Moncs Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 The Edinburgh Charity game is back for its 4th year in 2009 and will be held at Tynecastle on Sunday 29th March. This years chosen charity is CCLASP. (Children with Cancer and Leukaemia Advice and Support for Parents) For all the information on this and how to register for the trials please visit the website at http://www.edinburghcharitygame.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboforever Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Hi Moncs, When was the rule introduced that no Senior or junior players are allowed to play ? quite dissapointing really ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawrrrrrrr Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Hi Moncs, When was the rule introduced that no Senior or junior players are allowed to play ? quite dissapointing really ! Why? Think it sort of defeats the purpose or intent of the tournament if your giving people paid to play football a chance. I was wondering about the choice of charity and the selection process? Are they all meant to be children charities? If not maybe next year they should look for a slighty different type of charity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Prancer is right, where do you draw the line? If the rule was two players per team it 'could' work, but to the best of my knowledge it is meant for fans (beer bellies et al) and not paid players. The choosing of the charities is a difficult and emotive task,it is NOT always children's charities however....The benefactors in 2008 were Maggies Cancer care centre at the Western General who deal with adults suffering from the blight of cancer and their families. I'm sure Monc's would welcome ANY offers of help (not just suggestions) as he and his wife do a power of work to ensure this continues,the accumulated total must be over ?35,000* to date raised for LOCAL charities, a feat i think is tremendous! *Let us know the correct total... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Saviour of HMFC Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Why? Think it sort of defeats the purpose or intent of the tournament if your giving people paid to play football a chance. I was wondering about the choice of charity and the selection process? Are they all meant to be children charities? If not maybe next year they should look for a slighty different type of charity. Such as? I think that's a great cause. How many trial rounds are there Moncs? If your selected how many friendlys will be played? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blairdin Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I wasn't able to make to the trials last year, so well up for it this year. Played 90 minutes at Tynie in August and it is without doubt the mosy enjoyable 90 minutes I've played for years. I even managed to save a few too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Such as? I think that's a great cause. How many trial rounds are there Moncs? If your selected how many friendlys will be played? I can answer your questions AP... Dependant on the interest there will be one or two sunday night trials at Riccarton.We will be looking for fitness levels to be high,a good first touch,decent skill levels and of course a couple of dirty bass'as;). The trials WILL be high tempo AND energy sapping,this is to 'weed out' anyone who thinks it is just fun:p. Once we have our squad of approximately 20,the hard work will begin..we will train VERY hard every Sunday from mid January,with Friendlies played on Friday nights and occasional Sunday nights as we approach march, the squad will then be trimmed to 16. 100% commitment is required (expected) and the rewards are huge!! The pleasure of playing at tynecastle coupled with the camaraderie during the build up as well as raising money for the charity make it something most players want to repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamborory Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 The Edinburgh Charity game is back for its 4th year in 2009 and will be held at Tynecastle on Sunday 29th March. This years chosen charity is CCLASP. (Children with Cancer and Leukaemia Advice and Support for Parents) For all the information on this and how to register for the trials please visit the website at http://www.edinburghcharitygame.org Does Each Player Have To Raise 100pounds each? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawrrrrrrr Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Does Each Player Have To Raise 100pounds each? I would imagine there will be a minimum amount - and that actually seems quite low. Football aid and such are over ?200. Re the semi pro/junior rule is this anything to do with hibs cheating with SFL players showing up last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamborory Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I would imagine there will be a minimum amount - and that actually seems quite low. Football aid and such are over ?200. Re the semi pro/junior rule is this anything to do with hibs cheating with SFL players showing up last year? Hopefully It's No More Than 100pounds. I've applied for the trials as goalkeeper so lets see how it goes. so this energy zapping thing happening for the keepers aswell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blairdin Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I can answer your questions AP... Dependant on the interest there will be one or two sunday night trials at Riccarton.We will be looking for fitness levels to be high,a good first touch,decent skill levels and of course a couple of dirty bass'as;). The trials WILL be high tempo AND energy sapping,this is to 'weed out' anyone who thinks it is just fun:p. Once we have our squad of approximately 20,the hard work will begin..we will train VERY hard every Sunday from mid January,with Friendlies played on Friday nights and occasional Sunday nights as we approach march, the squad will then be trimmed to 16. 100% commitment is required (expected) and the rewards are huge!! The pleasure of playing at tynecastle coupled with the camaraderie during the build up as well as raising money for the charity make it something most players want to repeat. Thanks Meadows. Selfish question - how many keepers will you be wanting in your final 16? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexton Hardcastle Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Can you apply for more than one position? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moncs Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 Hopefully It's No More Than 100pounds. I've applied for the trials as goalkeeper so lets see how it goes. so this energy zapping thing happening for the keepers aswell? No keepers need apply as we have enough!! :p GUYS - Could I ask you to register on the forums on the charity game website and I can answer all your questions there? That way it saves me answering the same questions on all theHearts/Hibs forums which I put this onto. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We_are_the_Hearts Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Any idea of the date of the trials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cigaro Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I work Sunday nights. Oh well:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher the jambo Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Hopefully It's No More Than 100pounds. I've applied for the trials as goalkeeper so lets see how it goes. so this energy zapping thing happening for the keepers aswell? Last year it was a min of ?100 the more you get the better for the charity. There was 3 keepers last year and they have been at our summer league aswell, So it looks like its will be a good challenge for that place. Prancer, Last year both teams had some senior players i thought they were going to a min of 2 but looks like its getting changed to none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher the jambo Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 When is the trials starting mate, Im hoping to be fit for them just hoping i wont be to far behind everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboforever Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Think it sort of defeats the purpose or intent of the tournament if your giving people paid to play football a chance. whos to say all senior/junior clubs are paying players ?? last year both teams had senior/junior players playing so was just wondering why the sudden change of rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 To answer the 'goalie' questions: We will be having only 2 keepers in the final 16,possibly 3 in the 20 dependant on standard.The keepers training is a little more specialised as positioning,distribution and handling are important skills for a keeper!! However the fitness rules apply to all, plus the gruelling sessions are good for bonding*. paddyhmfc...the more versatile a player is the better. *Jock Wallace at Gullane circa 1977 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexton Hardcastle Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I can just picture scenes from Mean Machine. Who is "Billy The Limpit"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footymadme Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 the purpose of the no junior/senior rule it to keep the event completely amature. the argument could be made that jaunior/senior football is amature, but we have to draw the line somewhere otherwise it could get out of hand with squads of former/semi pro playing year after year, this would just defeat the purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moncs Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 MODS - Could you please lock this thread so all questions regarding the charity game and be poste don the offical website forums? http://www.edinburghcharitygame.org/forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footymadme Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 http://www.edinburghcharitygame.org/forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flogelisgod Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Just to say that i did this last year and am in the team for the summer league just now.It IS worth all the hard work and it is a fabulous experience however much you are involved on the day. Ill be gunning for a starting spot this year!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flogelisgod Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Oh and a quick suggestion to all interested, if you want to come see the squad from last year, we have a semi final coming up! All support would be welcome and it would be good to meet everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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