Full On Grassroots Football
What A Fantastic Day
This is what charity tournaments are all about. Fourteen teams playing some ultra-competitive football, and supporting the JP8 cause.
There were stalls and rides everywhere, and the event attracted a steady stream of people all day, It was fantastic to also be able to support a number of local businesses, especially during this cost of living crisis.
A few of the scratch teams were distracted by the beer and burgers on offer, but most of the teams were there for the trophy and bragging rights for the upcoming season.
The 14 teams were divided into two groups, and the group games started quite early, on the four pitches expertly prepared by the M&B groundsmen.
The 7 a side format made all of the games fast and furious", and required a lot of one touch play in the limited space, which a few teams struggled with at first.
Who won the trophy ? Watch the video below.
After the footie was done, the teams and supporters retired to the M&B clubhouse for "refreshments", and a sporting memorabilia auction and raffle.
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So Many People To Thank
Thank you to:
First of all, the players and teams involved, there’s no tournament without you.
Jordan Phillips, Amy Bright, Maria Kent, your help with everything non football on the day, and the raffle was amazing
Tom from the Just Eat food truck from Romford market, Perry from the ice cream van and John who brought the rides.
M & B Sports and Social Club for hosting the event , especially Lisa Thomas and Terry Brown.
Denny Hill for getting the fixtures list, knockout stage board, and league tables printed out for us.
The LTC and JRL group for all their support, from getting the goals we needed, sponsoring the refs, and supplying the Peter Kay tickets as a raffle prize in the JRL O2 box, especially Martin Harvey.
Thank you to:
Everyone who gave us raffle prizes, or bought raffle tickets, our bid in our auction, or donated to our day in any way, or just come over to give us support.
Don Luxford for organising our match officials.
The Bull Romford ,Tina and all the staff.
Tracey Biggs and Greggs
And finally our committee and trustees. Alan Webb, Tony Clark, Stephen Claxton, Lee Upton, Tom Bennet, Martin Halpin, Barry Hagland, Selina Peel
