FRY CLUB WANDERERS

UNDER 13’S – 2009-2010 Match Report

DAWLISH TOUR 2010

All 16 players and their families travelled to Welcome Holiday Park , Dawlish in April 2010 for a family holiday combined with a match with a local team. Huge thanks to Kim for all her hard work in booking this holiday.

We all had a great week together and the weather was fantastic not even a spot of rain all week. Activities enjoyed by the players included ‘Manhunt’ games around the Holiday Park every evening, many hours in the swimming pool and of course lots of football being played on the courts. The amusement arcade was also a hit with all the youngsters and many parents.

Some of the highlights of the week were:-

Talent Contest

Jace, Nathan and George W entered the talent contest with very noisy support from the Bristol contingent. All 3 did brilliantly well with Jace winning a certificate.

Tom and Annie’s Engagement

Tom decided that Annie’s 22^nd birthday was the ideal time to propose, so in true gentlemans fashion, he got down on one knee and presented her with a beautiful ring. Annie accepted and a great night of celebrations followed. Our congratulations to them both.

Golf

Most of the men in our group headed off for a game of golf early on Wednesday morning. Names were drawn out a hat to divide them into 4 teams hopefully allowing a mixture of experienced and new players.

Purple Team – Richard J, Nick and Wendell - Total Score -141

Pink Team – Dick, Gary, Richard P – Total Score - 162

Blue Team – Maurice, Karl (Chief paddler and ball finder), Mark and Steve – Total Score - 161

Green Team – Tom, Paul and Wayne – Total Score - 158

A good morning with loads of laughs, a bit of paddling (and a few lost balls) was had by all, and some aches and pains and sunburned faces followed.

Games afternoon

Maurice and Tom arranged a games afternoon in Dawlish Warren and although just a few families attended it was a really fun afternoon, with a game of badminton a cricket match and go-carting.

Wanderers V Parents, Siblings and Friends Match

After some research before leaving home Anita managed to book an Astroturf pitch for us to use on the last day of our holiday to hold our annual ‘Wanderers v Everyone else’ match. The weather was very warm so we allowed for plenty of breaks for the more mature players!!!

‘Everyone else’ were the winning team with goals from Baz (2) and Nick D and Harry scored for the Wanderers. Final Score 3-1.

Men of the Match were – Nathan for his distribution of the ball and non-stop running and Mark F for taking out most of the Wanderers team with his tackles.

Last but not least our friendly match:-

Topsham Town v Fry Club Wanderers – Tuesday 13^th April – 5.30 kick off

Manager James very kindly agreed to provide a pitch and a squad for us to play and were very welcoming to us all. James was Captain for the day (after missing the tour match last year due to being in hospital) and handed over a Pennant on behalf of the team. Nathan T kindly agreed to be linesman for this match

Our boys had spent a very busy day on site in Dawlish, so appeared to be in holiday mode for the first half of the match and we came in at half time 6-0 down.

The second half was completely different we began to play football. We were strong in all areas of the pitch and despite a final score of 9-0 to Topsham, all players should be very proud of their performance against a team who have not lost a match all season.

Men of the match were:

Jace for his non-stop effort and encouragement to the team

Tom for his determination to tackle and for playing his best match of the season.

We were invited into their clubhouse for food, and were amazed to find plenty of burgers, chips, pizza and sausage rolls which were thoroughly enjoyed by us all.

We would like to again extend our huge thanks to James, his mum and all the ladies responsible for the wonderful spread of food which they laid on for us.

All the boys and some of their siblings (and Managers) told us of their favourite part of the holiday:-

MAX Swimming with Cookie and being in the arcade with Jace

LUCY Wanderers v Everyone Else match and the evening entertainment

NATHAN Arcade , Swimming Pool and both matches.

HARRISON Wanderers v Everyone Else match and the arcade

RYAN Swimming pool and Wanderers v Everyone Else match

DAN Playing football in the cages and the Evening Shows

SAM B Swimming and playing football in the cages

NATHAN T Being linesman at the Topsham match and visiting Teignmouth beach

DAN Wanderers v Everyone Else match and swimming

OLIVER Swimming and Wanderers v Everyone Else match

EMILY Visiting the beach and the caravan

MIKE Wanderers v Everyone Else match and playing cricket at Dawlish

AARON Arcade with Cookie, Swimming and both matches

BAZ The evening shows and playing football in the cages

HARRY Topsham match and meeting up with mates

JACE Swimming and the arcade with Max

JACK (Cookie) Playing football with mates and playing manhunt

BETH Visiting the beach and the evening entertainment

ABBEY The evening entertainment and visiting the beach

ANNA Swimming, building sandcastles and the entertainment

JAMES Playing Time Crisis in arcade and playing in cages with mates

JOE Wanderers v Everyone Else match and going to Crealey

GEORGE Going to Crealey and Wanderers v Everyone Else match

CAMERON Wanderers v Everyone Else match, swimming and going to Crealey

DANIEL Playing football in the cages and playing Manhunt

HANNAH Swimming and visiting places around Devon

TOM Visiting Crealey and getting Man of the Match at Topsham

JESS Visiting Crealey

SAM M Playing Manhunt and Wanderers v Everyone Else match

JORDAN Topsham match and spending time in the Entertainment Club

JAMIE Swimming, playing Manhunt and playing football in the cages

TOM B Proposing to Annie and Wanderers v Everyone Else match