MONDAY NIGHT MEN’S 8-a-SIDE FOOTBALL MATCH

Want to join a competitive but social 8-a-side weekly evening football match?

Westminster Wanderers FC are an adult men’s FA standard football club, competing in the Southern Sunday Football League and also organising social football.

As we head into October and the winter months we are seeking new players to join our weekly social football match, which has been going for over 10 years. We play 8-a-side on Monday nights at Pimlico Academy every week on a decent sized pitch, getting a good group together to enjoy a friendly but competitive match which kicks off at 8.15pm.

We are looking for extra players who will play at least one or two weeks out of the month, and we operate on the basis that the first 16 who sign up each week get to play. The match lasts for one hour and the fee is £12 to cover costs. Teams are chosen by the organising group every week, and the invitation to play goes out on Thursday morning for the following Monday.

This is a good game for players who don’t get to play every weekend, with players including civil servants, researchers, journalists, and people working in public affairs and comms. The matches tend to be quite close and played in a good spirit. The players range from 16 years to over 50 years old and there is an end of year awards.

Pimlico Academy is on Lupus Street, SW1, the nearest tube station is Pimlico, and there is on-street parking and space for bikes.

You can see more about Westminster Wanderers FC, and sign up, at:

https://www.instagram.com/westminsterwanderers/?hl=en

MONDAY NIGHT MEN’S 8-a-SIDE FOOTBALL MATCH

Westminster Wanderers FC is an adult men’s FA standard football club, competing in the Southern Sunday Football League and also organising social football.

We are seeking new players to play our weekly social football match, which has been going for at least 10 years. We play an 8-a-side game at Pimlico Academy every week on a decent sized pitch, getting a good group together each Monday night to enjoy a friendly but competitive match which kicks off at 8.15pm.

We are looking for extra players to join the squad. The expectation is that you will play one or two weeks out of the month, and we operate on the basis that the first 16 who sign up each week get to play. The match lasts for one hour and the fee is £12 to cover our costs. Teams are chosen by the organising group every week, and the invitation to play goes out on Thursday morning for the following Monday.

This is a good game for players who don’t get to play every weekend, for veterans and all those who just want a decent hour of football. We have long-standing Westminster Wanderers playing, as well as students and people who have found out about the game by word-of-mouth. Players include civil servants, researchers, journalists, and people working in public affairs. The matches tend to be quite close and played in a good spirit. The players range from 16 years to over 50 years old and there is an end of year awards.

Pimlico Academy is on Lupus Street, SW1, the nearest tube station is Pimlico, and there is on-street parking and space for bikes.

Please let us know if you want to become part of the squad. Either email us at westminsterwanderers@gmail.com, or link to us at X or LinkedIn.

Alex

WWFC Club Chairman

The Civil Service Football Club is recruiting

The Civil Service Football Club (CSFC) is recruiting players for the 2024/25 season from across Government.

CSFC run eleven teams competing in games across London, with the home ground being in Chiswick.

This includes eight eleven-a-side men’s teams, two women’s teams and one veteran’s team (40+).

If you fancy finding out more, please see this page: https://w4mp.org/w4mp-guides/groups-which-staff-can-join/sports-and-social-groups/civil-service-football-club/

Civil Service Football Club

The Civil Service Football Club (CSFC) are recruiting players for the 2024/25 season from across Government. CSFC run eleven teams competing in games across London, with our home ground being in Chiswick. This includes eight eleven-a-side men’s teams, two women’s teams and one veteran’s team (40+).

For men training runs every Wednesday at 7pm, for women training is every Thursday evening. Training is held on fantastic facilities at our home ground the Kings House School Sports Ground, London W4 2SH, a 20-minute train ride from Waterloo or Vauxhall to Barnes Bridge.

The club caters for a full spectrum of footballing abilities, ranging from near semi-professional standard in the first team to more socially orientated football in the lower teams. With eleven teams it’s a great way to make friends both within the team you play in and across the club.

The 2023/24 season was a successful season for the club, winning two league titles with other sides being runners up in leagues and Cups. There was a great end of season dinner with 120 players and a very successful tour to Bilbao in Spain including playing a game at Athletic Bilbao’s training ground and attending a La Liga game.

Increased physical activity has been identified as a priority area for Civil Service health and well-being initiatives. Playing competitive 11-a-side football is a great way to exercise, it’s also a great way to socialise and meet people from across the civil service and beyond.

The Civil Service Football Club is one of the most important clubs in football’s history. Recognised as the oldest association football club in the world CSFC were one of the dozen founding sides (most of the others are now defunct or play rugby union) of the Football Association on 28 October 1863, and were also one of the 15 entrants to the first ever FA Cup competition in 1871-72, last season they hosted the FA Cup second round draw. In 2013 they played in the only ever game played inside the grounds of Buckingham Palace

For more information, please email csfc.recruitment@gmail.com

If you are interested in joining our women’s team please email civilservicewomenfc@gmail.com.

Calling all runners – Three Bridges Race

Are you a runner? How do you fancy having a go at the Three Bridges Race in your lunchtime?

The monthly Three Bridges Race from Westminster Bridge to Vauxhall Bridge, via Lambeth Bridge (the Three Bridges) has been going for nearly fifty years. It’s 2.3 miles, starting at 12.30pm on a Wednesday (ok, not great for PMQs).

For more information please see https://www.threebridgesrace.uk/

Women’s Parliamentary Football Team

The Women’s Parliamentary Football Team trains on Wednesday mornings from 0800 to 0900 and they have 5-a-side matches on Mondays for 30 mins in a league.

The football team is a great group to have fun, make friends and get some exercise before / after work! We’ve had amazing events too, such as hosting the Women’s Afghan Refugee Football Team, training at Tottenham Hotspurs stadium and a match against Camden FC.

If you’re interested in joining, please email Hannah.short@parliament.uk with your phone number & the name of who you work for.

CSSC – Sports and Leisure

What is it?

CSSC is a membership-led organisation, supporting the health and wellbeing of the civil service and public sector since 1921. Through exclusive benefits, savings and partnerships, CSSC provides free family days out, retail savings and great value leisure, gym, sport, fitness and recreation opportunities.

What’s in it for you?

On average, CSSC members save over £500 a year on their shopping, days out, experiences, health and fitness, while sharing brand-new magical, memorable moments they’ll never forget.

All CSSC members enjoy instant access to:

Free year-round, family entry to all English Heritage and Cadw sites.
Unlimited entry to both Kew Gardens and Wakehurst.
Free access to our CSSC life health and wellbeing platform, with access to Sworkit’s live and on-demand courses, classes and instructor-led fitness videos.
Up to 33% off memberships at over 4,000 gyms, spas and leisure centres. 
Huge discounts off family days out to theme parks, cinemas and zoos. 
Up to 10% cashback at thousands of popular online and high street retailers. 
Over 40 different sports clubs and communities to join and connect with. 
Loads of local, volunteer led, events, trips and activities across the country.

As well as thousands of savings, offers and opportunities to help the public sector to live their best lives, CSSC members benefit from financial support to play sport, exclusive events where they can meet their heroes and play at national venues and join team challenges to foster and grow good health, wellbeing and happiness.

How to join

Membership £5.99 month which you can pay by direct debit.

www.CSSC.co.uk/join

Find out more at cssc.co.uk

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Commons and Lords Rugby Football Club

A CALL FOR RUGBY PLAYERS….

BE ASSURED THAT YOU WILL BE MADE TO FEEL VERY WELCOME WHATEVER YOUR AGE OR ABILITY.

Everyone who works on the Parliamentary Estate is eligible to play – Members, Peers, Members’ staff, catering staff, security teams etc.

We play a modified version of the full contact game, with golden oldie rules and uncontested scrums to ensure that everyone enjoys the game.

*** awaiting new contact details ***

Re-launch of the Women’s Parliamentary Cricket Team

Two years ago today, Meg Williams organised the successful inaugural event which took place at Lord’s Cricket Ground, and later that summer a small team took part in their first soft ball cricket tournament. Needless to say, the last two years have been particularly busy, but with the light at the end of the tunnel in sight, this month will see the re-launch of the team.

With this in mind, the WPCT would be delighted if you are able to attend the first event on Monday 12 April, at 15h00 with Clare Connor, incoming President of the MCC, Managing Director Women’s Cricket, ECB and Former England captain for our virtual Cricket and Coffee event.

The team is for all abilities, whether you are new to the game, a professional or just have a passion for the sport and would like to get involved and learn more – open to MPs, Peers and staff of both.

The aim of this event is recruit members of the Women’s Parliamentary Cricket Team, with the aim of setting up a regular training schedule, ready for some fixtures, as well as social events throughout the year.

To RSVP to the event, or if you would like to get involved with the team please email meg.williams@parliament.uk.