Ian & Steve took the boys to play beach soccer & volleyball at Great Chart Golf & Leisure near Ashford. This was a team bonding activity and great fun, followed by a BBQ, special thanks to Bryony the event photographer. To see the rest of the pictures CLICK HERE .

Success at Horsted Youth FC tournament on Saturday 26 June 2010 on penalties.

A team had been entered at the last moment by coach Kevin Wilkinson into the Horsted tournament to help them out as they needed one more under 15's team, with Mitch Worsley unavailable, another keeper was asked but unfortunately was unable to attend on the morning for an 8.30am registration in Gillingham.
From David Henn, Ryan Cornelius, Jack Marshall, James Delaney, George Bunn, Tommy Tolhurst and C J Mahoney, Tommy was chosen to go in goal! With Nathan Lee then getting a bus to join them.

It was a long, hot morning with Ditton Minors equal first on points at the end of the morning with Lordswood 'A', both teams having 14 points, both with 3 wins, both scoring 4 goals, both conceding 1 goal and in the match between them it had ended 0-0!
First and second place needed to be decided on penalties. First would play Borstal 88, second would play Cliffe Wood Colts 'A', Ditton had drawn with both teams earlier but the game against Borstal had been 1-1 with David Henn equalising with the last kick of the game!

Lordswood went first and scored, David's penalty was saved, Lordswood scored, Nathan scored, Lordswood scored and won first place, against Borstal 88, Ditton would play Cliffe Wood Colts 'A'!

In the semi-final Ditton won 1-0 with a Jack Marshall goal, Lordswood & Borstal finished 1-1, no goals in extra time, they went to penalties, Lordswood had scored their 3, Borstal had scored 2 when the third taker stepped up but it was saved - Lordswood progressed to the final.

The final ended 0-0, at the end of extra time 0 - 0, penalties again! Both David and Nathan were not on the pitch at the end of play. For Lordswood this was their third penalty shoot out and they had won the previous two, they went first - scored, George buried Ditton's first, Lordswood's second sailed over the crossbar, Jack scored Ditton's second, pressure on Lordswood, Tommy made a great block, Ditton had won - a fantastic effort from all involved.

Results:
Chatham Colts 0-0 Ditton Minors
Cliffe Wood Colts 'B' 0-1 Ditton Minors
Ditton Minors 1-0 Woodpecker
Lordswood 'B' 0-1 Ditton Minors
Ditton Minors 0-0 Lordswood 'A'
Ditton Minors 0-0 Cliffe Wood Colts 'A'
Borstal 88 1-1 Ditton Minors

Semi - finals:
Lordswood 'A' 1-1 Borstal 88 ( Lordswood 'A' win 3-2 on pens)
Ditton Minors 1-0 Cliffe Wood Colts 'A'

Final:
Lordswood 'A' 0-0 Ditton Minors (Ditton Minors win 2-1 on pens)

This years annual pilgrimage to watch Millwall play on Saturday 6th Feb against top of the table Norwich was a great day out and a terrific victory for Millwall 2-1, even after going a goal down after 4 minutes. This year the under 9's and 15's went together and were lucky enough to get on the pitch as a guard of honour as the players came onto the pitch. The highlight however was the Lion's mascot "Zampa" handing a signed ball to Ian Dennison at half time in front of the Millwall faithful, sadly for Ian the ball was a fake and contained the mystery "Blue Vase". Many thanks to Ian and Kay and the Community team at Millwall for a great day out. To see more pictures from the day CLICK HERE

All the players, staff and parents would like to say a really big thank you to GypCraft and Steel Frame Solutions, who through Andy and Jeanett Bellamy have provided a great deal of sponsorship and support. They have contributed in many ways over the past year, new shirts, raffle prizes, printing, trips for the boys to name but a few. We thank them for their support and look forward to many fruitful and trophy filled years to come. Check out their websites www.gypcraftltd.co.uk and  www.steelframesolutions.co.uk