Announcement
Training sessions!
Lions!
Friday 2nd May
Our second friendly vs Elburton villa FC U16
@Lux Park Liskeard. PL14 3HZ
Arrive 18:00 for 19:00 kick-off
We will provide playing kit – please bring boots for grass and shinpads. Also, your own black grip socks and tubes if you wish to wear them 🇩🇪⚽️🇳🇱
Bears/Hawks/Wolves at Hayle FC TR27 5HT Friday 2nd May – FIRST FRIENDLIES vs SportscoFC (Birmingham) arrive 6pm please. Changing rooms will be available. We will be providing playing kit. Wear suitable footwear for 3G. See you there! 🇩🇪⚽️🇳🇱
Cobras next training at Penwith College TR18 2SA Monday 28th April – 7pm to 8:30pm. Wear suitable footwear for Astro. See you there! 🇩🇪⚽️🇳🇱
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Finance
£1010 per player
Payment plan:
- Deposit £210 by 1st March – non-refundable
- 2nd payment £400 by 1st April
- Final payment £400 by 1st May
- Details on how to pay and account details will be emailed to you once you have registered on the website – instructions to follow
- Registration must be completed via the website no later than 1st March
Contact Details
Chairman – Chris Philcox: 07843008449 Chair@kernowyouthselect.co.uk
Treasurer – Dale Bladon: 07795688218 Treasurer@kernowyouthselect.co.uk
Welfare – Dave Hitchens: 07483250564 Welfare@kernowyouthselect.co.uk
What to pack
- Towels and toiletries
- Swimming shorts/trunks/costumes
- European plug adaptor and phone charger – check phone contract to understand roaming charges and enable roaming if you wish this to be used
- Sun cream
- Water bottle
- Pillow
- Medication if required – staff must be informed
- Spending money for lunch, snacks, souvenirs and general – kept with team staff and distributed in accordance with parent/guardian instructions. UK and Euros. Recommend 10/20 Euros per day for lunch
Where we stay
- We stay in a hostel in a small town called Bad Bentheim in Lower Saxony, Germany near the border of the Netherlands. The hostel consists of a main building and an annex – we are the only occupants for the duration of the tour
- The address is DJH Jugendherberge Bad Bentheim, Am Wasserturm 34, 48455 Bad Bentheim, Germany
- Local attractions include Bentheim Castle, a park, small cafes, ice cream parlour, supermarkets and shops, a swimming pool and a local football club where we train
- All players and staff stay here for the duration of the tour – only authorised tour personnel are permitted on site at any time
Travel times
Departure: Sunday 1st June
Three pick up points:
- Penzance Harbour long stay car park 18:00
- Pool School car park 19:15
- Cornwall Services 20:15
We travel by coach via Eurotunnel from Folkstone to Calais, through Belgium and Holland arriving at Bad Bentheim around noon on Monday 2nd June.
Return: we leave Bad Bentheim Tuesday 10th June arriving home late, between 11pm and 2am.
Training
Friday 6:30pm: Bears, Hawks, Wolves and Lions
Weekly from Friday 4th April to 30th May (not Good Friday)
@Hayle FC and Perranporth FC
Monday 7pm: Cobras
Weekly from Monday 31st March to 26th May (not Easter Monday)
@Penwith College
Friendly fixtures – dates and locations (tbc)
Itinerary
- Day 1 Monday: Arrive midday – settle in, relax, fitness activity
- Day 2 Tuesday: Training am – swimming – friendlies at Denekamp Holland pm
- Day 3 Wednesday: Training am – stadium tour pm – friendlies at Oldenzaal/quick’20 pm
- Day 4 Thursday: Training am – friendlies and BBQ at Bad Bentheim
- Day 5 Friday : Borussia Dortmund stadium tour am – fitness/relaxation pm
- Day 6 Saturday: Tournament day 1 – Ibbenburen Germany
- Day 7 Sunday: Tournament day 2 – Ibbenburen Germany
- Day 8 Monday: Tournament day 3 – Ibbenburen Germany
- Day 9 Tuesday: The long journey home….
End of Tour Presentation Monday 7th July @Regal Theatre, Redruth
School Permission Letters
- Permission letters from school – on headed paper. Original letters have to be submitted by KYS to the CCFA for compliance by April – we cannot travel without these
- Post original letters to KYS Treasurer by no later than 31st March 2025
- Letter must include players full name and the dates of approved absence
Deadline: 31st March 2025
Address: KYS Treasurer, Blue Horizon, Trevilla, Feock, Truro TR3 6QG
FAQ
Player and spectator code of conduct
YOUNG PLAYERS
WHEN PLAYING FOOTBALL I WILL:
• Always play to the best of my ability and for the benefit of my team
• Play fairly – I won’t cheat, dive, complain or waste time
• Respect my team-mates, the other team, the referee or my coach/manager
• Play by the rules, as directed by the referee
• Be gracious in victory and defeat – I will shake hands with the other team and referee at the end of the game
• Listen and respond to what my coach/team manager tells me
• Understand that a coach has to do what is best for the team and not one individual player
• Talk to someone I trust or the welfare officer if I’m unhappy about anything
I understand that if I do not follow the code, any/all of the following actions may be taken:
I MAY:
• Be required to apologise to my team-mates, the other team, referee or team manager
• Receive a formal warning from the coach or committee
• Be dropped or substituted
• Be suspended from training
• Be removed from the tour
IN ADDITION:
• My parent or carer maybe made aware of any infringements of the Code of Conduct
• The FA/County FA could impose a fine and suspension against me or KYS
SPECTATORS
I WILL:
• Remember that children play for FUN
• Applaud effort and good play as well as success
• Respect the Referee’s decisions even when you don’t agree with them
• Appreciate good play from whatever team it comes from
• Remain behind the touchline and within the Designated Spectators’ Area
• Let the coach do their job and not confuse the players by telling them what to do
• Encourage the players to respect the opposition, referee and match officials
• Support positively and offer players encouragement not criticism
• Never engage in, or tolerate offensive, insulting or abusive language or behaviour
I understand that if I do not follow the Code, any/all of the following actions may be taken:
I MAY BE:
• Issued with a verbal warning from a KYS official
• Required to meet with a KYS official or committee
• Obliged to undertake an FA education course
• Obliged to leave the match venue by KYS or the tournament organisers
• Be unable to attend future games
IN ADDITION:
• The FA/County FA could impose a fine and/or suspension on me or KYS
Clothing
It is important to check sizes before completing the player registration.

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Depart for Germany 01/06/25
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