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Esf Bognor Regis w THE UK’S BIGGEST YOUTH FOOTBALL FESTIVAL KEVIN KEEGAN & CASEY STONEY CONTENTS BUTLIN’S BOGNOR REGIS 14 BUTLIN’S MINEHEAD 16 BUTLIN’S SKEGNESS 18 ABOUT ESF 4 HAVEN AYR 20 ESF 2019 CALENDAR 7 2018 ROLL OF HONOUR 22 CELEBRITY PRESENTATIONS 8 TESTIMONIALS 24 ESF GRAND FINALE 10 FESTIVAL INFO, T&C’s 26 GIRLS FOOTBALL AT ESF 12 TEAM REGISTRATION FORM 29 SILVER EAT Best Business Serving Sport AWARD less than 20 employees BRONZE Best Business Serving Football WINNING up to £2m turnover 2018 CHILDHOOD CHAMPIONS AWARDS Coporate Partner of the SLEEP TOURS Year - Midlands PLAY FOOTBALL T 01664 566360 E [email protected] W www.footballfestivals.co.uk 3 THE ULTIMATE FOOTBALL TOUR THE UK’S BIGGEST YOUTH FOOTBALL FESTIVAL With 1200 teams and 40,000 people participating, ESF is the biggest youth football festival in the UK. There’s nowhere better to take your team on tour! CELEBRITY PRESENTATIONS Our spectacular presentations are always a tour highlight. Celebrity guests have included Robert Pires, Kevin Keegan, Wayne Bridge, WAYNE BRIDGE, CASEY STONEY & SUE SMITH Stuart Pearce, Casey Stoney, Sue Smith, Robbie Fowler, Ian Wright, Danny Murphy and more. THE BEST HOLIDAY RESORTS ESF is staged exclusively at Butlin’s award winning Resorts in Bognor Regis, Minehead and Skegness, and Haven’s Holiday Park in Ayr, Scotland. Whatever the result on the pitch, your team are sure to have a fantastic time away together on tour. ESF GRAND FINALE AT ST GEORGE’S PARK BUTLIN’S MINEHEAD Win your age section at ESF 2019 and your team will qualify for the prestigious ESF Grand Finale, our Champion of Champions event. The 2019 ESF Grand Finale will be staged at one of the World’s finest training facilities, St George’s Park. ESF SCORE CENTRE Your players will feel like they’re in the Premier League with live results and table updates on the ESF Score Centre. Visit www.esfscorecentre.co.uk to view full results from ESF 2018. ST GEORGE’S PARK 4 T 01664 566360 E [email protected] W www.footballfestivals.co.uk Search ESF Festival of Football CALENDAR AYR U8: 5-a-side SCOTLAND U9-U11: 7-a-side U12: 9-a-side P20 Fri 12 - Mon 15 April U13-U14: 11-a-side U7-U8: 5-a-side MINEHEAD U9-U10: 7-a-side SOMERSET U10-U14 Girls: 7-a-side P16 Fri 26 - Mon 29 April U11-U12: 9-a-side THIS U13-U14: 11-a-side U7-U8: 5-a-side SKEGNESS U9-U10: 7-a-side LINCOLNSHIRE U9-U11 Girls: 7-a-side U11-U12: 9-a-side P18 Fri 26 - Mon 29 April U12-U15 Girls: 9-a-side U13-U15: 11-a-side AYR U8: 5-a-side SCOTLAND U9-U11: 7-a-side U12: 9-a-side P20 IS YOUR Fri 3 - Mon 6 May U13-U14: 11-a-side U7-U8: 5-a-side BOGNOR REGIS U9-U10: 7-a-side U10-U11 Girls: 7-a-side WEST SUSSEX U11-U12: 9-a-side P14 Fri 3 - Mon 6 May U12-U15 Girls: 9-a-side U13-U14: 11-a-side AYR SKEGNESS U7-U8: 5-a-side LINCOLNSHIRE U9-U10: 7-a-side U11-U12: 9-a-side P18 YEAR Fri 3 - Mon 6 May U13-U14: 11-a-side U7-U8: 5-a-side U9-U10: 7-a-side BOGNOR REGIS U9-U11 Girls: 7-a-side WEST SUSSEX U11-U12: 9-a-side U12-U15 Girls: 9-a-side P14 Fri 17 - Mon 20 May U13-U15: 11-a-side Since the first ESF festival in 1989, over 1 Million people have now joined us on tour! ESF is a U13 Inclusive: 5-a-side series of professionally organised festivals, that bring over 1200 youth football teams together (Pan Disability) for a fantastic weekend of football and fun, with teams accommodated at Butlin’s and Haven SKEGNESS U7-U8: 5-a-side ST GEORGE’S PARK U9-U10: 7-a-side resorts. ESF 2019 then culminates with the ESF Grand Finale – our Champion of Champions ESF FINALE STAFFORDSHIRE U9-U11 Girls: 7-a-side U11-U12: 9-a-side P10 event at St George’s Park. Join us for the ultimate tour - this is your year! Sat 6 - Sun 7 July U12-U15 Girls: 9-a-side U13-U15: 11-a-side MINEHEAD Professional Organisation ESF Core Values TYPICAL TOUR ITINERARY With a passion for football and 30 years experience organising some of the The following Core Values are at the forefront of everything we BOGNOR REGIS Friday - Arrival & Check In at Butlin’s/Haven most prestigious youth football events in the UK, you can expect the highest endeavour to achieve at ESF: TEAMWORK / SPORTSMANSHIP / - Team Registration & Coaches Welcome Meeting at 8PM standard of service from the ESF team. ENJOYMENT / FRIENDSHIP / DISCIPLINE / RESPECT - Full night time Entertainment Programme Saturday - Day 1 of Festival - Group Stage matches - Tour activities - Water Park, Climbing Wall, Go Karts etc. National FA Sanction First Aid Cover - Full night time Entertainment Programme All ESF festivals are sanctioned by the relevant National Football Association. First Aid cover is provided by professional suppliers at all ESF festivals. Sunday - Day 2 of Festival – Final Group Stage matches & Finals - T our activities - Water Park, Climbing Wall, Go Karts etc. - ESF Celebrity Presentation Ceremonies - Departure for guests wishing to depart on Sunday Monday - Departur e for guests wishing to depart on Monday FINANCIAL PROTECTION Child Protection All payments made to ESF Events are fully protected by ABTOT. All ESF staff are DBS checked. ESF are proud to support the NSPCC. Search ESF Festival of Football T 01664 566360 E [email protected] W www.footballfestivals.co.uk 7 SIR GEOFF HURST IAN WRIGHT JOHN BARNES MARK NOBLE CASEY STONEY SCOTT BROWN BRYAN ROBSON Danny Murphy & Sue Smith Casey Stoney & Kevin Keegan MEET A ROBBIE FOWLER FAYE WHITE PAUL & TOM INCE LEGEND AIDEN MCGEADY KEVIN KEEGAN With dramatic sound and lighting effects, our BARRY FERGUSON spectacular presentation ceremonies are the Robert Pires Ian Wright Robbie Fowler highlight of the tour for many teams. It’s a proud MATT LE TISSIER moment for the parents and coaches, as each team DANNY MURPHY gets their moment of glory on the big stage in front CHRIS SMALLING of a packed auditorium, where every player has the opportunity to meet our celebrity guest. SUE SMITH IAN RUSH Legends of the game join us at the ESF presentations to meet all the children and hand out the awards. Every player receives a quality trophy as a memento of ESF and there are superb DIDI HAMANN individual trophies for squad members of the winners and runners-up in each age section and Casey Stoney & John Barnes Sue Smith, Ray Parlour & Paul Merson a custom made 20” ESF Champions trophy for the winning team. On top of this, the Mitre Fair WAYNE BRIDGE Play Awards and prestigious Mitre Golden Ball Award are presented in each age group. ROBBIE SAVAGE The ESF presentation is the perfect way to close the festival and will be a night to remember for all players, coaches and parents. STUART PEARCE LEIGH GRIFFITHS ROBERT PIRES GORDON STRACHAN JORDAN NOBBS MARTHA HARRIS PETER BEARDSLEY SIR GEOFF HURST IAN WRIGHT TEDDY SHERINGHAM ALEX MCLEISH PAUL MERSON RAY PARLOUR LEDLEY KING Teddy Sheringham & Casey Stoney 8 T 01664 566360 E [email protected] W www.footballfestivals.co.uk KRIS BOYD KENNY MILLER CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS To be crowned ESF 2019 Champions is a We’re delighted to announce that the 2019 ESF Grand Finale fantastic achievement, but now an even will be staged once again at one of the World’s finest training bigger test awaits. Win your age section at facilities, St George’s Park. This £105m facility, set in 330 ESF 2019 and your team will be invited to acres of Staffordshire countryside, is the home of England’s 24 national teams. The ESF Grand Finale offers many young attend the prestigious ESF Grand Finale, our footballers the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of some of Champion of Champions event. Your team the greatest players on the planet. will compete against the best teams from ESF 2019 for the ultimate crown – It’s a thrilling The ESF Grand Finale is a free of charge, invitation only event, climax to the year at ESF. which takes place on Sat 6th or Sun 7th July 2019. Further details on page 26. 10 T 01664 566360 E [email protected] W www.footballfestivals.co.uk Search ESF Festival of Football THESE STUART PEARCE & JORDAN NOBBS GIRLS CAN! Join over 150 girls teams from all over the UK on tour at ESF 2019. AMBASSADORS FOR At ESF we’re fully committed to girls football. Girls GIRLS FESTIVALS tournaments are available for U9 to U15 teams at four of GIRLS FOOTBALL AT ESF our very best ESF 2019 festivals, attracting girls teams of all abilities from all corners of the UK. MINEHEAD U10-U14 Girls: 7-a-side We’re delighted to have Casey Stoney and Sue Smith as Fri 26 - Mon 29 April To make ESF extra special for the girls, we invite some Ambassadors for girls football at ESF 2019. of the leading names in women’s football to join us at our UK presentations. England International stars Casey SKEGNESS U9-U11 Girls: 7-a-side “ I love being an Ambassador for ESF. Teams come together, you Stoney, Jordan Nobbs, Claire Rafferty, Sue Smith, Martha Fri 26 - Mon 29 April U12-U15 Girls: 9-a-side get to meet new people, have new experiences as a young Harris and Faye White have all made special appearances person..
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