Sleaford Carres Grammar School holds East Midlands PAN DIsbaility Festival
Lincolnshire is holding its annual PAN disability festival on the 11th May 2008 at Carres Grammar School, Sleaford Lincolnshire. 22 teams from around East Midlands will be taking part in a full day of football games to finish the 2007/2008 season. Over this season each local County FA hosted a day of football games specific to the needs of the players. The FA has funded the regional league for three years and the tournament has gone from strength to strength.
The festival is split into four bandings which fits player’s abilities
Premiership Level - players able to cope physically, good levels of spatial awareness, excellent ability to understand tactics and good level of physical strength and fitness.
Championship Level - players would be mobile, have spatial and tactical awareness, knowledge of the laws of the game and have a good level of fitness.
League Level - 5-a-side, players would have limited mobility, spatial awareness and fitness.
Under 16 – all players under 16
Lincolnshire are represented with teams from Lincoln City FC, Horncastle FC, West Marsh Tigers and Lincoln Mental Health Unit.
The festival also boasts 7 referees, specialised in delivering disability football. These Young leaders have been chosen to attend the FA young Leaders Camp for there leadership ability and one of these referees aged just 16 has been nominated to referee at the Wheelchair Football National League.
I hope you join me in wishing all teams the best of luck.
To watch the Lincolnshire finals, kick off is at 11am at Carres Grammar School, Sleaford. 11th May 2008. For more details on disability football please contact Sarah Teal at Lincolnshire FA on 01522 524 995 or sarah.teal@lincolnshirefa.com