6-a-side Tournament 2007

Wickham Wanderers staged their annual Six a Side Tournament, sponsored by Kimera Facilities Management in much better conditions than last year.

Saturday morning kicked off with 11 U7’s sides playing in a festival format with teams from Reading, Swindon and the Basingstoke area taking part. They all to enjoyed themselves as the photo taken at the end shows.

The U9’s section saw 10 teams take part with Cannon Colts for Dorset beating Thatcham Harriers in one semi final and Feltham from London beating Manydown in the other. The final was a close match but the Londoners just came out on top as Feltham beat Cannon Colts 1-0.

The U11’s was a much bigger section with 20 side competing. There was a good number of leagues represented here including the South Chiltern, North Wilts, Peter Houseman, Oxford and South Bucks. Lambourn A, Maidenhead, Theale and Burnham Juniors all won their groups but after the quarter finals out of the way two of these remained and it was the winners and runners up of groups four and three 3 contesting the semi’s. Kennett Valley and Theale Tigers could not be split after either full time or extra time but it was Kennett Valley who held their nerve to win 3-2 on penalties. Burham had looked a very strong side in the group stages but 3 goals in the first 3 minutes from Wickham Wanderers saw them win 3-0. The final was initially even but another three goal burst from Wickham saw them win the Tournament without conceding a goal.

The afternoon saw the U8’s again play a festival format which was a great success.

16 teams fought out the Under 13’s competition with everyone qualifying for the knock out stages. Again teams came from all across the south with Eldon Celtic being defeated 3-1 by Tooting and Mitcham in the first semi final and Feltham Youth over coming Wendover Juniors 2-0 in the other semi final. So the final was set for the battle of London; the match went into extra time where Tooting scored with almost the last kick of the game.

Finally the U15’s section had 12 teams fighting it out which eventually saw Harrow St Mary over come Stratton Juniors B 2-0 in the first semi and Eldon Celtic A side defeat their B team but only 4-3 on penalties. Harrow had already beaten Eldon 3-0 in the league match but the Eldon lads raised their game and won the final 1-0.

Sunday morning saw twelve U12 sides compete in two highly competitive groups which eventually saw Wickham play Eldon Celtic in a semi final which the teams could not be split. Eventually it was down to penalties and with Jordan Shaw saving Eldon’s first, Wickham advanced into the final 3-2 winners of the shoot out. The second semi final was between Greenmeadow’s A & B sides with the B team coming out 3-1 winners, also in a penalty shoot out. The final also went to extra time but Greenmeadow scored just before half time giving the Swindon side a 1-0 victory.

The U14’s competition had 16 entries from all over the south, however the semi finals were a strictly Swindon based affair, as AFC Swindon lost 2-1 to Brunel Boys A but Ferndale Rodbourne beat Brunel Boys B 5-4 on penalties. After a close fina,l which saw both side score in extra time, Brunel came out 5-4 winners in yet another penalty shoot out.
The afternoon was the most hectic of the weekend with all 8 match play pitches in use. Sixteen under 10 sides competed in this section, with three different Leagues represented in the semi finals. Kingsclere eventually ran out 2-1 winners in a penalty shoot out against Wroughton and Ramsbury defeated Oxford City Colts 3-2 also in a shoot out. The final saw both teams play a great passing game but a simple tap in goal just before half time was enough to give Kingsclere a 1-0 victory.

The under 16’s competition also had three different Leagues represented by the semi finalists. Here Stratton Juniors beat Chichester City 4-2 and Theale Tigers overcame Kennett Valley 1-0, to set up a final between two teams who had dominated their respective Leagues this year. It was Theale Tigers who deservedly won the final 1-0.

Summary of Results.

U9’s sponsored by Wilds Sports
Feltham 1 - 0 Cannon Colts.

U10’s sponsored by Newbury Building Society
Kingsclere 1 – 0 Ramsbury

U11’s sponsored by D E Photo
Wickham 3 – 0 Kennett Valley

U12’s sponsored by Clydesdale Financial Services
Greenmeadow B 1 - 0 Wickham

U13’s sponsored by H S Pipequipment
Tooting 3 – 1 Feltham

U14’s sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland
Brunel Boys 5 – 4 (pens) Ferndale Rodbourne

U15’s sponsored by Express Vending
Eldon Celtic 1 - 0 Harrow St Mary

U16’s sponsored by Bells Engineering
Theale Tigers 1 – 0 Stratton Juniors

The U7’s and the U8’s festival competitions were sponsored by Millbrook Beds and The Newbury Weekly News respectively.

Report by Ian Herrington

Photos of the winners and runners-up are available on the Wickham Wanderers web site.

If you were at the tournament and have any comments, feedback or suggestions, please leave a comment here or email admin@wickhamwanderers.co.uk

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