Troon AFC Walking Football
Welcome to Troon AFC Walking Football
We are a Walking Football club based in Troon, Cornwall. Our ethos is: Fun, Friendship, Fitness, Fair Play and Footie.....oh and banana cake! Come and join us to find out why.
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Upcoming Session Dates
Here are the next few training dates. Please check in here frequently in case of changes
We are training outdoors at Troon AFC Grouter Park TR14 9HT 6-8pm every Monday (£5) Also Friday Training outdoors at Camborne College Astro 6-7:30pm (£5). USE THE CHURCH ROAD ENTRANCE AND FOLLOW MAP ON OUR 'WHERE.....' PAGE. We are currently not training at Pool Academy.
Upcoming sessions :
Third League Day August 14th, Cornwall College 3-5pm
MONDAY Aug 15th Troon AFC Grouter Park 6-8pm
Friday Aug 19th CAMBORNE COLLEGE ASTRO 6-7:30pm
MONDAY Aug 22nd Troon AFC Grouter Park 6-8pm
Friday Aug 26th CAMBORNE COLLEGE ASTRO 6-7:30pm
MONDAY Aug 29th Troon AFC Grouter Park 6-8pm
Friday Sept 2nd CAMBORNE COLLEGE ASTRO 6-7:30pm
Sunday Sept 11th League Finals Day at Newquay. 1pm for 2pm start.
Where You Can Find Us
When, What, Where and How Much?
Every Monday outside on grass at Troon AFC Grouter Park TR14 9HT 6-8pm
Wear comfortable clothes and trainers. Bring a drink and any emergency meds you might need (inhalers etc), jumper, hat and coat.
The session runs for two hours. You can come for any one hour or both hours.
Your session will cost £5.
You can pay with cash or make a contactless card payment.
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Every Friday 6-7:30pm outdoors at Camborne College. (Map and address below)
Wear comfortable clothes and trainers or moulded studs. Bring a drink, coat, hat and any emergency meds you might need (inhalers etc) all in a rain proof bag.
The session runs for one hour.
Your session will cost £5.
You can pay with cash or make a contactless card payment.
What happens at a walking Football session?
This is your Walking Football Coach - Chris Jones
When you come for the first time, allow yourself an extra few minutes to find us and then an extra few minutes to register. If you plan to arrive at about 5:45pm you'll have plenty of time.
When you get here you'll be greeted by our Head Coach, Chris and by Sarah who will get you all registered and settled in. (Sarah is our Club Secretary and Welfare Officer).
Memory Lane - Stimulate your mind and start a conversation with our blasts from the past!
An active mind means a quick thinking footballer so pull up an arm chair and start training...
Useful Links
1. Walking Football Governing Bodies
There is more than one organisation in Great Britain, claiming to be the sport's governing body. All of them were newly started in different regions as the sport developed and none are more than six or seven years old. In the last couple of years the English FA have also become involved but there are huge regional variations in how 'far along' the game is with regards to leagues and tournaments, Cornwall is a bit late in coming to the party.
Set out below you will find links to some of the organisations who each claim to be the governing body of the game. They all have slightly different systems in place and ideas for taking the sport forward and we in Cornwall can learn from their mistakes and take the best bits they have developed to make us a national force for good in Walking Football.
Troon AFC are proud to have two of its members on the newly formed Cornwall FA Committee for Walking Football.
Health and Wellbeing
Staying Happy and Healthy is Important
It's all to easy to sit at home all day and become chair bound and getting physically and emotionally weaker and more isolated. We believe that Walking Football is part of the answer but it takes more than that.
We all need to be proactive about our health and well being. We are 'fighting the tide' and have to get as physically and mentally tough as we can.
Being of a 'certain age' means that sometimes we find talking about health and emotional wellbeing quite difficult. Below you will find some links to pages which you might find useful. We are not endorsing any sites or products, just giving our wonderful community a choice and voice.
So let's start with the really important stuff...
Tell Us What You Think
Troon AFC Walking Football Would Love To Hear Your Views and Opinions
Leave a comment below to tell us what you think about our club.
Are you made to feel valued and welcome?
Are the sessions fun?
Do you feel that your physical and mental health are helped by coming along?
Is it value for money?
Would you recommend us?
Stars out of five ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️?
What could we do better?
A big thanks to Chris and Sarah for their organising, enthusiasm and continued hard work for the club.
Highly recommend these sessions.
Just got to get used to not running but walking.
Weather permitting, will be a regular.