Forge Sports

 
Forge Sports is our sports outreach work.  Sport is a language in itself; it cuts across barriers and brings people together who might never normally cross paths. Many young people play sport week in week out...what a Kingdom opportunity!
 

We want sport to be played with a positive and encouraging attitude. Whatever their background or whatever ability;

We want young people to have the freedom to enjoy sport as a gift from God without intimidation or pressure to perform.

We want sport to be played in a way that honours God. We believe that by playing with respect for each other, with encouragement for each other and by trying our best; sport can be played as God intended.
We want people to feel like they belong and are accepted in a community whatever sports group they might be in.
 
FC Philly Juniors
FC Philly Juniors is the name for our 11-a-side football team. It started off in 2007 with some of the 11-14s at St Thomas Philadelphia having a kick around and inviting friends along and turned into 2 11-a-side teams. At the moment we have 1 team at under 18s and are always open to starting more for different age groups.

We want people to enjoy football for what it is: A gift from God and to see football played with a great attitude and enjoyed by everyone. It is a place to hang out, meet friends and enjoy playing football with God at the centre.

We have training sessions for the Under 18s on a Friday 5-6pm at Goodwin Sports centre.   If you want anymore information on FC Philly Juniors then please visit our website:  www.clubwebsite.co.uk/fcphillyjuniors or follow the contact us link.
 
 
Sheffield Christian Youth League
 

The SCYL is a 5-a-side football league for young people accross Sheffield.  We want everyone to see how much better it is to play football with God at the centre.

 

How does it work?

The main part of the vision is to have a team leader from a church or youth group and for them to gather their own community of young people interested in playing some football and be part of the league.

 

The league takes place on one night, at the same time and same place. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to bring young people along to play in an organised football league. You won't have to organise matches, book pitches or sort out referees. Just commit to the league and bring your team down each week.  We want the league to be free for players so money is not a barrier to young people playing football.

We want football to be played with a positive attitude; where people give their best and are positive towards teammates, opposition and officials. Outside of football we want to encourage each team leader to disciple their group.  There is no strict plan of how this is done, each group of young people can be completely different and we want to release leaders to disciple young people through sport in their own way.

The league is a Futsal league that is affiliated to Sheffield & Hallamshire FA. Futsal is 5-a-side small sided football that originates from South America and encourages players to improve passing and skills making it more enjoyable to play in. The league is based at Goodwin Sports Centre on Northumberland Road on a Friday night between 5pm and 8pm.
We are due to start the league on Friday 14th October. If you want anymore information on the SCYL you can visit our website: www.scyl.org or follow the contact us link.
 
Team Talk
Team Talk is a discipleship group that has come out of Forge Sports.  It is a place for those who want to get to know God more, talk about life and make friends. We have 2 groups; one every other Monday and one every other Saturday.
 
 New: Philly Foxes Girls Netball
Philly Foxes is new girls netball group led by Jenny Smedley. It starts Wednesday 2nd November, 6.15pm (sharp!) at King Edwards School in Crosspool.
We want young people to enjoy netball with God at the centre. Come and join us!
 
More Teams
Love Sport?  We want to start new groups and different sports so whether you are a youth or a leader and you love sport and want to get involved in some new sports or groups then we'd love to hear from you!
Contact  
For more information or any questions contact chris@forgeyouth.com