Spider Girls

We look forward to the kick off of a new and exciting girls session at Lesser Hampden as part of our regular Saturday morning Community Football Program.

Yes, from Saturday 24th March we will be hosting girl’s football sessions from 9am -10am each week. We will be working on a twelve week coaching cycle developing technique and game awareness, with a large helping of fun included.

FIRST SESSION FREE

The good news is that the first session is completely FREE ! Please come and try.

Thereafter the sessions will operate on a pay as you play basis, cost £3.00 weekly.

Subject to demand, in line with our boys’ program, we may establish a girl’s team.

Talking of teams, you can find information about our Ladies senior team elsewhere in this blog.

Happy Campers

The Spring school holiday is fast approaching and we are offering two weeks of football camps to provide lots of football action during the day.

Our courses are held on the training pitch at Lesser Hampden, Somerville Drive, Mount Florida.

The dates are : Mon 2nd-Friday 6th April and Mon 9th-Friday 13th April. 
The duration of the courses is 10am-12 noon (age 4-7yrs) and 10am until 3pm (age 8-14yrs). Costs are:- mornings £27.50, all day £66.00. 
Included in the course is a visit to Hampden Stadium and the Scottish Football Museum*.

*All day participants only.

To book places and receive course information :

Simply call us on 0141 632 1275 during office hours.
Thank you.

Our Saturday Community Football program returns to normal times and venues from Saturday 7th January. (Please wear warm and waterproof kit !)

These are :

Age 3 & 4 > indoor at Holyrood Sports Centre from 10am-11am.

Age 5 & 6 > indoor at Holyrood Sports Centre from 9am-10am.

Age 7-12 > on the astro training pitch at Lesser Hampden, 10am-11am skill & games, 11.00am – 12 noon games session.

Goalkeepers > coaching session 10am-11am. 11am-12noon games session.

Youth & Adult session > Lesser Hampden from 10am – 11.30am.

Under 10 Community team > training at Lesser Hampden, 11am -12noon.

Community Football Sessions will go ahead as usual at Lesser Hampden on Saturdays 24th and 31st December.
Our Holyrood based sessions have been altered. (see below).

Christmas Eve at Lesser Hampden
We look forward to the Christmas Eve sessions and a party atmosphere.
Please wear something festive – a Santa hat, reindeer antlers etc.
If possible, wear something red and white.
Thanks.

Holyrood session participants – 5 & 6 year olds
Special sessions will take place at Lesser Hampden on 24th and 31st December at 9am for this age group.
Please wear warm and waterproof clothing !

Holyrood session participants – 3 &4 year olds
Our ‘Spider Tots’ are now on holiday until Saturday 7th January.
We look forward to seeing everyone in this group in the New Year.

Match Tickets
Free child match tickets for our game with East Stirlingshire on Christmas Eve at Hampden, KO 3pm will be available at the registration desk on Saturday morning. Just ask !
Please come along and enjoy the match as guests of the Club !

Club Shop
The QP Club shop will be open at Lesser Hampden on Saturday 24th from 11.30am.
A great chance to pick up some late stocking fillers !

Hogmanay- Meet The Players
On Saturday 31st December, all Community participants will have the opportunity to meet the Queen’s Park First Team Playing Squad.
We will also be giving everyone a FREE colour photograph of the boys which you can have personally autographed.
This will take place at Lesser Hampden at 12 noon on Hogmanay.
Don’t miss it !

The coaches and staff wish everyone a very Merry Christmas !

Due to the low overnight temperatures which have made conditions -both on the pitch and surrounding areas- extremely treacherous, this morning’s Community Football sessions due to take place at Lesser Hampden have been suspended. Indoor sessions due to take place today at Holyrood Sports Centre are unaffected, however we ask that you allow extra time for your journey and be aware of icy road conditions. Thank you.

QPFC Community Coaching Team

We are currently taking bookings for our October coaching camps which take place during the October school holiday.
The dates are Monday 17th until Friday 21st October.

The Great Indoors – Craigholme Sports Complex, a fabulous new facility for us.
For young players aged from 5-7 years, we are holding an indoor course during the October break.
This will take place from Monday 17th until Friday 21st October at Craigholme Sports Complex, Haggs Road, Pollokshields.
The duration will be from 10am until 12 noon each day, cost for the week is £30.
Numbers on this course will be strictly limited. Please book early.

Full Time Football at Lesser Hampden
Our popular holiday course for young players aged eight and upwards returns to Lesser Hampden during the October break.
Dates : Mon 17-Fri 21 Oct.
The duration of this course is 10am until 3pm.
Included in the course is a visit to Hampden Stadium and the Scottish Football Museum.

To book places and receive course information :

Simply call us on 0141 632 1275 during office hours.
Thank you.

Week 2 Squad

 

Week 1 Squad

 As we look forward to our next series of School Holiday Courses(bookings now being taken), we thought you might like to see some pictures from the last ones held in August 2011.

Father & son coaching teamThe Full SquadWeek 2 Group

Crazy Hair 2

What's in the box for coach of the week, Andy?Surprise !Well done Andy ! The prize? A towel.

Boots For Kenya – Can You Help ?

Donations of old football boots, astro shoes, trainers etc are now being gladly accepted at the Queen’s Park Office during office hours or at the club shop on Saturday mornings from 9am until 12 noon.

From Paul Barnes, Scottish Football Partnership….

The Scottish Football Partnership are sending out an industrial container to the small village of Thigio, one hour from Nairobi in Kenya, to help support the Daughters of Charity, an organisation which cares for children in the area with desperate needs. Many of the children cared for by the charity are orphans and have lost their parents to HIV. Indeed many of the kids are HIV positive themselves. They have very little in life and often have no access to the most basic of needs such as food, water and shelter. The charity in Thigio is run by a British former PE teacher who has strived to give the children access to sports participation. Football is the most popular sport in Kenya and the charity have set up a small football club in Thigio which brings the children great pleasure. Their facilities are, as you might expect, seriously lacking though, and we were approached by the charity and asked to donate some kit. Through the relationship we have with a logistics company who we use to deliver SFP containerised changing rooms, we have been able to source an empty container and guaranteed shipment over to Kenya. Our plan is to fill this container with football kit and equipment and send it out to Thigio.

If you would like to donate some kit or equipment we would be most grateful. To date we have received many boxes and bin bags full of clothing, which is fantastic, but I’m now trying to look for donations of footwear. Very few of the kids in Thigio have proper footwear to allow them to play football and any donation at all from Scotland, would improve their enjoyment of the game immensely. The children who visit the charity range from aged 5 right up to aged 18 and beyond so any sizes of kit or footwear will make a real difference. Also, and I must stress this point, we are absolutely not looking for donations of brand new clothing or footwear. The SFP have set aside a budget which will allow us to buy new equipment nearer the time if there is a need for this.

Following the soccer seven games, we took our seats for the SFL Third Division clash between Clyde and Queen’s Park. On a bright sunny day we saw a smashing match which Queen’s won with two excellent goals from Jamie Longworth and Michael Daly. Queen’s played some great football which we all enjoyed. At half time, some of our boys took part in the 5 second challenge- the idea being

Spot The Ball

Match Action

to score a goal within five seconds against the opposite goalkeeper. It was really exciting with Queen’s just edging it. A few pictures from the day can be seen here.    

On The Pitch

Finding The Net

Well Done Everyone !