Blog for 2009/10

The blog for next year's season is here: http://minchenden-u13-200910.blogspot.com

LAST TRAINING SESSION - Tue 14th July AND CHANGES TO NEXT SEASON TRAINING

Folks:

Our last session is 14th July. I will need all outstanding cheques and 2 PASSPORT SIZE PHOTOS so I can attach to your new cards and get your signatures.

The first training session of next season will be on Tue 8th Sept but our time and venue have now CHANGED! We will be at Ashmole School all weather pitch, Southgate between 7:30pm and 8:30pm.

Adam

p.s - see you at the BBQ on the 19th

NO training Tue 30th June

Please note that due to exams at Highlands School and possibly other schools, I have cancelled training for Tue 30th June.

Adam

Summer BBQ Sun 19th July

Dear all,

Further to my earlier post I can now confrim the time will be 12:30pm at 24 Hoodcote Gardens, N21 2NE.

Sheilah has kindly offered to organise parents to bring along a specified side dish, and collect £10 per family to cover costs (with any spare going to the team fund). She will be in touch shortly.

Hope you can all make it.

Adam

Team for 2009 / 2010 season

I am now banking cheques and finalising numbers for next year. Please can you let me have 2 passport size photos and your cheques for the first half of the season £110 as soon as you can. I can then get on with registration as at the end of June.

Thanks

Adam

Saturday 20th June - Potters Bar Utd 6-a-side

The above will be held at Elm Court Youth and Community Centre, Mutton Lane, Potters Bar EN6 3BP, (www.elmcourt.org.uk for map). There is parking at the venue and the club have asked we do not park in the surrounding streets. There will be a £2 parking fee. There will be refreshments available and the whole thing should be over around "lunch time" because older teams will play in the afternoon.

Meet at 8:45am to register at 9:00am.

Adam 07771 972 638

Half Term Tue 26th May

Please note that there will not be a training session during half term 26th May

Sunday 10th May - Friendly match v our U13s team

This will be a real test for us. We will be playing the U13s on a senior size pitch. Meet at Enfield Playing Fields, Ladysmith Road as usual 9:30am and we will kick off at 10:00. Their pitch is close to ours - near the changing room building - see you there.

Adam

Tue 5th May Training

Training will finish at 7:40 tonight so we can all get back for the Man u v Arsenal game. I will be there early (6:40)to get cracking.

Adam

Summer BBQ

I'm planning to hold a Summer BBQ on Sunday 19th July: Midday at my house. All the family welcome. Further details to follow...

Adam

Potters Bar 6 -a- Side Tournament - 20th June a.m

Anyone wishing to enter the above competition needs to let me know at training this Tuesday so I can register one or two teams before the end of the week. I understand that it will be finished by lunch time. The cost will be £5 per player.

Adam

Dads v. boys match action clips.

First, Mike acrobatics (ref blocking some of the view!)


Then Dan just gets it over the line


And the final dad's attack


Dad's team photo


Unfortunately my camera battery ran out for the boy's team photo! Someone email me a photo and i'll add it.

Sun 26th - Fun Game - Dads / Mums too?

Meet Enfield Playing Fields at 9:30 - KO 10:00am

Presentations will follow the match.

Adam

End of year trophies

On Sunday 26th April I plan to have a fun game - parents and boys mixed teams on our home pitch while the nets are still up. Can you please let me know if you want to join in, if you would prefer to be in goal, or if you would prefer to be ref etc. If we get enough interest to build two balanced sides, it could be a laugh. After the game, I will make the presentations for end of year.

When the weather is more relyable(probably June) I will be doing a BBQ for boys and parents either at the club or, more likely, at my house - details to follow.

I'll catch up with you after training on Tuesday.

Adam

Match and Training Schedule for the next few weeks:

Our final League Game is against Lea Valley on Sunday 29th March, at Home, Meet at 9:30am.

There is training as usual on the 31st March (last one at the Hockey Centre) but then no training or matches over the easter period.

Training will resume on Tue 21st April BUT we will then be training on grass at the Bramley Road clubhouse.

I will look to arrange some friendly matches at the end of April / early May before the posts are finally taken down.

Any questions- please call 07771 972 638

Adam

Sun 22nd March - Minchenden v Broomfield Percival

Home Game
Meet at 9:30am (ko 10:00)

Sun 15th March: No match is scheduled.

Fixture: Norsemen v Minchenden

away game

Edmonton Sports and Social Club pitch
Church Street
Edmonton (at junction with the A10)
N9 9HL

Meet at 9:30 (KO 10:00)

Result: Whitewebbs 4-2 Minchenden

It was our first game of March and we were expecting for an easy win, but we got everthing except that.
The match started with us on the ball, making slow progress up the field, and creating a chance, which was saved by their great keeper. Then we started going downhill, as the match continued. They were creating space for their striker to collect the ball, and have a shot, which was placed in the bottom corner, resulting in a goal. Then Minchenden had another chance, which Dylan put a few feet wide. From then we had many chances from Terry and Sam H but none finding the target. Unfortunately the opposition were doing just aswell, probably better as they got another. We reacted well and soon were gven a boost as Sam H slotted the ball past the keeper.
Half-Time and we were dishearted as we had expected to come out on top.

As we got back onto the pitch trouble started to brew as one of their players started to get dirty especially 'X' ( or 'eggs' as we would prefer to call him!). He was elbowing us when trying to mark behind him, and this was pulled off on Terry, Tom R AND Dylan. The game progressed, and as Whitewebbs were getting better, Eggs was starting to get rotten (do you get it?!) and Terry, Tom and Dyl started to give him some of his own medecine, which stopped his dirty play... for a minute or two.
Unfortunately, they got yet another goal, due to some defensive errors.
After this we soon scored - sort of... IT WAS CALLED OFFSIDE, WHICH IT WASN'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time after time, again and again, more and more (you get the picture now do you?) they were making more on goal chances, and we were making more on goal mistakes until a late cracking goal from Sam R in the 23rd minute. This gave us a refreshing little lift (sort of like tic-tacs) but it was shattered into a million minty pieces as they scored a further goal to seal their victory...

Man of the match - Tom R

Match report by Tom R and Dylan