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Sports Academy Teams Up with AFC Emley

Sports Academy Teams Up with AFC Emley

Ian Mason15 Apr 2016 - 10:00
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Kirklees College has announced a partnership with AFC Emley to create a football academy involving the club’s Under 19 squad from next season.

Emley youngsters have won the league twice in a row and are still in the hunt to complete a hat-trick of titles this season. The team competes in the Northern Alliance with the likes of Harrogate Railway Athletic and Frickley Athletic.

AFC Emley’s first team already features several graduates from the Under 19 set-up, including regulars Jordan Townend and Ruben Jerome.

Joanna Dickens, vice-chair of AFC Emley said: “The tie-up gives certainty and sustainability to the Under 19 team at Emley.

“It’s the bedrock of how we develop young players from this age group to the development squad and, ultimately, the first team.

“Working with an organisation like Kirklees College also throws down yet another marker about how we do things at Emley.

“We’re striving to improve all areas of the club – on and off the field – and partnerships like this only strengthen what we’re trying to achieve.”

Head of sport at Kirklees College, Christian Thersby said: “We are very pleased and excited about this opportunity.

“It will provide students at Kirklees College the opportunity to play football at a high level in a very competitive environment with the potential to progress into playing semi-professional football.

“Kirklees College is very keen on promoting community involvement and promoting sport across Kirklees. We already actively sponsor different sporting competitions and teams in the Kirklees area and this is another link that will help provide outstanding opportunities for young people in the local area.

“AFC Emley have been very proactive in developing this partnership and a pleasure to work with, they have a great reputation in the local community and we are looking forward to a long and prosperous partnership with AFC Emley and Kirklees College.”

Students will be given the opportunity to study at Kirklees College with Football training built around their timetable.

Learner will get six hours a week structured football coaching from highly qualified coaches and will then have the opportunity on a weekly basis to playing the highly competitive colleges league as well as the U19’s Northern Alliance league.

Learners can chose any programme of study at Kirklees College and train and play with the Football Academy, this structure is very advantageous especially for players who chose a Sports course as the training and player can for part of BTEC Sports course assessment.

Trials will be taking place in the near future and will be advertised throughout Kirklees – keep an eye out for further developments on this exciting prospect.

For more information about Kirklees College Sports Academy click HERE.

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