LEDFC Awards 2023 - a message to managers.

Awards day is on Saturday!!

Here’s all you need to know and action;

Communications

Please make sure that your parents are aware of what’s happening Saturday. All of the information they’ll need is here; Awards | LEDFC (littleeatondiamonds.co.uk). They need to be aware of the timings for their awards, raffle draw, auction and practicalities like bring chairs.

Food

All of the Little Eaton Diamonds players will get a free hot meal + ice cream – everyone else has to pay!

Chad will provide you with an envelope containing all of the food vouchers for your squads – please can you distribute or delegate to a parent helper?

• Vouchers can only be redeemed at the Taste Good, Does Good and Mrs Whippy food vans – not Lady Crepington.

• All the players need to do is hand these vouchers in to TGDG and Mrs Whippy to get their choice of food (drinks aren’t included in this offer).

Presentation

You will have a maximum of 3 mins to present your awards (15 teams is 45 mins of presentations)

• Prep your speeches – i.e. who’s doing the talking, what order are you presenting in + give thanks to any sponsors or superstar helpers.

• Awards will be presented from the balcony .

• 10 minutes before your presentation slot, Roly will ask your teams to assemble at the bottom of the stairs by the ladies toilet. Please can you make your way up to the balcony to get your awards ready.

• Before you start, get your whole squad on the balcony .

• After the presentation, hand the mic back to Roly and the kids will exit from the opposite end of the balcony, collecting their participation awards as they go (suggest an assistant hands these out). The kids should exit down the stairs and pop out the green door by the Heritage Room/Lower Hall.

Help

Our strong preference is that the coaches get to relax and enjoy the day as much as possible. However, in order for this to happen, we need you to help delegate key jobs to your parents. We’ve made this really easy to do via https://www.volunteersignup.org/RY8CB. We still have jobs that need filling towards the end of the day so please delegate to a parent or risk being asked by one of the committee!

Fund Raising

The awards day will lose money because costs outweigh revenue. To reduce losses we need to really push the raffle and auction so please promote these.

Safeguarding

Please do not play football with the children. A mistimed tackle, a stray elbow, a slip or something else could lead to disaster. By all means, ref a game or set up a penalty shootout but any form of competitive play should be avoided.  If anyone needs medical attention, we have first aiders on hand to support. Please speak to Roly (07747486478) or Chad (07919098332) to help.