Worthing team wrap up grant for new training jackets
Players at a successful youth football team in Worthing have been rewarded with a grant towards new training jackets.
Proud dad, Louis Van-Eetvelt, applied to his employer UK Power Networks for a £250 Team Sport Award to cap off a successful year at Worthing Town Football Club’s under-11s, where son Phoenix, 10, is a keen player. Last year the team won the league cup and three football tournaments.
UK Power Networks runs the grant scheme to encourage staff at the local electricity network to volunteer in the community, support grassroots sport, promote healthy living, teamwork and develop sports opportunities.
One such volunteer Louis, an electricity field engineer at the firm, who helps to keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses in Sussex, said: “I was really pleased to get the grant, which will be used to buy the players new winter jackets. During the winter months, with the cold and rain, it’s good to keep the kids warm and the jackets look professional.
“I volunteer as an assistant coach for the team and love watching them play and improve. My son is heavily involved in football outside the team so watching him and his teammates progress is really rewarding and makes me proud.
“They are a strong team and many of them have been playing football together since they were six years old. Playing week in, week out, they get to know how each other play and that shows on the pitch.”
Stephen Moore, manager of Worthing Town Football Club’s under-11s, said: “The grant from UK Power Networks is greatly appreciated. It was used to provide the team with warm and smart team jackets keeping the kids and parents extremely happy on match and training days.”
The team train on Mondays and Thursdays and play home fixtures in the under-11s Worthing and Chichester Sunday League at Worthing Town Football Club in Palatine Road.
Proud dad, Louis Van-Eetvelt, applied to his employer UK Power Networks for a £250 Team Sport Award to cap off a successful year at Worthing Town Football Club’s under-11s, where son Phoenix, 10, is a keen player. Last year the team won the league cup and three football tournaments.
UK Power Networks runs the grant scheme to encourage staff at the local electricity network to volunteer in the community, support grassroots sport, promote healthy living, teamwork and develop sports opportunities.
One such volunteer Louis, an electricity field engineer at the firm, who helps to keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses in Sussex, said: “I was really pleased to get the grant, which will be used to buy the players new winter jackets. During the winter months, with the cold and rain, it’s good to keep the kids warm and the jackets look professional.
“I volunteer as an assistant coach for the team and love watching them play and improve. My son is heavily involved in football outside the team so watching him and his teammates progress is really rewarding and makes me proud.
“They are a strong team and many of them have been playing football together since they were six years old. Playing week in, week out, they get to know how each other play and that shows on the pitch.”
Stephen Moore, manager of Worthing Town Football Club’s under-11s, said: “The grant from UK Power Networks is greatly appreciated. It was used to provide the team with warm and smart team jackets keeping the kids and parents extremely happy on match and training days.”
The team train on Mondays and Thursdays and play home fixtures in the under-11s Worthing and Chichester Sunday League at Worthing Town Football Club in Palatine Road.