Chatham Tournament – Sunday 12th July
We took a squad to Chatham to compete in an Over 50s Tournament, which comprised mainly of players from our Over 60s, with exception of Mark and Darren our youngsters.
We learnt you can lose your first game and still win the tournament. Chatham played us off the park and we were beaten 2-0.
We regrouped, slowed the next games down and played the way we have been practising in training, resulting in 2 wins against Bay City Strollers and Ebbsfleet. Qualifying in 2nd place for a Semi Final against Bexley.
The game against Bexley was our best performance, resulting in 3 relatively quick goals – Darren (2) and Craig. It was a real team performance with lots of movement, retention of the ball and communication.
In the final we met Chatham again and thanks to an outstanding performance by Mark in goal, the game ended 0-0 and we won on penalties.
It was a great squad performance, everybody contributing. We also learnt Darren does not like taking penalties and Gordon likes to take a touchline ball and pass it to himself!!
Another great day out with a cup for the cabinet.
Squad:
Mark Cornish, Gordon Ramsay, Alan Kane, Steve Rice, Kelvin Champion, Gary Humphrey’s, Mark Mason, Darren Cray, Craig Knowles, Graham Smith
