The Kent FA have announced that it has awarded 23 FA Charter Standard Clubs funding to help create new 11-a-side adult teams.
The fund is designed to develop new teams where there are gaps in provision and to incentivise clubs to generate a growth of teams.
The 23 successful clubs will now use the funds to contribute to the expenditure of kit and equipment, league fees, coach education, referees and facility hire in order to create the new teams.
The successful clubs include;
- Anchorians FC
- Barming Youth FC
- Bexlians FC
- Bredhurst Juniors
- Bromley Green FC
- Canterbury Swale Campus FC
- Dartford FC
- Ex Blues FC
- Larkfield FC
- Little Sharsted FC
- Maidstone United FC
- Medway Rovers FC
- North Kent Aces FC
- Park Regis FC
- Rusthall F.C.
- Sevenoaks Town FC
- Sittingbourne Lions FC
- Swale Ladies FC
- Sydenham Sports FC
- Tankerton FC
- Tunbridge Wells Foresters FC
- White Horse FC
- Yalding and Laddingford FC
Football Development Officer, Lee Suter said “We were inundated with applications from clubs wishing to set-up new teams, and we have tried to award as many as possible who met the criteria in order to provide financial support to create new 11v11 teams in Kent.”
“This has seen the Kent FA invest over £14,000 into creating new 11v11 adult teams with the successful teams now offering more opportunity for people to play the game”.
For further details about the fund or 11v11 adult football in Kent, please contact Lee Suter (Football Development Officer) at [email protected] or by phone on 01622 792140.