A football club is encouraging young players to join its teams.
Samuel Palmer, who coaches the Hurst Football Club under 16s in the season just ending and will follow them up as under 17s, said: “We need a few more players for the team from September.
“We have players from a wide area including Wokingham, Woodley, Wargrave, Charvil, Maidenhead and Twyford. For people who have recently moved into the new homes at Emmbrook we’re only just up the road. We’d be pleased to see them.
“We have our own pitch with ample parking at Stow Bridge Field, just past The Green Man in Hinton Road, Hurst. We train there once a week on Mondays during British Summer Time and play our home games there.
“In the winter we train on the 4G artificial pitches at Cantley Park, Wokingham.” The team is currently in Division 4 of the East Berkshire Football League.
Samuel, an A-level student at The Piggott School, Wargrave, says potential players can be sure of a great welcome.
Another of the club’s boys’ teams, the current under 12s coached by Nick Roberts, would also like some more players. The team, which trains on Thursdays, is in the Berkshire Youth Development League Division 2.
Contact Samuel and Nick by emailing: info@hurstvillage.co.uk
There’s coaching, known as Minis, for children from the age of five on Saturdays at 9am at Stow Bridge Field. Email Contact@hurstfc.org.uk or message by Hurst Football Club’s Facebook page for details.
The Club’s Party in the Park live music festival is on Saturday July 1 from 6pm at the Stow Bridge Field, Hinton Road, Hurst. The event is a fundraiser for the club. Tickets are available from https://www.tickettailor.com/events/partyinthepark/894256
