End of season round ups
 WPFC Firesharks U 12's held
their end of season Presentations at Ickleford Sports & Social Club together
with Hitchin Town U 14's. An excellent day saw lots of fun
including BBQ, mini soccer and Tug Of War.Firesharks special awards
this year went to:
Managers Player of the Year -
Matthew H
Players Player of the Year -
Joseph M
Managers Award - Courtney
C
Most Improved Player - Joe
F
Supporters Player - Andrew
M
Firesharks look foward to
rejoining the Royston Crow league next season and would like to thank the parent
group for their excellent support throughout, Steve French at Options for
sponsoring kit and training wear and Jerry Lucas at J-Clean for
rainjackets sponsorship.
Looking back at 2007/2008Wymondley Park Firesharks U 12's finished their 07/08 season with a commendable fourth place in Division 2 of the AVC Chiltern League . The Chiltern League has six Divisions at U 12 age group which demonstrates the strength and ability of football at this age level in this league. A tough pre season for Firesharks in 2007 saw the
team change clubs from Hitchin Town to Wymondley Park and also have seven
players depart from a squad of 13 . Runners up place in the esteemed
Premier Division was achieved in the Mid Herts Rural Minors League as U 11's by
May 2007 but a forced major rebuild by coaches Denise Miley and Karen
French throughout the summer saw Firesharks with just 12 players signed in July
ready to face Chiltern League teams.
Firesharks have had a remarkable
season. The squad built up eventually to just 13 boys
which involved some games being played with just 11 players and one league
fixture being played with 10 boys.
The highest placing achieved was second
position which says a lot about the strength commitment and hard work put in by
the players over many months. St Josephs became runaway
league champions but Firesharks beat every single team placed above them in the
league including St Joe's and indeed beat every team in the division bar
Aylesbury United.
Inconsistency has been the flaw this season
with some remarkable football being played at times and in other games below
standard performances. Firesharks are possibly 2-3 players short of being
the hugely successful and trophy winning team of U 9 U10 and U 11's so it will
be interesting to see how they progress by returning to the Royston Crow League
for season 2008-09 as U 13's given the addition of some experienced new players
who have approached us to join the squad
The Players : Much more to be
said about these boys at Presentation Day but :
Dom J was a new recruit as goalie, Dom
proved very popular with the rest of the team and has had a good season
and certainly he and his dad have had the longes distances to travel given the
fixtures we were set!
A defence comprising of Courtney,
Callum, Ethan and Andy began to work very well together
after the first few games and were complimented on their organisation by
opposing managers.
Midfield consisted of Joe M, Matt H, Dom E, Joe F, Will, Matt W. Each had made a great
contribution in different roles and the two top scorers were midfielders which
says lots about Firesharks style of attacking play.
Strikers consisted of Ben and Ryan
and each has made a good contribution to the team effort with some excellent
goals scored.
Firesharks were generously sponsored this season by
Steve French of Options for kit and by Jerry Lucas at J Clean for
rainjackets.
Manager Denise Miley denise.miley@ntlworld.com
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