Castle Combe Colts have ensured that matchdays at the club’s home ground will be a safer experience for young footballers and spectators alike.
Colts, whose 300-strong membership includes children aged from four to 18, raised money for and installed a defibrillator at their Upper Castle Combe headquarters after learning of the cardiac arrest suffered by Bradford Town’s Quinton Barham during an under-14s match last year.
Trowbridge teenager Quinton was playing in the Mid-Wilts Youth & Minor League - in which a number of Colts teams also participate – at the time and made a miracle recovery following heart bypass surgery.
Having raised more than £1,000 by helping to marshal one of Castle Combe Circuit’s monthly car boot sales last year, Colts were the first organisation to commit the subsidised funds and take delivery of the life-saving technology after the South Western Ambulance Service Trust initiated a scheme in March 2014.
They were tipped off about the project - which has since delivered a further 110 machines across the country - by Alison Butler of the Chippenham Area Partnership.
Colts secretary Trevor Newman said: “We felt we needed to make the significant investment following the incident involving a young player in the same youth league that the Colts play in.
“That showed that you can never be complacent when it comes to first aid support. Although we obviously hope that we never have to use the defibrillator at all, it is good to know it is there.”
Last week, 12 coaches and committee members from the club underwent training delivered by the South Western Ambulance Service Trust at Chippenham’s ambulance station, again the first to do so under the scheme.
It was carried out by Julia Doel and David Wilmot, whose support throughout the process has been invaluable to the club.

Castle Combe Colts have joined forces with a local supplier to enable players, parents and coaches  to purchase club-endorsed Joma training kit. 

We have agreed for the following training kit to be available to buy either online or direct from Sporting Billy, who are located on Bumpers Farm, Chippenham:

• Waterproof jackets
• Training tops
• Training tops
• Polo shirts
• Tracksuit bottoms
• Shorts & socks
• Backpacks

Kit can either be purchased online and collected from the shop or delivered for an extra fee. Please note that while the shop holds some stock this is currently limited. However, anything it does not hold can be ordered in and will be available in 7-14 days.

To view the range of Castle Combe Colts training kit follow the link below:

http://www.sportingbilly.com/c-jn/club-shops/castle-combe-colts.htm

The supply and delivery of training kit is organised solely by Sporting Billy on the club's behalf.

This is a fantastic opportunity for players and coaches to be able to purchase quality training kit from a reputable, local supplier to wear at training and matches which identifies and links them with Castle Combe Colts FC .

Castle Combe Colts FC has the absolute pleasure of inviting teams to participate in our 2014 summer festival of soccer and tournament, to be held at Castle Combe Sportsfield from June 27th-29th.

Every year the event grows and we do not think we can fit any more in - but we do! Last year however,  we think we hit our maximum so would encourage  you all to book early to avoid disappointment.

Clubs may enter a maximum of 2 teams in any of   the following age groups:

Friday 27th June
Joint U17s/U18s competition
 
Saturday 28th June
U7s, U8s, U10s, U12s, U14s, U16s
 
Sunday 29th June
U9s, U11s, U13s, U15s 

NB: Please note age group day allocation may be subject to change.
 
Please download the invite and entry form below for more information and use one entry form per age group.
 
We would love you to join us in our celebration of the beautiful game and look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Attachments:

CCCFC Tournament Entry Form 2014.pdf	214 Kb
CCCFC Tournament Invite 2014.pdf	212 Kb
CCCFC Tournament Rules 2014.pdf	323 Kb