{"id":2026,"date":"2026-04-26T08:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T07:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T07:28:35","slug":"an-update-on-the-wsts-support-of-local-grass-roots-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/?p=2026","title":{"rendered":"An Update on the WSTs support of local grass roots football"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year the WST have been proud to support local grass roots football with the sponsorship of the trophies in the Wrexham and district junior football cup competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WDJFL u12 Freddie Memorial Cup sponsored by WST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brymbo Lodge FC u12 v Chirk Youth FC u12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Won by Chirk Youth FC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freddie Pritchard was a little boy who played for Gresford Athletic Junior FC under 9 team who sadly passed away in Sept 2024, his parents Cerys and Wayne Pritchard presented the cup to the winners on Friday 17th April 2026 at the Wrexham and District Junior Football League Cup Finals held at Queensway Stadium in Wrexham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"521\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"2028\" src=\"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1.png 521w, https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-id=\"2029\" src=\"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2.png 640w, https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"287\" data-id=\"2027\" src=\"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.png 640w, https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-300x135.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WDJFL u13 Cup sponsored by W.S.T<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Llay United FC u13 v CPD Rhos Aelwyd u13&#8217;s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Won by CPD Rhos Aelwyd u13&#8217;s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" data-id=\"2030\" src=\"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3.png 640w, https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" data-id=\"2031\" src=\"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-4.png 640w, https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-4-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" data-id=\"2032\" src=\"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-5.png 640w, https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-5-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The WST congratulate all who competed in the cup competitions and are excited by the stars of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shares update<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date the Trust has refunded \u00a3163,000 out of the \u00a3187,000 originally raised through the loan note and community share schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of the latest to redeem their shares are Wrexham Supporters Association and Vale of Clwyd Reds who have both agreed that their \u00a31,000 of shares refund should be donated to the Wrexham &amp; District Junior Football League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This \u00a32,000 is in addition to the \u00a31,750 sponsorship from WST and \u00a31,250 from London Reds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If anyone still holds loan notes or community shares and would like to donate the proceeds to the Wrexham &amp; District Junior Football League, please contact Brian Phillips at&nbsp;treasurer@wst.org.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year the WST have been proud to support local grass roots football with the sponsorship of the trophies in the Wrexham and district junior football cup competitions. WDJFL u12 Freddie Memorial Cup sponsored by WST Brymbo Lodge FC u12 v Chirk Youth FC u12 Won by Chirk Youth FC Freddie Pritchard was a little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wst_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2026"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2034,"href":"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions\/2034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}