Wallsend Boys Club...Helping Young People to Reach Their Potential
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KMC-devONIT

05
Apr

Football Focus

On Saturday 5th April 2014 the B B C lunch time programme Football Focus came to the Memorial Hall Wallsend to host a live programme on Wallsend Boys’ Club. The programme lasting 50 minutes, was presented by Dan Walker with Alan Shearer, Alan Thompson and Mark Lawrenson on the panel. A specially invited audience of 200 people were in the Memorial Hall for the show, the front two rows were young Wallsend Boys’ Club player’s, who looked immaculate in their white dress shirts and Boys’ Club ties. Two of the founder members from 1938 Jack Carruthers and Bob Corkhill were...
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30
Oct

Harriet Harman Visit

Wallsend Boys’ Club has over the years produced more than 70 top class footballers, including Peter Beardsley, Alan Shearer and Michael Carrick, since it was founded in 1904. However, the Club does so much more. Wallsend Boys Club is a charity guiding girls and boys aged six to nineteen to achieve their potential through activities and opportunities. Interacting with the young people of the borough and providing positive diversionary activities to keep them engaged and in an effort to combat anti social behaviour. Harriet visited the boys club on 30/10/13 “It was great to hear about the club’s achievements when...
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24
Oct

We will Rebuild

We used that strap-line (We Will Rebuild) 5 years ago on our 2007 Dinner Programme after we (Wallsend Boys’ Club) had been granted the funding to develop our own pitches and changing rooms at Bigges Main. The Club thought that this line from Jimmy Nail’s song, ‘Big River’, was a statement of defiance to set against the continuing economic decline of Wallsend as a town after the loss of its Shipbuilding and Coal Mining industries in previous years. http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/we-will-rebuild/
21
Sep

NCYP Clay Pigeon Shoot

Early Wednesday morning we were greeted by our four eager participants who had never tried this activity before and were both excited and keen to get their shooting experience underway. We travelled up in the Boyza Bus and met the rest of the young people from different Youth organisations at the Northumberland Arms in Felton, our meeting point for the day. Before we could set off to the field that would serve as our shooting ground; we were handed our ear plugs and the instructors briefed the group on health and safety and a few ground-rules regarding the handling and...
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21
Sep

ASDA Bag Pack

This activity was organised as a fundraising event for our young people involved in our NCS project in conjunction with ASDA Wallsend. 12 of our young people spent 4 hours helping local shoppers to pack their shopping bags and welcome them into the store. The team raised a very presentable total of £134 not at all bad for a smaller branch.
21
Sep

ASDA Appeal

ASDA Wallsend were kind enough to let us join their local appeal. We battled it out with two other local organisations and people pledged their little green tokens they were given for shopping at the store in to the slot they saw fit to support. It was clear from the out set that the local people felt the Boys Club was a worth while cause and worthy of their tokens as our levels rose and rose. By the time the competition came to a close the Boys club was a clear favourite with the tokens almost at the top. We...
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20
Sep

Mini-Soccer Website Live

Our Wallsend Boys Club Mini-soccer website is now live. Please visit wallsendboysclubminisoccer.co.uk for all information on Teams, Development, Games, Coaches and how to get your child involved.
06
Jan

The demolition of Wallsend Boys’ Club

In the high winds of January 5th 2012 yet another dramatic twist came in the tale of Wallsend Boys’ Club.74 years after the opening of that first L- shaped wooden club house and 47 years since the opening of the then state of the art 1960’s building, the end wall of the building was blown inwards onto the Astro Turf five-a-side pitch. Luckily, this happened during the night and not when the Boys’ Club would have been used by the community during the day. At first, it was envisaged that the wall would be re-built within three weeks. Unfortunately, the...
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24
Jun

Opening of Wallsend Boys’ Club’s new pitches

On Friday 24th June 2011 Wallsend Boys’ Club held the official opening of their new pitches at Bigges Main. Having been based at Wallsend Sports Centre, Wallsend Rising Sun, Hadrian Park School, Western School,DSS Sports ground, Benfield School and St Peters Road over a period of 45 years Wallsend Boys’ Club football section were finally moving into their own ground. Having taken three years to complete the project it was a momentous day in the long history of the club. The great and the good of sport and politics met as 150 specially invited guests attended the occasion. Speeches were...
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