Horsford Tournament

The first tournament of the season and a cracking result with the team reaching a final for the first time.

We arrived very early on a chilly Sunday morning to find ourselves in what could have been termed "the group of death" with Sprowston A, Old Catton and the East Coast Warriors to contend with. With only one team going through to the semi-finals, we had our work cut out.

Luckily our first two games in this 5-a-side tournament were drawn against the easier teams - Hellesdon and CSC Rockets which we won comfortably 3-1 and 6-0 respectively.

The side were showing some great team play and that was about to be tested as we squared up to Sprowston A (winners of the Sunday 'A' League). This was a cracking match and the squad of Ted, Aidan, Archie R, Arthur, Max, Felix and Frankie really pulled together to win 2-1.

A great result which set them up for the next challenge of Old Catton. Again the players did the business drawing admiring comments from other team's managers and parents about the quality of skill on display. A 2-0 win for Heigham.

We were now clear leaders and the team to beat in the group, and with one game to go against East Coast Warriors we could get maximum points.

The game was evenly matched with the opposition holding on and keeping all attempts out. Their big danger player broke through at one point and accelerated towards goal leaving only Frankie as the last chance. The player struck with extreme force, the ball ricocheted off of Frankie's thigh keeping final score 0-0. As of Monday morning Frankie still had an imprint of the ball on his leg!

Through to the semis, we were drawn against Sprowston B - the best second place team. These were dispatched with an emphatic 5-0 victory to take Heigham Park through to the final against Sprowston A, who had beaten Taverham in the other semi final.

Heigham, now tired but elated, put up a forceful, if somewhat ragged performance but unfortunately were beaten 1-0 from a single chance from the opposition.

The Under 10 Runners-up collecting their awards

A superb performance from all the players showing great teamwork, skill and understanding.

Next year... the winners?

Christian League final position

So the final game of the season was played on Saturday morning at Heartsease to determine the Heigham Park squad's final position.

The game was against an improving Heartsease side, including one a player from the Sprowston Sunday squad.

Heigham had 6 players against the opposition's seven, but had all the play leaving very little for Gabriel to deal with in goal. The play was difficult as the grass was long but the outfield players of Luke, Evie, Sol, Fynn and Frankie made sure of the win and three points by half time scoring six and conceding none.

Frankie went in goal for the second half allowing Gabriel to get amongst the action. The final score being 7 - 0 to Heigham Park.

This means that all the players that have taken part in the Christian League games during the season can give themselves a big pat on the back as the final position is second, topped only by Stoke Holy Cross Under 10s.

A fantastic achievement as the table shows.