After a scorching summer (have you seen the park?!), we’re delighted to welcome all our Wasps back for another season of football, friendship and fun!

Before we get stuck into the new season, it’s worth taking a moment to reflect on what was a fantastic 2025/26 season for Wingrave Junior Football Club.

The 2026 Wasps Tournament

Our first ever two-day tournament was a huge success, raising an incredible £5,162.57 profit for the club! That is a fantastic achievement and is testament to the hard work of everyone who helped organise, run and support the weekend. Thank you! 

The money raised will help us:

– Keep subscriptions at £150 per player
– Cover the cost of goal maintenance, which has been nearly £1,000 this summer, as well as new corner flags
– Help cover the shortfall from the FA pitch maintenance grant, which we no longer receive, allowing us to complete verti-draining throughout the season

It’s a great example of what we can achieve when the whole Wasps community pulls together. 

Winter Training at Cottesloe

Winter training will once again move to Cottesloe School 3G on Thursday evenings from October. Having all the Wasps together on Thursday evenings last season really helped build a strong sense of community across the club, while giving the children access to a fantastic training environment.

We’re looking forward to doing it all again next year!

Thank You, Lee

As many of you will know, Lee Broomhead has stepped down as Co-Chair this season.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank Lee for all his hard work and commitment to the club over the past few years. His contribution, particularly in developing and delivering the tournament, has been instrumental in creating an important new revenue stream for the club.

Thank you, Lee, for everything you have done for the Wasps. 

A Wasps Team for Every Age!

For the first time in many years, the club now has every age group from Mini-Kickers (U6) right through to U16s.

That’s a fantastic position for the club to be in and shows the continued strength and growth of junior football in Wingrave, the surrounding villages and beyond.

The FA Future Fit Model

The FA’s new Future Fit model means some changes to the way our younger age groups play.

Our U7s will now play 3v3 football, so we wish Dave and Jamie all the very best as they take on this new challenge with the team!

There are also changes further up the age groups, with some teams continuing to play on smaller pitches and with smaller numbers for longer.

It’s an exciting time for youth football, and we’ll support our coaches and players as everyone gets used to the new formats.

The Pitches

The exceptionally dry summer has made maintaining the pitches particularly challenging.

Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to keep the new pitch drainage laterals topped up and seeded as we had hoped. As a result, we expect to continue with the pitch configuration we finished last season with until at least Christmas 2026.

This means some Saturday morning matches will continue to take place at Cottesloe 3G.

Hopefully, a bit more rain will help us get the work completed and the pitches back to where we want them! 

Key Dates for Your Diary

Saturday 5th September – Working Party

9:30am start. We’ll be getting stuck into a few jobs around the park:

– Refill the pitch laterals with soil and seed again – once we get some rain!
– Goal maintenance
– Tidy the equipment cupboard

If you can lend a hand, perhaps while your child is training, please head down to the park for 9:30am. Many hands make light work! 

Thursday 24th September – WWJFC AGM

8pm at the Clubhouse. Everyone is welcome.

Thursday Training

Training will continue at Wingrave Park throughout September, before moving to Cottesloe 3G from Thursday 1st October for the winter.

Saturday 17th October – Race Night!

At the Clubhouse, Doors 7:00pm for 7:30pm start.
£5 per ticket.

Contact Sophie wingravejfcclubsecretary@gmail.com for more info and to book tickets. It promises to be a great night!

Saturday 8th May 2027 – Presentation Day

Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th June 2027 – Wasps Tournament Weekend

Please note: the tournament date is still provisional and we hope to have this confirmed by mid-October.

Subscriptions 2026/27

Thanks to the success of the tournament, we are delighted to be able to keep subscriptions at £150 per player for the new season.

Discounts will be available for families with multiple Wasps, and the £150 fee also includes the cost of Cottesloe winter training.

Our treasurer, Alan, will share details of how to pay, either by monthly Direct Debit or as a one-off payment, over the next month or so.

Here’s to Another Great Season!

We’re incredibly excited about the season ahead and hope it will be another fantastic year of football, friendship and fun for all our Wasps.

Thank you once again to all our coaches, managers, volunteers, parents, players and supporters for everything you do to make Wingrave Junior Football Club such a special community.

We’ll see you down at the park – or at Cottesloe – for plenty more football!

Mark, Sophie, Wendy & Alan
Wingrave Junior Football Club