April 2008

Congratulations to Manager John Bowling, his assistants Steve Toms and Michael Thompson and all of the players on last night securing runners up spot in the Essex, Herts & Bordering Counties Combination without kicking a ball. As Brentwood tumbled to defeat against Waltham Abbey it meant that the pressure was off for Saturdays home game with Billericay Town. Following this game there will be a presentation of medals.

The Reserves also this season reached the semi-final of the Fred Budden Trophy and won the Brian Hitchings Memorial Cup beating Dagenham & Redbridge 2-1 last December.

This coming Saturday the Reserves will be looking to clinch runners up spot in the Essex, Herts & Bordering Counties Combination following yesterday's 3-0 win over Burnham Ramblers. With Great Wakering completing their season yesterday with a defeat at Stansted, Brentwood who have a game in hand and are four points behind theoretically have a chance to overtake us should we fail to win against Billericay Town on Saturday and they beat Waltham Abbey on Tuesday and Dagenham and Redbridge on Saturday.

Following yesterday's match with Eton Manor the following awards were presented on behalf of the club:
Newcomer of the season - Leigham Stone - presented by Gill Faherty
Committee player of the season - Carl Paul - presented by Gill Faherty
Managers player of the season - Sam Dennis - presented by Dave Ross
Supporters player of the season - Sam Dennis - presented by John Bryant
Supporters player of the season runner-up - Victor Omobeghin- presented by John Bryant
The John Ford Memorial trophy - John Faherty - presented by Dave Ross

Congratulations to all of the winners and thanks to John Bryant, John and Gill Faherty who organised the awards.

After next Saturday's match with Eton Manor at Mayesbrook Park there will be a presentation of awards for the supporters, committee and management players of the year for 2007-08.

We would ask all supporters to remain behind for a few minutes to congratulate the winners of the awards.

Mayesbrook Park was awash with girls on last Saturday (April 5th) when eight teams from across the county attended a football festival hosted by Barking Ladies FC. Working alongside the Essex FA, Barking held their first football festival, playing 4 x 4 friendly matches for all girls aged between 8 and 10.

Sharon Brownlie from the Essex FA said "We are keen to get girls aged 10 and under interested in football and holding these festival’s are a brilliant way of letting the girls try out football. We have been holding free sessions in  primary schools around Barking and Dagenham using Barking’s female level 2 coaches, in an effort to set up a team for the start of next season to play in an all new league solely set up for U10’s. The festival has been a great success and Barking will be holding festivals every five weeks until September."

A total of nine teams played friendly matches lasting up 15 minutes, giving all participants the chance to experience what matches feel like. Barking Ladies are still looking for girls aged 8 and 10 to complete their team in preparation for September. Any girl interested in joining in please contact Debbie Moore for more information.