SCI Youth Football Tournaments & Festivals for Boys, Girls & Women: Questions Answered

SCI Youth Football Festivals & Tournaments -Your Questions Answered.

INSURANCE

Official SCI Event Insurance Cover:
SCI Youth Football Festivals understand the importance of and having the correct Insurance protection for all those attending our festivals. With this in mind we have asked Towergate TLC Sports to provide appropriate cover to all bookings.

This cover will protect all travellers for Personal Accident cover, from a serious disabling injury to a simple Broken Arm or Leg. The Insurance will also cover loss of luggage/baggage and even your clubs Kit! With all that cover included in your booking... that’s one less thing to worry about!

Full details of the cover provided is available upon request.

How To Book

Download an SCI 2010 Booking Form - click here

OR

Call our offices on 01305 768555 to check on availability at your chosen festival between 9.00am and 6.00pm.

How The Festival Works
SCI aim to provide the maximum amount of football permitted under Football Association and FootbBall Association of Wales guidelines for each respective age group. The format of each tournament may vary according to the number of teams entered. Typically an 11-a-Side team will play 2-3 matches on BOTH days of between 15-30 minutes each way and 7-a-Side teams will play 3-6 matches on BOTH days of between 7-15 minutes each way.

Day 1 – Friday, Day of Arrival

No football is played on the day of arrival. Teams can relax and get settled into the holiday centre and enjoy the evening entertainment. The SCI Managers & Group Leaders meeting will take place in the evening where the SCI team will welcome you and answer any last minute questions you may have.

Day 2 – Saturday

At SCI we schedule the football to provide a morning OR afternoon session, where possible, for each age group. This means that your team will enjoy playing all their football in either the morning or the afternoon session leaving a full half day for everyone to enjoy the Holiday Park activities. We guarantee that a team will only play at one venue, no travelling between different football grounds to fulfil your fixtures at an SCI Youth Football Festival, except in the case of inclement weather.

Day 3 – Sunday

Football is played to a conclusion in all age groups. SCI Football Celebrity Presentations will take place on Sunday evening at the Holiday Park.

Day 4 – Monday, Day of Departure

No football is played on the day of departure (Therefore teams have the option of travelling home on the Sunday evening after the presentation but most teams make the most of the weekend, staying to enjoy the entertainment provided by the Holiday Park on Sunday evening). Accommodation must be vacated by 10am on the day of departure.

Team Qualification
SCI Youth Football Festivals are officially sanctioned by The Football Association, The Scottish Youth Football Association and The Football Association of Wales. In order to participate, teams must be affiliated to a County or Schools Football Association.

Any team participating in a festival outside their own country must obtain permission from their Home National Association to participate. For example, this includes teams from Scotland, Northern Ireland & Ireland playing in festivals in England & Wales and teams from Wales playing in festivals in England.

Centre of Excellence and Academy teams affiliated to professional clubs and “representative” sides are not permitted to enter SCI Youth Football Festivals.

Team Registration Fees
All teams must pay a team registration fee in order to participate:

7-a-side – under 7’s & 8’s non-competitive (max. squad 12 players) = £99

7-a-Side – under 9’s upwards (max. squad 12 players) = £139

11-a-Side (max. squad 18 players) = £189

11-a-Side Under 15’s & 16’s Boys (max. squad 18 players) = £229

(Assistant Referees provided for Boys under 15’s & 16’s matches).

Age Qualifications For SCI Youth Football Festivals 2010
Under 7’s Born on or after 1st September 2002

Under 8’s Born on or after 1st September 2001

Under 9’s Born on or after 1st September 2000

Under 10’s Born on or after 1st September 1999

Under 11’s Born on or after 1st September 1998

Under 12’s Born on or after 1st September 1997

Under 13’s Born on or after 1st September 1996

Under 14’s Born on or after 1st September 1995

Under 15’s Born on or after 1st September 1994

Under 16’s Born on or after 1st September 1993

Teams travelling from Scotland, Ireland and The Rest of Europe will play in an age group 1 year above their respective own age group due to the birth date qualifications of The Football Association & The Football Association of Wales.

Boys & Girls are only permitted to play in the same team in the under 11’s age group and below (7-a-Side) in England and in the under 12’s age group and below (7-a-Side) in Wales.
Team & Player Registration

All teams are required to complete an official SCI Youth Football Festival Team Registration Card. The name and date of birth of all players in the team squad must be entered alongside an affixed passport size photo of the appropriate player. SCI Youth Football Festival Team Registration Cards will be accepted without a supporting affixed passport size photo providing alternative player verification, in the form of an official league identification card or 10 year passport, is provided and signed off by an SCI Festival Official. Guest players are eligible. Only players registered before the Festival Commences will be eligible to play. Additional players cannot be registered after the teams first match has started.

Booking Your Accommodation
It is a condition of entry to an SCI Youth Football Festival that travelling / touring teams book accommodation for all members of their party through and in conjunction with SCI Youth Football Festivals and that the whole party stays at the Holiday Park listed in this brochure.

IMPORTANT: With the exception of local teams invited into the festival at the discretion of SCI Youth Football Festivals, people not booking their accommodation through and in conjunction with SCI will NOT BE PERMITTED to play in the football festival, attend the presentation evening and in some instances access to the football pitches, even as a spectator, may be denied.

Upon receiving your team registration form, you will be sent an accommodation booking form on which to detail all your party’s accommodation requirements. You will then have 4 weeks to complete and return your accommodation booking form(s), along with accommodation deposits of £25 per person.

Trophies
There are superb individual trophies for every player at every SCI Youth Football Festival.

SCI follow FA guidelines regarding non-competitive football and in the under 7’s & 8’s age groups every player will receive a unique competitors trophy ONLY so that all the players feel like Winners.

In the under 9’s to under 16’s age groups Winners & Runners Up trophies will be awarded to players along with the SCI Championship Cup for the Winning team to keep. All other players will receive the individual SCI Competitor trophy. There is also the Prestigious SCI Fair Play Award for each age group which is voted for by the tournament referee’s.

Local Teams
Teams from the local area where the festivals are staged are permitted to apply to participate by returning a team registration form and the appropriate team registration fee. However all local team entries are at the invitation & discretion of SCI. SCI cannot guarantee a place for local teams until numbers of travelling / touring teams are finalised in each age group when applications from local teams will be assessed and accepted on a first-come first-served basis. As such, travelling / touring teams may well play against local teams, who are not staying in accommodation at the event’s designated Holiday Park, at an SCI Youth Football Festival.

Tournament Rules
A full set of tournament rules is available from SCI on request.

Match Officials
All SCI Youth Football Festival matches are refereed by independent match officials qualified by their respective County Football Association.

Football Pitches
All SCI Youth Football Festival matches take place on grass pitches with changing, toilet & catering facilities and are situated near to your Holiday Park.

Transport
Prices in this brochure DO NOT include any transport between the Holiday Park and the football pitches.

Official SCI Youth Football Festival Match Ball: Mitre Ultimatch
Ultimatch. The most popular academy match ball , earning it’s reputation for providing performance, feel and reliability over many years. The non woven PU provides excellent durability and feel on either grass or astro turf. Available in sizes 3,4 and 5, the Ultimatch brings exceptional Mitre match performance to all ages. www.mitre.com

Official SCI Youth Football Festival Event Photographer
Barkers Photographic. Tel: 01493 843 399. Barkers Photographic will be photographing the players & teams at the football pitches and at the presentation evening. The photographs will be available to buy at the festival and online at www.barkersphotographic.co.uk

Official SCI Event First Aid Officer
SCI Youth Football Festivals provide the services of a fully qualified Health & Safety Executive & Football Association (FA Diploma in the Treatment and Management of Football Injuries) trained first aid and sports physiotherapist professional at the football pitches.

Child Protection
SCI Youth Football Festivals follow and support Football Association guidelines on Child Protection. SCI recommend that all participating clubs have a Child Protection policy.