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FOUR different tour programs to choose from
TOURNAMENT TOURS | TEAM TOURS | INDIVIDUAL PLAYER TOURS | HIGH SCHOOL TEAM TOURS
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 Soccer is often considered the national sport of Great Britain, and the country is generally credited with giving the game to the world. Every year soccer players from around the world travel to Great Britain to take part in international youth tournaments and to test themselves against the future stars of British football. For the past two decades, Challenger World Tours has made this happen for teams from all over the United States!
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We know how to create just the right balance of competitive play, training, sightseeing and travel to make this the trip of a lifetime for your players and parents. Challenger Tours are custom created for each team to maximize the benefits youngsters gain from these sporting events: building team spirit; meeting players from different cultures; developing communication skills; and becoming more confident and self-assured.
Just imagine how much more motivated your players will be as a result of the greatest soccer tour experience of their lives. They cannot help but grow as players by competing against foreign opposition, visiting the world's top professional soccer grounds and by rubbing shoulders with some of the top British youth players who will be the superstars of tomorrow!
This is a unique opportunity to do something spectacular for the players and parents who you spend so much of your time with. Not only will you help them enjoy the soccer trip of a lifetime, but you will also create memories for them that will last for the rest of their lives.
- Free places for Coaches and Managers
- Train with and play against players from other countries
- Compete in international tournaments
- Watch and learn from professional teams
- Visit historic landmarks and the nation’s top soccer stadiums
- Experience the soccer trip of a lifetime
- Accommodations at 3-star and 4-star hotels or College and University dormitories
- 2 to 3 meals per day provided, depending upon tour chosen
- Matches against professional Academy and Center of Excellence teams
- Entrance fees into international tournaments if participating in one of the tournament tours
- Training sessions supplied by professional soccer clubs
- Guided tours around professional soccer stadiums
- Opportunity to watch live professional soccer matches
- Sightseeing throughout the length and breadth of Great Britain
- Private chartered luxury buses throughout the tours
- Opportunity to purchase travel insurance for all travelers
- Fundraising options through Challenger
- Challenger travel package
- Challenger Travel Director
- Operating tours since 1989
- Over the years, we have taken thousands of players overseas
- Specialists in the Great Britain market
- UK-based offices to help with tour administration
- Competitive fixtures and training sessions organized by Challenger World Tours
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All players love tournaments – the games are thrilling, the players are more motivated and the excitement is contagious. Challenger World Tours can help your team participate in a truly international soccer tournament hosted on foreign soil, competing against teams from all over the world.
Each event is professionally managed and runs for 5-6 days offering at least one game per day against foreign opposition. Around each of these events we also offer ample opportunities for professional training sessions, stadium tours, watching live professional soccer matches and sightseeing throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Your soccer tour (LINK TO TOURNAMENTS PAGE) can be custom created around one or more of the following international tournaments:
The Welsh International Super Cup (played at the venue of the former Ian Rush Soccer Tournament) is aimed at top-level club and high school teams. It is based in the seaside resort town of Aberystwyth, Wales on the beautiful shores of Cardigan Bay. This great soccer event takes place over six days and players and coaches have the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of soccer’s big time international teams. This is a tournament that will welcome teams from all over the world. All competition takes place on spectacular fields unequalled anywhere in Great Britain. During the tournament, Welsh FA certified coaches are available to undertake extra coaching sessions with your team.
2. The Manchester Summer Cup
The summer of 2008 will see an amazing new tournament added to the line-up. The Manchester International Summer Cup and Salford Sports Village, the new home of the Manchester F.A is the perfect venue for this exciting event. The Manchester International Summer Cup is a double header event and takes place immediately after the famous Welsh International Super Cup. Teams have the option of entering one or both of these prestigious events.
The World’s most famous football city sees nationalities coming together to participate in the tournament will be a very special sporting occasion. 2. The Umbro International Cup – Manchester, England.
3. The Umbro International Cup
Participate in the Umbro International Cup where over 400 teams and 8000 players are represented from over 20 different nations each year. No other tournament offers such unique opportunities. This truly international tournament is aimed at top-level club or high school teams. It is located in the soccer hotbed of Manchester and takes place on 24 magnificent fields all in one location, with each team being guaranteed a minimum of 5 games. This is the same venue as used for the highly acclaimed 2002 Commonwealth Games. The tour will also feature a truly fantastic day out with the professional football clubs of Manchester, and includes a fully-guided tour of Manchester United’s ‘Theatre of Dreams,’ followed by a coaching session performed by the professional coaching staff of Manchester City F.C.
Participate in the Umbro International Cup where over 400 teams and 8000 players are represented from over 20 different nations each year. No other tournament offers such unique opportunities. This truly international tournament is aimed at top-level club or high school teams. It is located in the soccer hotbed of Manchester and takes place on 24 magnificent fields all in one location, with each team being guaranteed a minimum of 5 games. This is the same venue as used for the highly acclaimed 2002 Commonwealth Games. The tour will also feature a truly fantastic day out with the professional football clubs of Manchester, and includes a fully-guided tour of Manchester United’s ‘Theatre of Dreams,’ followed by a coaching session performed by the professional coaching staff of Manchester City F.C.
The Arsenal International Soccer Festival is commencing its 17th year of competition. It is located in Royal Holloway and New Bedford College and is situated in the picturesque Surrey countryside. Just a few miles from Windsor Castle, one of the Queens official residencies, which is open and accessible by the public. Central London is 40 minutes away by train. Theme parks including Legoland, Thorpe Park and Chessington World of Adventure, as well as other places of interest such as Hampton Court Palace, Stratford, Warwick Castle, Bath, Cotswolds and Stonehenge, are all within easy reach of the college. A visit to Highbury Stadium home of the Arsenal Football Club will also be arranged.
5. The Shrewsbury International Soccer Tournament
Located in the historic market town of Shrewsbury on the English/Welsh border. Accommodation will be at Shrewsbury School with its tradition dating back to the start of the game and at the University Campus in Telford. Games will be played at the brand-new facilities at Shrewsbury Council's Sports Village. A quality tournament for club, select and professional teams. Nowhere is it more justified to hold a soccer tournament than at Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury School, one of the accommodation locations has a long and proud footballing history dating back to its origins. The oldest copy of the Laws of the Game reside in the school library and played a prominent part in the meetings to codify the game in the mid 19th century.
The new tournament will use top quality fields and accommodation and will operate to the very high standards that will be expected by visiting teams. They will also inherit a rich heritage of players that have been involved with the organizers events over the years and no doubt add to the list of names such as Michael Owen, Shay Given, Steve Gerrard, Mark Delaney, Robbie Fowler, Dieter Hamann, Andriy Shevchenkow, Thomas Rosicky and many others.
TEAM TOURS
The Team Tour is aimed at boys and girls teams from throughout the United States and Canada. It offers teams and players who do not want to be restricted by the dates and format of a tournament tour to travel over to Great Britain to play and train with professional teams, area representative teams, school teams and local club teams. Games and training sessions will be scheduled throughout giving a great balance between the soccer aspects and the very important and educational and cultural aspects of such a tour opportunity.
Teams will have the opportunity to compete against foreign opposition, train alongside future professional players, tour stadiums that have been in existence for over 100 years and watch live professional matches. The group can spend at least 3 days in London, 6 days in the 2,000-year-old Roman town of Chester, and travel to such historical places as Manchester, Liverpool, North Wales (including the mountain range of Snowdonia) and Stratford Upon Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare.
The team tour can be adapted and tailor made to suit all ages and abilities. An "Elite" Team Tour is designed for the very best boys and girls teams from the United States aiming towards Olympic development programs and state championship level teams. It is focused on offering a highly competitive playing environment for talented and serious players and will allow your team to test themselves against the youth teams of some of the top clubs in the United Kingdom.
Teams on the Elite Team Tour will spend the first three days in the capital city of London playing a game against top local opposition and visiting one of the incredible soccer stadiums in the area and sightseeing one of the world’s most visited cities.
The team will then travel to the Northwest of England where they will enjoy an incredible soccer packed schedule of:
- Training at a professional club
- Playing games against the area’s top youth teams
- Visiting the “Theatre of Dreams” – home of Manchester United
- Watching professional games
Challenger World Tours Elite tour team’s have had the opportunity to compete against: Manchester United F.C., Liverpool F.C., Everton F.C., Bolton Wanderers F.C., Manchester City F.C., Tranmere Rovers F.C., Blackpool F.C., Preston North End F.C., Crystal Palace F.C., Queens Park Rangers F.C., Leicester City F.C., Stoke City F.C., Wimbledon F.C., Charlton Athletic F.C. and Wigan Athletic F.C., as well as representative sides from the English and Welsh Schoolboys Football Association’s.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER TOURS
The Bobby Charlton Soccr School - Challenger World Tours has teamed up with the world famous Bobby Charlton Soccer Schools to offer a wonderful soccer opportunity to all male and female soccer players between ages 10 and 18. This amazing tour will allow you to train alongside British players at the same school that the ex-Manchester United and present England Captain and Real Madrid player David Beckham attended when he was a young boy.
This once in a life time opportunity will combine training at a world class soccer school, along with playing games against top English youth teams, visiting the ‘Theatre of Dreams,’ the home of Manchester United Football Club, and visiting the National Soccer Museum.
The Bobby Charlton Soccer School utilizes a unique Soccer Theme Park concept, which has been developed over the past eight years. Players will receive 6 hours of coaching each day and will train alongside other young players from all over the world. Each evening the players will take part in small sided games tournaments. In addition each player will take part in the BCSS skills test and measure their scores against the record setting score that David Beckham achieved at age 11.
This is the ultimate gift for any boy or girl who loves soccer! Parents are welcome and will have the opportunity to both watch their children in action and also visit local landmarks and historic sites.
New For 2009:
THE CHALLENGER HIGH SCHOOL TEAM TOUR
The Challenger ‘High School Team Tour’ is the pinnacle of the Challenger World Tours program and is designed for High School aged teams from throughout North America. This tour focuses on offering a competitive playing environment for players and teams competing against an array of UK talent such as Academy Teams, Center of Excellence Teams, Area Representative Teams, School Teams or Local teams. The High School Team Tour offers a superb combination of soccer coaching with Pro Clubs and coaches, to competitive games to magniicent cultural and educational opportunities. An extremely valuable tool for building team chemistry, the High School Team Tour is the perfect way to start the pre-season or end the season with a flourish.
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If your team or organization would like to find out more about Challenger's exciting British Soccer Tour program and custom-designed travel packages,
Contact Andy Bennett. 800-739-9441
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