U13 Awards Presentation 2003-04

Parents and boys pose for the camera before the Dads and Lads match - the dads looking in good shape (but you should have seen them 40 minutes later!)

Crawley U13s award presentation afternoon started with a 'Dads and Lads' football match. In the boiling afternoon sun the Dads took a deserved lead in a closely contested game of 20 minutes each way (the youngsters would not have been able to keep up with their fathers' speed and stamina) and at half-time the Dads had established a superb 2-1 scoreline.

Dads posing for a team picturer - not long before the oxygen bottles started appearing.

However, after the interval, the young upstarts were let back into the game and in the dying moments tied the game at 6-6 (the fathers had sportingly let them equalise in order to see a pulsating penalty shoot-out!). Good fortune was with the youngsters as keeper Tony Calvano struggled with some powerful penalties as the boys came out 4-2 winners.

The above report has been compiled by a playing member of the senior team and apparently bears no resemblance to what actually took part.

A good afternoon was had and later the following awards were presented:

Player's Player of the Year: Ryan Valentine

Supporter's Player of the Year: Ryan Valentine

Most Improved Player of the Year: Keith Swain

Clubman Player of the Year: Lee Padget

Manager's Player of the Year: Matt Coffey

50 Appearances for the maroons: Glen Freeman, Shaun McGovern, Keith Swain, Ryan Valentine, Scott Bates, Dale Abbott and Ricky Blennerhassett

Other awards were given to loyal linesman Ron Freeman. The manager and assistant manager were given tokens of appreciation from the parents for the sterling work they have put in over the season.

A gift was also presented to Mal Dolby for his help in coaching the boys over the last twelve months.