BARNET'S NEW FOOTBALLING CENTRE
Posted on: Sun 29 Mar 2009
A Barnet FC Girls' Academy, operated in partnership with Stanmore College, will be one of the features of the exciting new 44-acre multi-million Prince Edward playing fields complex at Canons Park.
Paul Fairclough, the chief executive of Barnet Sports Development, was at the college on Monday for a Soccer Open Evening to launch what he described as "a pioneering partnership". Saying that Prince Edward would provide a state-of-the-arts football centre, he told his audience of potential sixth formers and their parents: "The facilities will be better than at most courses run in the country".
Stanmore College, which had a 99.4 per cent A level pass rate in 2008, offers a wide range of education routes to girls entering the Barnet FC Girls' Academy.
The football programme will include six hours of coaching per week and a weekly fixture programme on a Wednesday afternoon in the Amateur Football Alliance League competing against the likes of Arsenal, Charlton and Chelsea.
The progression route for successful players in the academy will be to the Barnet FC Ladies first and reserve teams competing in the FA Women's Premier League. Coaching for the academy will be led by Tracey Kevins, a UEFA A licensed coach who works with Barnet and is also assistant coach to the England under-17s girls team.
Archie Foulds, vice-principal of the college, welcomed everyone to the launch and he and Anthony Frayne and Tracey Kevins outlined the academic side of the partnership in relation to the football. Graham Slyper and Dennis Signy represented Barnet FC and Barnet Sports Development.
The facilities will include two full sized floodlit artificial pitches, a stadium, training pitches, ultra-modern changing rooms, a sports injury clinic , a cafeteria and numerous hospitality and banqueting suites.
The Barnet players, who have led a nomadic existence finding training facilities in Hertfordshire in recent years, will train at Prince Edward from next season. There will be a Centre of Excellence for boys and a youth scholarship scheme.
Note: Ian Hendon and the squad visited Prince Edward today to get a first glimpse of the rapidly developing complex.
Dennis Signy
*Please note that the picture on the right is for illustration only, and does not show the current progress of PEPF.
Paul Fairclough, the chief executive of Barnet Sports Development, was at the college on Monday for a Soccer Open Evening to launch what he described as "a pioneering partnership". Saying that Prince Edward would provide a state-of-the-arts football centre, he told his audience of potential sixth formers and their parents: "The facilities will be better than at most courses run in the country".
Stanmore College, which had a 99.4 per cent A level pass rate in 2008, offers a wide range of education routes to girls entering the Barnet FC Girls' Academy.
The football programme will include six hours of coaching per week and a weekly fixture programme on a Wednesday afternoon in the Amateur Football Alliance League competing against the likes of Arsenal, Charlton and Chelsea.
The progression route for successful players in the academy will be to the Barnet FC Ladies first and reserve teams competing in the FA Women's Premier League. Coaching for the academy will be led by Tracey Kevins, a UEFA A licensed coach who works with Barnet and is also assistant coach to the England under-17s girls team.
Archie Foulds, vice-principal of the college, welcomed everyone to the launch and he and Anthony Frayne and Tracey Kevins outlined the academic side of the partnership in relation to the football. Graham Slyper and Dennis Signy represented Barnet FC and Barnet Sports Development.
The facilities will include two full sized floodlit artificial pitches, a stadium, training pitches, ultra-modern changing rooms, a sports injury clinic , a cafeteria and numerous hospitality and banqueting suites.
The Barnet players, who have led a nomadic existence finding training facilities in Hertfordshire in recent years, will train at Prince Edward from next season. There will be a Centre of Excellence for boys and a youth scholarship scheme.
Note: Ian Hendon and the squad visited Prince Edward today to get a first glimpse of the rapidly developing complex.
Dennis Signy
*Please note that the picture on the right is for illustration only, and does not show the current progress of PEPF.
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