A MATCH FOR ELEPHANT ‘LATABE’

An African Elephant at West Midland Safari Park, famed for her footy exploits has at last met her match, as two budding football stars from Warndon Villages Football Club tested her skills to the limit.

West Midland Safari Park were invited to support the Club by helping provide kit for two of their junior teams - the Rhinos (Under 9’s) and Tigers (Under 11’s) – and what better opportunity than showing off their new strip than at half term.

A chance to meet elephant Latabe was the icing on the cake for two members from the Club – Jack Davies (age 9) representing the Tigers and Alex Maund (age 8) the Rhinos. Both boys from Worcester were delighted to hear of Latabe’s extraordinary football skills and enjoyed every moment.

Latabe’s skills were first recognized last year, when she started kicking a ball around during playtime.  As her Keeper was passionate about football too, Latabe proved to be the perfect opponent and appeared to know exactly how to play.

Warndon Villages Football Club was founded in 2001 and is now the premier children’s football club in the city of Worcester. Having been awarded FA Charter standard Community Club Status in early 2009, WVFC as it is often known, now provides football for over 250 children and adults.

A spokesperson for West Midland Safari Park said, “It’s been great working with WVFC; their aim of making the game accessible to all, requires great effort, support and dedication, which they certainly display.  It was lovely to meet the boys and see their new kit – which looks super. We are delighted to have been able to help the Club and wish them a very successful season”.

West Midland Safari Park closes for winter on Friday, 6^th November 2009.

Wild Winter Weekends start on Sunday, 8^th November 2009 and the Park continues to open every weekend until 7^th February 2010. The Park is open daily between 1^st-24^th December. Further information on special events – Bonfire Bonanza, 7^th November and Santa Safari – is available from the Park’s official website www.wmsp.co.uk  or by telephone 01299 402114.

6/11/09
Each month this section will be updated to inform you how WVFC teams are progressing over the season
Mini Soccer
Stourport League

Under 9
Warndon Rhinos U9 have had a tough month having to play all the top sides in the league.
But a win against Worcester Colts and other good performances against Nunnery Scorpions and Kidderminster Athletic in the cup show the boys are improving. In these games they have only conceded 3 goals and look far more organised at the back. The cup defeat against Kiddy Athletic was a close game and the Rhinos nearly took it into extra time when a shot in the last minutes hit the outside of the post.

Under 11 Div 1
Warndon Piranhas U11 have made a solid start to the league having won 3 drawn 2 and lost 2 of their first 7 league games. This keeps them in 5th position. The cup draw was not kind to the Piranhas and they had to play a Droitwich Foxes team in good form a lost the game 3-1

Warndon Lions U11 have moved from the Mercian League to the Stourport League and have had a tough start to the season. They have managed to get their first point of the season and it was against club rival Warndon Piranhas. Hopefully this should encourage the team and results will improve over the coming weeks.

Under 11 Div 2
Warndon Falcons currently lie in 8th out of 12 teams. They have won 2 of their 7 games and hope to improve over the next few games so they can climb up the table.

11 a side
Stourport League

Under 12
Warndon Sharks have had a very good start to the league season winning 8 out of 8 games scoring 52 goals and only conceding 2. Their last league game was against title challengers and local rivals Nunnery Tigers. The Sharks came out 2-0 winners and will be hoping to gain a similar result in this weeks cup match against the same opposition.

Mini Soccer
Mercian League
Under 9
Warndon Cobras U9 are also unbeaten this season and have a 100 % record in their first league campaign so far. Over the next 2 weeks they are playing Newtown Sports who currently lie in 2nd place behind the Cobras. This will give the Cobras some idea how their season may pan out for them.

Under 10 Div 1
Warndon Scorpions have had some excellent results but currently have won 2 lost 2 and drawn 1 of their 5 games. They are currently in 7th position and will be looking to improve this over the coming weeks.

Under 10 Div 2
Warndon Hawks are in the their first season and will be looking to improve as the season goes on.
They are currently at the bottom of the league but will be gaining valuable experience as the season progresses.

Under 11 Div 1
Warndon Tigers are doing well in Div 1 and lie in a good 4th place having won 3 and lost one of their 4 games. 

Under 11 Div 2
Warndon Phoenix have started well in their fist campaign. They have been involved in some exciting games and their recent 6-5 defeat against Northside Colts being a fine example. 

Under 10 Girls
Wildcat U10's currently lie in 3rd place having lost just one of their first 5 games. That came against current top team FerndaleYouth. Hopefully they will be in the mix towards the end of the season.

Under 11 Girls
Wildcat U11 have only player 3 games but have won all 3 and lie in 2nd place with 2 games in hand on top place Droitwich Spa leopards. After last years league and cup double the Wildcat U11 will be hoping for similar success.

11 a side
Mercian League
Under 12
Another unbeaten team is the Warndon Pumas who have won all 4 of their league games. Due to a late cancellation they were docked 3 points and because of this they lie in 3rd place. The Pumas have several new players and are also helping to blood some of the U11's playing for other Warndon teams. They are hoping to have a decent season.

Under 13
Warndon Vipers have gone 6 games unbeaten in their Div 2 campaign this season and lie in third place. The Vipers have won 3 and drawn 3 and are hoping to be pushing for promotion this season.

Under 14
Warndon Villages Wolves  are currently struggling in the in their Under 14 division having lost 5 out of 5 games. The Wolves have played some of the top teams in this division and will be hoping to get better results in the coming weeks.

Central Warwickshire League
Wildcats U16
The U16 lie in a good 3rd position in division 1 having won 3 and lost 2 of their 5 games.

Wildcats U18
The U18's are not doing as well as their U16 counter parts  and currently lie one place of the bottom in the Premier division.

Warndon Villages F.C. (Club Fees 2009-2010)

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  Below are the details for this year fees. For the teams, you can pay either by cash/cheque in full, or by Standing Order (SO) monthly through your bank. SO forms are available through the club and should be returned to the club, not to your bank. These can then be recorded and forwarded to the appropriate bank for processing.

Development Centre

Development Centre (DC) will remain unchanged at £4 per week; however, we will not be taking advanced payments for DC this season as it is difficult to manage through the DC accounts.

Warndon Villages Club Information

Warndon Villages Football club was formed in 2001. It has over the past few years grown and now has over 200 children registered. We are a Chartered Standard Club. We have qualified coaches to train the children in a safe and enjoyable environment. All our coaches are C.R.B checked. If you would like to bring your child to train with our club we train on a Saturday morning at Perdiswell Leisure centre. 

For further information  please click on the e-mail link below to contact Warndon Villages FC. or go to the Development Centre page.

wvfckidsfootball@btopenworld.com

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