River Dart Country park team day!!

Good afternoon everyone, Okay so it seemed I misjudged the level of interest in the day at the River Dart Country Park and am sorry for any confusion or upset that might have been caused. Let’s go for it shall we and hope as many people can make it as possible? Saturday 13th June from 10:30am onward with a buffet lunch as last time. I will get in touch with the group booking people and see what can be done regarding entry fee’s etc and will keep you posted. This will be in addition to the tournament on the Sunday 14th June so a busy weekend. Thanks again and hope as many people can make it as possible. Kind regards Mark

here comes the sun!!

Hi everyone Hope that you are well and have all enjoyed a nice bank holiday weekend. I just wanted to say hello really and to give a few updates and snippets of information. I will get the bad news out the way and that is that I think we will need to cancel the planned day at the River Dart Country Park on Saturday 13th June. Thanks to those who replied but I am not sure we would have enough people able to make it to get the discounted rate and make the day viable which is a shame. I totally understand that it is a busy time of year. However on a more positive note I have entered the squad into 4 summer competitions and am keen that all the players get the opportunity (if they want to) to participate. The dates are Crediton on Sunday 14th June, Honiton on Sunday 5th July, Newton St Cyres on Sunday 12th July and Cullumpton on Sunday 19th July. Would you be kind enough to text or email (marksloman@hotmail.co.uk) to let me know if you are available for any of these dates, I will then come back to you. Most of the tournaments are 6 aside so we would need a squad of 8. If you could do this in the next few days I would be grateful. Once again I hope that you are all well and hope to see you at some stage over the summer. Kind regards Mark

So much I didn't say!!

Hello everyone, 

 Well it was so wonderful to see everyone at the presentation evening on Saturday and hope that you all had a good time. It was a long old evening wasn’t it but I hope the boys enjoyed the occasion and thinking back on what has been a great season for our squad! 

Congratulations to Sam R, Charlie and to Josh for your awards and to the whole squad. 

 As the evening wore on I knew that what I had planned on saying needed to be trimmed a bit as I could see people flagging and so there are a few things that I wanted to say but didn’t. 

 I wanted to once again thank all the parents of the players for the support throughout the season, to everyone and anyone who has tackled the Samba goals, run the line (no mean feat this year with off side), supplied the half time oranges and travelled many hundreds of miles in getting the players to the matches on time.

 I would like to thank Andrew Worth and Jasmine for their weekly match reports which have made for entertaining and enjoyable reading and have acted as a nice memory of the various matches that we have played. I know from looking at the number of ‘hits’ on the site that they have been enjoyed by many people over the season so thank you once again.

 I wanted to say thank you for the kind gifts that John and I received, that was really kind and I will ensure that I pass onto Gillian and Callad the ones for them when I see them next. 

 To all the players I want to say thank you for your hard work and efforts all season long. You have trained and played really hard this season, in all weathers, but have done yourselves really proud.

 Finishing third in the top division for your age group is exceptional and we should be really pleased with the way we have approached the season. 

Maintaining a reasonably large squad for 9 a-side has meant that players have had to be patient and have perhaps not played as much football as they would have wanted. 

 I acknowledge that and understand it and hope you all know that John and I have always tried our best to juggle the challenge of being competitive and being equitable. It is hard and I know that I don’t always get it right! 

 Two things for the summer. As last summer I will be entering teams for summer tournaments, probably 4 or 5 over the summer and will text parents to ask about availability and interest. 

 The second thing is that I am trying to organise another day at the River Dart Country Park, probably a Saturday, and have fingers crossed that it will be another wonderful day like last year. Again I will text around but am provisionally thinking that the Saturday 13th June, but that is subject to confirmation!! 

 Okay I am going to sign off now, but am sure that I will see you over the summer, either at the River Dart day or at a summer tournament. 

 Kind regards 

Mark