Conwy Borough Football Club was delighted to welcome Wales national team manager, Chris Coleman, in front of a packed audience to open the clubs new clubhouse facility at "Y Morfa Venue”.

Those present included club funders, sponsors, academy players and their parents along with club staff & volunteers.

After a four year process, and a cost of over £150,000, the new facility at Y Morfa Stadium was completed in time for the new season, with Chris Coleman officially opening the new venue on Thursday, 20th November 2014.

The project was funded by the Cyfenter fund, WCVA, Conwy Borough County Council, Cartrefi Conwy and Conwy Town Council.

Coleman praised the club: “The facilities here are fantastic and it is testament to the hard work a lot of people have put in to make this happen."

“It is clear that something special is happening here, and although results have not been great on the pitch, they have a bright new manager in Aden (Shannon), and I am confident after speaking to him tonight that he will take the club forward to get where they want to be.”

After presenting the clubs academy players with trophies following an under 10 academy match prior to the opening, Coleman then presented new academy shirts to the new sponsors who then presented the shirt to a player from each age group. Team sponsors included the Castle Hotel, G Puchase Contruction and Hickorys Smokehouse. The Wales manager then took part in a question and answer session with the audience which he answered honestly and in good humour.

Conwy Borough Academy Director Chris Whitley commented: “ We were delighted to have Chris Coleman at Conwy Borough Football Club to officially open the new clubhouse and address the youngsters at the Academy. We were particularly pleased to be in a position to share the occassion with our funders and team sponsors who were presented with the new kit that they donated to the respective Squads."

"Chris gave a truely inspirational address giving the young players an insight what is required to progress in the game. His visit could not have come at a better time, with everyone associaated with Welsh football being delighted with the current progress that the National team is making. The atmosphere in the Club during the evening reflected the current feel good factor surrounding Welsh Football and indeed within Conwy Borough Football Club.“

The club would like to thank the FAW for arranging the visit and to all of those who attended on the night to mark the special occasion.

The new venue is available for hire for functions, meetings and events and can be booked by calling 01492 203243 or email venue@conwyboroughfc.com

The club is also seeking new sponsors & advertisers with a variety of options available, more info is available from Lisa (Commercial Manager) by calling 07584 243557 or emailing commercial@conwyboroughfc.com