Update from the tourney--------------
A very hot weekend of 26/27 June 2010............ just
fantastic to have hot weather for the tournament this year, saw the Ridgwaye
Girls u16s field two strong squads in a competition with Championship and
Shield options.
The A squad was: Poppy Gilden, Beth Jacquin, Rachel
Banks, Robyn Bennett, Rebecca Janes, Helen Turley, Victoria Ryan, Mary Flint
The B squad was: Sam Wright, Amy Green, Lottie Pollendine, Chantelle Mackie,
Rebecca Hafford, Alice Pountney, Sophie Brown
Eastbourne, Long Lane, Jarvis Brook and Faversham
Elizabethans filled up the places in a round robin with the top two contesting
the Championship Final and 3rd/4th playing for the Shield.
The A team it is
fair to say did not hit their straps on the day and equalled the performance of
the Bs in achieving 5 points in the qualifiers. The Bs drew 5/5 and the As won
one, drew two, losing to the Championship finallists Eastbourne and Long Lane
who both did very well with their squads.
Jarvis Brook and Faversham played well too.
This final was won by Eastbourne, well done to them. The Bs contested
the final of the Shield against Jarvis Brook and
dominated throughout
winning 2-0 in the end,
well done too. The tourney
witnessed the
very welcome return of Alice, just great to see her
again. Sadly, Alice injured her knee in
the first match and will be out for a while But make sure you play next year
Alice as we all want you to.
Player of the Day for Ridgewaye I would confidently give
to Chantelle who was just magnificent throughout.
The next tourney is mid-July at Range Rovers so will be
in touch and thanks again to all who helped on the day and throughout the
tourney.
Ian
Match / Season Report : -
WELL DONE, SIMPLE AND CLEAR, TO ALL PLAYERS AND PARENTS FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT AND BELIEVE AFTER A SEASON HIT BY WEATHER AND DELAYS. ALSO TO OUR REGULAR REFEREES ASSISTANTS COLIN AND PAUL and for all the hearty souls who helped with the goals.
I said 6 or more weeks ago that our form would pick up given the run of re-arranged games and that we should target the TM Cup Final on May 16th. All went to plan and the Final gave us an emphatic 4-0 win v Island Eagles with Rachel Banks 2 and Rebeccas 2 with the goals to give us a taste of silverware again. The irony was that our Rachel was going to have her ten minutes off the pitch but scored just before the next break in play (which was the goal of course). She added a second soon after and ended up staying on the pitch for the whole game to try and get the hat-trick. Excellent headed goal from Rebeccas at the end, always looks dynamic when a powerful and guided header flies in!!
The game was controlled by us although The Eagles did break away on some occasions but could not really threaten our defence at all. It was another great experience and we can look forward with much heart to the future.
The Presentation Evening was fun and the award reciepients fully deserved their trophies, well done to ALL of you though as you really hit home with form in the end and throughout.
Good luck with GCSEs, see you soon
Ian
Hey up to all. Since tha last update I did in this bleak winter, Paul has written about our success in the TM Cup semi at Parkwood, many thanks Paul for 'doing it' on the day with our team of brilliant girls,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a lot of the time.
Match Report.. 7th March 2010/
Ridgewaye v Parkwood Rangers
What a
day…. The sun was shining for the fist Sunday this season!
This away
match at Parkwood saw us with ten players in the Tina Marshall Cup Semi Finals
playing a team that had beaten us in the pre-season friendly!
With our
manager and Goal keeper out on the razzle and Rachael out due to a skiing
injury, the pressure was on , to say the least !
The final
result of 6-1 to Ridgewaye reflected the extraordinary effects of every player,
to the extend that picking a “player of the match” would have been impossible.
Fantastic effort from every player, great football and six goals. What more can one say!
Matches
like this make everyone supporting the team proud and makes being a
“stand-in” manager an honour!
Well done
Girls and thank you for your commitment and dedication!
See you at
the final !
Paul
U 16 GIRLS 13th November.






