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Week commencing Monday 15th December will be our last week of games for 2025. Upon completion of the Monday, Wednesday and Thursday games that week, we will then be on a THREE week break, returning to our regular schedule on Monday 12th January 2026.   Thank you to everyone who participated in our sessions throughout 2025,Continue reading “FESTIVE SCHEDULE”

Just £6 for an hour of being active and social in a friendly and welcoming environment, with no commitments! Find out more about our regular sessions: Recreational Football can also be known as Casual Football, mixed ability Football, Turn up and Play, Social Football, Flexi-Football… the list will go on as the popularity rises ofContinue reading “NEW REGISTRATIONS REOPENED”

Update: due to some of our sessions being impacted due to lower numbers over half term, we’ll extend this competition to include the Monday 3rd, Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th November sessions. To celebrate FIVE years of Kickabout, we’re running a competition for a fortnight from Monday 20th to Thursday 30th October 2025, with fourContinue reading “WIN A VOUCHER IN OUR BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY”

We’ve temporarily suspended new members registering due to backlogs of players trying to book on to our sessions – we’re awaiting feedback from Hemel FC about the prospect of booking extra sessions at their facilities. Please click here to email us and request contact once we reopen registrations. This is the first time in theContinue reading “NEW MEMBERSHIPS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED”

Well done Lionesses 🦁⚽👏🏼 keeping girls and women inspired. When England’s Lionesses lifted the UEFA Women’s Euro trophy in 2022, it wasn’t just a victory on the pitch – it was the spark for a nationwide movement. Here in Hemel Hempstead, that historic moment inspired us at Community Kickabout to launch our very first women’s-onlyContinue reading “LIONESSES KEEPING US INSPIRED”

We’re trialling an extra Wednesday session in June, an Over 30’s Men game at 8pm on a section of main pitch at Hemel FC. Whilst we build up interest in this game, there’s no limit on members playing multiple games in one night, so if you’re already playing in the Weds 9pm game you’re welcomeContinue reading “NEW WEDNESDAY 8PM GAME”

This season has been a landmark one for women’s football, with amazing accomplishments by Chelsea, Arsenal and Gotham. These achievements go beyond the pitch — they inspire a new generation of women and girls to get active, confident, and involved in the sport. Seeing elite women’s teams thrive shows that football is for everyone, atContinue reading “GET INVOLVED IN OUR WOMENS GAMES”

Kickabout are getting behind two teams that are putting their love of football to the ultimate test on Saturday 14th June 2025, by entering one of Tackle’s Football Marathons – a unique fundraising event. Each year over 1000 people take part in Tackle’s regional 12-hour tournaments. The two teams will feature ten Kickabout regulars: JaviContinue reading “KICKBOUT PLAYERS IN CHARITY TOURNAMENT”

We’re having a week off! As per usual Bank Holiday plans we won’t run our Monday session that week, but also with some of our organisers being away and half-term often leaving many regular players unavailable due to other plans, we’re going to have a break for the whole week. We’ll return to the normalContinue reading “NO GAMES LAST WEEK OF MAY”

Hemel FC have directed that from January 2025, only moulded studs or moulded blades (AG Articial Grass blades, not FG Firm Ground blades) will be allowed on the main pitch. This goes not affect the caged pitches, where Astro boots will still be allowed. Screw in studs/blades, metal tipped studs and flat soled trainers remainContinue reading “CHANGES TO FOOTWEAR CRITERIA”

Booking will open tonight for the return of our sessions next week, starting with Monday 6th January 2025. For the Men’s sessions, there’ll be one less pitch opening for booking on Monday 9pm, Wednesday 9pm and Thursday 8pm – this is based on a reduction of numbers we had in the last quarter of 2024.Continue reading “BOOKING NEWS AND SCHEDULE UPDATE”

On Friday 9th August, the Hertfordshire FA celebrated volunteers from across our county for 2024 England Football Grassroots Football Awards. Volunteers are the beating heart of Grassroots, making football happen! Marc Willmore, one of Kickabout’s volunteer session organisers, was nominated for an award in the category of Keeping Football Positive; the FA stated Marc isContinue reading “FA award for Kickabout”

In August 2022, after running popular Men’s Over 30’s Football games for two years, we trialled Women only sessions (with no age restrictions) at Hemel Hempstead Town FC. We had a fantastic response and have organised regular games since. Our women only session on Monday 19th August 2024, on our second anniversary, will be FREEContinue reading “Free game on Second Anniversary of our Women’s session”

We recently increased the size our Wednesday 9pm session, which runs on Hemel Hempstead Town FC’s main pitch. We can make use of some or all of the pitch – we’re reviewing this on a weekly basis depending on interest, so if game you want to play in is fully booked, please make sure you’reContinue reading “FREE GAME IN BIGGER WEDNESDAY SESSION”

Kickabout regulars Hai Le, Mo Hammad, Folajimi Odukomaiya and Carlos Magalhaes, along with their teammates Charlie Gamble, Tony Young, Francis Clarke and Joe Johnson, are playing in the London Football Marathon 2024, on 8 June 2024. Their team “Raging Kaboul” will play around 20 matches. This 12 hour non-stop football marathon, running from 8am toContinue reading “KICKABOUT REGULARS IN MARATHON FUNDRAISER”

On Sunday 12th May 2024 we used the brilliant facilities at the Focus Community Arena, home of National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town FC, for Mind Games, a family friendly charity fundraising football day. Proceeds from “Mind Games” will benefit Herts Mind Network, a vital organisation delivering mental health support across Hertfordshire. In HemelContinue reading “CHARITY GAMES RAISE £2K”

On Sunday, our women’s Recreational Football group played their inaugural 11-a-side match during our Mind Games charity football event at the Focus Community Arena, against a Herts Police women’s team. Our women and girls have been playing small-sided games for two years but this was the first time they played together in a full game;Continue reading “FIRST FULL GAME FOR OUR WOMEN’S TEAM”

We’re exploring the possibility of adding a game of Walking Football to our weekly schedule, or at least trialling a couple of games – most likely at Hemel FC on a Monday at 7pm, before our usual football sessions start. There would be no age or gender restrictions to this game. Whilst following the usualContinue reading “WALKING FOOTBALL TRIAL”

We’re celebrating generous sponsorship from BAR Electrical and Mechanical Services Ltd! In a display of community support, BAR have provided new kits for both our Women and Men groups ahead of the upcoming Mind Games, a charity fundraising event which will see our recreational football regulars compete in 11-a-side games. Club officials expressed profound gratitudeContinue reading “NEW KIT SPONSOR”

Latest news and events from March 2024. We played 33 games of football in 13 sessions – we’ve now passed 650 games in total since we kicked off in 2020. While our first session of April will be out 250th! Thank you to everyone who contributes making this community initiative a success. Here’s the otherContinue reading “MARCH ROUND UP”

At Hemel Hempstead Town FC’s home game against Hampton and Richmond on Saturday, a presentation was made to Community Kickabout volunteer session organiser Dave Bradbury, who was nominated as Hemel FC’s Premier League Community Captain. The Premier League launched the “More than a game” campaign to showcase how its wide-ranging investment into all levels ofContinue reading “PREMIER LEAGUE AWARD FOR KICKABOUTS DAVE”

This week’s participants can pick up a free Women’s health manual at our sessions. The 36 page full colour A5 booklet is full of simple, practical tips that will improve the health of pretty much anyone. This isn’t just for our women’s group, our men are welcome to take a copy for family or friends.Continue reading “WOMENS HEALTH MANUAL GIVEAWAY”

We have purchased some training equipment for our members to use (restricted to block-booked players only at this stage), to encourage people to be active outside of our sessions. The use of this equipment isn’t necessarily restricted to the use of only our members, if you know of groups or clubs that could make useContinue reading “EQUIPMENT HIRE AVAILABLE TO OUR PLAYERS”

Regular Kickabout participants can access the extra service of accessing mental health eBooks! We have a 12 month licence to access Mind’s eBook guides to supporting good mental health. The eBooks give an introduction to a wide range of mental health topics, that we hope you might find useful for supporting your own wellbeing orContinue reading “ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND RESOURCES”

We have secured the brilliant facilities at the Focus Community Arena, home of National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town FC, on Sunday 12th May 2024 for Mind Games, a family friendly charity fundraising football day. There will be matches for both Community Kickabout’s Women and Men’s teams; our Women’s opponents will be the HertsContinue reading “DATE SET FOR CHARITY GAMES”

It’s International Men’s Day ♂️ To support them theme “Making a positive difference to the wellbeing and lives of men and boys”, we have a batch of Man Manual‘s to give everyone who plays in our games this week. One man in five will die before he reaches 65, two in five before the ageContinue reading “MAN MANUAL GIVEAWAY THIS WEEK”

Next Monday’s session, 9th October 2023, will be three years since our first recreational football game kicked off at Hemel Hempstead Town FC. From one game of 5-a-side, our initiative has grown to 9 games each week across three days, including a women only game. The success and continued growth of our sessions is mainlyContinue reading “£300 GIVEAWAY ON OUR 3RD ANNIVERSARY”

We are delighted to have been awarded a grant from the Barclays Community Football Fund, being delivered in partnership with Sported, to support the growth of our Women’s recreational football sessions. Women and girls are underrepresented in the local grassroots football scene, despite football being England’s fastest growing female team sport. This grant allows usContinue reading “NEW GRANT SUPPORTS GROWTH OF OUR WOMENS GAMES”

We’re adding another day to our weekly sessions, with a new 9pm game for Men Over 30 on Wednesday’s at the Focus Community Arena, Hemel Hempstead Town FC. The first game will be Wednesday 13th September 2023; booking opens this Weds, 6th Sept. The game will be in the “cage” at Hemel Hempstead Town FC,Continue reading “NEW DAY ADDED TO WEEKLY SESSIONS”

Tonight is our 150th session since we kicked off in October 2020, with the five games scheduled in the 8pm and 9pm slots taking us up to 364 games in total. It’s been quite a journey, from ten Men playing a 5-a-side game on a wet Monday night nearly three years ago to eight gamesContinue reading “£150 GIVEAWAYS FOR 150TH SESSION”

We organised a series of fundraising events arranged in May and June 2023, supporting Herts Mind Network, who deliver essential mental health support in Hertfordshire, providing a diverse range of services from seven Wellbeing Centres and other venues across all ten districts of the county. Funded locally, Mind’s services are available to all residents inContinue reading “OVER £1K RAISED FOR MIND”

We played our third 11-a-side game on Saturday (24th June 2023), against Lads Speak Out FC, a North Herts based team set up to support positive mental health. The game was part of our series of charity fundraising events for Mind; it was played at Adeyfield School and the match was sponsored by Stein Contractors.Continue reading “LATEST FRIENDLY ENDS IN DEFEAT”

Starting today, bookings will go live on the Spond app one week ahead of the games – so tonight at 9pm, next Monday’s 8pm games will open for booking; at 10pm, next Monday’s 9pm games will open for booking, etc. Make sure you have your debit card ready to complete the booking – once you’ve used itContinue reading “REMINDER, CHANGES TO BOOKING PROCESS STARTS TODAY”

A celebrity football team visited Hemel Hempstead Town FC’s Vauxhall Road ground on Sunday 21st May 2023, to play a squad made up of players from our community football project. It was an exciting clash; the Kickabout side compromised of passionate amateur players from within our community, while Celeb FC featured footballers, entertainers, and personalitiesContinue reading “WIN FOR CELEBS IN CHARITY GAME”

We’re going to be trialling a new way players book on to our sessions starting June 2023. The booking platform we currently use costs around £500 a year; aside from reducing coats, we’ve some feedback from players about the current system being unreliable. This wont affect players who block-book – only players who register on aContinue reading “CHANGES TO OUR BOOKING SYSTEM”

Click here to buy your tickets in advance for Community Kickabout v Celeb FC A celebrity football team is visiting Hemel Hempstead Town FC’s Vauxhall Road ground on Sunday 21st May 2023, to play a squad made up of players from community football project Community Kickabout. Both teams are preparing to showcase their skills onContinue reading “KICKABOUT TAKE ON CELEBRITY TEAM”

Click here to buy your tickets in advance for Community Kickabout v Celeb FC On Sunday 21st May 2023 we’re playing celebrity charity team Celeb FC. We’re very grateful the Celeb team have given us this opportunity to increase the interest in our charity games and it’ll be a fun match for players and spectators.Continue reading “CELEBRITY TEAM TO PLAY KICKABOUT IN FIRST OF TWO CHARITY GAMES”

We have a series of fundraising events arranged in May and June, supporting Herts Mind Network, who deliver essential mental health support in Hertfordshire, providing a diverse range of services from seven Wellbeing Centres and other venues across all ten districts of the county. Funded locally, Mind’s services are available to all residents in HertfordshireContinue reading “SUPPORTING MIND IN MAY & JUNE”

To mark the Premier League’s 30 Year anniversary – and highlight the role football clubs play in their local areas – all Premier League, EFL and National League clubs were invited to nominate a Community Captain, whose story can be shared as part of the celebrations. Hemel Hempstead Town were tasked with choosing a memberContinue reading “COMMUNITY AWARD FOR OUR WEEKLY SESSIONS”

We’re very grateful to have received more support for the continued growth of our Women only games. Sport England’s Tackling inequalities fund (via Sported) have provided a significant amount on funding to help our community sessions to be sustainable in the long term – we are aiming to fund FA Coaching course for at leastContinue reading “CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR OUR WOMENS GAMES”

Thank you to everyone who joined in Monday’s session. Thank you to everyone who joined in tonight’s session, a busy night with 52 players involved in 4, 5 and 6-a-side games across the 8pm and 9pm slots. The Ladies game was a bit of a challenging session as some late withdrawals left us with justContinue reading “BOOKING OPEN FOR OUR NEXT GAMES”

Thank you to everyone who joined in Monday’s session. Four games in total across the 8pm and 9pm slots, with 52 players joining in our Ladies and Men’s games. Good to see some newcomers too, hope to see you again at upcoming sessions. Booking is now open for next week. Next week’s session is duringContinue reading “BOOK NOW FOR NEXT WEEKS SESSIONS”

Next week’s session is during the same week as International Women’s Day and we’re going to celebrate the continued development of our Ladies only sessions by allowing players to register for free! We’re very grateful to the support of local company Sterling Accounting Solutions Ltd, who are sponsoring this session so we can provide thisContinue reading “FREE GAME FOR LADIES NEXT WEEK”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s sessions. Monday was a busy night with five games in total across the 8pm and 9pm slots. It was good to see the Ladies return to action after a break last week and we had a well competed game of 6-a-side. Thanks to those who wereContinue reading “JOIN IN OUR UPCOMING GAMES”

Thank you to everyone who joined in tonight’s session. We had three games, no ladies game tonight so just three games for the men – 6-a-side at 8pm then 6 and 8-a-side 9pm. Booking is now open for next week. This Thursday’s session is currently fully booked, but we have a standby list in caseContinue reading “REGISTER FOR NEXT WEEKS GAMES”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this Monday’s session, with four games played across the 8pm and 9pm slots with both Ladies and Over 30’s Men games. Another cold night, but still busy – three well competed games of 6-a-side and an 8-a-side. This Thursday’s session is currently fully booked, but we have aContinue reading “BOOK NOW FOR NEXT WEEKS SESSIONS”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this Monday’s session, with four games played across the 8pm and 9pm slots with both Ladies and Over 30’s Men games. Another cold night, but still busy – three games of 6-a-side and an 8-a-side. This Thursday’s session is currently fully booked, but we have a standby list.Continue reading “JOIN IN OUR NEXT SESSION”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, with four games played across the 8pm and 9pm slots. It was a cold night, but they were all well competed matches. We’re back again next week, plus there is still space available for this Thursday, booking is now open on our website. Upcoming events:Continue reading “BOOKING OPEN FOR UPCOMING SESSIONS”

Thank you to everyone who joined in our first session of 2023 last night, five games played across the 8pm and 9pm slots. It was great to see so many new faces joining in this week and we hope to see you all again at upcoming sessions. Apologies to those of you who joined theContinue reading “REGISTER NOW FOR NEXT WEEKS GAMES”

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had had a great Christmas and New Year… we’re looking forward to getting our weekly football sessions back underway! Booking is now open for the first games of 2023. We’re continuing our trial period of Thursday games (for Men) and will commit to a long term booking of theContinue reading “BOOKING OPEN FOR FIRST GAMES OF 2023”

We’re now in the third week of trialling extra Over 30’s Men football sessions on Thursdays, to provide extra opportunities to play in our friendly small-sided games for those who can’t make it on Mondays (or who just want to play an extra game!). Click here for the booking form for the 8pm game onContinue reading “THURSDAY SESSIONS CONTINUE”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session; four games altogether, with 6-a-side for the men at 8pm as well as 5-a-side for the ladies, then 6-a-side and a 8-a-side at 9pm for the men. For the ladies 5-a-side game, it was well played and there were a lot of goals. It wasContinue reading “BOOKING OPEN FOR NEXT WEEKS GAMES”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, five games in total with 6-a-side for the men and ladies at 8pm, then two 5-a-sides and a 7-a-side at 9pm. All enjoyable and well competed games. For the ladies, we had a well competed 6-a-side game. Thank you to everyone who joined the standbyContinue reading “JOIN IN NEXT WEEKS GAMES, LADIES AND OVER 30s MEN”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session; less games this week, just the three, but still 32 players involved across the 8pm and 9pm sessions. We’re back again Thursday trialling the extra day, with one game that is currently fully booked – we can consider adding a second pitch if there’s enoughContinue reading “REGISTRATION OPEN FOR NEXT WEEKS SESSIONS”

Some of our regular players represented Community Kickabout last night in a “proper” game of football last night, Friday 18th November 2022. Having organised small-sided games for over two years now, this was our first 90 minute 11-a-side game. Our opponents were SDS, a great bunch of lads who visited from Switzerland to compete inContinue reading “FRIENDLY WIN FOR FIRST 11-A-SIDE GAME”

Apologies to those of you who played in the 9pm games in the cage last night, we had a slow start and disjointed games – some players didn’t turn up or were late and we had to make some last minute changes to plan. If you can’t make it to a session please keep usContinue reading “BOOK NOW FOR NEXT WEEKS GAMES”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, which was our 96th session since we launched just over two years ago and took our total number of games up to 200! We’re very grateful for everyone’s participation which has led to the success and growth of our football initiative. This week we hadContinue reading “THURSDAY GAME ADDED TO NEXT WEEKS SESSIONS”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session. Despite the start of winter bringing our darkest and wettest session of the year so far, it was our biggest ever with 60 players involved across five game – 6-a-side for the ladies and two 6-a-side, 5-a-side and 7-a-side for the men. The second halfContinue reading “BOOKING OPEN FOR OUR NEXT LADIES AND MENS GAMES”

We’re making a small change to the cost of participating in Community Kickabout, starting from our 7th November 2022 session. We pay to use the services of an online booking platform for players to register for our weekly games and we also incur charges on every transaction… we’re on track to pay out £1,200 annually,Continue reading “CHANGES TO PARTICIPATION FEES”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session; three games for the men with 6-a-side at 8pm, then 6 and 8-a-side at 9pm; a bit of a wet one for the 8pm game but still three enjoyable and well competed matches. We had 5-a-side for the Ladies at 8pm; we needed to adjustContinue reading “BOOK NOW FOR NEXT WEEKS GAMES”

We’re looking at the possibility of running an extra session for Over 30’s Men at 8pm on Thursdays, initially for a trial period. Our current 8pm Monday games for the Over 30’s Men is always quickly fully booked and there are players regularly on the standby list who aren’t getting opportunities to play. Adding extraContinue reading “REGISTER INTEREST IN THURSDAY GAMES”

In October 2022, two years on since we launched Community Kickabout, we conducted our second annual feedback request for our most regular participants. This was with the aim of us being able to ensure our sessions are achieving our objectives and to identify areas for improvement. We’re grateful for the honest feedback and very happyContinue reading “RESULTS OF OUR FEEDBACK QUESTIONNAIRE”

We recognised World Mental Health Day on 10th October 2022, which coincided with our weekly Monday night football session, by raising funds for Herts Mind, who deliver essential mental health support in Hertfordshire, providing a diverse range of services from seven Wellbeing Centres and other venues across all ten districts of the county. Funded locally,Continue reading “FUNDRAISING SESSION SUPPORTS MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, a busy night of four games, with ladies and over 30’s men in action. The ladies were a bit uneven at 5 v’s 6-a-side, but we made it work and it was an eagerly played match. Thank you to those ladies who joined the standbyContinue reading “JOIN IN OUR NEXT SESSION, BOOKING NOW OPEN”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, a busy night of four games, with ladies and over 30’s men in action. This was the two-year anniversary of Community Kickabout and it has been fantastic to see the growth from one game of 5-a-side to multiple games across two time slots. This week’sContinue reading “LADIES AND OVER 30 MENS FOOTBALL, BOOK NOW”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, with ladies and mens games – 50 players in total joined in this week. There three games for the Over 30’s Men – 6-a-side at 8pm then 6-a-side and 8-a-side at 9pm. It was good to see a Ladies game back in action after aContinue reading “PLAY NEXT WEEK IN CHARITY FUNDRAISER”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, with three games for the Over 30’s Men – 6-a-side at 8pm and another two games of 6-a-side at 9pm. These were some very well competed games this week. Thank you to everyone who registered to play for the Ladies game and once again we’reContinue reading “REGISTER FOR NEXT WEEKS FOOTBALL, LADIES AND OVER 30 MENS”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, which was reduced due to the Bank Holiday but we still ran 5-a-side for the Over 30 Men at 8pm and for the men again two games of 6-a-side at 9pm. Thank you to everyone who signed up for the Ladies game, which was quicklyContinue reading “BOOK NOW FOR LADIES AND OVER 30 MENS FOOTBALL”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, two games of 6-a-side and one 8-a-side for the Men, and 6-a-side for the Ladies. Please click here to access our booking page for over 30’s men, click here for the ladies session. We are delighted to have been awarded a grant from the BarclaysContinue reading “MENS AND LADIES FOOTBALL CONTINUES”

We are delighted to have been awarded a grant from the Barclays Community Football Fund, being delivered in parnership with Sported. This grant will help us commit to providing weekly football sessions to Ladies living in and around Dacorum as part of our Community Kickabout initiative. In August 2022, after running popular Men’s Over 30’sContinue reading “GRANT SUPPORTS LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO LADIES GAMES”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, a busy week with five games in total – 8pm games for the Men and Ladies and then three more men’s games at 9pm. There was a lot of enjoyable and well competed football tonight and great to hear a lot of positive feedback afterContinue reading “MENS AND LADIES FOOTBALL RETURNS NEXT WEEK”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, which was well attended despite it being a bank holiday. We played three games of 6-a-side a across the 8pm and 9pm slots, all in the cage. Booking is now open for next Monday’s 8pm and 9pm sessions – with the return of the LadiesContinue reading “BOOK NOW FOR NEXT WEEKS MENS AND LADIES GAMES”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, 42 players competed in men’s and women’s games at 8pm and 9pm. For the week’s Ladies session, which was the second week of our trial, we had less players turn up than planned but the players persevered with 4-a-side; there were some tired legs asContinue reading “BOOK NOW FOR BANK HOLIDAY KICKABOUT”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, with 50 players in total across games at 8pm and 9pm. We started off with 6-a-side Men’s Over 30’s and 5-a-side for our first even Ladies game, then followed that up with 6-a-side and 8-a-side for the Men’s Over 30’s at 9pm. Booking is nowContinue reading “BOOKING OPEN FOR NEXT WEEK INCLUDING EXTENDED LADIES TRIAL”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, with three games – 6-a-side at 8pm then 6-a-side and a 8-a-side at 9pm. Thanks to the players who switched sides mid-game, we sometimes have to tinker with the teams during the game in an attempt to keep the matches competitive and enjoyable. Also, asContinue reading “BOOK NOW FOR NEXT WEEKS GAMES”

We’re trialling a ladies only session at 8pm, Monday 15th August 2022. Unlike our weekly Over 30’s men’s session, there won’t be age restrictions for this game. Subject to online booking to confirm availability, you can just turn up and play in our friendly games – you don’t need to rely on having enough playersContinue reading “LADIES FOOTBALL SESSION”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, a busy night with four games – 5-a-side at 8pm then two games of 5-a-side and a 7-a-side at 9pm. It was good to have some new faces join in, we hope to see you all again at upcoming sessions. Booking is now open forContinue reading “JOIN IN OUR NEXT OVER 30S FOOTBALL SESSION”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session, in particular thanks to those on the standby list who were able to fill in at short notice after some late changes of plan. In thankfully cooler conditions than last week, we played 6-a-side at 8pm, then 6 and 8-a-side at 9pm. Booking is nowContinue reading “BOOKING NOW OPEN FOR NEXT WEEKS GAMES”

With Monday’s session taking place during a heatwave, please ensure you reassess your own suitability to take part. The forecast is currently between 36° and 29° throughout the 8pm and 9pm sessions and there are well publicised warnings about the weather. Click here for the latest NHS guidance for how to cope in hot weather. OtherContinue reading “IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT MONDAYS SESSION”

Thank you to everyone who joined in this week’s session last night, it was hard work in the heat but we still had enjoyable and well competed games – 6-a-side at 8pm, then 6 and 8-a-side at 9pm. Booking is now open for next Monday’s 8pm and 9pm sessions. As usual, thank you to thoseContinue reading “WEEKLY OVER 30s FOOTBALL – GET ACTIVE WITH US”

Last night was our biggest session to date, with four games and in total 47 players taking part (3 playing both sessions) with 6-a-side at 8pm, than 5, 6 and 8-a-side at 9pm. Thank you to everyone who participated and for the continued involvement that is helping our sessions grow. Booking is now open forContinue reading “BOOK NOW FOR NEXT WEEKS SESSION”

Apologies to those of you who joined the standby list this week but didn’t get the opportunity to play – we fully booked relatively quickly this week and whilst we had quite a few on standby, we just missed enough numbers to add anothet pitch. Thank you to those on the standby list that wereContinue reading “JOIN IN OUR NEXT OVER 30s FOOTBALL SESSION”

Thank you to everyone who participated in this week’s Community Kickabout. We had three games tonight, one game of 6-a-side at 8pm then 6-a-side and 8-a-side at 9pm – some very enjoyable games tonight. Thank you everyone who joined in and thanks to those who joined the standby list and were available to fill inContinue reading “REGISTER NOW FOR NEXT WEEKS SESSION”

Each day during Men’s Health Week, we’re posting articles to raise awareness of commons health issues for men. Today: erectile dysfunction. Erection problems (or impotence) are very common, particularly in men over 40. Most men occasionally fail to get or keep an erection. This is usually caused by stress, tiredness, anxiety or drinking too muchContinue reading “MENS HEALTH WEEK: ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION”

Each day during Men’s Health Week, we’re posting articles to raise awareness of commons health issues for men. Today: diet and nutrition. Men and women share most of their DNA, however, there are some differences in what makes a diet healthiest for each. Men should have around 2,500 calories a day. Recommendations for nutrients areContinue reading “MENS HEALTH WEEK: DIET AND NUTRITION”

Each day during Men’s Health Week, we’re posting articles to raise awareness of commons health issues for men. Today: Testicular Cancer. Testicular cancer is unusual compared to other types of cancers because it tends to affect younger men who are 20 to 55 years of age. As a result, although relatively uncommon overall, testicular cancerContinue reading “MEN HEALTH WEEK: TESTICULAR CANCER”

Each day during Men’s Health Week, we’re posting articles to raise awareness of commons health issues for men. Today: mental health. “In England, around 1 in 8 men have a common mental health problem. However, men may be reluctant to seek support for their mental health or disclose mental health problems to loved ones.” –Continue reading “MEN HEALTH WEEK: MENTAL HEALTH”

We’ve joined Just Play, so you can now find our sessions and register an interest in joining in via the FA website – find.englandfootball.com. The FA Snickers Just Play gives the casual footballer a chance to just turn up to a venue and play football. Just Play is recreational football at its best – it’sContinue reading “COMMUNITY KICKABOUT JOINS JUST PLAY”

Each day during Men’s Health Week, we’re posting articles to raise awareness of commons health issues for men. Today: Prostate Cancer. Even though a man dies in the UK on average once every 45 seconds from prostrate cancer, most men are oblivious to what the prostate actually us. The prostate is a gland. It isContinue reading “MEN HEALTH WEEK: PROSTATE CANCER”

Each day during Men’s Health Week, we’re posting articles to raise awareness of commons health issues for men. Today: self-care and check-ups. On average men go to their GP half as often as women. This may in part be the reason why 100,000 men a year die prematurely. Men may feel embarrassed in seeking help,Continue reading “MEN HEALTH WEEK: SELF CARE AND CHECK UPS”

Each day during Men’s Health Week, we’re posting articles to raise awareness of commons health issues for men. Today: exercise. 67% of men are overweight or obese. This leads to a significant increase in risks for getting diabetes, chronic liver disease, coronary heart disease, and cancer. Exercising is therefore an excellent preventative measure to takeContinue reading “MEN HEALTH WEEK: EXERCISE”

Next week is Men’s Health Week; aside from using our social media and website to promote health and wellbeing, participation will be FREE in order to encourage more people to get active with us. Thank you to everyone who participated in this week’s Community Kickabout. Two games tonight, a bit wet… but still well competedContinue reading “PLAY FOR FREE IN OUR NEXT OVER 30s FOOTBALL SESSION”

This year’s Men’s Health Week starts next Monday, running from 13th to the 19th June 2022. Hemel Hempstead Town FC, Tudors Supporters Club and Community Kickabout websites and social media will be used to raise awareness of Men’s Health issues. Each day during Men’s Health Week, we’ll be posting articles on our website and socialContinue reading “MENS HEALTH WEEK 2022”

Mental health charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) recognises that Football has a massive role to play in the way we deal with mental health and suicide. In partnership with Carling, CALM launched a campaign – More Than a Game; More Than a Game champions the positive role grassroots football can play in helping peopleContinue reading “MORE THAN A GAME”

Thank you to everyone who participated in this week’s Community Kickabout. Two games tonight – 6-a-side in the cage and 8-a-side on the main pitch, thank you everyone who joined in and as usual we’re very grateful to those who joined the standby list and were able to play at short notice when we hadContinue reading “JOIN IN OUR OVER 30s FOOTBALL”

Thank you to everyone who participated in this week’s Community Kickabout. Three games in the cage tonight. We had 6-a-side at 8pm and then 5-a-side and 6-a-side in the 9pm session, thank you everyone who joined in and thank you to those players who were flexible in either changing sessions at short notice or switchingContinue reading “BOOK NOW FOR NEXT WEEKS SESSION”

Thank you to everyone who participated in this week’s Community Kickabout. Tonight we had three well competed games – 6-a-side at 8pm and then 8-a-side and 6-a-side in the 9pm session, thank you everyone who joined in. Booking is now open for next Monday. Please click here to access our booking page.

We’re delighted to have received the “Active Dacorum” award in Dacorum Borough Council’s Community Grants Awards 2022. All organisations that received a Community Grant in 2020-21 were eligible to enter their projects for the Awards. In August 2020 we applied for a community grant in order to set up a fitness initiative for the localContinue reading “KICKABOUT RECEIVES ACTIVE DACORUM RECOGNITION”

Thank you to everyone who participated in this week’s Community Kickabout; for this fundraising session, the total raised between the football matches and the Spot the Ball competition is £385, which we’ll round up to £400 for our donation to CALM. Tonight we had 6-a-side at 8pm and then 8-a-side and 6-a-side in 9pm sessionContinue reading “BOOK NOW FOR NEXT WEEKS SESSIONS”

REMINDER: THIS SESSION HAS A ONE-OFF PRICE INCREASE TO £10. Thank you to everyone who participated in this week’s Community Kickabout; apologies to those of you who missed out due to the late cancellation of the 8pm session – we had some late withdrawals and if left us short of players. For the 9pm sessionContinue reading “CHARITY SESSION ON MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK”