Cornwall Walking Football

FA walking football festival

Cornwall FA are delighted to invite all teams, new and previous, to our Winter Walking Football Festival. After the disruption of the last 2 years we are very excited to start seeing events in the calendar and the future plans for Walking Football getting back on track! We will be holding two festivals in tandem at the same venue to offer as many opportunities as possible for players and teams of all ages to get involved.We are aiming for all matches to be officiated by FA qualified referees who have also attended a Walking Football workshop. If there are any changes to this we will let all teams know and make other arrangements.

Venue: Newquay Tretherras School

Date: Sunday 12/12/21Time: 3:00pm arrival / 6:00pm finish Entry Fee - £20 per team (less than £3 a player with subs)

Competitions: Over 50's - On the 3G AstroTurf (Unlimited)

Over 65's - Indoor Sports Hall (Maximum of 6 teams total - first come first serve due to space/time available) Both competitions will run in a round robin, festival format and length/quantity of games will be dependent upon the number of entries.

WFA

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Please help a local club

Please help Troon AFC Walking Football

Heart attacks and cardiac arrest are a real concern and a major cause of death. In the event of a cardiac arrest, chances of survival decrease by 10% for every minute it takes to locate a defibrillator. Help us to raise enough money to buy a portable defibrillator. Donate using the link below or bring a little extra cash to training. We need £1000. All donations, however great or small will help.

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Welcome to Cornwall Walking Football

In this site you'll find all the information you need about Walking Football in Cornwall.

What the game's all about
Rules of the game
Where to find a club near you
How to train as a walking football referee
Health and wellbeing for Walking footballers and everyone over 50

Please be aware. We are NOT Cornwall FA. We are non profit and set up purely to promote ALL Walking Football in Cornwall, whether FA affiliated and organised or not.

Click on one of the links below or use the side menu to find out more.

News and Updates

9 Apr 2024

Referee Training Dates

Hi AllPlease see the dates below for the next Cornwall Age Concern Referees Course - Massive thanks to the two Chris's for putting this together
For ease, there's one for both West and East but if you can't make the one scheduled for your area please feel to attend the other.

Please let Chris Fitzpatrick know if you wish to attend Lanivet via Email - Chris.wwd@gmail.com

Please let Chris Jones know if you wish to attend Troonvis Email - troonafcwalkingfootball@gmail.com

Date: Thursday 25th April

Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm

Venue:
Lanivet Community Centre,
Carters Parc,

Rectory Road,

Lanivet
Bodmin,

PL30 5HG

Website: https://www.lanivetparishcommunitycentre.co.uk/

Date: Thursday 2nd May
Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm

Venue:
Troon AFC,
Grouter Park,
Croft Common,
Troon
Camborne
TR14 9HT

Website: https://troonafc.org.uk/about_us/finding_us/

Last but not least Sunday 21st April at Callywith College, Bodmin we are running a practical Refs training day. It's not a test so no setups no acting just a chance to ref a game or two in a Ref friendly environment

Please let me know if you are thinking of coming to this by replying to this email

Many Thanks

Kev

The Wonderful World of Walking Football

So What Is Walking Football?

Walking football is different to regular Association Football in many ways and is aimed at the over 50’s age group. Many tournaments are now catering exclusively for the over 60’s age group.

It has very specific rules that outlaw all running and allows no contact between players. Over-head height restrictions and indirect free kicks ensure that the sport is played safely with full consideration to the participants’ age.

Teams are either 5 or 6-a-side. As a result of these rules, games are played at a slower pace, thus reducing the threat of pain, discomfort and injury, with players briskly walking through matches. This allows people who have loved the sport all their lives to once again safely get back to playing and also introduces the sport to people who perhaps have never considered playing before.

Rules of the Game and Other Useful Links

Walking Football Rules....A Bit of a Maze.

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.

WF GOVERNANCE UPDATE (Dec19): Both the FA and the IWFF are currently claiming to be the UKs ONLY Walking Football Governing Body. The WFA seem to be keeping our of this tussle but have organised the first ever Walking Football National Cup Competition.

CLICK HERE for details