The facilities are excellent and the ‘Planning Team’ does an excellent job of managing the club. They regularly keep you updated on the latest news and events, they value your feedback and suggestions, and make you feel like a part of the family.
£500 Donation to Mid-Cheshire Foodbank
We are delighted to donate £500 raised at our Christmas Social to Mid-Cheshire Foodbank. Jo was most grateful for the donation which will be used to continue the great work being done by the Foodbank in helping people in need in Mid Cheshire. All those that help to run the Foodbank are volunteers.
Left to right : Howard Owen , Jo Lenderyou (Foodbank Treasurer), Nicola Bogue
WFLA Inter-League Match: Cheshire vs Greater Manchester
Keith Whittle & Tony Roberts (late replacement for Reg Simpson) played for Cheshire West and Fran Perez for Cheshire East in their first Inter-League matches against Greater Manchester at Heywood Sports Village on Wednesday 8th November, 2023.
Cheshire West played Greater Manchester over 65s, the current Inter-League champions in thier first game and lost 1-0 to a harshly awarded penalty. Cheshire East drew 2-2 versus the GMWFC Over 60s.
The second game saw Cheshire West lose 3-1 against GMWFC over 65s, despite taking an early lead. Cheshire East lost 2-1 in thier match.
Both teams did exceptionally well, especially considering it was our first competitive match together.
Cheshire West Vs Cheshire East
Two players from NWFC represented Cheshire West in a friendly game versus Cheshire East. This was a preparation game for the upcoming fixtures against two teams from the Greater Manchester League. The West Team also included players from Neston and Chester.
Reg Simpson and Tony Roberts a late call up as replacement for the unavailable Keith Whittle, represented West, in a very close, competitive game, played in the right spirit. West took an early lead and despite creating many chances could not add to the score. East were restricted to long range shots well handled by the West Keeper. Pete the East Striker was proving to be a handful and finally had a clear sight of goal and hit an unstoppable thunderbolt into the top corner to make it 1-1. The game remain level even after 10 minutes extra time was played, which in the end was the fair result. Fran Perez filled in in for Cheshire East and the Game was very well reffed by our own Bob Cadwallader.
The games have been organised by Fran Perez with assistance from the Cheshire FA. Next week East Cheshire and West Cheshire will play two games against Greater Manchester.
The game was very enjoyable and Fran has tried to include players from all the Cheshire teams and the age span was incredible ranging from early 50 to over 80 and you could not tell in the way the game was played.
This really is the spirit of Walking Football.
Selected to Play for Cheshire
We are delighted to announce Reg Simpson & Keith Whittle have been selected to play for Cheshire walking football team against a Greater Manchester / Lancashire walking football team at Heywood Lancs on Wednesday 8th November.
Northwich Gateway Club
"On behalf of the Northwich Gateway Club, thank you for the donation of £500. The Club is a social and leisure club for adults with learning disabilities, affiliated to Mencap and run by volunteers. The money will be used towards their Christmas Party and to buy equipment."
Michael Insley - Chairman and Club Leader
Crown Green Bowls Cup 2023
On Thursday 17th August, the 2nd annual Northwich Walking FC bowls evening organised by John Mitchell was held at Hartford Bowls club. Unfortunately due to other commitments reigning champion Paul Eccleston couldn't make it defend his trophy, however a manageable 14 entrants attended who had a mixture of experience ranging from none to local league players. The weather was kind once again and the 1st round draw brought up some enticing match ups, most notably Phil Burgess vs Dave Bradburne the two bookies' favourites.
Phil progressed through to the next round, whilst Dave went into the Plate competition where he later claimed victory in that final. Phil was knocked out by Harrie Kandola this year, who lost to Dave "the dark horse" Woods in the final.
As the darkness fell and the competition ended a trip to the Red Lion for a beer or two completed an enjoyable evening.
Retirements from NWFC!
The club would like to thank Mick Pye and Mike Dobell who have been a part of our club for many years, who have both decided to retire from playing walking football.
Cheshire Walking Football League enjoys successful pilot season
Click the link below for a review of the fantastic first season for Cheshire Walking Football League.
50+ Win the Cheshire FA League Competition
Full Squad: Dave Kinvig, Harrie Kandola, John Mitchell, Marcus Brown, Malcolm Goodier, Steve Harrison, Jeremy Weltmen, Dave Edwards, Andy Brady, Gary Worgan
Congratulations to the 50+ Team for winning the first Cheshire FA League Tournament Multi-Touch Walking Football competition held at Moss Farm featuring NWFC, Kingsmaid & Nantwich.
Final League Table
1. NWFC 50+ - Played: 4 / Won 1 / Lost: 0 / Draw: 3 / GF: 3 / GA: 0 / GD: 3 / Points: 6
2. Kingsmaid - Played: 4 / Points: 6
3. Nantwich - Played: 4 / Points: 3
4. Altrincham - Played: 0 / Points: 0
5. Macclesfield - Played: 0 / Points: 0
60+ Win the Cheshire FA League Competition
Full Squad: Alan Riding / Dave Woods / Keith Whittle / Peter Yoxall / Kevin Cawdron / Keith Wilby / John Robison / Keith Bell / Neil Kenwright / Reg Simpson / Tony Roberts / John Ellis / Steve Norfield / Mark Broadbent / Paul Green / Steve Mcletchie / John Booth
Congratulations to the 60+ Team for winning the first Cheshire FA League Tournament held at Moss Farm. The multi-touch walking football games were held over 3 days during April, May & June all at Moss Farm and the teams entered included Altrincham, Chester Northgate, Stockport CF, Neston Nomads and Liscard Brazil.
In the sweltering heat of Moss Farm 10 elite athletes took to the pitch to represent Northwich Walking Football Over 60’s in the third and last round of the Cheshire FA Walking Football League. The challenge was to overtake Altrincham FC at the top of the table. The current standings after two rounds left us 3 points behind but with a better goal difference. There were 3 games to play with a crunch game against Altrincham included.
A tight first game against Chester resulted in a 0-0 draw and although we had the better chances we just couldn’t score against an in form Chester keeper. Altrincham however lost their first game against Neston Nomads which reduced our deficit slightly but we still needed to beat Altrincham.
They were next up and within a minute we went 1-0 up with a crisp finish from our captain, Keith Whittle. This undoubtably gave us great confidence and we then cruised into a 3-0 lead with further goals from Keith who completed a hat-trick within the first half. The team talk at half time was probably the easiest we have ever encountered. Just keep it tight for the second half and the win would be ours. With a controlled second half performance the job was completed by keeping the ball as much as possible and we ran out comfortable 3-0 winners and even had the luxury of a dubious decision of the referee ruling out a penalty for us expertly put away by John Robison only to be chalked off for the one step rule.
Our last game was against Stockport County. We were on a roll! After another Keith Whittle goal in the first half two further goals by Pete Yoxall sealed another 3-0 victory and the title. An impressive 13 goals scored and just the 1 conceded in 11 games and no losses!
This concluded the first Cheshire Walking Football League with Northwich Over 60’s as champions. The next league will run from September until next May and be played monthly in various other locations in the county.
Final League Table
1. NWFC 60+ - Played: 11 / Lost: 0 / Draw: 5 / GF: 13 / GA: 1 / GD: 12 / Points: 23
2. Altrincham - Played: 11 / Points: 19
3. Stockport County - Played: 10 / Points: 17
4. Liscard Brazil - Played: 5 / Points: 10
5. Chester Northgate - Played: 9 / Points: 9
6. Neston Nomads - Played: 11 / Points: 8
7. Stockport CF - Played: 11 / Points: 7
8. Nantwich - Played: 0 / Points: 0
Eurocopa 2023
This year we have a 50+ & 60+ team entered for the Eurocopa Tournament in Albufieria Portugal being played on 17 & 18 April 2023.
On day 1 both teams play 6 x 16 minute group matches on either grass or Astroturf. Matches on day 2 are determined by the league position at the end of day 1.
Over the last 3 months both squads have been having extra training sessions on Thursdays to work on team tactics & drills. The squads are:
50+ - Steve Harrison, Tony Roberts, Bob Davey, Paul Williams, Marcus Brown, John Mitchell (Manager), Simon Cornes, Paul Eccleston, Harrie Kandola, David Kinvig
60+ - Alan Ridings, Keith Whittle (Manager), Steve Norfield, Kevin Cawdron, Dave Woods, Simon Doogan, John Ellis, Howard Owen, Reg Simpson, Keith Bell, John Robison, Kevin Ball
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