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Sunday, May 18, 2008

U8s at Tadcaster Tournament (17th May)




Tadcaster Albion Under 8s lined up for the Tadcaster tournament hoping for a repeat of the previous week's great performance at Ulleskelf. In blue team this week were Saul, George, Joseph, Louis, Ethan, James K, James O and Edan (cleverly disguised as the invisible man in the team photo). The yellow team was made up of Alfie, Daniel, Emily, Megan, Adam, Justin, Lewis and Harry.


The yellow team were first under way and started off with a cracking win over Ulleskelf thanks to a wonderful individual goal from Harry. They followed that up with a gritty 0-0 draw against Garforth and then another battling performance, losing narrowly to Bishopthorpe's 'A' team. As a team they put so much effort into those first 3 games and were visibly tiring as they lost the last two games. Firstly against a very strong team from Moorend and finally against Poppleton's 'B' team.

The blue team were drawn in the tougher of the groups, but expectations were high. They started with a 1-1 draw against Rawcliffe - having taken an early lead through James K. Next up were Poppleton and Tad always looked second best, losing 2-0. As if that wasn't bad enough, along came our Nemesis in the form of Garforth. Let's just say it was a 'heavy' defeat. They then somehow contrived to lose against Kirk Deighton - the group's whipping boys up until then, before finally ending on a high note with a 3-0 win over Bishopthorpe thanks to goals from James O, james K and Louis.

So, overall a mixed day, but at least everyone seemed to enjoy the day and went home happy - full of sweets ... and crisps ... and pop ... and ice cream .. and burgers ...