Community, Parish Council & Village
Under 10
Cressing 0 – 0 Bergholt Heath
Under 13
Bergholt Heath 1 – 17 Wivenhoe
J Banks
Under 14
Feering 2 – 1 Bergholt Heath
C Drage
Under 15 – Essex County Cup
Bergholt Heath 0 – 9 Redbridge
Under 10
No game
Under 13 – League Cup
Bergholt Heath 0 – 13 Harwich & Parkestone
Under 14
Holland FC 2 – 3 Bergholt Heath
A Enright, R King, T Hodder
Under 15 – League Cup, Round 2
Frinton & Walton 1 – 0 Bergholt Heath
Under 13
Cornard Blues 13 – 1 Bergholt Heath
J Dixey
Under 14
Colchester Athletic 4 – 8 Bergholt Heath
C Drage 4, A Bartlett, D Lasky, B Povah, A Enright
Under 10 and under 15 matches postponed due to weather
Under 10
Under 13
Under 14
Under 15
U-10s – League Cup 1st Round
Little Oakley Blues 2 – 1 Bergholt Heath
(G Sabini) (See Match Report below)
U-13s – ‘C’ league
Team Player Youth 13 – 0 Bergholt Heath
U-15s – League Cup 1st Round
AFC Sudbury 2 – 6 Bergholt Heath
(A Ponsford (2), B Trood (2), J Hill, G O’Connor)
Fixtures, Sunday 19th October:
The Under 10’s and U13’s are both at HOME in the league, on the Poors Field. The Under 10’s against Marks Tey, kick-off 10am, and the Under 13’s to Bures United, kick off 10.30am. Supporters welcome for one or both teams!
We travelled to Little Oakley in increasingly thick fog and couldn’t even see the pitch from the car park!
The game started well for us and we had a flurry of early corners although we never really looked like scoring from them. Mid way through the half some good play between the Sabini brothers resulted in Antonio setting Gianni clear on goal and he rounded the keeper and slotted the ball into the net with his left foot. We had some further chances but failed to put them away, whilst at the other end our defending was not as good as normal and there was some panicky clearances and three good saves by James in goal. A few minutes before half time the referee awarded a free kick to Little Oakley just outside the box. The ball was hit hard and found its way through a crowd of players and into the net for their equaliser.
The second half continued in the same way and the later parts of the first half with the boys looking out of sorts compared to normal. James made another couple of good saves before a quick break from Little Oakley saw a shot hit the post before another player knocked in the rebound. The boys found the Little Oakley keeper was as good as James and just couldn’t find a way past him, whilst at the other end our defence was looking increasingly exposed as we pushed for an equaliser – with James keeping us in the game.
The Final whistle came and the boys came off the pitch very dejected having not been at their best today against a very determined Little Oakley team. Both goalkeepers won their teams ‘Man of the Match’ awards which tells the story of an end-to-end game.
Final result: Little Oakley Blues 2 – 1 Bergholt Heath
Man of the Match: James Holden
Team: J Holden; M James, J Bowden, J Hirst (L Bloomfield), H Dixon (A Marley), A Sabini, G Sabini
Next match Sunday 19th October at home to Marks Tey on the Poors Field, kick off 10am
AFC Sudbury 1 – 3 Under 10
A Marley, A Sabini, O.G.
Under 13, 0 – 9 Frinton & Walton Reds
Under 14, 2 – 5 Great Bradfords
A Bartlett, C Drage
Under 15 – match against Royal Falcons cancelled. The Under 15s now receive a bye into round 2 of the Essex Rosser Cup.
Well, the weather wasn’t exactly perfect today. What I am saying is that it was absolutely awful. There wasn’t a dry period in the match and the ground was squelching with mud. This didn’t hinder the boy’s enthusiasm though and they got to the ground full of spirit as always.
We scored after about eight minutes, after three attempts – all by different players – Aaron eventually finished a chance and the ball was in the back of the net. This was followed by a flurry of shots by the opposition, but our defenders and goalie managed to keep the score at 1-0. Matthew (our goalie) made a spectacular save, tipping the ball over the top of the bar from a free kick. The score remained the same at half time.
Three changes were made at the start of the second half with Jamie, James and Gianni coming on for Luke, Harry and Jake (Luke and Jake both came back on later in the half). After holding our lead comfortably, we conceded our first goal of the season after a wicked deflection wrong- footed Matthew in goal. We soon got back on top, when Antonio made a sprint down the pitch, held off the defender and shot from just inside the box to restore our lead. Both teams were playing well in the conditions and then in the last minute an unlucky mistake by a Sudbury player meant that they scored an own goal and we were 3-1 up. The game ended like this, and we were finally able to get out of the horrid rain, and into the dryness of the car.
Final result: Sudbury AFC 1 – 3 Bergholt Heath U10
Man of the match: Antonio Sabini
Team: M James; H Dixon (J Holden), J Hirst (L Bloomfield), J Adams (G Sabini), A Sabini, L Bloomfield (J Bowden), A Marley (J Adams)
Next match Sunday 12th October away to Little Oakley Blues in Round One of the Colchester and District League Cup.
BHYFC U15 Vs Royal Falcons – Match cancelled.
Please note that the U15s match in the 1st round of the Essex County Rosser Cup, due to be played this Sunday 5th October, has been cancelled. This is due to the Royal Falcons no longer being able to field a team. The U15s will now receive a bye into round 2.
The Players’ autumn production is a comedy entitled ‘The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswoman’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery.’
Next weeks fixtures – Sunday 5th October
Under 10’s Match Report
The second half eased off a little with our passing, which had cut Earls Colne open time again in the first half, drying up a little – maybe the boys all thought they could score from the halfway line! Another from Luke and a deflected own goal (from Luke’s shot), were the sum of the second half scoring. At the other end our goalkeeper had a couple of saves to make including one from a header, but apart from a few corners the whole match was played out in the Earls Colne half. As last week, the oppositions man of the match was their goalkeeper who was responsible for stopping the final score resembling rugby or cricket!
Final score: Bergholt Heath 9 – 0 Earls Colne
Goals: A Sabini x 3, G Sabini, L Bloomfield x 3, A Marley, O.G.
Man of the Match: Antonio Sabini
Team: J Bowden (A Sabini); J Holden, H Dixon, J Adams (G Sabini), G Sabini (A Marley), A Sabini (J Adams), L Bloomfield (J Bowden)
With diary dates now set until Xmas what started as an idea is now growing into reality.
About forty young people came to the activities session on 5th Sept and had a good time. The table tennis was particularly popular. We were also pleased to see a number of adults who are volunteering to help. Twelve have now put their names forward including an ex-professional footballer who played for Norwich and Spurs and now lives locally. (Guess who!).
Any more interested would be welcome and should contact Harry Stone through the BYG E-mail address, [email protected], or on 241026.
A training session for volunteers is being arranged for volunteers on Sat 11th Oct at 10am at the Orpen Hall.