News Archive:

24th July 2008 Boyz II Men
Clarendon Juniors can confirm the Club will be running a mens team for next season.
The team will drop the 'Juniors' part of the Club's name to run as Clarendon FC and compete in the Andover & District Sunday League.

Although the mens team is a new entity and not a continuation of last season's Under 18s, Clarendon FC will inherit a number of last season's Under 18s players. Together with a number of other players who are currently known within the Club, they are also open to any interested players to come and train and have a trial with the team.

Anyone interested in joining the team should contact the Mens manager James George at james.george@clarendonjuniorsfc.co.uk

Training will start on Sunday 6th July at 10:30am at Hudsons Field, Castle Road, Salisbury with fitness and ball work sessions and be held every Sunday, same time, same place until the end of August. The league season kicks off in September and some preseason friendlies will be arranged towards the end of August.

The team will play their home games at Barrys Field Sports Ground on a Sunday morning with a 10:30am kick off.

May 2008 Arsenal Summer Soccer School Sessions.

As last Summer, Clarendon Juniors will be supporting the Arsenal Residential Summer School at Sparsholt in August.

Apart from being great evenings for our players, they're a great way for us to pay back the support and hospitality that Arsenal FC extend to us.

We do not necessarily expect all players to attend both sessions for their age group, but we aim for at least 6 or 7 of each age group to be present to 'fly the flag' for CJFC. We hope that all the relevant age groups will be able to attend the appropriate sessions and would ask players to contact their Team Managers to confirm their availability.

The sessions will be as follows: (NB. Age groups relate to 2007/8 squads)

Date	Age Group
Mon 11/08/2008	Under 9s and Under 10s
Tues 12/08/2008	Under 11s and Under 12s
Weds 13/08/2008	Under 14s
Mon 18/08/2008	Under 9s and Under 10s
Tues 19/08/2008	Under 11s and Under 12s
Weds 20/08/2008	Under 14s

April 2008 Campaign success: The two campaigns backed by Clarendon Juniors are proving hugely successful.

The club publicly backed the 'Keep it Shut' and 'Don't X the line' campaigns and implemented a zero tolerance stance on inappropriate behaviour at all its home matches at the tail end of last year and since then ropes have surrounded the playing areas for spectators to stand behind during every home fixture.

While the club has never had a serious problem at its own games, Clarendon Juniors were keen to promote that any inappropriate behaviour would not be tolerated and that the players of both teams were able to concentrate on playing and enjoying their football without unnecessary or unwanted influences from the touchline.

Since the ropes have been used visiting teams officials and supporters have expressed their support and endorsed the stance by the club, with the feedback being very positive.
Also the referees have been respected more and be able to referee without any problems, while linesmans have been able to see the whole line without their view being impaired by spectators spilling on to the pitch.

The clubs zero tolerance policy statement and Don't X the line posters are placed around the playing areas and more notices and signs are due to be erected shortly, with the club continuing to enforce the above for the forseeable future..

 

 

20th November 2007..... Clarendon Juniors welcomes Jeff Maund - a former senior Arsenal employee and England Schoolboy international - to the Management team.....

Jeff has been employed by Arsenal for the past 20 years. His ultimate role with the Premiership Club has been as Senior Co-ordinator of the club's residential courses.

During 1959 and '60, he represented England as a schoolboy and has been actively involved in the game ever since.

He brings with him a great deal of experience and expertise which we expect will enable us to further enrich the development of those within our club. We are looking forward to taking the opportunity to develop closer links with Arsenal and are hopeful that the members of our club will be able to enjoy a number of benefits as a result.

Welcome, Jeff.

 

 

 

 

18th November 2007..... Clarendon Juniors has joined two campaigns aimed at stamping out inappropriate behaviour at matches…..

New magazine Total Youth Football has launched the 'KEEP IT SHUT!' campaign this month. The initiative aims to tackle the ever growing problem of inappropriate language and behaviour towards players, together with the abuse of referees and their assistants at matches at grassroots level across the UK. Clarendon Juniors has immediately given its backing and support to the campaign.
While the club doesn't have a particular problem within its own teams and spectators, there have been instances in recent times, when such inappropriate behaviour has occurred in some form during the Club's matches. As a result, the Club wishes to bring in a zero tolerance policy throughout, in an attempt to avoid future problems.
This weekend's home matches for the Clarendon Juniors Under 8's and Under 14's both saw the introduction of roped areas around the pitches together with a ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ which was clearly visible to all at the matches (copy attached).
This is seen as one way to stop 'over-indulgent or abusive' parents/spectators from abusing the referee and his/her assistants as well as preventing spectators from encroaching onto the playing area at the side of the pitch.

The second campaign - The 'DON'T X THE LINE' campaign - follows a similar theme as it also gears itself to raising awareness of the fact that players and officials should be respected. It aims to bring back the spirit of sportsmanship.
Over the course of the season, the club will be introducing and implementing further initiatives to aid the two campaigns.

Clarendon Juniors hopes that other clubs will see the benefit of adopting this approach and will work together with us to help make Youth Football more enjoyable for all involved.

For further information on these two campaigns:
www.totalyouthfootball.com
www.dontxthelinecampaign.com

11th November 2007..... New Pavilion shaping up nicely.....

The new pavilion at Barry's Field is looking very impressive as the outside nears completion and work is well progressed inside.

We are hoping to be able to begin using the facility early this year. It will certainly top off the facilities available to us and will incorporate fully equipped changing rooms, together with other reception areas.

 

Media Contact: Jeremy Thomas, Clarendon Juniors Football Club – jeremy.thomas@clarendonjuniorsfc.co.uk