Great first walking football fitness and coaching session at Powerleague in Kirkdale last Monday. Fun warm-ups, great football session and small-sided games, finishing off with penalties. Just what we needed before our next competitive outing in September.
A massive thank you to Everton Football Club and EITC Walk Of Life for allowing this to happen and an especially big thanks to Stu Carrington for sorting out the sessions and doing the coaching for us.
If anyone over 50 years of age would like to come, the EITC minibus collects us outside Prenton Park on Borough Road by the kop stand at 10.30pm on Mondays. Session runs fron 11.00am-noon.
You can contact us via Facebook. First session is free of charge with subsequent sessions charged at £3.00 per session and transport is provided.
A coaching session has been arranged over in Liverpool on Monday 10th August 2015 for any interested Tranmere Rovers Walking Football players. It will be taken by Stu Carrington - a coach at Everton ITC.
We have an outdoor astro pitch (power league) ready for us from 11.00am - noon.
Everton have kindly offered to pick us up in their minibus so interested parties need to be outside Prenton Park at the kop end on Borough Road for 10.15am. They will also drop us off after the session.
We will trial the sessions for initially 3 weeks to see how they go. The first session is FREE so please email George if you would like to come - with subsequent weeks @ £3.00 per session.
This session is in addition to the Tranmere one on Wednesdays and NOT instead of.
Goalie Ron practices at the Egremont Festival
We had a great meeting with Stu Carrington at Everton F.C. about walking football. We discussed a variety of subjects including training, mini leagues, expanding sessions etc. This was a very productive meeting and hopefully the liaison and links between Everton & Tranmere Rovers Walking Football will get stronger and stronger. Many thanks Stu for your hospitality.
We visited Cheshire FA on Tuesday last, together with six other interested parties, with a view to organizing the first official FA Walking Football Working Group in England. The first priority is to agree on a set of rules to which organizers of walking football competitions and festivals in Cheshire will agree to abide by. At our next meeting in August we hope to have agreed the basic set of rules and we will try to keep you updated accordingly. It was also suggested that we organize a festival in September to showcase walking football in Cheshire with a view to forming a league structure possibly the following month.
If you cannot comprehend the above photo perhaps you are too young for walking football.
Great turn out again at the walking football yesterday guys. Welcome to three new faces Frank, Dave & Jock.
New space markers have arrived ready for our ballwork / coaching sessions which initially will take place at Shaftsbury Youth Club from 10.00am to 11.00am starting on Wednesday 29th July 2015.
A familiar rivalry was renewed on Sunday 19th July 2015 when Tranmere Rovers visited Chester for a pre-season friendly. No, not the first teams, this was the walking football version, and we had been invited to take part in their Open Day celebrations. Unfortunately Chester did not have a goalkeeper so immediately went into the emergency loan market to bring in experienced keeper Ron Turner from Tranmere Rovers Walking Football. (Well they made us an offer of 48p which we couldn't refuse). It was a very well fought 6-a-side game in which both sides created lots of chances. However the final outcome was a win for Chester by the odd goal in nine. TRWF can again be proud of their achievements so far in this new format of the Beautiful Game. Many thanks go to Chester FC and particularly Steph for their hospitality and friendliness both before, during & after the game. The Open Day was a credit to Chester FC.
May the rivalry long continue.
