The Royston Town Youth Football Tournament will take place at Eternit, Whaddon Road, Meldreth, SG8 5RL on the 8th, 9th 15th and 16th of July.
Categories from Under 7s Minis up to the Under 16s, we also have 6 Girls only groups (these are clearly labelled GIRLS) and our Inclusive Football Festival for children with Sensory, Learning and physical disabilities.
Along with the Football, the bar will be open throughout, there will be a soft drink refreshments stall, the BBQ will be cooking and the sweet stall open.
There should be photographers on site, taking pictures which will be available to purchase on the day and also afterwards from their online service. There may possibly be a drone on the day taking arial images.
Entry Costs
– £35 for all teams U7 to U16.
– £10 U7 MINI teams – this is for teams who will be Under 7 in the 2023-24 season, all players must have reached the age of 6 before the festival date and NOT have reached the age of 7 – please do not enter this if your team is a CURRENT U7 team, your place will not be honoured.
– FREEÂ Inclusive, this is booked PER PLAYER
Age groups and the dates they are playing are listed below for quick reference, please ensure you choose to enter the correct age group/category, we may not be able to rectify at a later date!
Playing formats will be U7 MINI, U7 & U8 5-a-side festival all listed players will receive a bespoke medal, U9-U16 6-a-side tournament listed players from only the winning and second placed team from each age group will receive a bespoke medal and the players in the winning team will receive a trophy.
All age groups are for the current playing season of 2022/23, players will need to have been registered with the team in which they are playing from this season with the exception of 2 guest players (these players will need to provide DOB ID, if questioned and if no ID can be provided the players will not be permitted to take part), all age groups are allowed 4Â substitutes per team.
All players will be named on a squad sheet at entry, only those players will be allowed to play for a winners medal/trophy, any team bringing/playing more than the number permitted is at risk of being disqualified – please note a player older than the age group will not be allowed to compete. NO Academy players are permitted to play – should we discover an academy player, the whole team will be immediately removed from the competition.
We will be running 2 different competitions again this year for the Royston Town Youth Football Tournament.
CUP – will be for the stronger teams, please DO not enter the SHIELD if you are a higher ability as you may forfeit your place if we find that your team plays within a higher League division and there is no space remaining within the CUP competition.
SHIELD – will be for the development teams, we will do our best to ensure that the teams playing are playing within the lower League divisions – we are not responsible for teams that submit incorrect information.
Rules and team sheets will be sent out via email prior to the tournament, please direct all queries to [email protected]
