Coaches and welfare

The people on the rope.

All volunteers, all checked. Parents, mostly, who came to hold the cones one Wednesday and are still here.

Two older volunteers tying a white net onto a goal frame on a misty morning

Who runs it

Adults only on this page. We do not name or show boys anywhere on this site.

Gethin Prosser, a man in his fifties in a plain claret waterproof coat, on a muddy pitch with hills behind

Gethin Prosser

Chairman · Under 13s coach

Gethin played for the club in the 1980s and came back when his own boys did. He has been chairman for eleven years, and he marks the lines on the big pitches himself when nobody else will.

He works in a builder's merchant in Caerphilly, which is why the club has never paid full price for a bag of sand.

Nerys Howells, a woman in her late thirties in a plain sky blue top under a dark coat, with a whistle on a cord, on a park pitch

Nerys Howells

Club welfare officer · Under 9s coach

Nerys looks after safeguarding for the whole club and coaches the under 9s on the side. Any parent or boy can ring her about anything. She would rather have ten calls about nothing than miss one about something.

Her name, her number and the DBS wording on this demonstration site are placeholders that a real club would replace with its own.

Who coaches which team

Under 7sDai Lloyd
Under 8sSian Probert
Under 9sNerys Howells
Under 10sLee Coombes
Under 11sMark Tanner
Under 12sRob Beynon
Under 13sGethin Prosser
Under 14sKev Jarman
Under 15sPaul Vaughan
Under 16sPaul Vaughan

Every coach and helper holds an enhanced DBS check and a safeguarding certificate. Worried about anything? Ring Nerys Howells on 07700 900 175. If a child is in danger now, ring 999. On this demonstration site the names, the number and the DBS wording are placeholders.

Two training sessions free. Then he can tell you.

Wednesday evenings at Trethomas Park, grouped by age. Bring boots or trainers, shin pads if you have them, and a coat for yourself. Ask for the coach of his age group at the car park gate.