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OBITUARY
DCSFA are sad to announce that Dave Carr, long time Secretary of the Joicey Cup, passed away in hospital on Monday 20 January after a short illness. His funeral will be held on Friday 28 February at Durham Crematorium at 1.30pm.
RESULTS
- U14 Boys NCSFA South Yorkshire 1 Durham 1 (Morgan Storey)
- U14 Girls NCSFA Durham 3 Cleveland 1 (Poppie Phillipson, Isla Burdon-Watson, Emily Robson)
- U14 Girls NCSFA South Yorkshire 0 Durham 5 (Isla Burdon-Watson, Lydia Turns 2, AlishaHewitt, Saisha Snowdon)
- U18 NCSFA Cleveland Blue 1 Durham 3 (Ashton Houlahan, Louis Burns Max Brandon)
- U16 Girls NCSFA Durham 3 Northumberland 1 (Grace Stubbs, Macy Bangura 2)
- U14 Girls NCSFA Durham 4 Northumberland 0 (Molly Reeks, Isobel Kilpatrick 2, Lily Scott)
ARRANGED COUNTY MATCHES
- Saturday 1 March NCo KO Durham U16b v Lancashire at Washington Hub ko 2pm
- Tuesday 4 March NCo Durham U16g v Cleveland at Downhill Hub ko 8.15pm
- Friday 7 March ESFA SF: Durham U16b v Northumberland at Washington Hub Ko 7.15pm
- Friday 7 March: NCo Durham U18 v Cleveland (Blues) Ko 8pm
- Saturday 15 March NCo North Yorkshire U16b v Durham at Thirsk School ko 11am
- Friday 21 March NCo Northumberland U16b v Durham at Morpeth Town ko tbc
- Tuesday 25 March NCo Northumberland U16g v Durham at Cochrane Park ko 8pm
- Friday 28 March NCo Durham U14g v South Yorkshire at Washington Hub ko 7.15pm
- Friday 28 March NCo Cleveland Red U18 v Durham venue tbc
DCSFA BOYS COUNTY FUTSAL CUP 2024-45
The County Futsal Cup Finals take place at the Beacon of Light, Sunderland, SR5 1SN on Thursday 6th March 2025.
15:00pm (Court 1) U12- St Thomas More Catholic School (Gateshead) v Hurworth School (Darlington)
15:00pm (Court 2) U13- St Joseph’s Catholic Academy (South Tyneside) v Durham Johnston (Bishop Auckland)
16:00pm (Court 1) U14- St Joseph’s Catholic Academy (South Tyneside) v Hurworth School (Darlington)
16:00pm (Court 2) U15- Jarrow School (South Tyneside) v Hurworth School (Darlington)
17:00pm (Court 1) U16- Framwellgate (CLSWD) v Carmel College (Darlington)
Entry is free, and spectators are welcome to support from the viewing galleries.
PRIMARY NEWS
INTER-ASSOCIATION COMPETITONS
Harrison Cup
Results from Saturday 15th February
- East Northumberland & Berwick v Chester-le-Street (Home win)
- North Tyneside v Redcar & Cleveland (Home win)
- South & West Northumberland v Middlesbrough (Home win)
North Tyneside have moved to the top of the league following their victory over Redcar & Cleveland. They have a 1 point advantage over Sunderland but have played a game more than the Wearsiders. Other teams in contention are South Tyneside, South & West Northumberland and Newcastle.
ESFA Pokémon U11 Inter-association Cup
Sunderland are into the semi-finals of this competition. Their quarter final tie against Rotherham ended, after extra time, in a draw but the Wearsiders progressed into the last four by winning the match on penalties. In the semi-final Sunderland are drawn away to Liverpool, holders of the trophy for past two seasons.
INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITONS
Year 4 Trophy, Girls Trophy and Alan Grimes Memorial Trophy
The dates for the semi-finals and finals of the three competitions have been set.
- Year 4 Trophy: semi-finals on Monday 24 March with the final on Monday 12 May
- Girls Trophy: semi-finals on Monday 31 March with the final on Monday 19 May
- Alan Grimes Memorial Trophy: semi-finals on Tuesday 8 April with the final on Tuesday 20 May
Ty McGurk Indoor 5-a-side Trophy
The final will be on Tuesday 25th March at The Dolphin Centre, Darlington commencing at 4pm.
ESFA Pokémon Primary Schools' Competitions
ESFA are currently in the process of arranging the North Region Finals of the three Primary School competitions.
- Small Schools: This will be held at Washington Hub on Wednesday 19th March. Seaburn Dene Primary School (Sunderland PSFA) are Durham's representatives.
- Girls: This will be played in ESFA Area B. Date and venue to be confirmed. Bernard Gilpin Primary School (Lambton & Hetton PSFA) are Durham's representatives.
- School Teams: This will be played in ESFA Area B. Date and venue to be confirmed. St Mary's RC Primary School (Sunderland PSFA) are Durham's representatives..
ESFA Schools’ Football Week 2025
Schools’ Football Week in Partnership with Pokémon: 31 March – 6 April
Schools’ Football Week (SFW) 2025 will be back in the calendars of schools across England from Monday 31 March until Sunday 6 April and for the first time, will run in partnership with Pokémon! Designed as an opportunity for schools, teams and Associations from across the country to embrace schools’ football and the wellbeing benefits it provides to pupils and players, the ESFA and Pokémon will be taking Schools’ Football Week to new heights in 2025! Last year, over a quarter of a million school pupils benefitted from SFW activity and ESFA want to ensure even more pupils receive the opportunity to take part and have fun thanks to the ESFA and Pokémon in 2025.
ESFA have put together a comprehensive guide to Schools’ Football Week 2025, which includes information on resources, tips for activities and opportunities that will help schools to make the most of the campaign, and ESFA hope that you can share this with the schools within your Association to help create additional activity! ESFA also hope you will be able to use this to create some activity for your players during training or around fixtures during the 31 March – 6 April 2025. The guide can be found using this link (Guide to Schools' Football Week) to help you to plan whatever you can to get involved.
Don’t forget to register your activity using the link below, so ESFA can see how SFW also benefits players within ESFA Association activity:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SFW2025
You can find full information on the 2025 campaign on ESFA's dedicated website, www.PokemonESFA.com, where ESFA have created a fantastic space to host all ESFA's downloadable resources such as certificates and social media assets, to catch up on news stories and stay up to date with all of our exciting plans!
Finally, help ESFA to tell the world all about Schools’ Football Week 2025 and how it will be benefitting your pupils this year. You can share social posts tagging @schoolsfootball and @pokémonnewsuk and using the hashtag #schoolsfootballweek, so ESFA can keep up with all the action. You can also download the “We’re supporting Schools’ Football Week” images via the PokémonESFA website which you can use to help share your stories.
ESFA wish you the very best of luck planning for the 31 March – 6 April 2025 and please get in touch if you would like any further information.
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SPONSORSHIP
DCSFA are looking for sponsors to allow the association to continue providing excellent football opportunities for male and female players in the schools, academies and colleges across the County from primary through to tertiary.
If you are interested in sponsoring any of the activities that we provide please read the information letter using this link (information) or contact kgilbertson@hotmail.co.uk
SAFEGUARDING AWARENESS for PARENTS and CARERS
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility – but are you clear about the vital role you play?
This short Safeguarding for Parents course is designed to help you make an informed choice about the football setting you enrol your child in.
Scan the QR code to access the free course or find out more.
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