Art of Cloud Win Raffle to Sponsor U16s

Luke Cooper • 26 August 2018

Every cloud has a silver lining!

Calverley United U16s had been desperate for a new sponsor over the last few months and it was beginning to look like they would not secure one in time for the new season. A last minute decision to take a different approach proved that every cloud has a silver lining. Craig Kennedy's team provided a fantastic opportunity for both big and small businesses to get involved and sponsor their new home kit via a raffle, based on the National Lottery "bonus ball" numbers 1 to 59. At £10 a number, the winning one would become the main shirt sponsor for the 2018 - 2019 season.

With the risk that all numbers may not get filled, the local business community came together and all 59 numbers had been bought within two weeks of announcing the fundraiser. With all the numbers paid for, it was announced via the U16's Facebook page, that Saturday's draw (25th August 2018: https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/results/lotto/draw-history ) would be used to determine the winner of the raffle. Number 48 appeared as the bonus ball, meaning that Art of Cloud, a boutique salesforce consultancy in Leeds became the U16's home kit sponsor for the 2018 - 2019 season. You can find more information about Art of Cloud via their website https://artofcloud.co.uk and Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/artofcloudltd.

A huge thank you to all the businesses below who supported this fundraiser:

1 - Apperley Dogs and Cats
2 - Cottonbudz
3 - Cold Water Storage Ltd
4 - Performance Lighting
5 - Moonshine Dog Grooming
6 - Terry Gilchrist T90 Rebellion
7 - Cold Water Storage Ltd
8 - The Mill Carpets
9 - CRK Window Cleaning Services
10 - Leeds Joinery Services
11 - Concept Tiling Solutions
12 - SW Landscapes
13 - Light Shop Direct Ltd
14 Concept Tiling Solutions
15 - Performance Lighting
16 - Althams Travel Pudsey
17 - KW Listings
18 - Concept Tiling Solutions
19 - CRK Window Cleaning Services
20 - CRK Window Cleaning Services
21 - Epiphany Hair Lounge
22 - The Kitchen at Haleys Yard
23 - True you skin clinic
24 - Cottonbudz
25 - True You Health
26 - Art of Cloud
27 - The Mill Carpets
28 Concept Tiling Solutions
29 - Harvey Davis Butchers
30 - Light Shop Direct Ltd
31 - The Little Coffee House
32 - KW Listings
33 - Cold Water Storage Ltd
34 - The Lawrence Clinic
35 - Water Hygeine Services
36 - Calverley Golf Club
37 - Calverley Canine Care
38 - Rodley Carpets
39 Concept Tiling Solutions
40 - Patricia Sutcliffe
41 - Making it personal sweet factory
42 - Art of Cloud
43 - Rodley Carpets
44 - The Mill Carpets
45 - Incleanse (Calverley)
46 - Making it personal sweet factory
47 - Calverley Canine Care
48 - Art of Cloud
49 - Water Hygeine Services
50 - KW Listings
51 - Water Hygeine Services
52 - Rodley Carpets
53 - Art of Cloud
54 - Rodley Carpets
55 - Light Shop Direct
56 - Rodley Carpets
57 - Art of Cloud
58 - Homeconomy
59 - Greengates and Apperley Bridge Volunteers

We are Grassroots Club of the Year!

by Luke Cooper • 29 July 2021
We were already so proud as a club for what we have achieved and developed since our humble beginnings but even more so over the last several years... this is what the West Riding FA had to say about some of our successes: Calverley United Junior Football Club has come together over the difficult last year we’ve all faced and offered everyone involved support, encouragement and hope. They’ve worked hard to become a Community Charter Standard Club, achieved last year, and their acceptance as a new Wildcats Centre, helping further grow local girl’s access to football and fitness. The hard work behind the scenes often goes unnoticed but the Club does so many things, like as developing a Youth Committee to help inform the Club’s DNA, improving the whole experience for everyone involved. The positive impact in the local community is truly phenomenal. They’ve grown the girls game from 5 girls, on a mixed team 4 years ago, to nearly 100 girls training and playing regularly, and their first ever girls’ team reached the West Riding Cup Final last year. Behind the scenes volunteers have worked really hard to help improve access to better pitches and facilities. During lockdown the club inspired over 180 players and coaches to contribute to the #PassTheBallNotTheVirus challenge, just one example that shows what an impressive, inclusive, and well-loved community club they are. They’re a small village club which has doubled in size over the last 5 years, even though there are a lot of clubs nearby with huge catchment areas and all without an official clubhouse and limited use of pitches. It’s the volunteers that makes the club stand out, they really do inspire the children from the local community, and further afield, to be the best they can be. They’ve come together to raise money for community, school and sports defibrillators and they’ve worked so hard to ensure that each return to football following lockdown is as safe, and fun, as it possibly can be. It was also double delight for the club to see that Luke Cooper had also won Coach of the Year for youth players. Congratulations to everyone at the club.

Return of Grassroots (Again!)

by Luke Cooper • 6 March 2021
We are all delighted that grassroots football will return at the end of March! For now, our managers, club committee, the leagues and the West Riding FA are working extremely hard to fine tune all details so that we can all safely return. How we do that, is yet to be be confirmed but please wait to hear from your team managers.

£1649 raised for David Cooper Memorial Fund

by Luke Cooper • 6 March 2021
Challenge Completed! We have completed our Around (Through) the World challenge in flying colours, with a week to go and 500km over what we needed! With JustGiving and cash totals, we have also raised a staggering £1649! This will all go towards the David Cooper Memorial fund and in doing so, it will be there to purchase another defibrillator for a community, school or sports club as well go towards the upkeep of the 7 other defibrillators we have been a part of fundraising for. The idea of the challenge was to also give players and their families that extra little motivation to get out and get moving in whatever way, which has been important more than ever during this third lockdown! And maybe a boost for some to go the extra mile than what they already do! And I really hope that it has helped to do just that. I (Luke) just want to say the most massive well done and thank you to everyone who has got involved with the challenge and supported it by donating. You are all incredible.

Football's Staying Home!

by PAR002_123 • 27 September 2020
On the 16th March 2020, football came to a complete stop. The world faced a global pandemic with the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and the whole country went on lockdown. Work places were closed with only key workers keeping the country going. The club rallied together, which was easy enough to do in this modern era of technology and we shared one simple goal; to pass the ball, not the virus...

Wildcats - Girls Football 

by Luke Cooper • 2 March 2020
For the first time in 2020, we will be running an FA Wildcats Centre for Girls aged 5-11. This will be an opportunity for any girl aged 5-11 to play football, as well as being another route into our girls' football teams. The overarching aim of the centre is to provide a safe environment where all girls, even with no experience can; have fun engaging with sport, develop fundamental skills, try a variety of sessions, learn new things and create foundations for a lifelong love of sport. All of our coaches at the Wildcats Centre are volunteers, whom are usually parents of players and live in and around the local community. Volunteers present will hold an up to date CRC at a minimum and there will always be qualified FA coaches trained in football, first aid and safeguarding children present too. We will be announcing dates, times and other details of the Wildcats Centre in the coming weeks!

The Annual General Meeting 2020

by PAR002_123 • 2 March 2020
The club's AGM is set to take place on Wednesday 16th September 2020 at 7.30pm via Webex Video Call (link below). If you are connecting from a mobile device, make sure that you have the application downloaded beforehand. Meeting Number (access code): 137 517 6675 Meeting password: snSriCXC683 Join meeting: https://brightcloud.webex.com/brightcloud/j.php?MTID=m3049da3f2bde6179d84a9f6244a6181b As well as an opportunity for all members to have their say and discuss any matters important to them, an election for the following club committee roles will take place: Chairperson Vice Chairperson Club Secretary Treasurer Club Welfare Officer Lettings Officer Registration Officer Football Development Officer Website/Social Media/Press Officer Club Development Officer (x2) General Committee Member(s) Members are allowed to volunteer themselves for a role, bust must be nominated twice by others at the AGM. For any further information or to volunteer for a role please contact the club secretary, Jon Zoltie via email, jonzoltie@gmail.com.

We are a Charter Standard Community Club!

by Luke Cooper • 26 September 2019
We are absolutely delighted to announce that we, Calverley United Junior & Senior Football Club have been approved by the West Riding County FA as an FA Charter Standard Community Club. This is the highest standard that a grassroots club can achieve and we are sure everyone connected to the club are very proud of that. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all past and present volunteers that have helped lead the club to this achievement and here is to many more years of providing football to our community!

The 3rd David Cooper Memorial & Community Shield

by Luke Cooper • 27 August 2019
Last season the David Cooper Memorial and Community Shield tournament made its second appearance, and after successfully raising nearly £1000 at both events we have helped to fund raise for more community defibrillators such as the one now at Calverley C of E Primary School. The format of the tournament this year will consist of 7x 7v7 teams made up of the player's parents and coaches. There will be most likely someone you know who is playing so please come down and support them, or regardless, just enjoy some good old competitive football whilst supporting an important community cause. All details can be found in the picture above. All of the money raised from this year's tournament will go towards another defibrillator for somewhere in and around the community. All of the proceeds will go towards the defibrillator fund.

Club Photo Day 2019

by Luke Cooper • 27 August 2019
The club are delighted to announce they are having another club photo day for the 2019-20 season, sponsored by Club Legends! It will be held on Saturday the 28th September at Calverley Cricket Club. Timings are as follows: 10.00am   U13 Boys 10.15am   U6 Boys 10.30am   U6 Girls 10.50am   U7 Boys 11.10am   U15 Boys 11.30am   U7 Girls 11.50am   U8 Boys 12.10pm   U9 Boys 12.30pm   U9 Girls 12.40pm   U10 Boys 13.00pm   U11 Boys 13.10pm   U12 Boys 13.30pm   U14 Boys 13.45pm   U5s The great news is that there is no cost for anyone involved and you only need to be there for around 10 minutes. Just take a look at this video here for all the information that you may need about how the day works: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UaMeE90rKDs . If you have children in different age-groups, you may bring them both to one of the time slots to have their photos taken at the same time. There is no requirement to buy any of the photos but we are sure that all of our players will look fantastic and feel the part when they see them. For anyone interested in what the photos may look like and products available after the photo shoot just visit this link: http://www.clublegends.co.uk/products-and-prices/#football Please be aware at some point you will receive a text message and/or email confirming your child's details and time slot. Please ensure that these details are correct, write the date, time and venue down in the diary and we will look forward to seeing you on the day. Oh and make sure your child remembers their full kit and cheesiest smiles!

Presentation Raffle Results 2019

by PAR002_123 • 12 May 2019
A huge thank you to everyone who participated in the raffle, raising vital funds for the club to put on its annual presentation day! Prizes are to be collected from the Calverley Conservative Club. Here are the winners: 1437 - Denis Birrane (MAIN PRIZE) 941 - Greg Wye 1392 - Jason Clough 1441 - Kev Halls 1179 - Martin Price 1284 - Lowery 1355 - Joanne Bowans 120 - Max Peel U6 591 - LBK U8 Girls 452 - Bobby U8s 525 - Joel G U8 573 - No Name 103 - Jack S U5 921 - Dave Beck 1309 - Yvonne H 1467 - Amelia Lockwood 450 - Seb U8 459 - Jacob U8 561 - U8 Girls Summer 437 - Freddie T U8s 1310 - Danny H 60 - Alfie K U5s 398 - Max A U7s 1450 - Dave H 457 - Jacob U8 472 - Zak U8 Thank you to Dylan Littlewood, who independently drew the raffle. If anyone has any questions about the raffle or about picking up their prize please contact CUJFCLuke@gmail.com. A huge thank you to all of our age-groups who donated the raffle prizes, as well as parents from the U5s donating several bottles of spirits and beer, as well as Essence Massage for donating a sports massage voucher.
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