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2010
DECEMBER
32nd Ebgc Jailbreak fundraiser
On a chilly Saturday October 2nd, the
2010 Jailbreak escapees gathered at the
forecourt of HMP Chelmsford at 8.30am
to meet Lindsay Whitehouse, the Deputy
Governor. With old friends as well as
new teams taking part, the array of fancy
dress was fantastic with land girls, rowers
and lions amongst the assembled crowd.
The idea of the day is simple, the teams
‘escape’ from the prison and then try to
get as far as possible without spending
any money. At 9am the Deputy Governor
gave the signal to escape and off the
The ‘LandGirls’ team on their army jeep, about to
begin their long journey to Genrmany
teams went, some by bus, some walking
and even some in an Army Jeep!
U12 / u14 55-A-side football
The Land Girls on their Jeep went to
Stansted and caused one or two heads to
turn. They boarded a plane for Germany
and arrived in Backnang, the twin town of
Chelmsford. The Lions Club, arrived in
Cromer Police Station after using 5
different bus routes, attracting
congratulations and donations along the
way. The rowers arrived at Chelmsford
Boys Club and manned the rowing
machines as a team for over 6.5 hours
solid rowing.
Venue: Riverside Ice & Leisure
Chelmsford, CM1 1RG
Time: 9.15am Report
Cost: £15 (max 8ppl per team)
Age:
U12 & U14 on 1st Sept 2010
EBGC would like to thank all the teams
that took part as well as Lindsay and his
staff once again for the use of the Prison.
The teams all enjoyed themselves and
were rewarded with a great sense of
pride at their achievement. At the time
of printing there is not a final figure but it
is hoped that over £2000 has been raised
for charity of which 50% goes to EBGC
and 50% to a charity of each
participant’s choice.
Ebgc Bentley classic golf day
The second of the 2010 Classic Golf Days
was played at Bentley Golf Club on Thursday 7th October under perfect conditions.
17 teams played 18 holes to Stapleford
Rules.
The teams were again
supplemented by celebrities amongst
whom was long standing friend of EBGC
John Conteh and former England
footballer Teddy Sherringham.
After 5 hours of play the winning team
with 110 points, who took the John
C o n t eh T ro p h y , w a s A b ri d g e
Developments – John Seabrooke, Kate
Gadsby, Annette Stansfield and John
Worby. They were closely followed by
W+H Marriage and Sons – Les Skepper,
Robin Brierley, Steve Large and the racing
pundit from Channel 4, Graham Goode –
with 106 points.
The Frankie Vaughan Memorial Trophy,
awarded to the team who scores the
most points on the back 9 holes, went to
the Natwest Team – Darren Clarke,
Charlie Hunter, Colin Pardoe and Ian
Plunkett with 59 points.
Upcoming events
EBGC would like to thank sponsors
Warburtons Bakeries, Waverley TBS
Drinks Distributors and finally Cabana
Drinks for their generous support on the
day.
After a good lunch the auction and raffle
was expertly overseen by John Conteh.
Entertainment was provided by George
Saunders with his stand up routine.
Thanks to all players, celebrities, Bentley
Golf Club, sponsors and staff for making
the day such a success. The day raised
£3000 towards EBGC funds to continue
our programme of events.
(30 Dec 2010)
Combined ebgc and cyp
national county cross
country championship
Venue: Stubbers Adventure Centre,
Upminster, RM14 2TY
Meet: 12pm
Cost:
£1 per runner
Age:
U11, U13, U15, U17 (on
1st Sept 2010)
Ebgc tabletable-tennis
(24, 25 & 31 jan. 2011)
NORTH ESSEX RD:
Date: Mon 24th Jan, 6.30pm
Venue: Gt. Sampfords YC
MID ESSEX RD:
Date: Tue 25th Jan, 6.30pm
Venue: Chelmsford Boys Club
SOUTH ESSEX RD:
Date: Mon 31st Jan, 6.30pm
Venue: East Tilbury YC
Age:
U12,U14,U16,U19
(on 1st Sep 2010)
COST: £2 per person
U16 / u19 55-A-side football
(12 feb 2011)
Venue: Riverside Ice & Leisure
Chelmsford, CM1 1RG
Time: 9.15am Report
Cost: £15 (max 8ppl per team)
Age:
U16 & U19 on 1st Sept 2010
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YC came second with a time of 139
minutes. Commiserations to ‘Bravo 7’
from Boreham YC who were narrowly
beaten by 2 minutes with a time of 141
minutes. Congratulations to William
Aitken, Frazer Bush, James Kelvin and
The scoring was based on time, with a Miles Newman (‘Bravo 3’) and to Ollie
twenty minute penalty applied to any Bennett, Joseph Bennett, , Evie Newman,
team that did not complete an activity. and Jack King (‘Bravo’ 4) of Sampford YC.
The activities included a tree climb,
crossing the creek, rope swing, tunnel
challenge, stretcher challenge, shelter
build, egg drop, rifle shooting and
an observation test. There was also a
one mile rope trail to follow through a
forest.
In 16 teams of four, the young people
were released onto the farm at
staggered times to follow a set route of
around 4 miles with activity stations
positioned along the way.
(15 jan 2011)
For more information on any of our
events and activities then please
email:
[email protected]
Remember that these are only three
of a wide range of events that we put
on throughout the year.
(left to right) Stuart Gillis (Warburtons), Annette Stansfield and John Conteh
Merry Christmas
Conquering the Tree-Climb!
On Friday 19th November club members
from Sampford YC, Gt. Bardfield YC,
Wickham St. Pauls YC, Chelmsford BC,
Boreham YC and Last Resort Youth Group
descended upon Spaynes Hall Farm in
Yeldham for the Essex Boys and Girls
Clubs’ Night Exercise. The use of the The winning team from Sampford YC was
farm instead of Stubbers allowed for a ‘Bravo 3’ with a speedy time of 107
slightly different approach to the minutes. ‘Bravo 4’ also from Sampford
evening.
The winning team and runners-up from
Great Sampfords Youth Club
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CYP England trial
E D I TO R I A L
Essex Boys and Girls Clubs,
Harway House,
Rectory Lane,
Chelmsford,
Essex, CM1 1RQ.
Tel: 01245 264783
Fax: 01245 264626
On Saturday 30th October the Essex Boys
and Girls Clubs hosted the CYP South Like everyone else, EBGC has found the
England Football Trial at the Basildon last 6 months of the year very hard.
Despite this we welcome two new faces
Bowl Stadium.
to our staff team; Elliott Levy and
Clubs from as far a field as Oxfordshire Afsheen Panjalizadeh (Af for short). Both
and Leicestershire were present on the are sports development officers; learn
day, including Gary Lineker’s old club; more on page 3!
Blaby and Whetstone. The Essex Boys
and Girls Clubs were well represented at Well Christmas is almost here! 2010 has
the trial with 11 young footballers from been extremely busy and there is no let
Crown and Manor, Basildon Boys FC and up for 2011 with a raft of entry forms
enclosed in this mailing. Make sure that
Woodham Radars FC in attendance.
you enjoy the festive season and are
On a fantastic surface, the trialists played fully revitalised for the year ahead.
two practice games. Matt Chester from
Woodham Radars FC made a particular A big thank you from everyone at the
impression, scoring four of the five goals EBGC office for your support in 2010 and
scored on the day.
have a great Christmas and New Year!!
EBGC would like to thank all of the Here’s to 2011 being equally as enjoyyoung players for coming along to make able!
the day a success. Also a big thanks to
Martin Solder
the CYP England manager Alan Watson
County
Director
and his team for making the long journey
from Durham to assess the players.
Website: www.essexboysandgirlsclubs.org
Registered Charity No.: 301447
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Inside this issue...
Night Exercise
CYP England Football Trial
Editorial
CYP Boxing
Mountain Bike Skills
EBGC Paintballing Day
U16 Representative Football
Rugby and Boxing Development
Respect Project Outcomes
Fundraising Corner
Club Corner
Jailbreak Fundraiser
Bentley Classic Golf Day
Upcoming Events
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Essex Boys and Girls Clubs - Newsletter
DECEMBER 2010
CYP Boxing
Mountain Bike skills
U16 rep football
The CYP National Boxing Championships
began on 2nd October 2010 with the
Anglia Round being held at Hutton
Community Centre.
The mountain bike skills course was
held over three days at High Row in the
Lake District. The young people from
The Hut Youth Club in Braintree
broadened their knowledge on bike
maintenance and skills which are
essential for going off road.
The Essex Boys and Girls Clubs’
Representative Squad is made up from
players from affiliated football clubs
and youth clubs throughout the county.
More than 25 boxers from 12 amateur
boxing clubs across Essex entered the
prestigious event which represents the
pinnacle of amateur youth boxing in the
country. After the Anglia round and
then the Regional Round on the 17th
(against the South East Region), a total
of 7 boxers from Essex progressed to
the Quarter-Finals of the competition
against London, again held at Hutton
Community Centre on 24th October
2010.
On the day Mat McCarthy (Class B, 6063kg) of Chadwell St. Mary ABC was
extremely unlucky to lose his bout 3-4,
having been frustrated by his
opponent’s cautious and somewhat
negative approach. Also in Class B Jack
Murray (66-70kg) of Five Star ABC
produced a professional display to beat
C. Renton of Earlsfield, London.
In Class C the London boxers proved for
the most part too strong. However the
last bout of the day, at 81-86kg between
Sam Delaney (Hornchurch & Elm Park
ABC) and R.Slue of Fitzroy Lodge,
London, was an epic. Unfortunately for
Sam the judges sided with Slue 4-1 after
the recount had gone to 18-18!
Ron shares his expertise on one of the EBGC bikes
The young people were taught the skills
on a number of routes in Greystoke
forest that are used by the British Rally
team. They were able to practice
roadside repairs such as using the
puncture repair kit and mending the
chain with the chain tool, as well as
setting up and maintaining the bikes for
a ride.
The EBGC will be running events in the
New Year in order to introduce and
enthuse our members about Mountain
Biking. For more details please contact
the EBGC main office on 01245 264783.
The Rep Trial held on the Saturday 9th
October 2010 was a great
success with a total of 40 players from
Brentwood Athletic, Woodham Radars,
Basildon Boys and Island Boys and Girls
Club in attendance.
From the
attendees, 25 were invited into the
provisional squad which plays two
friendly trial matches before the final
squad is selected.
The final squad will play in prestige
fixtures against professional clubs like
Tottenham Hotspur, Ipswich Town and
Southend United, as well as touring the
North of England.
In the first trial friendly EBGC started in
slowly, going 2-0 down after just ten
minutes.
However the lads soon
settled down and began to pass the ball
around, finishing the half strongly.
EBGC came out with all guns blazing in
the second period after a stirring half
time team talk from stand-in manager
Ron Buckley. A glut of goals combined
with diligence in midfield and defence
eventually saw EBGC emerge 5-2 victors in a closely contested match.
Ebgc Paintballing
On Saturday 13th November, 58 young
people from Great Tey YAC, Wickham
St. Pauls YC, Maldon and Tiptree YFC,
SNAC and Wivenhoe YC took part in the
EBGC Paintball Day at Delta Force in
Upminster.
Crown and Manor (Red) take full advantage of
EBGC’s early confusion.
In the Semi Final, which was held in
South Wales, Jack Murray (Class B 6670kg) put in a brave performance
against a strong opponent in Tamuka
Muchapondwa from Reading but
unfortunately did not progress to the
final. A big thanks to all staff at Hutton
Community Centre for their support
throughout the competition and also to
Barry Bowers of the ABA, without
whose hard work the competition
would not be such a success.
Many thanks to Franklin Shillingford
and all of the Crown and Manor team
for being such good hosts and
providing
a great test for the
Representative team in their first
match. We now look forward to the
second friendly match which will be
held in early December.
After being split into two teams; ‘Fire’
and ‘Water’, the young people took part
in a minimum of 12 games in 6 different
combat areas. The competition went
right down to the wire with the scores
level heading into the final match.
Team ‘Fire’ eventually won the
competition to top off a fantastic day.
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If you would like to nominate any
players at your club who you believe
warrant a place in the Rep Squad then
please contact Charlie at the EBGC
main office with their details
on 01245 264783 or via email at
[email protected].
Essex Boys and Girls Clubs - Newsletter
DECEMBER 2010
EBGC expand boxing and rugby roles
with new staff
Essex Boys and Girls Clubs have teamed
up with the Amateur Boxing Association
of England (ABAE) and Sportessex to
introduce Essex’s first Boxing
Development Officer. Af Panjalizadeh
has been appointed in order to increase
participation, sustainability and
opportunities to excel at boxing in Essex.
Elliott Levy has been employed by Essex
Boys and Girls Clubs in partnership with
The RFL and Brentwood Elvers RLFC.
Elliott studied Sports Management with
Rugby Studies at Buckinghamshire New
University and will be supporting the
growth of Rugby League in Essex schools
and clubs, predominantly along the A12
from Brentwood, through Chelmsford to
Colchester.
Af has been involved in boxing from an
early age and continued through to
university where he won a silver medal
at the British University championships.
One of Af’s aims is to open up boxing
opportunities to wider audiences of
gender, age and social class as well as
performing, coaching and officiating. Af
can be contacted at the EBGC main office
on 01245 264783 or via email on
[email protected].
Elliott is a Community Rugby League
Coach (CRC). His role with EBGC is to
actively increase the participation and
raise awareness of Rugby League in
Essex, this will be achieved through
coaching in schools and clubs all over
Essex from grass roots to University
level. Contact Elliott via email on:
[email protected]
Respect Feedback
F UNDING CORNER
A copy of a letter from a recent Respect
Project participant entitled: ‘What I’ve The Variety Club of GB
Achieved on the Respect Project So Far’ The Variety Club of GB will consider applications from clubs who need new
On the Respect Project I have achieved equipment. You must show that you are
the trust of others and have gained the also raising money towards your venfriendship of other people from four ture. The maximum you can apply for is
different schools. I have completed the £1000. www.varietyclub.org.uk
first and second Activity Days in The process is very simple, log on to our
Stubbers and I am now going every website and download the form in the
Thursday to the Salvation Army Centre Club Leader Information section, Fund
in Saffron Walden for 8 life skills ses- Raising Corner. Once completed please
sions that I have to do to achieve going post the form to Sue Pell at the EBGC
to the Lake District for a week. Also I’ve office. Any questions on filling out the
learned that it’s not all about having fun form can also be addressed to Sue Pell.
and messing around for a joke, it’s also
about listening and learning and to Jubilee People’s Millions 2011
behave more at school, not getting told The Jubilee Peoples Millions is for those
off all of the time. Also its about taking who have a great idea for a project to
part and participating so we have a inspire their local community, involve
better future and get a good job and local people working together to tackle
qualifications so we don’t end up in the a problem and need up to £60,000 to
wrong crowd of people. Also not to be make it happen. the Jubilee People’s
shy, to be more confident so we can do Millions BIG will be making 60 awards of
more stuff like for example, when you up to £60,000 to new projects that will
play a guitar in front of loads of people. take place in 2012 and improve local
Also to help others if they’re stuck or places or the lives of people in the
troubled. And to help the staff of the community. The public will vote on who
gets the money, so the ideas need to
Essex Boys and Girls Clubs.
capture the public’s imagination and
Uttlesford Respect Autumn 2010 persuade them to vote.
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C LU B CO RN E R
Theydon Youth, an affiliated club in
Theydon Bois, gained a three star rating
from the Epping Forest Youth Council in
a recent survey that visited clubs across
the district. Thea Buisson was delighted
and a newly refurbished building will be
opened in January.
1163 Colne Valley Squadron Air Cadets
are the Essex ATC Champions for Banner
Drill. They now have the honour of
carrying the Essex Wing Banner on next
year’s ATC Sunday Parade at RAF Church
of St Clement in London, as well as
heading the parade in Chelmsford next
June.
(Left to Right) Cdt A Jenkins, Cpl D Heath, Sgt J
Wood, Cpl S Chumbley and Cdt D Cannard
Eight Ash Green Youth Group had
been struggling with low numbers. On
17th November, with the help of EBGC,
a re-launch night was held. Twenty-two
young people of a wide age range
turned out after hearing advertisements
we had organised on the Radio and in
the School Newsletter. Feedback from
the young people was all positive and
they seemed to be enthused about the
prospect of coming back
Frenford Clubs celebrates its 80th
anniversary this year and it was
appropriately marked with the opening
of its brand new building on 25th
October 2010. The facilities provided
are fantastic and include a Sports Hall
with indoor cricket nets and badminton
courts, 2 all-weather astro pitches,
outdoor cricket nets, football pitches
dance studio, changing room, music studio and IT room.
Frenford Clubs’ impressive new facility in Ilford