Holiday Coaching Courses

Summer Holiday Course Programme 2008 Announced.

MFCitC are pleased to announce the schedule for the forthcoming Summer Holiday courses. The courses are either 2, 3 or 4 days and as always will be packed full of games fun and prizes.

The venues where we will be holding the courses are;    
MFCC, Eston.  
Conyers School, Yarm.  
Ryehills School, Redcar.  
Northfield School, Billingham.  
Thirsk School Astro Pitch, Thirsk.  
Bedale Leisure Centre, Bedale.  
Richmond School, Richmond.  
Laurence Jackson School, Guisborough.  
Hambleton Leisure Centre, Northallerton.  
Greenfield School, Newton Aycliffe.  
Ask Rigg, 
Boroughbridge Leisure Centre, Boroughbridge.

Jeremie Aliadiere was the star attraction for youngsters at one of MFC in the Community’s popular Easter holiday coaching courses.

The French striker dropped in on children enjoying a Shooting Stars session at Eston, where he took part in a question-and-answer session and refereed some of their games.

While at the centre, he also met children taking part in the advance course, where gifted and talented youngsters are invited to show off their skills in a more elite standard of coaching provided by Academy coaches from Middlesbrough FC.

Aliadiere was most impressed by the new artificial playing surface at the Herlingshaw base. “I would have loved to have had a chance to play on a surface like this when I was younger,” he said.

Chris Hooker, from the Community Centre, said: “It’s always great to get players interacting with the children. It makes the day special for the children to see their heroes and have an opportunity to show off their skills”.

The Community Project held courses throughout the Tees Valley area over the school holidays, with more than 900 children taking part in football sessions over a number of other satellite venues.

Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust has provided valuable funding to allow these courses to happen. The funding they provide is essential in allowing MFC in the Community to deliver healthy lifestyle messages to so many young people.

MFC in the Community will also be holding holiday courses during the Whitsuntide school holidays from May 27-30, when children will get a chance to spend a day at the highly-rated MFC training headquarters at Hurworth.

For more details visit www.mfcic.co.uk or contact the Community Project by 0871 282 1289 or e-mail us at clicking here.

Net result as star shares tips at Conyers School 'BORO keeper Ross Turnbull passed on a few of his skills when he made a special appearance at a goalkeepers’ course at ConyersSchool in Yarm.   

Ross, pictured above with youngsters on the course, took part in a question and answer session before signing autographs for budding young goalies who were at the event.  

The goalkeeper session is one of a number of holiday courses being run in the area by Middlesbrough Football Club in the Community.  There are courses for boys and girls with ages ranging from three all the way up to 14.

For more information on the holiday courses or to book your child on to a community coaching course, call 0871 2821280.  

85 children on the Richmond holiday course went home happy today after a visit from Boro and Australia keeper Mark Schwarzer.

The youngsters grilled Mark with a tough Q & A session and then got their photo's taken with the keeper.

All of the children received the all important signed photograph at the end of the course.

This is only the second course we have ran at Richmond School and it was fantastic to see so many children attending.

Take a look at the Photo gallery for more pictures from the visit.

Boro and England star Stewart Downing took time out of his busy schedule to visit the children on our 4-day course and our Goalkeeping course at Middlesbrough Football Community Centre in Eston.

Stewart is a fantastic supporter of our community programme and has made numerous visits. Yet again he has come along and made the day for over 70 children.

The children who all look up to local hero Stewart got the chance to ask a few questions, shake his hand and get that all important signature and photograph.

A big thank you again to Stewart for giving up his time.

It has been a great week with two Boro stars visiting our courses.

Watch out for further visits as our courses continue into the second week of the Easter break.

Super Lee Cattermole made it a great first day at our Guisborough Easter Holiday Course at Laurence Jackson School.

Local hero Lee took time out from training to meet the 45 youngsters who were enjoying a fun packed day.

Each child got the opportunity to shake their hero by the hand, get a signed photo and get their Boro shirts signed.

The session finished off with a big group shot. All the children will get a copy of one of the photo's as a memento of the day.

A big thanks to Lee who was brilliant with all of the children.

Look out for other Boro stars dropping in to the courses during the Easter period.

Check out the gallery for more photos from the visit. 

Emanuel Pogatetz was at Eston Community Centre on Wednesday 21st February as part of MFCiC's half-term holiday courses        

Lucky participants from the Eston and Rye Hills holiday courses got a chance to meet the starlet defender and received signed pictures and got their own merchandise autographed    

Those children who had performed well on the courses were presented with trophies from Emanuel himself       

View all pictures from the Pogatetz vist in our PICTURE GALLERY