RAF Shawbury and Shrewsbury Town In The Community join forces to train children

News from our partners RAF Shawbury

Military personnel at RAF Shawbury have joined forces with the Shrewsbury Town In The Community team to provide a two-day football training camp for young people from the station and local area.

The Community team held two one-day football training camps at the unit on 7 April and 8 April with funding provided by the Armed Forces Community Covenant.

The camps involved training youngsters in basic football skills in a fun-filled couple of days. Due to bad weather, training on the first day was held in the Roland Wycherley Force Development Centre, named after the Shrewsbury Town FC Chairman. Luckily, the weather improved for the second day and training went ahead on the Astroturf pitch adjacent to the Jubilee Hall Sports Centre. The scheme provided training to 28 youngsters from RAF Shawbury and the surrounding area, and was hugely successful.

The training was delivered under the leadership of Tom Peevor from Shrewsbury Town, assisted by Jake Mullindar, Aiden Wassell and Harry Warren. Lance Corporal Lee Doyle is a Level 2 FA Coach and works on the unit with the Military Provost Guard Service.

Jake said:

“The event was a huge success and outlined the continuing excellent engagement the unit has with Shrewsbury Town FC. The youngsters had a fantastic time. We look forward to holding further events in the future.”

More information about the Shropshire Armed Forces Community Covenant is available via the link: https://shropshire.gov.uk/armed-forces-community-covenant/.