TEAMS are being invited to enter York City in the Community’s fifth annual seven-a-side junior football tournament.

Held over the weekend of Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15 at the club’s Wigginton Road training ground, a maximum of 16 teams will compete in five age groups from under seven to under 11.

The U7s and U8s will play in a Fun Day on the Saturday with the older age groups taking part in tournaments on the following day with games taking place from around 10am to 4pm.

Winners of the U9s, U10s and U11s competitions will be offered the opportunity to be ball-boys and girls at a York City pre-season game or league fixture and, along with the runner-up sides, will receive medals and team trophies.

Medals will be awarded to every participant, meanwhile, on the Fun Day.

There will be parking at the venue with hot refreshments, a tuck shop and first aid, as well as a penalty shoot-out competition, bouncy castle, ice cream van, photographer and other stalls.

Any teams interested must submit an application form by May 16 with entry costing £25.

Forms can be downloaded by visiting http://www.yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk/club/community/ or requested by emailing community@yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk or phoning 01904 559508.

Meanwhile, York City in the Community will be running Football Fun Camps at six different venues during the Easter holidays.

They will be staged at Huntington Secondary School, Tadcaster Leisure Centre, York Sport Village, Energise Sports Centre, Easingwold Town Football Club and Riccall Regen Centre.

All courses will run from 10am to 3pm each day and booking forms can be downloaded by visiting the club’s official website at http://www.yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk/club/community/ 

Camps for five to 14-year-olds will be held at Huntington (Monday, April 7 to Thursday, April 10), Tadcaster (Tuesday, April 8 to Thursday, April 10), York Sport Village (Tuesday, April 8 to Friday, April 11), Energise Sports Centre (Monday, April 14 to Thursday, April 17), Easingwold (Monday, April 14 to Thursday, April 17) and Riccall (Tuesday, April 15 to Thursday, April 17).

An elite camp for eight to 14-yearolds, which provides a higher level of training and is suitable for players at local junior teams or in a YCITC Development Centre, is also taking place at Huntington from Monday, April 7 to Thursday, April 10.

The price per day for a standard camp is £15 with the cost of an elite camp £17 per day.

Anybody who pays before Friday, March 28, meanwhile, will receive a discount of £2 per day.

For any further information, email community@yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk or phone 01904 559508.