Kent-based club earn Charter Standard status.
Sandwich Town AFC was celebrating this week after being presented the coveted FA Charter Standard Award.
The FA Charter Standard Programme is the best practice guide that sets standards of coaching, administration and child protection for all clubs outside of the Football League and Premier League. As a benchmark for quality, the award will improve the playing experience for all involved.
A delighted Club Secretary and Chairman, Trevor Peirce, said: “This award displays the club's commitment to grassroots football in the area and it is pleasing to see that the club's hard work has been rewarded with such a prestigious award.”
The club currently run an U8, U11 and U14s team and Kent County Football Development Officer, Lee Suter, praised the club by adding: “Sandwich Town AFC has worked extremely hard to meet The FA’s criteria and having this award will benefit everyone involved within the club as well as the local community.”
The Kent County FA are committed to club development and have set an ambitious target for having 75 per cent of mini-soccer and youth teams playing within an FA Charter Standard Club by 2012.
Suter went onto say: “Club development is very important to the Kent County FA and as an Association we are committed to football development and will continue to work with clubs in order to achieve the Charter Standard Award.”
For more details on the FA Charter Standard scheme, please contact
lee.suter@kentfa.com or
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