Under 9's success at Horsham White Lions

Bromley and Beckenham carried on a tradition of success at the Horsham tournament by becoming joint winners of this tournament on March 11th.

Paul Wilson writes:

"We were in the tougher pool group with three strong and very well matched teams - Teddington A, Havant and Brombecks. The results between these clubs determined the first three positions in the pool. Although we lost to Teddington in a game where we took the lead we were offered a lifeline when Teddington lost their final group match to Havant. We then needed to beat Havant which we did 2-0 with our best team performance of the competition. The pool placings were decided on countback and we finished top by virtue of scoring more goals (9 whereas Teddington and Havant scored 8 each).

In the final we were camped around the Lewes goal for virtually the whole match but despite a series of near misses were unable to force a winner even after 5 minutes of extra time. We did have a couple of scares from breaks but some solid defending prevented a Lewes goal.

Overall a fantastic achievement from the youngest and smallest squad in the competition. Five of the eight players scored which reflects the level of team play."

Pool matches:
Brombecks 2 - 0 Horsham
Scorers: Harley Gage-Pearson and Sean Cole

Brombecks 4 - 0 Burgess Hill
Scorers: Sean Cole (2) Edward Treece and Kate Abbett

Brombecks 1 - 2 Teddington A
Scorer Sean Cole

Brombecks 2 -0 Havant
Scorers Harley Gage-Pearson and Charlotte Wilson

1st place play off:
Brombecks 0 -0 Lewes after extra time so trophy shared

Squad:
Kate Abbett
Sean Cole
Choe Gage-Pearson
Harley Gage-Pearson
George Sims
James Sims
Edward Treece
Charlotte Wilson

Under 9's success at Horsham White Lions

Bromley and Beckenham carried on a tradition of success at the Horsham tournament by becoming joint winners of this tournament on March 11th.

Paul Wilson writes:

"We were in the tougher pool group with three strong and very well matched teams - Teddington A, Havant and Brombecks. The results between these clubs determined the first three positions in the pool. Although we lost to Teddington in a game where we took the lead we were offered a lifeline when Teddington lost their final group match to Havant. We then needed to beat Havant which we did 2-0 with our best team performance of the competition. The pool placings were decided on countback and we finished top by virtue of scoring more goals (9 whereas Teddington and Havant scored 8 each).

In the final we were camped around the Lewes goal for virtually the whole match but despite a series of near misses were unable to force a winner even after 5 minutes of extra time. We did have a couple of scares from breaks but some solid defending prevented a Lewes goal.

Overall a fantastic achievement from the youngest and smallest squad in the competition. Five of the eight players scored which reflects the level of team play."

Pool matches:
Brombecks 2 - 0 Horsham
Scorers: Harley Gage-Pearson and Sean Cole

Brombecks 4 - 0 Burgess Hill
Scorers: Sean Cole (2) Edward Treece and Kate Abbett

Brombecks 1 - 2 Teddington A
Scorer Sean Cole

Brombecks 2 -0 Havant
Scorers Harley Gage-Pearson and Charlotte Wilson

1st place play off:
Brombecks 0 -0 Lewes after extra time so trophy shared

Squad:
Kate Abbett
Sean Cole
Choe Gage-Pearson
Harley Gage-Pearson
George Sims
James Sims
Edward Treece
Charlotte Wilson