The Centre trains from October until May each season, on Friday evenings from 7.30-9.00pm at South Dartmoor Community College in Ashburton. As well as a detailed 20 week coaching programme, players at the Centre also benefit from specialist goalkeeping coaching as well as receiving physio support. The Centre aims to identify players for the England national impairment specific squads including the Cerebral Palsy Squad, Deaf Squad, Visually Impaired Squad, Learning Disabilities Squad, and the Amputee Squad; and in 2010 three players from Devon were selected to an England national squad.
The centre is always interested in potential new players, and nominations for the coming season are very much welcome. A player nomination form is available for download under 'Related Documents'.
Centre of Excellence 2011/12 Season
Details will be announced soon about trials for the 2011/12 Season. Please see the player nomination form on the right to nominate players for trial.
Regional Centre's of Excellence
There are additionally Regional Centre of Excellence Squads open to particularly talented players with the impairments listed below. These are run in Somerset, but recruit players from across the South West including Devon.
- Regional Cerebral Palsy Centre of Excellence
- Regional Partially Sighted Futsal Centre of Excellence
For more information about the Centre of Excellence please contact Dai Carpenter - Devon FA Disability Football Development Officer, on 01626 323560, mobile 07912 089838, or via email david.carpenter@devonfa.com