ASPIRING soccer stars can brush up their ball skills this half-term at a course being run by Middlesbrough Football Club.

Eleven courses will run from next Monday to Friday at venues across Teesside and North Yorkshire. As well as training tips, youngsters who attend will receive a ticket for the Leicester City match at the BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium on Saturday, March 2.

Middlesbrough FC man-ager Steve McClaren said: "These courses are a fantas-tic introduction to football where youngsters can be sure of the very best advice and coaching in a fun environment."

For more information on the courses, which start each day at 10am and finish at 3pm, call (01642) 282128.

l Course dates: Middlesbrough Football Community Centre, Monday, for five to seven-year-olds (£10); Monday to Wednesday, February 13, goal-keeping (£30); Tuesday to Friday, February 15 (£35).

Redcar Leisure Centre, Monday to Thursday, February 14 (£35).

Stokesley Leisure Centre, Tuesday to Friday, February 15 (£35).

Hambleton Leisure Centre, Northallerton, Tuesday to Friday, February 15 (£35).

Laurence Jackson School, Guisborough, Tuesday to Friday, February 15 (£35).

Thirsk School, Tuesday to Friday, February 15 (£35).

Bannatyne's Health Club, Ingleby Barwick, Tuesday to Friday, February 15 (£35).

Grangefield Community Centre, Stockton, Tuesday to Friday, February 15 (£30).

Egglescliffe, Tuesday to Friday, February 15 (£35).