IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES
4th March – Friendly v Testwood United 10am kick off
Saturday 11th March – League Match v East Lodge at Crestwood 10am kick off
Saturday 18th March – League Cup Semi-Final v AFC Portchester ‘A’ at Crestwood kick off TBA
Saturday 25th Match – League Match v East Lodge at Crestwood 10am kick off
Saturday 1st April – Friendly v Warsash Wasps venue & kick off TBA
Saturday 8th April – Friendly v Locks Heath Lions venue & kick off TBA
Saturday 15th April – Friendly v Winchester Under 11’s venue & kick off TBA
(Please note April 1st, 8th and 15th will all be away, not at Crestwood)
Training
Our last training at Crestwood 5.30pm to 6.30pm is on Thursday 30th March. From Thursday 6th April training will be back at Magpie Lane 5.30pm to 7pm.
Team Outing
On Friday 17th March we would like to take the boys to St Mary’s to see the FA Youth Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg game between Southampton and Liverpool, parents are welcome, price is £3 for an adult and £1 for a child.
Six A Sides
As last year, we would like to enter three tournaments with two teams in each, one in May, one in June and one in July. The proposed dates are as follows:
Saturday 27th May – at Everton in the New Forest, morning tournament
Saturday 24th June – at Warsash Wasps, afternoon tournament
Saturday 1st July – at Whiteley, afternoon tournament
Club Presentation Night
Our club presentation evening will be held on Saturday 27th May, 7:30pm at Eastleigh Football Club, it is intended that we have a disco this year. We have sponsorship for this evening and the club would like to put a planning committee together to organise this evening, they have asked for two parents from each team to form the committee. Viv has kindly agreed to be one of the parents, if anyone else is willing to help please let me know by tomorrow evening as I have to attend a club committee meeting on Monday 6th March.
Next Years Club Committee
As I have already told most of you, Colin Peters (Chairman) and his wife Sharon (Secretary) will be stepping down from their roles after the presentation night, they have both worked tirelessly for the club since it was formed and have carried on for the last three years, despite their son not even playing for the club over that period. They both played major roles in this club achieving FA Charter Standard, a great achievement for a club of this size and age group. I would like to thank Colin and Sharon for the great work that they have done. We now have the task of finding replacements for them and possibly for the position of treasurer. If any parents feel they can fill these positions, please let me know. Next year the club will possibly have an Under 18’s, us at Under 13’s, possibly an Under 12’s, an Under 11’s and two Under 10’s teams. Colin and Sharon have said they will not just walk away but are prepared to help the new people settle into the roles.
Thanks to everyone for your support and commitment so far this season, lets hope we can finish on a high and do well in the Six A Sides again!!
RICHARD MONTIGUE
