Warriors United FC

Here are all the Warriors representing Nottinghamshire at the Special Olympics National Games.

Thank you to MOTiQ for their fantastic shirts and making them look and feel amazing.

And to Sportstar for their second shirts, meaning they can wear comfortable well-fitting shirts rather than bibs when they play teams with a clash of colours.

Don’t they all look great!

Tomorrow, 21 of our Warriors United players are going to Birmingham to play in the football competition at the Special Olympics National Games. They will be joined by 3 players who play for Burton Joyce DSActive team, making a squad of 24 players in total.

This is a huge and wonderful opportunity for the players to represent their county, get some real experience of playing matches against other teams and to be a part of something really special.

Players of all abilities will be taking part as the Special Olympics Great Britain is all about enabling everyone to participate and succeed in sport.

Most of the team will be staying in Birmingham for the 4 days of the competition, starting with divisioning matches on Thursday morning. There will be 2 further days of football on Friday and Saturday, finishing with the finals on Sunday.

Tomorrow will also be the Opening Ceremony, where some of the Warriors will be dancing on the stage as part of our Dance Warriors group - alongside some of our other DW dancers coming down especially for the ceremony. This is another HUGE opportunity with them dancing alongside Aitch who will be headlining the show.

Evenings will be full too, with most of them going Ten Pin Bowling on Friday evening, and thanks to a generous donation from the Fullers Foundation we will be going out for a celebratory meal together at the Old Joint Stack pub on Saturday evening.

Thank you to everyone who helped with our GoFundMe that has enabled us to help those taking part pay for accommodation near the venue, to pay for a kit for all the players and to help cover the costs of registration.

We are absolutely buzzing and so excited to be a part of this very special event. And wherever they come in the rankings, we know these footballers will do themselves proud.

Thank you one of new shirt sponsors, TB Sports, for offering a free swim session to our Warriors this morning.

Here’s a few photos of some of them enjoying all the fun!

PRESENTATION NIGHT - PART 2

On Thursday 16 July, Warriors United had their annual presentation at Nottingham Forest.

A whole host of parents and families came to watch the footballers be presented with their certificates and trophies.

Also there were representatives from the companies who have sponsored the club, and new businesses who will be partnering with us over the next 2 years and sponsoring our new shirts.

We were really grateful to Punjabi Forest for also attending. Their generous donation, made from a charity match they held earlier in the summer, was used to help pay for all the personalised certificates and trophies each player received. And it was so good for them to see the joy in each player’s face as they went to get their awards.

We were also able to say thank you to all our wonderful volunteers whose support enables so many players, of all different abilities, to play football with our club. Each one received an engraved glass and a can/mini bottle of their favourite tipple as a thank you for all they do.

Lastly we thanked the wonderful Will from Forest for all the wonderful opportunities he has arranged by Forest for Warriors United in the past 12 months. A HUGE thank you for the 10 season cards we have been gifted for the 3rd consecutive year, and which enabled 76 different Warriors to attend a match at the City Ground last season.

We really are so grateful for the relationship Warriors United has with Nottingham Forest, and look forward to continuing this in the future.

And lastly, thank you so much to Ian Crossland for the amazing photos from the event!

PRESENTATION NIGHT - PART 1

A couple of weeks ago, Warriors United had their annual presentation night at Nottingham Forest’s Robin Hood Suite.

Around 200 people were there to watch all the Warriors receive their certificates and trophies, and celebrate all that the players and the club had achieved in the past year.

A huge well done to all of the players from both the Mansfield and Nottingham Warriors, who range from 5 up to 47 years, and to the siblings who also join in during the sessions, who also received a little award too.

Congratulations to Aayan, Abi, Alistair, Amelia, Anya, Archie, Archie, Ashley, Ashton, Bella, Callum, Calum, Charlee, Cole, Craig, Daisy, Danny, Dante, Declan, Dylan, Elisa, Ellis, Emily, Emily, Emmanuel, Evie, Florence, Gideon, Gracie-mae, Hugo, Isaac, Isla, Jack, Jack, Jake, Jamie, Jason, Jeremiah, Jessica, J.J, Joe, Joseph, Joshua, Judah, Jude, Jude, Lauren, Lewis, Liam, Liam, Logan, Logan, Lucas, Luke, Macey-Grace, Maia, Maira, Marcus, Mariyam, Mason, Matt, Matthew, Myrah, Naomi, Nicola, Ollie, Olly, Osa, Oscar, Pierce, P.J, Poppy, Poppy, Poppy, Rachel, Remy, Reu, Rhiannon, Riley, Roman, Rory, Ryan, Sean, Thea, Theo, Theo, Theodore, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Tom, Zach and Zayd!

And Andre, Arthur, Ella, Molly and Neil - we will keep your trophies safe until you’re able to collect them in September.

So proud of every single one of our Warriors!

Hey!

It’s 4 weeks until we go to the Special Olympics National Games in Birmingham.

So we are giving this another push and hoping some friends and families might feel like getting on board and helping us out with a donation!!!

Warriors United are known for their smiles and can do attitude. And for their friendship with Nottingham Forest.

But in 4 weeks, they are doing something totally different. They are representing their county at the National Games of the Special Olympics. This takes place once every 4 years, and it’s a huge honour to take part!

We have 26 Warriors taking part, each wanting to play their best and succeed. Each one of them has to fund themselves to be there, along with their parents or carers coming with them. And so do their coaches and volunteers who are already missing out on paid work to attend and to support/enable the players.

With registration fees, 4 days of competition fees, having to buy a whole new kit (due to Special Olympics sponsorship rules) and the cost of accommodation and food on top, it’s proving costly. And whilst some people feel able to pay it all, many can’t.

We are possibly going to lose some players, and some volunteers as a result.

We have raised some money, but it’s not enough.

So if there’s any way you can help us send this wonderful team to the Special Olympics that would be amazing!

And if you can’t help, please could you share?

The GoFundMe link is here.

https://gofund.me/f50b50de4

Thank you!

Donate to Send Warriors United to the Special Olympics National Games, organized by Helen Coppins

Charity match - Part 5

Random other photos of the day! ⚽️🥰🥇

Thank you to everyone who came and made the day so special and memorable.

And thank you for helping us to raise over £2000 for charity!

Same again next year!!!