End of Season presentation!!

Hi everyone, 

 How gutted was I to have missed the game on Saturday !! 

 I was so pleased and proud to see the result of the match on Saturday against Copplestone and it sounds like it was a very intense and dramatic game! What a great way to end our season, and what a season it has been. 

 Many many highs, some lows but a great season of competitive football in which we not only acclimatised very well to life in Division One but we took the league by storm and have finished in such a respectable 3rd place in the table!  

There are many statistics to consider from the season but perhaps one of the most important ones is that we have only lost 3 of the league games all season, fewest of all the teams in the division (including Bideford who went onto win this season!) 

 We should be very proud of this and it shows that we are a very gritty, determined and hardworking team. 

 We have improved and developed as a team, training has been more structured and more focused and the introduction of Gillian to do some specific goal keeping work with Sam R has really worked well. 

Our three signings from the 2014 summer quickly became integral members of the squad and we have played an exciting and impressive style of football this season. 

 Everyone that has been part of that should be rightfully proud of themselves. 

Much credit has to go to John Braddick who once again has been a committed and ever present coach and I think has really helped the players to understand some of the finer and more tactical aspects of the game. 

We still have room for improvement and I hope that the 2015/16 season will be as exciting and interesting as this one. We know that we will have to make some changes to the squad over the summer but for now let’s just enjoy what we have achieved. 

 The final event of the season will be the end of season Award Ceremony which will take place on Saturday 2nd May in the marquee at Exeter City Football Ground. 

 It starts at 6.30pm but I would encourage people to arrive from 6pm onward to enjoy the bar and catching up with team mates! Also the parking will be easier  

If you are not able to make it would you be kind enough to let me know, Nigel and the committee put a lot of effort into making it a special occasion for the boys.

 I am going to try and enter a few tournaments over the summer as we did last year, these are normally fun occasions and give the chance for boys to play together in a slightly different format. 

 We are also going to try and organise another trip to the River Dart Country Park, probably in June, which was such a fun occasion last year.

 I will sign off now but will look forward to seeing you all on Saturday at the end of season celebration. 

Kind regards 

Mark