9 Results for year: 2019

Raider in the Spotlight – Ash Lupton

This month we interviewed Ash Lupton to get a better understanding of his role(s) within the club. Q1. What do you do within Raiders? I coach the U10 Greens, Coordinate the U10 Age Group and also Coordinate pitches for all of our Boys and Girls teams Q2. How long have you been involved? My son started a ... More

Raiders wins Herts Community Club of the Year 2019

On Tuesday 19th November Berkhamsted Raiders CFC was delighted to win the ‘Community Club of the Year’ award at the Hertfordshire Service to Sports Awards which took place at the University of Hertfordshire in front of a packed audience of community volunteers and local dignitaries. The award recognises the massive ... More

Health & Fitness – Joint pains

Each month, in partnership with Emma James Physiotherapy, we will share the latest thoughts and articles on fitness and wellbeing for you, your family or players. This month's topic is how to deal with tendon pains Tendon pain + Managing your routine As the winter months slowly start to take over our skies, the ... More

Rainy days and cancelled games

With the unseasonably wet weather and following a few questions from some parents and managers, I felt it was appropriate to update you all on our approach to the need to cancel games due to bad weather, and our longer term plans to enhance our pitches and facilities. The weather… This Autumn is predicted to be the ... More

Raider in the Spotlight – Mary Pacitti

This month we interviewed Mary Pacitti to get a better understanding of her role within the club. Mary has been a passionate and vocal developer of Girls football within Raiders and has been instrumental in building it to what is today. Mary was also recently recognised for her dedication and hard work by the Herts ... More

Norway comes to Berkhamsted

On August Bank Holiday Monday, Raiders hosted a delegation of 11 representatives from the Norwegian FA at the Paul Beard Centre. The visit was arranged by the FA who wanted the Norwegian FA to gain insight into how a successful community football runs in the UK. The visitors met with Keith Pollard, Raiders Club ... More

Raiders wins Dacorum Community Sports Club of the Year 2019

Dacorum recognised the borough’s most inspirational community sports clubs and volunteers at Everyone Active’s Dacorum Sports Awards at Pendley Manor in July. Former hurdler and Olympic silver medallist Colin Jackson hosted the winners’ ceremony. Berkhamsted Raiders was awarded Community Sports Club of the ... More

Mary Pacitti – Herts FA Volunteer of the Year!

At the Herts FA Grassroots Football Awards 2019, the hard work and dedication of Raiders parent, Mary Pacitti was recognised in the award for Volunteer of the Year. Mary’s first experience of Berkhamsted Raiders was when her eldest child, Michael, joined the club as a novice footballer in the U8 age group, 5 years ... More

Raider in the Spotlight…Mark Lawlor

This month we interviewed Mark Lawlor to get a better understanding of his role within the club. Mark has been a long serving member of the club, including trustee, and won the Martin Rogers Award at the end of last season for his contribution to the club over many years!   Q1. What do you do within ... More