Charity Football Match Raises over £600 for Disability Football Club

The Mayor of Wrexham kicked the match off at the Queensway Stadium in which the Wrexham Disability Football Club won 5-3. They are said to be the biggest in Wales and considered one of the best in the UK. The club which welcomes up to 40 people at its training sessions is run entirely on a voluntary basis.

Earlier this month Wrexham DSA FC held an award ceremony to celebrate their impressive achievements for the year. These included 5 tournament wins and a number of runners up spots in multiple other tournaments.

Their manager Carl Austin said: “I mentioned in my speech that the tournament wins are amazing but the special thing about our club is how tight-knit our group of players are and for many it’s the first time they have had that sense of belonging and family unity, which makes me and the rest of the staff immensely proud.”

Munich Bound

The club will now travel to Munich in May 2017 to compete against Europe’s best at the Regenbogen Mental Health Cup. As the sole representatives from Wales at the tournament they will also be the first Welsh team to ever enter the competition.

The competition has previously been won by Everton – Imagine Your Goals in 2010, and the 2016 winners were the Middlesbrough Community Foundation, now this year Wrexham Disability FC will hope to add to the proud tradition of British teams.

Helping hands

The Mayor of Wrexham was keen to offer his thanks to the company that owns the Queensway Stadium as they allowed use of the facilities for no charge. Andy Harris who is the area manager of Freedom Leisure said: “We were delighted to support this wonderful charity event. Freedom Leisure is here to serve the community and it is our goal to enable local residents to be more active, more often, including using sport to support local charities that are important to them.”

The game and day was organised by Pant Councillor Mark Owens.