Three bits of good news for a change, We can now confirm the dates for the restart of training, the next round of the tri-team tournament, and the 2021 Spring / Summer Manchester League. Training> Training restarts at Goshen on Tuesday 30th March at 12:30pm until 13:30pm> Training restarts at Radcliffe on Thursday 1st AprilContinue reading “Fixtures and Training update”
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Manchester League Progress
The GMWFL is making progress with Manchester League and expect to issue the first fixtures within a week or so. 10 teams have entered the over 60s, 10 in the over 65s and 4 in the over 70s, which are ideal numbers at this present time. The 60s and 65s categories will play in twoContinue reading “Manchester League Progress”
GMWFL 2021 Spring season cancelled
The Greater Manchester Walking Football League (GMWFL) has cancelled the Spring 2021 season due to the COVID situation. In an email to all clubs the GMWFL stated … The GMWF Spring League 2021 will not go ahead due the pandemic and the uptake of vaccinations eventually going into May and possibly June. We are veryContinue reading “GMWFL 2021 Spring season cancelled”
Tri-team Tournament restart
Following the easing of the COVID restrictions and the re start of grass roots football, a date has been set for the next round of games in the Tri-team Tournament between The Relics, Maccabi and Salcom. The date for your diary for Game day 3 of the tournament is Thursday 8th April 11:00 to 12:30Continue reading “Tri-team Tournament restart”
Manchester League Taking Shape
Due to COVID restrictions and the number of players / officials / spectators that will be on site at Heywood on each game day it’s not possible to run the normal league fixtures at the moment. The proposal from the GMWFL is to organise a Spring / early Summer league for Manchester based teams onlyContinue reading “Manchester League Taking Shape”
Restart Update
Training, Tri-Team Tournament, and GMWFL restart update … Training:As you will know by now the government announcements allow us to restart our training sessions, we have had confirmation that Goshen will be available to us from Tuesday 30th March for our normal time of 12:30.We are hoping that Radcliffe Borough will be available on Friday 2ndContinue reading “Restart Update”
GMWFL AGM and 2021 Spring Season Update
The Greater Manchester Walking Football League (GMWFL) has issued the following email to all clubs. The GMWFL AGM which was due to be held next month is obviously not going to be possible due to the current restrictions. With the outlook still uncertain, we will delay the AGM until possibly the Spring/early Summer when hopefullyContinue reading “GMWFL AGM and 2021 Spring Season Update”
50th Anniversary Congratulations.
They did it!, well done and massive congratulations to Relics player Dave Morris and his wife Denise who celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on 23rd January. Back in 1971, the wedding reception was at Swinton, where they probably danced to Grandad by Clive Dunn which was number 1, and maybe T Rex – Ride aContinue reading “50th Anniversary Congratulations.”
GMWFL 2020 Review & 2021 Preview
The Greater Manchester Walking Football League (GMWFL) has published a review of the 2020 seasons and a look forward to 2021. The review covers the disappointment of having to cancel both 2020 seasons (Spring and Autumn). It also remembers players that have sadly passed away during 2020 including Bury Relic’s Dave Seel who died onContinue reading “GMWFL 2020 Review & 2021 Preview”
Tier 4 Cancellations
We don’t like to end the year on an unhappy note, but the latest announcement from the UK Government (30th December 2020) moving Greater Manchester into Tier 4 of the coronavirus restrictions means that there will be no more games or training until further notice. Let’s be optimistic about better times to come. Best wishesContinue reading “Tier 4 Cancellations”
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