Report of the Season
Summertown Stars United, Under 9 Green League
Our fourteen player squad of Under 9s have finished their first season in organised football. Playing one 7-a-side game to decide the fixture plus one friendly, they played twenty four league matches plus two in the cup, a match almost every Saturday from September to April.
Playing in the Under 9 Green League of the excellently organised Oxford Mail Boys League, our opponents - coaches, parents, players - have been unfailingly friendly and sporting, and our boys have enjoyed their football enormously.
Passing the ball well and performing with great spirit, our boys were fortunate enough to end the season as champions, shading chief rivals Abingdon Town by virtue of head to head results against them.
Whether or not children at this age should be playing competitive league matches - and so many of them - is a question we have frequently pondered. The constant excitement becomes addictive for players and their parents alike. Might it not be true, though, that both the more and the less talented children would find it easier to develop their technique in less pressurised circumstances?
While hoping for more time to focus on the children’s development than on winning matches, we will look forward to whatever next season may offer.
May 2008
The Under 9s have been kindly sponsored by
The Anchor Inn
2 Hayfield Rd
Oxford, OX2 6TT, United Kingdom
+44 1865 510282
We have a full squad of fourteen boys, playing in an Oxford Mail Boys Under 9s ‘One team League.’ Each fixture consists of two seven-a-side matches. One of these matches determines the result of the fixture for the purposes of the league, but we regard both games as of equal importance.
We have a super bunch of children with a range of talent and ability, and a supportive group of parents.
Our aims are to :
- help each child fulfill his potential.
- foster a right balance of fun, fair play and competitiveness.
- develop technique (ball skills) and tactics (pass and move).
Our hope is that our children will enjoy football this season and for years to come.
Semi-finalists at Marston Saints Summer Mini-Soccer Tournament, 20th August 2006.
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Manager
Tim Pears
(H) 01865 552605 pearznik@yahoo.co.uk
Assistant Coach
Kevin Bradley (H) 01865 311663
Team Secretary
Mike Ward
mward@biocentury.com
01865 556282
League Matches Home: Five Mile Drive
Saturday mornings
Sponsors
Derivation Software Ltd
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