Welcome To Godmanchester Rovers Football Club
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Godmanchester Rovers Fc currently field 3 Senior sides. 1st team taking part in the United Counties UCL Premier South League, Reserves taking part in the United Counties UCL Reserve League and our Under 18's in the Thurlow Nunn Youth League West Division.
Seb Hayes is the 1st team Manager, Pat Bexfield is the 1st team Assistant Manager.
Trafford Hudson is the Reserves Team Manager, whilst Alfie Oakman is our new U18's manager assisted by Chris Bull and Ian Roper
Also playing under the Godmanchester Rovers FC banner is our youth section with 8 teams (Under 7 to Under 16), We also have a Ladies and Girls section with 4 teams.
Our Twitter Account is @GoddyRoversFC, Senior Facebook is here and our Youth Facebook here
It’s nearly time….. 3G Artificial Turf Pitch nearing completing
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It has been a long time in the making but Godmanchester Rovers FC is weeks away from opening its brand new 3G Artificial Turf Pitch (ATP)
Belgian contractors LANO/CLS commenced work this week on the final phase of the project - laying the shock pad, carpet and infill that makes up a 3rd generation artificial turf pitch. It is anticipated that the facility will be open before the end of this month, but it is now dependant on the weather holding as this final phase of the project can be held up particularly due to any prolonged spells of inclement wet weather.
Without any real formal marketing or advertising, the demand for the training slots during the week has seen Godmanchester Sports Lettings Ltd taking a significant amount of provisional bookings, especially during peak times in midweek.
A spokesperson was quoted as saying, “demand has exceeded our initial expectations. Through our partners at the Football Foundation, Huntingdonshire FA and Huntingdonshire District Council, we were aware that latent demand was high and this has certainly proven to be the case.
Provisionally we are close to capacity at peak times between Monday and Thursday, and we are now working with other clubs and partners to fill some of the off peak slots. There are literally a few prime time slots available during the week but we expect those to go quickly as soon as we can confirm a handover date.”
The 3G ATP will be open 7 days a week as will the clubhouse which houses a fully stocked bar, kitchen serving hot and cold food all accompanied by TNT Sports showing Premier League and European Football.
Prior to opening a brand new booking portal will be available for individuals or groups to book casual sessions on the pitch with enquiries for block bookings going through
For the community of Godmanchester and the surrounding District this will be a welcome addition to allow hundreds of participants to experience a quality facility and an all year round training and match venue.
Update on the 3G Artificial Turf Pitch
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Progress has been rapid and work on the new 3G ATP (Artificial Turf Pitch) at Godmanchester Rovers is well under way. Contractors CLS/Lano from Belgium have made hay whilst the sun shines over the first 4 weeks of the project and are currently reporting being ahead of their programme.
It is anticipated that the pitch will be open around the autumn period when the clocks change and therefore perfect timing for many clubs looking to secure all weather and floodlit training facilities.
Interest in bookings has been high and provisional bookings taken from clubs and teams keen to secure slots when the facility finally opens.
A newly formed company - Godmanchester Sports Lettings Ltd has been appointed to deliver the management of the facility at The Peter Hodson Memorial Ground and a new Operations Manager, Paul France, commenced work this week to begin the unenviable task of setting up all of the policies and processes that are required behind the scenes to make such a project succeed. Paul previously held roles with One Leisure managing facilities at Ramsey, St Neots and Huntingdon over a 30 year period in the leisure industry before becoming the Business and Operations Manager for the whole of One Leisure.
Godmanchester Rovers Chairman Richard Cosbey said,
"We are delighted to have secured someone of Paul's experience and stature in the sport and leisure management industry. Paul has been associated with Godmanchester Rovers for 10 years, initially with the youth and then under 18's teams, before assisting with the coaching and management of the mens 1st team. It is however his knowledge and contacts within the leisure industry that will be crucial to Godmanchester Sports Lettings Ltd delivering a top class facility which we hope will not just stop at the 3G artificial turf pitch"
Support for the delivery of the pitch has been positive and various contributions in terms of financial, usage agreements and delivery assistance has come from partners such as Hunts FA, Huntingdonshire District Council, MM Flowers, Cambridge United, Norwich City, Huntingdon Stags RFU and St Ives RFU amongst others.
"MM Flowers are pleased to announce that we have entered into a 3 year partnership with Godmanchester Sports Lettings Ltd, HDC and the Football Foundation to provide time, resources and facilities to support local community health and well being through the construction of a 3G multi-sports pitch and supporting infrastructure at Bearscroft Lane, home of Godmanchester Rovers FC.
These activities are also aligned with the local ambitions for community of our key retail partners M&S, Tesco and Co-op and will also support other stakeholders who aim to improve participation in exercise based leisure and provide facilities for wider community activities."
MM Flowers Spokesperson
Work Starts on the 3G Artificial Turf Pitch
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Work began this week on the new 3G artificial turf pitch (ATP) at Bearscroft Lane. A prolonged period of funding application process through the Football Foundation was finally ratified earlier in the year with £1M being granted towards the cost of a £1.3M project.
Support for the delivery of the pitch has been positive and various contributions in terms of financial, usage agreements and delivery assistance has come from partners such as Hunts FA, Huntingdonshire District Council, MM Flowers, Cambridge United, Norwich City, Huntingdon Stags RFU and St Ives RFU amongst others.
The benefits to the community will be far reaching with planned programming across a variety of groups and sports will be able to access all weather training and matches 12 months of the year. A varied prgramme is currently being drafted with local teams booking slots for training, whilst work with local professional clubs, Hunts FA, Huntingdonshire District Council and other organisations will see activities such as Walking Football, Just Play (casual recreational football), Wildcats (girls), elite coaching and disability sessions delivered across the week as well as competitve games at a weekend.
Work will continue into the autumn with the weather key to progress and therefore the length of time the project will take to complete. It is anticipated that the pitch will be ready for play before the winter period and the club is currently taking expressions of interest in booking slots. As soon as the contractor is able to update on provisional completion dates then it wil be possible to confirm bookings.
New Management for the Under 18's
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Godmanchester Rovers are delighted to unveil our new U18's management team who have already started to plan for next season. Alfie Oakman joins us as our U18 manager and will be assisted by Chris Bull and Ian Roper.
