VSP ready for Grassroots Football Fridays
Grassroots football is set to call Valentine Sports Park home when Football NSW launches Grassroots Football Fridays on April 22.
The initiative will give grassroots teams from all over NSW the chance to play their games at the home of football under lights and on state-of the-art synthetic pitches free of charge.
This Friday Putney Rangers and Gladesville Ravens front the Gladesville Hornsby Football Association All Age 8 competition will face off at VSP for the first time.
Football NSW head of communications, facilities and government relations Ricardo Piccioni said the initiative was about providing the community with access to world class facilities.
“Grassroots Football Friday is a new initiative from Football NSW to give community players from across the state the chance to play under lights at the Home of Football,” he said
“We’re offering our state-of-the-art synthetic fields free of charge to all of our Associations on a Friday night, and encouraging them to schedule any of their grassroots matches at Valentine Sports Park.
“We want as many people as possible to experience playing at our fantastic facility, and hope to have men and women of all ages and abilities gracing our fields during 2016.”
Putney Rangers club president Lina Candy said it was a massive coup for the club and for all grassroots football to have the opportunity to play at VSP
“For many of the players it will be the first time they have played on a world class synthetic pitch as well as at a major venue like Valentine sports Park,” she said.
“We jumped at the opportunity when we were approached by Gladesville Hornsby Football Association to reschedule this match to VSP. All the players are buzzing and can’t wait to play on Friday.
“This is a great idea from Football NSW and I know there is plenty of support around the clubs for this initiative.”
Gladesville Ravens director of Mens Football Ewen Page praised Football NSW for giving back to the associations which helped fund the development of Valentine Sports Park.
“The change rooms and the facilities at VSP will make the boys feel like they are a Hyundai A-League player for a night,” he said.
“The boys don’t often get to play under lights at All Age 8’s level so that too will be a great experience.
“Hopefully throughout the year more and more teams from the Gladesville Hornsby Football Association and other associations will get the chance to play at VSP too.”
Interested in playing at VSP?
Clubs interested in taking part in Grassroots Football Fridays and playing a fixture at Valentine Sports Park FREE OF CHARGE this season should get in contact with their local association.
