The wet weather has been causing us some problems for our Saturday morning Club with us having to cancel two week out of this month, this has been really disappointing for us with the numbers being double compared to last year, so we have been having to let down quite a few disappointed children, we are trying hard to find an alternative venue for the Saturday morning club to prevent us having to call it off, but it is hard with there being very little options within the Chesterfield area.

The Under 11's 6 a-side BT Community cup kicks of next Tuesday (22^nd November) at Middlecroft leisure centre, with all teams competing for the chance to play in the final, which will be staged here at Saltergate before the Blackpool FC game on the 26^thNovember.

It is the first ever time that the competition has been run in this format; usually the final is staged on the same day as all the other games. So far the schools that have entered the competition are St Mary's Primary, Grassmoor Primary, Mary Swanwick, Dronfield Junior, Clay cross Junior, Calow Primary, Newbold C of E, Wigley, Brockwell Junior, Christ Church C of E and Duckmanton

This is a great opportunity for two of the above schools to play on Saltergate before a live game, the winner will then go on and represent us (Chesterfield FC) in the next stage, and we will compete against Barnsley, Blackpool, Bradford City, Rotherham United, Doncaster Rover, Scunthorpe United, Hartlepool United, Huddersfield United, Trammere Rovers, Oldham Athletic and Port Vale if we are successful in this stage we will then go onto the grand final which will be stage at Wembley Stadium, what an opportunity.

The Girls BT Community Cup will kick of early next year for all the secondary Schools in around Chesterfield area, the Girls will take the exact route as the boys but the final at Wembley being staged on a different day, letters have not yet been sent out to secondary schools but if you know your school would be interested get a member of staff from your school to contact us to guarantee your school a place in the competition.

The Blues School League

School are already competing against each other in the Chesterfield FC blues league, with some results below.

Old Hall Juniors 7 Mary Swanwick 4

Mary Swanwick 0 Hasland 5

Mary Swanwick 4 Brampton 2

Dunston 0 St Mary's Primary 6

I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to Steve Coe and SBK Computers for all their continuous support of our project and the Football Club.

The Best Regards

Danny Harris