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Ballymena United Football Club - Season Tickets 2019/20 Application Form
BALLYMENA UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB - SEASON TICKETS 2019/20 APPLICATION FORM Please provide the information requested in the boxes below using BLOCK capitals Incomplete forms may not be processed NAME OF APPLICANT ADDRESS 1 ADDRESS 2 POSTCODE DATE OF BIRTH DD/MM/YYYY SEX EMAIL DAYTIME TELEPHONE EVENING TELEPHONE TICKET REQUEST Tick the box of the relevant season ticket Discount Price Regular Price Select Relevant Box (Before 01/07/2019 only) ADULT (18+) £150.00 £160.00 SENIOR CITIZEN (65+) £85.00 £95.00 STUDENT (18+) In full-time education £85.00 £95.00 Student ID required (see terms overleaf) YOUTH (Aged 12-17) * £70.00 £80.00 FAMILY (1 Adult & 2 Children) ** £210.00 £240.00 DIRECTORS BOX TICKET +£50.00 +£50.00 Add £50.00 to price of regular ticket * Children under the age of 12 should join the Junior Sky Blues (http://www.ballymenaunitedfc.com/jsb/) ** Strictly 1 adult and 2 children (aged 12-15) from the same family. If you have selected a Family Ticket please state the name(s) and date(s) of birth of the child(ren): Name 1 Name 2 DOB 1 DD / MM / YYYY DOB 2 DD / MM / YYYY Your privacy is important to us and so Ballymena United FC are committed to the new General Data Protection Regulations, which protect how your information must be stored and prohibit unauthorised use of such information. For our full privacy statement, including details on how your information is held and processed, please visit www.ballymenaunitedfc.com DECLARATION I have read and agreed to the terms and conditions associated with the completion of the application and enclose the sum of £.............. -
Irish Football Association Annual Report 2018-2019
IRISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 WWW.IRISHFA.COM 2018-19 CONTENTS President’s Introduction 3 Chief Executive’s Report 6 Stadium Report 9 Irish FA Annual Report Irish FA International Senior Men’s Team 13 International Men’s U21 19 2 International Men’s U19 And U17 20 International Senior Women’s Team 23 International Women’s U19 And U17 26 Girls’ Regional Excellence Programme 29 Elite Performance Programme - Club NI 30 The International Football Association Board (IFAB) 32 Domestic Football Irish Cup 33 Domestic Football 35 Domestic Football Club Licensing And Facilities 36 Refereeing 39 Grassroots Programmes 40 Disability Football Special Education 42 Disability Football Activities 43 Grassroots Football In Schools 44 Domestic Football Women’s Club Football 46 Grassroots Club And Volunteer Development 48 Grassroots Futsal 50 Community Relations 51 Northern Ireland Boys’ Football Association 52 Northern Ireland Schools’ Football Association 54 Communications 56 Finance 57 The Irish Football Association’s Annual Report 2018-19 was compiled, edited and written by Nigel Tilson PRESIDENT’S Annual Report Irish FA INTRODUCTION The depth and breadth of the work we as an association undertake never ceases to amaze me. 2018-19 Initiatives such as our Ahead of the Game mental The U19 men’s side narrowly missed out on health programme and our extensive work with VIEGLMRKERIPMXIVSYRHMR9)YVSWUYEPMƤIVW8LI disabled players are just some of the excellent U17s did manage it, however they found the going things that we do. tough in an elite round mini tournament staged in the Netherlands. And it was great that we received a Royal seal of 3 approval when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge The senior women’s team bounced back following visited the National Football Stadium at Windsor ETSSV;SVPH'YTUYEPMƤGEXMSRGEQTEMKRF] Park, and our headquarters, back in February. -
Violence and the Sacred in Northern Ireland
VIOLENCE AND THE SACRED IN NORTHERN IRELAND Duncan Morrow University of Ulster at Jordanstown For 25 years Northern Ireland has been a society characterized not so much by violence as by an endemic fear of violence. At a purely statistical level the risk of death as a result of political violence in Belfast was always between three and ten times less than the risk of murder in major cities of the United States. Likewise, the risk of death as the result of traffic accidents in Northern Ireland has been, on average, twice as high as the risk of death by political killing (Belfast Telegraph, 23 January 1994). Nevertheless, the tidal flow of fear about political violence, sometimes higher and sometimes lower but always present, has been the consistent fundamental backdrop to public, and often private, life. This preeminence of fear is triggered by past and present circumstances and is projected onto the vision of the future. The experience that disorder is ever close at hand has resulted in an endemic insecurity which gives rise to the increasingly conscious desire for a new order, for scapegoats and for resolution. For a considerable period of time, Northern Ireland has actively sought and made scapegoats but such actions have been ineffective in bringing about the desired resolution to the crisis. They have led instead to a continuous mimetic crisis of both temporal and spatial dimensions. To have lived in Northern Ireland is to have lived in that unresolved crisis. Liberal democracy has provided the universal transcendence of Northern Ireland's political models. Northern Ireland is physically and spiritually close to the heartland of liberal democracy: it is geographically bound by Britain and Ireland, economically linked to Western Europe, and historically tied to emigration to the United States, Canada, and the South Pacific. -
EU Settlement Scheme Extended to the People of Northern Ireland: What Does It Mean for Me?
EU Settlement Scheme extended to the people of Northern Ireland: what does it mean for me? June 2020 Introduction This briefing sets out a change in immigration rules being introduced from 24 August 2020. The change is a response to representations made by a number of organisations and individuals on how the current arrangements do not meet the identity and birth right provisions of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement. The issue was the subject of a legal challenge by Jake and Emma De Souza that has now been resolved. The new rules only apply for a limited period. The joint committee of the Commission and Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission published a report setting out a longer-term solution produced by Alison Harvey. Alison has also produced this briefing. I want to thank Alison for so ably meeting the challenge of producing an accessible document while doing justice to the complexities of the amended immigration rules. The briefing also sets out where else to get help and I hope it will be helpful to those individuals looking to resolve family reunification arrangements who are covered by the rules. Les Allamby Chief Commissioner Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission 2 What has happened? On 14 May 2002 the government published Statement of Changes CP 232 to the Immigration Rules. This changes the rules with effect from 24 August 2020 so that from that date the “family members” of the “people of Northern Ireland” can apply under the EU settlement scheme set out in Appendix EU to the Rules. The EU settlement scheme was originally devised for EEA nationals and their family members living in the UK before the end of transition period following Brexit to be able to continue living in UK indefinitely when the transition period ends, and in some instances for others family members to join them. -
The Hague Convention – Order Or Chaos?
THE HAGUE CONVENTION – ORDER OR CHAOS? An update on a paper first delivered to a Family Law Conference in Adelaide in 1994 Updated for the Canadian National Judicial Institute International Judicial Conference on The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction July 2004 La Malbaie (Québec) (Canada) Sub nom "The Special Commission recognises that the Convention in general continues to work well in the interests of children and broadly meets the needs for which it was drafted." Are they kidding themselves? By the Honourable Justice Kay A Judge of the Appeal Division Family Court of Australia Melbourne1 1 A significant debt of gratitude is owed to my research associates Alice Carter, Tracy Smith, Kristen Abery, Genevieve Hall, Rob O’Neill, Waleed Aly and Mai Lin Yong for their invaluable assistance in the preparation of this paper over its many years of development. "Unless Australian courts, including this Court, uphold the spirit and the letter of the Convention as it is rendered part of Australian law by the Regulations, a large international enterprise of great importance for the welfare of children generally will be frustrated in the case of this country. Because Australia, more than most other countries, is a land with many immigrants, derived from virtually every country on earth, well served by international air transport, it is a major user of the Convention scheme. Many mothers, fathers and children are dependent upon the effective implementation of the Convention for protection when children are the victims of international child abduction and retention. To the extent that Australian courts, including this Court, do not fulfil the expectations expressed in the rigorous language of the Convention and the Regulations, but effectively reserve custody (and residence) decisions to themselves, we should not be surprised if other countries, noting what we do, decline to extend to our courts the kind of reciprocity and mutual respect which the Convention scheme puts in place. -
England & Northern Ireland
England & Northern Ireland (UK) Key issues • England and Northern Ireland have been more effective in activating their highly skilled adults than many other countries participating in the survey. • There is a strong and positive association between higher literacy proficiency and social outcomes in England and Northern Ireland. • The talent pool of highly skilled adults in England and Northern Ireland is likely to shrink relative to that of other countries. • England and Northern Ireland need to address social inequalities, particularly among young adults. • There are particularly large proportions of adults in England and Northern Ireland with poor numeracy skills. The survey The Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) provides a picture of adults’ proficiency in three key information-processing skills: • literacy – the ability to understand and respond appropriately to written texts; • numeracy – the ability to use numerical and mathematical concepts; and • problem solving in technology-rich environments – the capacity to access, interpret and analyse information found, transformed and communicated in digital environments. Proficiency is described in terms of a scale of 500 points divided into levels. Each level summarises what a person with a particular score can do. Six proficiency levels are defined for literacy and numeracy (Levels 1 through 5 plus below Level 1) and four for problem solving in technology-rich environments (Levels 1 through 3 plus below Level 1). The survey also provides a rich array of information regarding respondents’ use of skills at work and in everyday life, their education, their linguistic and social backgrounds, their participation in the labour market and other aspects of their well-being. -
County Antrim & District Football
COUNTY ANTRIM & DISTRICT FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (comprising the North-East District of the Irish Football Association Ltd.) OFFICE BEARERS President: J. JESS Vice-President: C. LAMONT Hon Treasurer: M. WILSON Association Secretary: A. SIMPSON 5 Hillview Avenue, Carrickfergus, BT38 8YP e-mail: [email protected] Discipline Secretary: B. THOMPSON 8 Springfield Meadows, Belfast, BT13 3QS e-mail: [email protected] www.countyantrimfa.org HONORARY OFFICIALS 1888-2016 CHAIRMEN (Post re-designated President in 1985) No Permanent Chairman Elected.............................................................................1888-1898 G. D. JENKINS ........................................................................................................1898-1912 R. ERVINE................................................................................................................1912-1916 J. M. SMALL ............................................................................................................1916-1943 F. J. COCHRANE ....................................................................................................1943-1966 T. MOORHEAD........................................................................................................1966-1967 W. CARLISLE ..........................................................................................................1967-1985 PRESIDENTS H. A. JOHNSTONE...................................................................................................1985-1989 D. CRAWFORD........................................................................................................1989-1991 -
Design a Giro D'italia Cycling Jersey
Design a Giro d’Italia Cycling Jersey Front Name: Age: School/Address: Postcode: www.activ8ni.net Giro d’Italia is coming to Northern Ireland – Get Inspired, Get Cycling and win big with Activ8 Sport Northern Ireland’s Activ8 Wildcats Twist and Bounce are in need of new cycling jerseys in time for the Giro d’Italia Big Start (9-11 May 2014) and we are inviting all primary school children to help us design two new shirts – one for Twist and one for Bounce! The race starts with a time trial around the streets of Belfast on Friday evening, 9 May, followed by a trip from Belfast up around the North Coast and back. On Sunday, 11 May, the tour moves to start in Armagh with a final destination of Dublin. The tour will then fly off to Italy to complete the race in Trieste on Sunday 1 June. As the focus of the cycling world will be on us, Twist and Bounce want to make sure they look their very best to help us promote cycling as a fun and active activity. The two winning designs will be made into t-shirts for Twist and Bounce in time for the Giro d’Italia, with a commemorative picture for the winning designers. A range of other fantastic prizes will also be available including a schools activity pack and a visit from the Activ8 Wildcats and the Activ8 Cycle Squad. Simply design your jersey, complete in class or at home and submit either scanned and e-mailed to [email protected] or send your hard copy to: Activ8 Giro Competition Sport Northern Ireland House of Sport 2 A Upper Malone Road Belfast BT9 5LA The closing date for entries is Friday 7 March 2014. -
Estimates of Trade Between Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England
UK Interregional Trade Estimation: Estimates of trade between Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England Alastair Greig, Mairi Spowage and Graeme Roy ESCoE Discussion Paper 2020-09 June 2020 ISSN 2515-4664 UK Interregional Trade Estimation: Estimates of trade between Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England Alastair Greig, Mairi Spowage and Graeme Roy ESCoE Discussion Paper No. 2020-09 June 2020 Abstract In the UK, there is major economic change such as Brexit on the horizon. The impact of such change is likely to vary across UK regions. There is also a growing demand for improved regional economic analysis to help inform devolution and City Deal-type policymaking. Despite these concerns, there are no comprehensive national statistics on interregional trade in the UK. This paper fills this gap, proposing a framework for estimating interregional trade between the devolved nations of the UK: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. We explain where gaps exist in the current UK data landscape and suggests various ways in which these could be addressed. We then apply our framework using currently available data, presenting initial results for trade between the 4 nations of the UK in 2015. Recommendations for future work are also presented, including the need to evaluate current methods for collecting trade information within the UK. Keywords: Interregional Trade Flows, Regional Supply Use Tables, Trade Surveys, Origin Destination Data JEL classification: F15, F17, R12 Mairi Spowage, Fraser of Allander Institute, University of Strathclyde, [email protected] and Greame Roy, Fraser of Allander Institute, University of Strathclyde, [email protected]. Published by: Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence National Institute of Economic and Social Research 2 Dean Trench St London SW1P 3HE United Kingdom www.escoe.ac.uk ESCoE Discussion Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate. -
Northern Ireland Football League Ltd Women's Premiership Rules
Northern Ireland Football League Ltd Women’s Premiership Rules & Regulations Season 2020 CONSTITUTION 1. Title 2. Membership Fees 3. Dual Interests in Clubs 4. Clubs Ceasing to be Members 5. Notices 6. League Competitions 7. Ranking of Teams NIFL PREMIERSHIP MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 8. NIFL Women’s Premiership Committee 9. NIFL Women’s Premiership Management Committee Powers OFFENCES, INQUIRIES AND COMMISSIONS THEREON, DISPUTES AND APPEALS 10. Inquiry into and Punishment of Offences 11. Commissions and Reports 12. Misconduct in Pre-arranging Results/Gambling on NIFL matches 13. Protests 14. Appeals against Decisions of the NIFL Women’s Premiership Management Committee MATCHES 15. Matches and kick-off times 16. Postponed or Abandoned Matches 17. International duty 18. Substitute Players 19. Player Identification 20. Completion of Team Sheet 21. Kit Approval 22. Late Start 23. Objection to Ground, etc 24. Medals 25. Trophies FINANCE 26. Admission to Grounds 27. Gate Receipts 28. Fines REGISTRATIONS AND TRANSFERS 29. NIFL Player Registration/Eligibility Guidelines 30. Eligible Players 31. Ineligibility of Players NIFL Women’s Premiership Rules – Season 2020 Page 1 32. Penalty for Playing Unregistered or Ineligible Players MISCELLANEOUS 33. Conditions of Membership of Clubs comprising the NIFL Premiership 34. Registration of Ground 35. Technical Areas 36. Referees 37. Official Match Ball 38. Half-time Interval 39. Processional Entry and Fair Play Handshake 40. Match Observers 41. League Structure 42. Alterations to Rules NIFL Women’s Premiership -
Intermediate Football Restructure Background
Intermediate Football Restructure Background One of the long-term objectives within the Irish FA’s 5-year strategy 2017-2022 is to reinvigorate the everyday game. Specifically, within this objective is a proposal for the restructure of Intermediate Football. The restructure aims to raise standards and continue the development of the game at Intermediate level by seeking to improve the standard of football on the pitch, introducing a more standardised league format and enhancing the quality of facilities/spectator experience. Senior Football 12 NIFL Premiership Intermediate Football 12 NIFL Championship 12 Premier Intermediate League via playoffs Northern Ireland General Intermediate Football Intermediate Intermediate A – 14 NAFL League Ballymena & Approx. 117 teams (excluding Premier – 14 Provincial Football NIFL Premiership reserve Intermediate B - 12 8 League teams) 1A – 14; 1B – 14; 15 1C - 14 Mapping of current Intermediate Football Clubs in Northern Ireland Mapping illustrates very heavy concentration of Intermediate clubs in Greater Belfast/ East of province, various colours represent current intermediate league they play in. Preferred Future Structure The preferred future structure provides for a better geographical split of clubs whilst limiting travel to regional opposition and standardising league formats. The future structure is assumed to sit on top of the existing Junior leagues structure. Region A – North/ North West Region B – Greater Belfast/ East Region C – South/ South East League Management A tender process is to be carried out to confirm league operators for each of the 3 regions. It is assumed that NIFL will continue to operate the Premier Intermediate League (National Intermediate League). However, if this is not the case then the National Intermediate League will be included in the tender process. -
Women's Premiership
Women’s Premiership 2019 Season Review October 2019 – Version 1 Message from the chair As the Chair of the NIFL Women’s Premiership Management Committee I am delighted to introduce the review of the 2019 season. The Women’s Premiership Management Committee is made up of committed individuals from our senior women’s clubs and I would like to thank them for their support and passion in driving the improvement within the top female league in Northern Ireland. While the report will focus on 2019 it is clear that important strides have been made since the formation of the NIFL Women’s Premiership in 2016 and through the work of our clubs and staff within the NI Football League I am pleased to see increasing interest from the local and national media. We are excited as we believe there is still more to come in women’s football. 2019 also welcomed the creation of a new Electric Ireland Women’s Academy League which will aid the development of our clubs and our talented young players. The support from Electric Ireland will allow us to grow and I would like to thank them alongside our Premiership title sponsors Danske Bank, for investing in our future. I hope you enjoy the review as we are keen celebrate and highlight our progress while also demonstrating the potential future growth in our, leagues, clubs and players. Sue O’Neill (Chair, Women’s Premiership Management Committee) 2019 in review The 2019 season was arguably the most eventful in the short history of female football in under the NI Football League.