​This Sunday (November 3rd) one of our regular teams, AFC Brixton have been drawn at home in the early rounds of the London Cup. They are due to play SE Dons FC based in Lewisham at 10-30am.
 
We have been told by officials at AFC Brixton that that the away team (SE Dons) have a major following on social media. They stream all their games live on U tube and are very active on Twitter etc. Apparently this has had the effect of drawing a large number of followers who are now starting to watch their fixtures. AFC Brixton have spoken with their opponents and the Cup organisers who both expect a large away crowd.
 
Whist this will not resemble the crowds drawn by Crystal Palace FC, it may be significant for recreational football. We have asked that SE Dons FC assist us by trying to forecast numbers. We are working with AFC Brixton to mitigate the effects of a large crowd of spectators. On Sunday we have  

• Closed the car park for casual users and advised all teams to use public transport.
• Sought volunteer stewards from member clubs
• Timetabled other football fixtures to different kick off times to ease numbers.
• Asked SE Dons FC to help with stewarding and crowd control
• Arranged additional staff in the SCST Pavilion

 
I hope that we can enable the spectators to enjoy their experience of our facilities at Turney Road.  I would be grateful if you could alert our neighbours that there may be larger than usual number of people walking in local streets on Sunday morning.

Sue Carpenter (the director/producer of a 30min documentary film, The Wonderful Walk) will be filming the final scenes of a film following the regeneration of Herne Hill station underpass. 

An amazing 40 metre mural will be unveiled on the fields at the Dulwich Sports ground from 9-10am on Saturday morning. The attached leaflet provides more detail - many of the local community helped colour in the mural last
September for the Guinness World Record attempt. 

The film was commissioned by Herne Hill Forum as a record and a celebration of this wonderful community achievement. The finished mural (created on canvas) will be brought to the sports field, in several sections, where lots of local residents will unroll it and piece it together on the grass at Dulwich Sports Ground, with children holding down the edges once it’s in place. 

The process will be filmed at ground level, and then there will be a drone shot, rising overhead, to give an awe-inspiring aerial view of the whole mural surrounded by the community. It will be the one opportunity to see the entire mural in one frame, to truly understand its scale and magnificence. Come and marvel and generally join in the fun!  ​

Please view the winter pitch layouts - due to preserving the pitches, grass and playing surface PLEASE DO NOT PLAY OR TRAIN ON OTHER PITCHES. We have a pitch rotation system in operation to ensure each pitch is in a good condition in order to play future matches and games on.

KCH RFC kick off at their "new home".
September 15, 2012 at 4:56 PM
After months of negotiations, King's College Hospital RFC are proud to announce that a deal has been signed to new home!

On 15 May 2012, KCHRFC signed the deal that sees the club join the Southwark Community Sports Trust (SCST) as a Founder Member. This deal means that after 21 successful years at The Griffin Sports Club, from next season all home games will be played at our new home.

KCHRFC would like to thank everyone involved at The Griffin over the years, for their support and friendship and wishes them all the best for the future.

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South Bank Cuaco profile in SAL Standard
October 10, 2012 at 3:29 PM
South Bank Cuaco FC have had a comprehensive profile written about them in the Southern Amateur League's "Standard" newsletter.

Download and read more on pages 4, 5 and 6. (5MB PDF)

Excerpt:

South Bank Cuaco was formed as recently as 2002 although this belies not one, but two long histories belonging to the clubs which joined together to create this new entity.

The Commercial Union Assurances Company (CUACo) joined the Southern Amateur League in 1919 having previously competed in the London Insurance Offices F.A. league competitions before World War I.

The club played its games initially at Southend Lane and then Elm Lane in Catford. It later moved to Copers Cope Road, Beckenham where it enjoyed near neighbours in Midland, Nat West and Lloyds Banks. The facilities at Copers Cope were second to none and after the club moved out the facilities were taken over for training purposes by Crystal Palace F.C.



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Category: Teams

Facts and Figures - Matches and Participants
September 08, 2012 at 4:51 PM
Facts and Figures. Inspite of the dreadful weather in the year from 9th Sept 2011 to 8th Sept 2011 the Dulwich Sports Ground hosted 565 games of football and 296 games of cricket. This amounts to nearly 20,000 participants with over 4,000 unique users. 



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Category: Facts and Figures

August 03, 2012 at 3:40 PM
SCST Awarded Grant to host Free Sport Cricket Programme, sponsored by the Mayor of London’s Office

Southwark Community Sports Trust is awarded £1,225 grant to host a Free Sport cricket programme sponsored by the Mayor of London’s office

Between 21st & 24th August Southwark Community Sports Trust hosted a “FreeSport” cricket coaching programme. 37 children, aged between 9 &14 took part. They represented 13 different schools in the area. Over and above the actual coaching programme Surrey County Cricket Club kindly provided 30 free tickets to a CB40 match at the Oval. The game wasSurrey versus Glamorgan and was in effect a tribute match to Tom Maynard who played for both counties and tragically died during the summer. 20 children and 10 of their parents attended which, to most, gave them children a first time opportunity to see a live game at the stadium. We also concluded the event on the Friday with a bar-be-que to which all the parents were invited with an impromptu parents versus cricket game resulting.

The event was made possible by the award of a grant for £1,225 from the Mayor of London’s FreeSport fund. FreeSports main emphasis is on getting more people involved in sports, doing rather than watching, and continuing in long term participation.

The coaching was led by Allen Blackford who put together an international array of coaches hailing fromSouth Africa,AfghanistanandWaleswhich perfectly complimented cosmopolitan make up of the children in attendance.

The feedback was overwhelmingly positive and, if further funds are available, The Trust will be looking to host similar programmes.

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