Kent FA offer a range of Courses and Workshops to develop interest in all aspects of football.
Centre of Excellence
Girls Centre of Excellences, are a part of the FA Talent Identification Programme, which provides a professional environment in which the County’s most talented young players can receive high quality coaching from FA qualified Coaches.
The girls train twice weekly, with fixtures being played against Centres from across the South East Region on Saturday mornings. The Centres have four teams at U10, U12, U14 and U16 age groups.
Kent has 3 Centres of excellences within its boundaries
Charlton Centre of Excellence - Director: Paul Mortimor
Gillingham Centre of Excellence - Director: Pete Sayer
Millwall Centre of Excellence - Director: Kay Cossington
Disability
Stephanie Gadd is Kent FA disability officer and together we are creating opportunities for girls to take part in disability football. We will be running disability skills sessions at the Kent Disability League on 8th February, 8th March and 5th April at 11.00 -12.00. Please contact Stephanie Gadd at Stephanie.gadd@kentfa.com for more information.
Schools
Kent Schools Football Association run a lot of competitions in Kent and also run county teams for more information please go to www.kentschoolsfa.org.uk.
Kent FA has an education officer who can advise on the numerous schools initiatives school club link, Futsal, junior football organiser courses, step into sport and many more. Please contact Darryl Haden at Darryl.haden@kentfa.com.
Coaches
Kent FA offer a wide range of courses – information on these can be found on http://www.kentfa.com/Development/Coaching+Courses. A few Bursaries are available to female coaches.
The coaches association is open to all level one coaches and above. The association offers 4 workshops per year on all aspects of coaching.
Referees
Kent FA has a dedicated Referee Development Officer for information on all matters on refereeing please contact John Newson at john.newson@kentfa.com.
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