Budding football stars of the future can enjoy being put through some skills and drills when the Chelsea Foundation, based at South Dartmoor Academy set up at Pennywell Farm, near Buckfastleigh.

The coaching team will be organising some small sided games and sessions for toddlers to teenagers. It’s also an excellent opportunity chance for parents to find out more about the linkup between South Dartmoor and the Chelsea FC Foundation which gives young footballers access to some of the best facilities in the Premier League.

The programme is being coordinated by Colin Lee who played for Chelsea FC and Tottenham Hotspur before going on to manage Wolverhampton and Torquay United. Colin is joined by Chris Beard who joined South Dartmoor Community College as Director of Football, straight from Birmingham City FC.

The hour long sessions will be at 10.30am, 11.45am and 1.45pm and anyone is welcome to come along and join in, The coaching sessions are included in the Pennywell admission price.