| 30th
May 2002 - New Under 18s Football Team at Broad Lane Sports Ground
The first training session for the new Under 18s football team was held on Thursday, 30th May 2002, at Broad Lane Sports Ground. 32 lads turned up, with even more expected this week. Rob and Daniel Partridge, and Bob Hall, the team's coach / managers will have a tough time selecting twenty at end of June. They were pleasantly surprised at the high standard of football skills shown. Boys even turned up from Colchester Villa to try to get into squad. The new team has been accepted into the Eastern Junior Alliance (Northern Division) League. First friendly match arranged against Histon on 27th July, to be played on same day as Wivenhoe Town's friendly against the same opposition's first team. The idea for an Under 18s side has come from Wivenhoe Youth Football Club and will come under Wivenhoe Town Football Club, working in collaboration with Wivenhoe Youth FC. Both Clubs are excited by the degree of interest being shown in the formation of the team. It provides continuity for those youngsters who have become sixteen and can no longer play youth football. It also fits very well with Wivenhoe Town's new strategy of becoming a more community-football focused club. For more information contact: Hazel Laurence tel: 01206 823073 e-mail: hazelaurence@yahoo.co.uk Maz Brook tel: tel: 01206 873706 (daytime) or mobile: 07766 026 |