Dear parents/guardians,

Thank you for registering your child with us at Forres Area Soccer 7s.

We would like to pass on some useful information to help prepare you and your child for the upcoming 2026 season.

Our season runs every Sunday from Feb-Oct, but we don’t play during any of the school holidays. Due to us playing at Grant Park, Forres and of course our location in the North of Scotland, we only run from Feb/Mar-Oct every year due to the weather and conditions we face.

Please check our website https://forres-soccer7s.co.uk or Facebook/Instagram/X pages ‘Forres Soccer 7s’ for more information.

Below is some info regarding each age group.

Developmental 4s

If your child is in this age group (4-6 year olds), they will play on Sunday mornings 10:00-11:15, please arrive 5/10 minutes beforehand. During their session they will complete a range of drills and finish off the session with some 4v4 matches. Can you ensure they wear appropriate clothing for the weather. They must wear shin guards; this is for their own safety, so no injuries occur. Please bring along a drink with them as there will be breaks during every session.

We hope to start the Developmental 4s sessions on Sunday 1^st March, this may be subject to change so please check the website and/or social media pages to confirm start date closer to the time.

Soccer7s

Super5s (7-9 years) Junior7s (10-12 Years) and Senior7s (13-16 years)

The club will provide a football top with their Team Sponsor on it. The coach will then give out the tops to the players and collect them in at the end of match days so the coach can take the tops home to be washed ready for the following week.

All players must wear Shin Pads and Football Boots. Please bring along a drink with them as there will be breaks during every session.

Super5s, Junior & Senior7s

If your child is in any of these age groups, they will start with 2 warm-up sessions on Sunday 8^th Feb and Sunday 15^th Feb, kick-off 11:30, please arrive 15 minutes beforehand to arrange teams. Please don’t worry if you cannot make it along to either or just one of these sessions, the idea of these sessions is to give the coaches background knowledge of the players so we can arrange the teams for the season as even as possible.

There will then be a 1 week break to allow the coaches to arrange all the players into fair and even teams (as best we can) for the season starting on Sunday 1^st Mar. Once the teams have been arranged the coaches will be given the contact details and will be in touch with all the teams parents/guardians.

These sections will also have a 1-hour training session throughout the week, but the day and time will be decided by the coach of the team due to their work commitments. Due to weather/daylight conditions, training sessions will not start until after the school easter holidays.

Matches on a Sunday morning kick off at 11:30, again please arrive 15 minutes beforehand.

During the summer holidays we do take the opportunity to reshuffle the teams with the possibility of moving the older players from each age group up to the next group. This allows for further development of the player and gives them a taster of what to expect come the following year.

Volunteers

The club runs solely on volunteers, and we are always looking for new willing volunteers to help in any capacity. If you are able to give up a couple of hours of your time on a Sunday or during the week at a training session then please contact the club by email office@forres-soccer7s.co.uk or the club’s social media pages. If we do not have sufficient coaches, under the clubs child protection policy, to run a session then we will have to cancel the session. Of course, we do not want that to ever happen, so we need your help to make sure the club has enough volunteers to offer a safe and friendly environment for all the children involved.

We also have the fantastic facility of the ‘Half-Time Grill’, which sells hot filled rolls, hot & cold drinks and snacks on match days, if you would like to be part of the great kitchen team then please again contact the club.

Parking

Please be mindful of the limited car parking spaces available at Grant Park and under no circumstances is parking on the grass allowed. We have to adhere to Health & Safety polices set out by the local council.

If you require any further information then please get in touch with us, we will be more than happy to answer your questions or queries.

Kind regards
Forres Area Soccer7s

Congratulations to Thomson Tyres on becoming the Junior 7s Team of the Week. Keep up the great work.

Congratulations to Firthview Windows on becoming the Super 5s Team of the Week. Keep up the great work.

This year we are trying something new for a fundraising idea and that is a ‘Colour Run’.

The Colour Run is a fun run of 5km around Grant Park, Forres. Starting at 11:00am on Saturday 24th May, the event will run until all participants have finished the run. At the start and various points around the course there will colour stations where there will be volunteers ready to throw coloured powder at all the participants.

The Half Time Grill will also be opened during the event so please pop in and say hello to our friends Steph & Sue from K’s Coffee Shop, who will be running the Grill that day.

This is a fundraising event with all proceeds going back into the club. We are also running a competition where the person who raises the most amount of sponsorship will win a prize as a thank you.

All our products are from https://www.ministryofcolours.co.uk/ and you can also find the risk assessments for the event on their website. We will also have a hard copy of the risk assessment on the day if anyone wishes to read it before the event.

We are really looking forward to this event as we think it will be a great day for everyone involved.

Sponsorship sheets will be available from this Sunday at match day, please ask your coach or if you would like a sheet emailed to you then please email the club on office@forres-soccer7s.co.uk

Congratulations to Knockomie Inn Junior 7s team for becoming this weeks Team of the Week.

Well done and keep up the great work.