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Name: Laurie Davies on May 10, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Anthony Evans on May 10, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: GEOFF LEY on May 11, 2008Comments: I think it is a crazy rule all the kids look forward to competitions all kids want to have a chance of winning trophysFlag
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Name: Scott on May 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on May 13, 2008Comments: let the clubs chose what they want to do. sport is competitive teams are not forced to enter competitive competions. and we play friendly football all season long which can get boring and more kids will lose interest if we cant win anything. If you want to improve grassroots football stampdown on abusive parants and coaches not the kids enjoyment. FAW WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!Flag
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Name: Lisa Jones on May 13, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on May 14, 2008Comments: Life is competetive. By not allowing children to take part in competetive events, you are depriving them of a life experience and thereby possibly damaging them more.Flag
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Name: Paul Thomas on May 14, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Jake Kratcher on May 14, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Pamela M Thirwell on May 15, 2008Comments: I absolutely agree. It gives children who may never do much academically a chance to win something and gives those academically gifted a realization that there are other ways to win besides passing exams.Flag
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Name: Pamela M Thirwell on May 15, 2008Comments: I absolutely agree. It gives children who may never do much academically a chance to win something and gives those academically gifted a realization that there are other ways to win besides passing exams.Flag
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Name: David Nash on May 15, 2008Comments: Its is important for all children to learn to win & lose gracefully - & we wonder why we are not in the same league as the Russians, Americans & can you imagine the Australians playing non competitive sport! This is the grass roots & this is where kids learnFlag
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Name: Paul Rydquist on May 16, 2008Comments: Until tiddlywinks becomes an olympic sport my son will continue to play all competative sport some of which he will lose. The school playground is every bit as combative as any game in sport will they ban that too its stupidFlag
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Name: Anonymous on May 16, 2008Comments: Half of our usual tournaments have been cancelled this season due to the "fun day" ruling. Hardly a way to encourage children to participate in sport!Flag
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Name: Teresa on May 16, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Helen Morgan on May 16, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Ita Morgan on May 17, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Steven Grinter on May 17, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Mark Edwards on May 17, 2008Comments: i think its an outrageFlag
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Name: David Evans on May 18, 2008Comments: If you don't experience losing you will nevr enjoy winning.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on May 19, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Alan Davies on May 19, 2008Comments: Speachless!!!Flag
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Name: Sian Francis on May 19, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Nigel Davies on May 20, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on May 27, 2008Comments: I am involved both in football and rugby training at a local level for Porthcawl RFC and Porthcawl B&GC. Whilst I agree that too much competition can put an immense amount of pressure not only on the children and coaches; it can cause a lot of disharmony with parents in particular. This said a limited amount of competition in the sport in the form of summer tournaments must be good for the children. We as a club limit the number of summer football tournaments we play to just three. I look forward to at least one of these being of a competitive nature. I see a marked improvement in the performance of my children when they play at such tournaments. There is a very hypocritical approach to this non-competitive rule because, as soon as a child is put on a playing field to pit their skills against another team, they become competitive. For four years I have tried to coachout this competitiveness by trying to emphasise to the children that it isnt who wins or loses or by how many goals, but how we play as a whole and how we handle winning or defeat. I have to say that in spite of these efforts I have gained little success; simply because the children will form their own mental league table, not only at tournaments, but throughout the football season. I believe there are a whole number of more pressing arguments be brought to the table before we even think about the issues of non-competitive sportsFlag
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Name: Anonymous on May 27, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Tracy Dempsey on May 28, 2008Comments: Football IS competitive. Learning to win and lose is important for childrens development. It is what encourages them to improve. To have children not being allowed to win deprives them of a reason for taking part in sport. Children are naturally competitiveFlag
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Name: Darren Beynon on Jun 3, 2008Comments: stupid ruleFlag
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Name: Darren Beynon on Jun 3, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Justin on Jun 5, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jun 19, 2008Comments: These competitive tournaments are what the children look forward to each year. I find it extremely patronising to think that a child cannot deal with winning and losing, even though these are friendly games they win and lose every week in mini football and LEARN to cope with both in the process. After all it is about enjoying the moment when they win a game and learning what they have done wrong when they lose. That is why they take part week in week out. Having entered many and only ever winning one of these competative tournaments in the past, the reaction when the children won the tournament was priceless. Nevertheless when they don't do so well they still enjoy playing and have a good day out as these are well organised events. This takes all that away from them. I hope the FAW reverse their decision!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 24, 2008Comments: I agree that winning & losing is part of children learning more about football & as part of their own personal development. Children not being able to play football competitively in Wales is part of the reason why Welsh football as a whole, is so far behind English football, in terms of qualifying for major tournaments at higher levels.Flag
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Name: Gavin Fowler on Jul 24, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Jermaine Scott on Aug 1, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Aug 18, 2008Comments: My daughter is 6 years old and play's for a local team. She loves taking part in the game and when there is a trophy at the end thinks it's great. To her it is not about winning or losing as long as she is taking part competitive or not she is not stupid and knows when her team have scored more or less goals than the other.Flag
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Name: Richard Austin on Sep 5, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Sep 14, 2008Comments: It is good practice for children to experience the difference between winning and losing,in life u have to take the rough with the smooth.Flag
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Name: Gavin Bowen on Sep 17, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Sep 18, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Robert Willimas on Sep 24, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Sian Francis on Nov 18, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Joseph Kingdon-williams on Mar 18, 2009Comments: i cant see why it cant be competitve as all kids play to win when hey are with there friends playing football in the park or in the school playground so why not in competitions as hey like the chance to have trophys to show what they have acheived whilst playing footballFlag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 9, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: Dean Reynolds on Apr 9, 2009Comments: why dont the faw get a grip of themselves they supposed to develop grassroots football not destroy it theres not enough football now for kids and its getting worse with clubs no longer organising tournamentsFlag
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Name: Chris Arnold on Apr 15, 2009Comments:Flag
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Name: John Thomas on Apr 26, 2009Comments: cenffig coach under 10s they love it leave them playFlag
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Name: Steve Hickey on Oct 16, 2009Comments: I run an u7`s team in mold north wales we rely on tournaments to raise money for the next season to pay for kits etc. Must stop this madness by the FAW.Flag
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Name: Buy Cheap OEM Software on Mar 9, 2012Comments: XzE4rE Thanks a lot for the blog. Great.Flag