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If you're wondering about results and the whereabouts of the KickStart league table, and the original fixture list in the previous post- then wonder no further!
As has been the experience of starting off a KickStart league, one team - Pro Team - had to drop out of the league at the last moment, which meant that the match scheduled orginally for 26th Sept had to be cancelled and the fixture list reconfigured to include a new team - Linden Lads - who were recruited thanks to Lloyd's efforts. The original fixtures list has been removed to avoid any confusion and a new one posted at the bottom of this post.
The 2009/2010 league thus kicked off on 10th October with a fiery ( behave yourselves guys!) see-saw match between Old Guns and Eurostars that eventually ended in a 21 -15 win for Old Guns. Both teams took away the Smoking Cessation activity to complete.
Remember - this activity carries a very large number of points - if one or more team members agree to give up smoking for at least a month and contact's the telephone number on the activity form and follows the instructions ( give your name and KickStart team). This is to ensure you are assisted in giving up smoking ( and so we can make sure you're not telling any fibs just to score extra points - no cheating!)
Eurostars have a chance to redeem themselves in the match tomorrow against against last season's Champions - All Whites . All Whites will be given the Smoking Cessation activity - Eurostars the Male Cancers activity.
Remember - the more activities you do, the more points you score for your team!
We will be adding further health and parenting activities to the website throughout the course of the season. You can download these and complete them as you wish.
Score: Old Guns 21 Eurostars 15
Week 1.
Revised KickStart fixtures - 2009 - 2010
10th Oct Eurostars v Old Guns
17th Oct All Whites v Eurostars
24th Oct Linden Lads v Prophecy Professionals
31 Oct Old Guns v Prophecy Professionals
21 Nov Linden Lads v Eurostars
28th Nov Prophecy Professionals v All Whites
5th Dec All Whites v Old Guns
12th Dec Eurostars v Prophecy Professionals
19th Dec Linden Lads v Prophecy Professionals
9th Jan Eurostars v Old Guns
16th Jan All Whites v Eurostars
23rd Jan Old Guns v Linden Lads
30th Jan Old Guns v Prophecy Professionals
13th Feb All Whites v Linden Lads
20th Feb Linden Lads v Eurostars
27th Feb Prophecy Professionals v All Whites
6th March All Whites v Old Guns
13th March Eurostars v Prophecy Professionals
20th March All Whites v Linden Lads
27th March Old Guns v Linden Lads
The KickStart men's health and parenting 5-a-side league is back. We welcome two new teams this season - Eurostars and Prophecy Professionals. First 
game up is on Saturday 26th of September - Old Guns v Pro Team. KickStart commences at 11.00 at GL1 on all Saturdays noted below. Remember the more health and parenting activities you do, the more points you'll score!
Just a reminder that registration for KickStart is at GL1 Sportshall at 11.00 on Saturday 19th September. You'll need 5 players minimum - 7 maximum ( for use as substitutes or in case players can't make it every game, injury etc).
The new league will run through until the end of March - or longer if we have more teams. Due to constraints on the use of the sportshall - i.e. we only have it for an hour on Saturday mornings, and can only fit so many fixtures in, we can only accept a maximum of 6 teams - who will play each other twice ( not once as per last season). First match takes place the following weekend on the 26th. All matches will begin at 11.00. Lloyd and Louise will be refereeing - and encouraging you to do the health and parenting activities. Remember - you'll score more points for the activities than for the football, and you can also score points for attending the dads and kids club at Bartongate Children's Centre on Saturday mornings - even if your team isn't playing.
See you all on the 19th!
The KickStart Team
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And whilst we're at it - KickStart will be kicking off again on Saturday 19th September at GL1. Six potential teams have been identified as wanting to participate. If you're interested please contact the KickStart email address at kickstart@topmail.co.uk. Thanks!
For people wondering what happened to the good intention of a KickStart summer league, a volunteer issue has prevented this running... however, the intention is to kick off again in September. We'll keep people posted and will be in touch just as soon as details are finalised.
For people wondering about the result of the final league encounter of the season - and the revelation of which team won the KickStart dads men's health and parenting 5-a-side league, it's ironic that a health issue prevented posting the information; but wait no more!
The final match on March 21st saw the prolific footballing skills of All Stars see off Team Brown. Whilst All Stars have won all of their matches it's a shame that they could only score 18 points from the final round of health activities - not enough to lift them off bottom position in the table. Better luck next time...Whilst Team Brown scored no points for football - a paltry 6 health activity points was just enough to lift them above Pro Team in the final table.
All Whites - CHAMPIONS!
Therefore, All Whites, despite winning only one match, by dint of their active involvement in the health and parenting activities, are this season's Champions, scoring almost 60 more points than second placed Old Guns - congratulations to All Whites! Commiserations to the rest of the teams involved - it's worth taking note that All Whites have shown that the more activities you do - the more you learn - and the more points you'll score!
All Whites will be presented with the KickStart shield at the start of the next season at the first match registration event.
Next season
The court is booked - and finance secured to continue running KickStart for the next year. We'll be in touch ASAP as we want to kick-off the new season as soon as possible.
Score: All Stars 19 Team Brown 9
Week 10
The penultimate game of the season - and one that had been eagerly awaited by both teams involved (well, that's as polite as we can be!). Given that this is possibly the nearest thing KickStart has to a derby match ( although others may disagree) it was played in good spirits and only marred by the restricted time available at GL1 - something we will need to resolve prior to next season. A close fought match ended up with All Whites narrowly beating Pro Team, although given the limited time, further time may have seen a different result. But there's always next season...
In terms of activity points scored on the day, All Whites were the clear victors, scoring 6 parenting activity points - and 54 health activity points using the Mental Health and Stress and Sexual Health activities.
A glance at the league table shows All Whites taking what appears to be an unassailable lead - but figures can be deceptive - there is still a chance for other teams, but only if activities are downloaded from the blog, completed and handed in either next weekend to Lloyd or Lou - or sent to/handed in at Bartongate Children's Centre marked for the attention of Mr Ismail Ginwalla. You can also score extra points by attending the Dads and Kids Club at Bartongate Children's Centre. The cut-off date/time for all activities is 12.00 on 21st March.
The final table will appear after this date once we've had a chance to get all the relevant information together; the KickStart shield will be inscribed with the name of the winning team and presented to the winners at the registration event at the start of the new season.
Score: Pro Team 13 All Whites 15
Week 9
