Melbourn Dynamos Football Club
All welcome!
http://melbourndynamos.co.uk
Melbourn Dynamos FC is a friendly community youth football club that gives
boys and girls the opportunity to play regular football regardless of their
experience or ability at all ages from 3 through to 18. In addition we now have
a Men’s team and a Ladies’ team as natural homes for our players who
graduate from youth football.
We are a successful club defined by the strength of support from members
and families, the praise and recognition of fellow clubs and FA Leagues, the
work with our Community partners including Melbourn Village College and
Melbourn Parish Council, and of course our players’ achievements on the
pitch and their support for the community. We also have the support of
Melbourn Community Sports Services (MCSS), which is enabling us to
develop and broaden our work within the community. With the support of this
benefactor we are extending our work to make the club more inclusive by
assisting players whose families are unable to afford the necessary fees.
Melbourn Community Sports Services is a brand new Community Interest
Company specifically set up with the aim: To ensure the continuing
provision of sporting opportunities and services to the people of
Melbourn and surrounding villages. Starting with our football club, MCSS is
already expanding with basketball, cycling and potentially cricket teams.
MCSS is also keen to explore further opportunities to support your sport. As a
Community Interest Company, any assets and profits from the company can
only be used for the stated aims – for the benefit of the community - any age,
any sport, any gender. MCSS is keen to hear from you – contact:
[email protected] .
This has been a successful season for the club with new teams and players
who are welcoming the opportunity to play for Melbourn Dynamos. The
addition of four Girls’ Teams at U10, U11 & U16s with the new Ladies’ and
Men’s Teams mean that we now have more than 250 players playing for the
club.
The clearance and development work of work of the old recreation ground on
the Moor by Melbourn Parish Council has enabled the club to make much
better use of the land with a larger 11v11pitch inset with two mini-soccer
pitches. In addition to this clearance work, we are very grateful to the Parish
Council for providing a new storage container for our use on the land behind
the Army Cadet building. This work has really improved the playing area and
makes it so much easier and safer for parents and players to set up for match
day. This has been much appreciated by our members and our many visiting
teams. We are also very grateful to Gonville and Caius College Cambridge
who kindly donated the moveable goals now positioned on the pitch closest to
the sports pavilion (see the photo of our U15s with one of the new goals).
We are hosting two important football festivals – Cambridgeshire FA’s Next
Generation Festival on 23rd April and the Royston Crow Youth Football
League’s U9s’ Tournament on 21st May. We are looking forward to
welcoming many visitors to the village to enjoy the great facilities that we are
fortunate to use and the beautiful setting. We are also looking forward to the
club’s Presentation Day on Sunday 12th June. Once again Melbourn Village
College has kindly agreed to host our annual celebration. As in previous
years we will presenting the Tom Whitely Community Award to one our many
players who best demonstrate the club’s commitment to the Community. Tom
was one of our players and at this event we will also be raising money for
Tom’s Trust www.tomstrust.org.uk .
We are very pleased with the success of our youngest players, the
Dynamites, who increasingly provide the core of our league teams from
under 7 upwards. The Dynamites’ coaching team is led by Dipak Patel. Dee
was Cambridge FA’s Community Coach of the year for 2013, gained his Level
2 coaching in June 2015 and has been appointed to the key leadership role of
our Football Development Officer. These players, aged 3-6, have fun and
develop their skills before deciding whether to play league football as the
club’s under 7s team. This fun, preparation and skill development through the
Dynamites has undoubtedly brought more success to our current League
Teams. These players train with level 2 and level 1 FA qualified coaches in a
Saturday morning fun session for 3-6 year old boys and girls between 09.15
-10.15 am at Melbourn Sports Centre. Sessions feature lots of short activities
aimed at improving individual skills, concentration and the ability to be part of
a team. The first one hour session is free thereafter we charge £2. All are
welcome to the Melbourn Dynamites so why not bring your kids along so
they can check it out. We are hoping to have the opportunity to demonstrate
these skills at this year’s Melbourn Village Fete on 18th June
www.melbournfete.co.uk
All of our coaches are CRB checked and qualified to a minimum of FA Level1
standard. In addition, as a Partnership Club of Cambridge United and through
the support of the FA, our coaches are now receiving to high level mentoring
and support to develop our players and above all else provide them with
enjoyment and exercise. We are also an FA Charter Standard Club which
means that we have all the correct people and practices in place to operate in
line with FA & government requirements. All are welcome and if you are
interested in finding out more about MDFC and the opportunities to play
football with us, please contact David Atkins on 01763 263462 or email [email protected] .
The club’s success depends entirely on enthusiastic members and volunteers.
You may have seen that the club hosted a drop in session at the Hub on 12th
March to welcome new volunteers to the club. If you feel that you would like to
contribute to the club as an administrator, communications leader, fixtures
secretary, coach for the U16s Girls, match day official or in some other
volunteer capacity then we would be pleased to hear from you through
[email protected] or [email protected] . More information
about the club and individual teams is available the club’s Website:
http://melbourndynamos.co.uk.