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Welcome Welcome to the Balham Blazers F.C. website. Balham Blazers is a youth football club based in South London with age group teams who play in the Southern Youth League, the Tandridge League and the London Saturday Youth Football League. The club was formed in 2001 and our home ground is Trinity Fields, Trinity Road, Wandsworth, SW17. For the League Season 2010/11 we will have a Youth (Under 18) team playing in the Southern Youth League, an Under 18 team, two Under 15 teams and an Under 12 team playing in the Tandridge League, the biggest youth football league in the South of England and two Under 10 teams and an Under 9 team playing in the London Saturday Youth Football League. For further information on Balham Blazers F.C. and our age group teams please check out the different sections of our website. Balham Blazers FC is a FA Charter Standard Club 10th Anniversary CelebrationsA very special evening is being planned, later this year, on Saturday October 8th, at the White Eagle Polish Club in Balham, to celebrate 10 years of Balham Blazers FC. Shrooty To StevenageFormer Balham Blazers FC coach and age group manager, Robin Shroot, has signed to play for Stevenage Borough FC in League One. Victory At The AbbeyFlying the flag for BBFC, as our only age group entered, the U15s - Harry Amankwaah, Reyneel Ashie, Yuyi "The Rock" Kabanje, Frank Mably, Aaron Mitchell and Khalid Savage - made it a triumphant end to the 2010-2011 campaign by winning a keenly contested Abbey Rangers Tournament on Sunday July 17th. All Tens Final At Furngate The highlight of an excellent Furngate Tournament on Saturday July 3rd and Sunday July 4th, which saw our U15s make the semi finals and our U12s go out, very unluckily in the group stage. More Prizes At Petts Wood It was another incredibly successful Petts Wood tournament in Bromley for our teams entered on Saturday July 2nd. U18 players: Junior Appiah, Tashan Babb, Jake Henry, Mirhire Tarimo, Joe Taylor-Holland and Tomasz Wocial, with the addition of new coach, Marcelino Mata, between the sticks, won the twenty-one team Mens tournament. Football Foundation £5k Grassroots Grant For BBFC We are delighted to have secured a £5,000 grassroots grant from the Football Foundation. The much needed money enables us to start two Under 9 teams next season, as well as a second Under 10 team and an adult First Team, which will be called Balham FC. Greg Cruttwell the Balham Blazers FC General Manager, the Mayor of Wandsworth, Jane Cooper, Ollie Kanner, Club coach and the entire under 10s squad were in attendance to accept the award on Tuesday June 28th. 2011 Presentation Evening Thankfully once again the weather was kind for our annual end of year Presentation Evening, which this year, for the first time, was at our home ground at Trinity Fields in Wandsworth. County Arms Many thanks to the County Arms at 345 Trinity Road, Wandsworth, which has very kindly agreed to host our six weekly Committee Meetings in their function room upstairs. . BBFC Wins FA Community Club AwardWe are delighted to announce that Balham Blazers FC has won the Regional Award for the FA Charter Standard Club category of The FA Community Awards. Thank You Ronald In WandsworthMany thanks to the McDonalds on Wandsworth Road who have very generously donated training and match equipment to the club.