SUNDAY 20MAY – THATCHAM TOURNAMENT AT NEWBURY RUGBY CLUB
Maidenhead Boys & Girls FC had the following girls teams playing at this Girls Only Tournament:
U15 Girls – AM
We only had 5 girls for this 6aside tournament and despite asking the other teams at the Managers’ Meeting to go down to 5 players against us only 1 of the teams did. Real shame and not typical of the other age groups at the Tournament at all.
The team was: Lauren Moriarty, Jess Southby, Aya Ounzi, Ariela Veizaj and Izzy Copper and the Manager was Laura Palfrey
U14 Girls – AM
Team was:
- U14s: Priya Handa, Amelia Gilbert, Olivia Brienza, Maizy Scott
- U13s: Gemma and Emily Harvey
U12 Girls – AM
Team was:
- U12s: Emily “Oonagh” McCartney, Rebecca Hesketh, Nerys Gibson
- U11s: Matilda Walker, Lily May Shepherd, Georgina Evans and Amelie Checkley (these U11s played again in the U11 Tournament in the afternoon)
The team played well, but didn’t make it through to the knockout games.
- Won 1 game v Thatcham Town – cracking shot from Rebecca Hesketh
- Drew 2 games 0-0
- Lost 2 games 0-1
U11 Girls – PM
Team was:
- U11s: Matilda Walker, Lily May Shepherd, Georgina Evans, Amelie Checkley, Lily and Grace Gibson, Laura McAllister
W1, D2, L3 – 2 goals to Lily May Shepherd and 2 clean sheets for Matilda Walker
U10 Girls – PM
Team was:
- U10s: Lizzy Ainscough, Amy Martin, Ellie Godleman, Charlotte Hesketh
- U09s: Iris Gannon, Olivia Lacey
Charlotte’s older sister Rebecca who had played in the morning but being U12 couldn’t play in the afternoon with the U11 team, stepped up to be the Manager of the U10 Girls (under my supervision!) and did a great job as the U10 team won their group with 11 points for 3 wins and 2 draws.
- Game 1 – Drew 0-0
- Game 2 – Won 1-0 v Tilehurst Panthers – goal by Lizzy Ainscough
- Game 3 – Won 2-0 v Oakley Unicorns – goals from Amy Martin and Ellie Godleman
- Game 4 – Drew 0-0 v Winchester City Flyers
Everyone got awarded a Win against the team that didn’t turn up
They then met AFC Reading in the Quarter Final and after drawing 0-0 it went to penalties and Maidenhead only got knocked out on the 6th round of penalties. AFC Reading went on to win the competition.
U09 Girls – AM
Team was just 2 girls!!: Iris Gannon and Luisa McAllister
Having warned the organizers the day before that we only had 2 girls to bring, they encouraged us to come anyway and appealed to the other managers to lend us players which they did.
Our girls had a great time and we got to meet several players from these other teams: Thatcham Town, Thatcham Tornadoes and Winchester – who all lent us players throughout the tournament.
All the girls participating got medals at the ceremony later and when it was Maidenhead’s turn we invited all the girls who had played for us to stand on the podium with our 2 girls which filled the podium up!
