CREDITON Youth Football Club is a vibrant local club, open to all boys and girls interested in playing football in the Crediton area.

It currently has a full range of year teams from U7s through to U18s, with about 200 members.

Teams play in a variety of friendly and competitive leagues across Devon – including Exeter and District, Mid Devon, North Devon Youth Leagues and the countywide Devon FA League.

Karen Maule, secretary, Crediton Youth Football, explained: "We are an FA Charter Standard Club and, as such, take very seriously the importance of child welfare and protection.

"We have CRC checked and FA Level 1 qualified coaches and assistants in most age ranges (eight of which have qualified this year). Our Child Protection Officer is Karen Stevens.

"If you are interested in learning more about the Club, please search for the club details via the internet, typing: cyfc.club into the address bar.

"All the details of the teams we run and the contact details for the managers or members of the committee can be found there.

"The website also provides details of the training times for the various teams, as well as the times for their leagues matches.

"We would really encourage you to take a look at our Club website to see what is going on and the types of events we offer for the boys and girls, as well as our fundraising events."

Recent or planned events have included a Christmas disco, a Premiership match day trip (Aston Villa v Liverpool, January 17), U12s sprint training session with Craig Pickering (British Olympic Sprinter), match day trip to Exeter City (including U12 penalty shoot out), U16s trip to England v Lithuania, trip to the Emirates Stadium (home of Arsenal) and Coach Mentoring Programme.