The committee are please to welcome Euan Birss as President of the DFDL following his succesful election at the September 2011 Extraordinary General Meeting. Euan rejoins the committee after having previously been the DFDL Treasurer in 2009.

The full committee for the current season is as follows:

President - Euan Birss 

Vice-President - Alastair Bateman

Child Protection - Caroline Lavelle  

Treasurer - Alan Gadsby Turner

General Sec - Brian Martin

Match  Sec - Paul Ward

Minutes Sec - Jess McDonald

Age Group Co-ordinators:

  7s - to be confirmed
  8s - to be confirmed 
  9s - to be confirmed
10s - Ryan Cullen
11s - Ryan Cullen 
12s - Norman MacLeod
13s - Scott Bland
14s - Paul Ward  
15s - Darryl McGhee
16s - Billy Inglis 

This year's DFDL Cup Finals were held at Strathclyde Homes Stadium, home of Dumbarton FC. A huge thanks to Gilbert Lawrie and Jim Chapman for supporting our league by hosting the finals for the third year in a row.

Saturday 28 May 2011

10.00am - 13s - Westerton vs Dumbarton North - Westerton win 5-3 on penalties (2-2 aet)

12.30pm - 14s - Oban Saints vs Renton Craigandro - Renton win 3-1

  3.00pm - 17s - Dunoon 17s vs Renton Youth 16s (Exhibition game 3-1 to Renton) - Dunoon 17s Cup Winners A big thank you to Renton Youth for playing at short notice.

Sunday 29 May 2011

  10.30am - 16s - Blair Thistle vs Dumbarton Rock - Dumbarton Rock won 2-1

1.30pm - 15s - Argyle Athletic vs Clydebank Phoenix - Clydebank Phoenix won 4-1

Congratulations to all the 2010-2011 DFDL Cup winners and well done to all the teams for making the finals such a success. Roll on 2011-2012.

http://www.dumbartonfootballclub.com/news/?mode=view&id=3534

For clubs looking to offer their goal keepers additional specific high quality coaching, WDC Football Development with Joe McCauchey are offering the following sessions at OLSP High School 3G Astro on Monday nights as follows:

Venue - OLSP High School 3G astro

Day - Mondays

7.00pm to 7.50pm for 8-11yrs 

8.00pm to 8.50pm for 12-16yrs

  9 week block costs £21

18 week block costs £38

Starts - Monday 16 January 2012

• If it's another DFDL team - email the DFDL Match Secretary and request permission (cost - nil)
• If it's another SYFA team - email both the DFDL Match Secretary and the SYFA Central Region Secretary and request permission. Include both teams SYFA ID number (cost - nil (SYFA Central Region have waived the £2 fee))
• If it's against a non SYFA team - permission needs to be through the SYFA Registration website and costs £10

DFDL aim to hold registration evenings for all individuals who have not yet been Disclosure Scotland checked by the SYFA. Could you please email me (carolinelavelle@virginmedia.com) with the individual's name, address and date of birth together with your club details (including the age group) of those wishing to attend. Note that all individuals who intend to attend the forthcoming sessions need to be a registered official with the SYFA.

Click on the following link to see if the West Dunbartonshire grass pitches are available:

http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/welcome/services/sports-pitches/

ON HOLD - AWAITING GUIDANCE FROM SYFA

A waiting list for additional First Aid courses has been started with a view of holding further these in August and September 2011. Email a.l.bateman@talktalk.net to added your name onto the list.

Name:

Club:

Team Age Group:

Contact Number:

Contact Email Address:

Goal keeping 8 - 16years

The goalkeeping sessions are designed to improves goalkeeper?s basic techniques such as handling, positioning, movement and shape, crossing distribution and dealing with the pass back.

Monday nights at OLSP High School:

7.00 - 7.50pm for ages 8 to 11 and from 8.00 - 8.50pm for ages 12 - 16.

Costs:

Block 1 (7 weeks) - 29 Aug to 24 Oct - £16.50

Blacks 1 & 2 (14 weeks) - 29 Aug tp 12 Dec - £29

Enrolement forms can be found on the WDC Sports Development Website http://www.wdcweb.info/education-and-learning/learning-and-teaching/sport-and-activities/sports-development/

Come along and be coached by one of West Dunbartonshires finest goalkeeping coach.

Please find attached an invitation to attend and view the SYFA Coerver Programme and Jim Dolan Chair of the Development Sub-committee would be delighted to see you if you wish to attend the 10 modules to be held at the Toryglen Regional Centre, Glasgow. This is an open invitation to all within your league to view the sessions.

COERVER® COACHING IS:

A football skills teaching method suited for all ages but especially for players aged 5-16 years old of all abilities and their parents, coaches and teachers. Coerver is a teaching method that focuses on individual skills development and small group play. Coerver is endorsed and recommended by the top federations, associations, legends/experts of the game, club teams and corporations including: French Football Federation, Football Federation of Australia, Chinese Football Association, Japanese Football Association, Bayern Munich FC, Newcastle United FC and Arsenal FC.

The ultimate goal of the Coerver® Coaching Method is to develop skilled, confident and creative players, make the game fun to practice and play, teach good sportsmanship and respect for all, value winning but not more than character and performance and to provide a safe & educational experience that meets best practice criteria.

Coerver and SYFA have agreed a series of 10 workshops covering the 10 Performance Modules.

Each workshop will last 2 hours and will include 40 minutes of theory.

The workshops will be delivered by Gordon Craig, Head of Coerver Scotland and Portugal.

Performance Modules

1) Teaching Effective Use of Skills.

2) Effective Possession.

3) Creating and Converting Goals.

4) Formulas for Session Planning.

5) 1v1 Specialist training to provide players that make a difference.

6) Teaching through Competition.

7) Developing the technical defender.

8) Improving Creativity.

9) Technical Fitness & Spirit training.

10) Fast break attack.