15 and 17 competitions.

Fixtures Results/League tables - for both girls and boys can be viewed at
http://playonsports.spawtz.com/SpawtzSkin/Fixtures/LeagueList.aspx?SportId=6&ClassId=5.

3. Coach Education –

6 of our volunteer Coaches are currently taking the ECB Level 2. This Course is demanding – it involves 3 all day sessions (plus an assessment day) and a series of 6 supported practices.

A similar number of volunteers have done or are doing the ECB Coach Support Worker day course.

We are very grateful to those giving up their leisure time to acquire these qualifications which are vital to the continued success of our Club. If any other Mums, Dads, siblings or other relations would like to know more about coaching courses please email – nmcc.colts@gmail.com.

4.Registration for 2017

Forms will be emailed to existing members and to those who have recorded an interest in joining in early March 2017.

5.Outdoor Practices dates and times for 2017

Outdoor Practices will start on the weekend of 21/22 April.

Practices for all Girls and U11 and younger boys will be held on Saturdays between 9 and 10.30am. The exception will be on the 10 and 24 June and 15 and 22 July when these practices will be moved to Sunday mornings – the times will remain the same.

Practices for U12 and older boys will be on Friday evenings starting at 6.30.

6. Junior Fixtures for 2017 –

We are entering teams at the following age groups -

Girls - U11, U13 and U15
Boys - U10 (x2), U11 (x2), U13 (x2), U15 and U17 (Cup only) age groups.

League and Cup fixtures are now available on the website - click on "Teams" and then select the relevant age group and click on Fixtures. Friendly fixtures are being organised and will be added in due course.