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Half- Term open training session in October

clive
clive Posts: 19,454
in General Charlton

Charlton fans will be able to see the men’s and women’s first-team train in a special event at The Valley on Wednesday, October 25th.

Taking place during the half-term break, supporters can watch Michael Appleton and Karen Hills put their players through their paces from 1pm, with doors opening at midday.

The open training session is free of charge and you can book your place by clicking here.

https://www.charltonafc.com/news/open-training-session-october-half-term

Comments

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Glad this is free rather than the £10 charge for non-members levied a couple of years ago.

    And half term is an ideal time when parents will want to get their kids out from under their feet for a couple of hours/give them a life expanding experience.
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,273
    Henry Irving said:
    Glad this is free rather than the £10 charge for non-members levied a couple of years ago.

    And half term is an ideal time when parents will want to get their kids out from under their feet for a couple of hours/give them a life expanding experience.
    True but parents (ie me) also plan more than 2 weeks in advance so my two are booked into clubs. Shame, would have liked to go but need more warning for this sort of thing.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Athletico Charlton said:
    Henry Irving said:
    Glad this is free rather than the £10 charge for non-members levied a couple of years ago.

    And half term is an ideal time when parents will want to get their kids out from under their feet for a couple of hours/give them a life expanding experience.
    True but parents (ie me) also plan more than 2 weeks in advance so my two are booked into clubs. Shame, would have liked to go but need more warning for this sort of thing.
    Good point 
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,454
    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/join-us-wednesdays-open-training-session
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Quite busy.

    About 1200 there and very long queue for the player signing going from the fans bar to the club shop when I left the museum.

    Seemed well organised in the fans bar with especially produced photo sheets of the women's and men's team.

    Hope for the people in queue it moved quickly.
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,273
    edited October 2023
    Pulled my kids out of their kids club for the day and their aunt and uncle were kind enough to take them.

    They watched the training and then sat and listened to the coaches before joining the queue for signatures - they then spent 2.5 hours waiting!  They were there until gone 5pm.

    Kids happy, their aunt and uncle (not football fans) less happy. 🤣.  No way I would have waited that long so lucky I wasn't there.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Sounds like a good success, my boys went and loved it 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,626
    I drove by at 2.30 to pick my lad up who did the music for this event. Big queues along the back of the North as @Henry Irving said & I pitied those waiting. Just good job it was a nice day for it. 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    edited October 2023
    3 of the kids go straight into the team for Saturday 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    Alfie May got 4 player signatures after staff didn’t believe he was a player and made him queue up with the kids 
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  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,454
    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/gallery-open-training-and-signing-session
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    It wasn’t perfect.

    i saw the training session ok but then my kids wanted to look in the shop.  We bought a white kit to get signed but by then were pretty much at the back of the queue.

    we waited.  And waited.

    we queued for over an hour before we had to go as we had cinema tickets booked.

    i was told earlier that they had to turn some people away (which would have included us) because the players were both tired (getting home at 3am after Lincoln) and getting hungry .

    Maybe next time   




  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458
    3am?! Did they walk home? I got back just after 12.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    JaShea99 said:
    3am?! Did they walk home? I got back just after 12.
    Did you have a warm down, shower and get changed after the game?


    And did you drive straight home or did you get a coach to the training ground and then picked up you car after which you drove home.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,560
    Thought at the time it seemed a silly day to arrange it for. Why not have left it until the Saturday/Sunday of the probable Northampton game postponement?
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,855
    edited October 2023
    Swisdom said:
    It wasn’t perfect.

    i saw the training session ok but then my kids wanted to look in the shop.  We bought a white kit to get signed but by then were pretty much at the back of the queue.

    we waited.  And waited.

    we queued for over an hour before we had to go as we had cinema tickets booked.

    i was told earlier that they had to turn some people away (which would have included us) because the players were both tired (getting home at 3am after Lincoln) and getting hungry .

    Maybe next time   




    A bit like the kids in the queue?

    If people were turned away then that's disappointing. 

    If I were a player, and kids had come to meet me, I'd be there until the last kid was met.

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