Some Changes To SheenLions.com

Since its launch in 2008 SheenLions.com has be hosted on by 1&1 and is built using 1&1 proprietary WebsiteBuilder tool. We have had four good years but it is time to move on.

In summer 2012 SheenLions.com will move moved to a new software platform and a new host. We hope that SheenLions.com users will hardly notice the change, we will be at the same address. You will see the same information but the page appearance will be slightly different. In particular you will see a new menu structure which we hope will make it easier for you to locate information that you need quickly.

Google is by far the main search engine that people use to route to SheenLions.com. It may take Google a little while to learn about the new site and rank it well, however its links to the old site will continue to land on the appropriate new pages.

New Sheen Lions news will not be posted here from now on. Please go to http://sheenlions.com/category/current/.

As always, if you have any problems with SheenLions.com contact the webmasters, webmaster@sheenlions.org

Boots For Africa Charity Appeal

Once again Sheen Lions FC is to contribute to the following charity.

www.bootsforafrica.org

Maia Dickson ( U14s) has very kindly said she will help me coordinate collection and delivery.

The timing is good as it is the end of the season, tournaments have been played and old boots will be replaced for new ready for the forthcoming season.

The aim is that every registered Sheen Lions boy donates a minimum of one pair of boots.

Of course you can donate more.

I'm sure if you ask family and friends they will have old boots lying around in porches, under the stairs, and in garages too.

Collect what you can, give them a clean and take them to:

Maia Dickson

maia@sheenlions.org

We'll do the rest.

Many thanks for your support.

Sarah Street

Club Secretary - Sheen Lions FC

Sheen Lions Win The Toshiba Rose Bowl

Sheen Lions are delighted to have been awarded the Toshiba Rose Bowl as the club with the best sportsmanship marks in the Surrey Youth League last season 2011-12.

The award was presented to our Secretary Sarah Street at the Surrey Youth League AGM on 11th June.

Sarah congratulated the managers, players and parents at Sheen Lions; she said that it was "a fine testament to you all".

Also congratulations to U15 Pride who won the Sportsmanship Shield for the U15 age group.

Our Chairman Geoff Parmiter and Secretary Sarah Street
with the Toshiba Rose Bowl

Team of The Season 2011-12

Voting is now closed.

Here is how it has finished.


Congratulations to U12 Pride who have easily topped the pole but also to U9 Lions who were the "neutrals" choice.


Here are the SheenLions.com candidates for Team of The Season.

• U9 Lions - beat Meadow Sports in their last game of the season to win Division 1
• U10 Lions - a third place finish in the Premier division
• U11 Pride - a third place finish in Division 1
• U12 Lions - a third place finish in the Championship division and topping the Sheen Lions Club table with 44 points
• U12 Pride - a third place finish in Division 3, Invitation Cup quarters.
• U14 Lions -  a third place finish in Division 2,  Invitation Cup semi finalist.  Second in the Sheen Lions Club table with 42 points. A goal difference in the League of 63 and adding in cup games an overall GD of 90. 
• U15 Lions - County Cup finalists
• U16 Lions - Runners up Division 2
• U16 Pride - League Cup finalists
• U18 Lions -  Runners up Division 1

U13 Recruitment For Season 2012-13

Our U13 Sheen Lions Pride football team has had a great season. We have a few spaces left for those boys that would like to join us to play competitive football next season in the Surrey Youth League.

To play at U13 next season you must be born between 1st September 1999 & 31st Aug 2000.

Contact:
Bernie Segal 07968 185049, bernie@SheenLions.org

Sheen Lions have teams from U7 all the way up to U18. For more details and information about all our other age groups visit www.sheenlions.com

Sheen Lions are an FA Charter Standard youth football club in the Sheen, Richmond, Kew, Roehampton area of South-West London. We are affiliated to the Surrey County FA and we provide coaching and organised match programmes for around 300 children from the age of 6 to 18 years. 


For the 2011-12 season we have twenty boys football teams representing the Club at all levels in the Surrey Youth League. The demand for organised youth football continues to grow in our local area and Sheen Lions will continue to develop to meet this demand. 


As part of our long term plan we became a Registered Charity in May 2008. In December 2009 we were awarded Charter Standard Club status by The FA. By taking these steps we will have more resources available to offer the best possible youth football experience in our local community whilst making sure we are fully in tune with The FA's youth football requirements. 


Most recently we have entered into a partnership agreement with Queens Park Rangers providing further benefits to Sheen Lions players, coaches and parents. This initiative is one of several marking the Club's 25-year anniversary in 2011.

End Of The Season

Sheen Lions finished the 2011-12 season with our Presentation evenings on the 17th May for the older teams and 23rd May for the younger age groups. This year 548 people came to the events and we gave out 370 trophies.

Football is a team game and each player depends on his team mates but for fun we do give out some special awards to boys in each team and you can see the Special Player Awards List here.

The Presentation evening is the one event in the year when the Club comes together and as always the Club showed its appreciation for the huge amount of time and effort that our Secretary Sarah Street puts in to enable so many children to play football.

Afterwards Sarah said:
"I also want to thank you all for you kind words and gifts. Wine, champagne, chocolates, flowers and jewellery in abundance. They are genuinely appreciated. I think I must be the luckiest Club Secretary in the League to have such a great bunch of people to work with.


Your support and help over the season and particularly in recent times has been terrific. Thank you. There's a lot to do right now in preparation for next season but I know with us all working hard and pulling in the same direction, the work will get done and we can look forward to another terrific season in 2012/13.


Lastly, I want to thank Geoff for everything he has done. I couldn't have a better right hand man working alongside me, and I know we are all sending our love and best wishes to Jane and the family and wishing Geoff the very speediest of recoveries. I'm certain we'll have him back on the touchline, where he belongs, in no time."


SheenLions.com would particularly like to echo Sarah's thoughts for Geoff. He has written most our our weekly News bulletins this season and this is only one of the many things he does to help build our Club and support all the people at Sheen Lions.

A particular Congratulations to our teams that collected League medals today at Imber Court.

• Nidal Ramini's U9 Lions
• Brian Robertson's U16 Lions
• John O'Brien's U18 Lions 

Just for fun here are the SheenLions.com candidates for Team of The Season.

• U9 Lions - beat Meadow Sports in their last game of the season to win Division 1
• U10 Lions - a third place finish in the Premier division
• U11 Pride - a third place finish in Division 1
• U12 Lions - a third place finish in the Championship division and topping the Sheen Lions Club table with 44 points
• U12 Pride - a third place finish in Division 3, Invitation Cup quarters.
• U14 Lions -  a third place finish in Division 2,  Invitation Cup semi finalist.  Second in the Sheen Lions Club table with 42 points. A goal difference in the League of 63 and adding in cup games an overall GD of 90. 
• U15 Lions - County Cup finalists
• U16 Lions - Runners up Division 2
• U16 Pride - League Cup finalists
• U18 Lions -  Runners up Division 1

If you want to pick a team you can vote here.

Recruitment For Season 2012-13

Sheen Lions are an FA Charter Standard youth football club in the Sheen, Richmond, Kew, Roehampton area of South-West London. We are affiliated to the Surrey County FA and we provide coaching and organised match programmes for around 300 children from the ages of 6 to 18 years.

For the 2011-12 season we had twenty boys football teams representing the Club at all levels in the Surrey Youth League and this will increase in the 2012-13 season. The Sheen Lions Club is run by volunteers enthusiastic about youth football and all our teams have qualified coaches some up to UEFA level 3. This season we are very proud to have been nominated by the Surrey Youth League for a National Respect and Fairplay award.

On Sunday mornings during the season our home at Palewell Park is a fantastic sight with three mini pitches, one 9v9 and three 11-a-side pitches all available to host league games under the control of qualified referees. Our excellent organisation and great coaches have made us one of the largest clubs playing in the Surrey Youth League.

Demand to play football at Sheen Lions always exceeds capacity but, as we finish one season we begin to prepare for the next.

• We are very keen to bring players who want to learn to play competitive football into our our younger age groups
• Our older age groups are always prepared to meet good players who could enhance the team. Most of our older teams train through the Summer term and play competitively in summer five or six a-side tournaments and this gives us a good  opportunity to introduce new players.

We would encourage boys who are interested to contact us sooner rather than later. Squads for next season are largely decided by the end of June.

Contact:
U7 01-Sep-05  to  31-Aug-06 Sarah Street, tel 07941157410, sarah@sheenlions.org
U8 01-Sep-04  to  31-Aug-05 Simon Fanthorpe, tel 07802330542, simon@sheenlions.org
U9 01-Sep-03  to  31-Aug-04 Julian Groves, tel 07795807660, groves@sheenlions.org
U10 01-Sep-02  to  31-Aug-03 Nidal Ramini, tel 07958473614, nidal@sheenlions.org
U11 01-Sep-01  to  31-Aug-02 Martin Conway, tel 07915403649, conway@sheenlions.org
U12 01-Sep-00  to  31-Aug-01 Jon Darlison, tel 07500890547, darlison@sheenlions.org
U13 01-Sep-99  to  31-Aug-00 Bernie Segal, tel 07968185049, bernie@sheenlions.org
U14 01-Sep-98  to  31-Aug-99 Terry Buckland, tel 07973158214, terry@SheenLions.org
U15 01-Sep-97  to  31-Aug-98 Rick Mills, tel 07958967243, mills@sheenlions.org
U16 01-Sep-96  to  31-Aug-97 Gordon Campbell, tel 07722838499, gordon@sheenlions.org
U18 01-Sep-94  to  31-Aug-96 John O'Brien, tel 07932657423, o-brien@sheenlions.org

For more more details visit http://www.sheenlions.com/howtojoin.html

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