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The Camborne / Redruth / Hayle Gazette March 2017


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Camborne chosen to stage FA People’s Cup event


CORNWALL College Camborne was due to stage an FA People’s Cup event on Sunday, February 26, organised by Cornwall dis-Ability Football League in partnership with Cornwall FA.


The tournament in Camborne is the only FA


People’s Cup event which was scheduled for Cornwall.


Cornwall dis-Ability League provide monthly festivals where teams from Penzance, Troon, Chacewater and St Austell currently compete – anyone is welcome to turn up and play on the day. Visit their Facebook Page – Cornwall dis- Ability Football League for more info. The nationwide five-a-side competition, which is also run in partnership with BBC Get Inspired, is the biggest amateur free to enter football competition in the UK, and is currently asking for teams or individuals to sign up and enter. The competition welcomes both male and female players within the following categories: Youth Disability (mixed), Adult Male Disability (league) and Adult Male Disability (Champi- onship).


Wildcard


Players can enter as a team or as an individ- ual who can join ‘wildcard’ teams which are allocated prior to the tournament. The FA People’s Cup launched in 2015 and is now in its third full season with 35,000 people taking part last season from over 4,000 teams across the UK. Last year, winning teams from the local cup run events went on to compete in the finals at Sheffield and the eventual winners from each category were invited to attend the Emirates FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium connected by EE.


‘IT’S an amazing opportunity for Cornwall to celebrate disability football,’ says Nikki Perryman of Cornwall dis-Ability League Nikki Perryman, Cornwall dis-Ability


Football League, said ‘We are thrilled to host the only event of its kind in Cornwall.


‘It’s an amazing opportunity for Cornwall to celebrate disability football and for players to be involved in a nationwide event with potential to compete at a national level.’


Games were scheduled to take place on the 3G astro turf at Cornwall College Camborne. For further information on the Cornwall dis-Ability Football League, email Nikki Perryman at applepye3@hotmail.co.uk The competition was free to enter and open to both males and females who love playing football.


Players were able to register whether they were part of an established team or an individual who can join ‘wild card’ teams that are formed prior to the tournament starting. Once registrations were completed, the competition was organised over three rounds: round one, semi-finals and final.


The competition is now in its third full season and began in 2015, with 30,000 people taking part in its first year. Last year, it returned with more than 35,000 players entering from over 4,000 teams across the country.


A closely-fought finals day was held in Sheffield and the eventual winners from each


category were invited to attend the Emirates FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium connected by EE.


Categories for Cornwall were Youth disability mixed, Adult male disability – League; and Adult male disability Championship. Key dates are: semi-finals, Friday and Sunday, March 24 and 26. Finals take place on the weekend of Saturday, April 29. For further information, telephone Nikki


Perryman on 07730 533043 or email applepye3@ hotmail.co.uk


Cornwall Disability Football League holds monthly football festivals across Cornwall. De- tails can be found on the Cornwall FA website.


Greenlife


THE Church of England in Cornwall has strengthened its commitment to helping the environment by developing a dedi- cated plan and hiring an expert to help put it into practice.


Luci Isaacson has been taken on in a consultancy role as an environment offi- cer and has been working with the church’s environment core group to de- velop the strategy.


ENVIRONMENT officer Luci Isaacson


The aim is to help individuals, parish churches and church bodies consider the issues and, where possible, to make changes aimed at slowing climate change. The Bishop of Truro, the Rt Rev Tim Thornton, said: ‘The imperative to take action at every level to protect and sus- tain the life of the planet comes not sim-


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ply in response to the overwhelming evi- dence of the damage caused by climate change and the consequent threat to life on earth.


‘It comes also for us as Christians from our conviction that all creation is a gift from God and that we have a responsibil- ity to preserve and hand it on to future generations for their enjoyment. ‘The church should be in the forefront of environmental activity, not least as witness to this belief.


‘Many of us have already been chal- lenged to begin our environmental makeover by undertaking Luci’s Top 10 Pledges and in doing so we have been re- minded that many small changes can combine to make a major impact.’


Bishop Tim and the Archdeacon of Cornwall, the Ven Bill Stuart-White, both undertook the Top 10 Pledges and are now encouraging all Anglicans in Cornwall to do the same. The Diocese of Truro will be highlighting one of the pledges each month during 2017.


Archdeacon Bill said: ‘It’s wonderful to welcome Luci to work with us. She brings real experience and expertise in the is- sues surrounding Climate Change to- gether with a straightforward and practi- cal approach.’


Luci said: ‘It really is an exciting time.


People who haven’t done the pledges be- fore can join in with others at their church and do them together.’


BISHOP of Truro the Rt Rev Tim Thornton


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