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OBITUARY

Sad news Life Member and past Chairman Ray Snowball has passed away aged 92. Ray was County Chairman in 1981-82 and a stalwart of South Shields Primary SFA. He attended the County AGM regularly until quite recently. He played as a goalkeeper in the football league for Darlington but is better known as playing for Crook Town winning three FA Amateur Cups in 1959, 1962 and 1964. He was headteacher of East Boldon Primary School.

RESULTS

• U16 NCSFA Northumberland 0 Durham 1(Harry Hewitt)
  
• U16 NCSFA North Yorkshire 1 Durham 3 (Ahmed Kilic, Niall Armstrong, Oliver O'Connor)
• U18 NCSFA Durham 9 Cleveland 0 (Finlay Rose, Max Brandon 2, Max Monaghan 6)
• U16 Boys ESFA S-F Durham 0 Northumberland 4
• U16 Girls NCSFA Durham 4 Cleveland 2 (Tiegan Wilson pen, Layla. Vickers 2, Grace Stubbs)
• U16 Boys NCSFA Ko Lancashire 5 Durham 1 (Oliver O'Connor)
• 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, Alisha Hewitt, 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

• 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 at Trinity College ko 7.30pm

DCSFA BOYS COUNTY FUTSAL CUP 2024-45

The 2024-25 County Futsal Cup Finals were played at the Beacon of Light, Sunderland on Thursday 6^th March 2025.

222 teams entered our competitions this season: U12 (50 teams); U13 (43); U14 (43); U15 (47) and U16 (39). To reach the final teams progressed through association and regional rounds that took place between October 2024 and February 2025.

• U12 - St Thomas More Catholic School (Gateshead) 5 Hurworth School (Darlington) 2
• U13 - St Joseph's Catholic Academy (South Tyneside) 4 Durham Johnston (Bishop Auckland) 3
• U14 - St Joseph's Catholic Academy (South Tyneside) 8 Hurworth School (Darlington) 3
• U15 - Jarrow School (South Tyneside) 1 Hurworth School (Darlington) 5
• U16 - Framwellgate (CLSWD) 6 Carmel College (Darlington) 4

More details can be found on the Boys Futsal Page on this weebsite.

PRIMARY NEWS

INTER-ASSOCIATION COMPETITONS

Result from Saturday 15th March

• Harry Charlton Trophy: Chester-le-Street v Middlesbrough (Away win)
• All other matches scheduled for Saturday 15th March were postponed as many families were heading for London to watch the League Cup Final between Newcastle Utd and Liverpool.

Fixtures for Saturday 22nd March

• Richard Jordan Trophy: North Tyneside v Sunderland; South & West Northumberland v South Tyneside
• Harry Charlton Trophy: East Northumberland & Berwick v Chester-le-Street, Middlesbrough v Redcar & Cleveland

ESFA Pokemon 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, which will be played on Saturday 15th March.

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: final on Monday 24 March at Biddick Academy, Washington commencing 4pm.
  Participating schools are Bernard Gilpin Primary School (Lambton & Hetton PSFA), Easington Colliery Primary School (Peterlee PSFA), St Margaret's CE Primary School (Chester-le-Street PSFA), Rickleton Primary School (Washington PSFA), Nevilles Cross Primary School (Durham City PSFA) plus a representative from Sunderland PSFA.
• Girls Trophy: semi-finals by Monday 31 March with the final on Monday 19 May
  Group 1 at Easington Colliery Primary School on Monday 24 March: Easington Colliery Primary School (Peterlee PSFA), Fulwell Primary School (Sunderland PSFA), Castletown Primary School (Sunderland PSFA) and Easington Lane Primary School (Lambton & Hetton PSFA)
• Alan Grimes Memorial Trophy: semi-finals by 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. Schools participating in the final are:

• Easington Colliery Primary School (Peterlee PSFA)
• Westoe Crown Primary School (South Tyneside PSFA)
• Seaburn Dene Primary School (Sunderland PSFA)
• Tanfield Lea Primary School (Derwentside PSFA)

ESFA Pokemon 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 Pokemon: 31 March to 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 Pokemon! 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 Pokemon 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 Pokemon 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 to 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 @pokemonnewsuk 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 PokemonESFA website which you can use to help share your stories.

ESFA wish you the very best of luck planning for the 31 March to 6 April 2025 and please get in touch if you would like any further information.

ESFA NEWSLETTERS

MEMBERSHIP MATTERS:	January 2025 click here to view
SAFEGUARDING NEWSLETTER:	March 2025 click here to view

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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