KIDDERMINSTER Carolians mini and junior section are following up last year's successful tour to Ireland with 270 parents and youngsters set to travel across England.

The U-15s squad will compete in a tournament in Blackpool, while the U-9s to U-12s are involved in a competition in Southport next month.

The U-13s and U-14s head to Devon to play Torquay and Exmouth over the same weekend.

The whole section from U-9s to U-17s hope to play next year in a festival in Italy.

This year's tours have been helped by grants from local organisations and sponsors though the children have also raised a lot of the costs themselves.