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BHYFC – Results & reports 28th September 2008

  • Under 10, 9-0 Earls Colne 
    A Sabini 3, G Sabini, L Bloomfield 3, A Marley, 1 OG
  • Reed Hall 10-1 Under 13 
    J Banks
  • Elmden Rovers 0-1 Under 14 
    A Bartlett
  • Under 15, 3-0 Brooklands 
    J Wright, B Flower, A Ponsford

Next weeks fixtures – Sunday 5th October


All four of our teams are in action, three in the league and one – the under 15s – in the Essex County Rosser Cup. Three of the teams are at home, so please feel free to come along and support one or more of the teams!

  • Under 10s are away to AFC Sudbury
  • Under 13s are at home to Frinton & Walton Reds – Poors Field, kick off 10.30am
  • Under 14s are at home to Great Bradfords, also on the Poors Field, kick off 12 noon
  • Under 15s are also at home, in the first round of the Essex County Rosser Cup against Royal Falcons. This is at the Lorkin Daniell Field (Orpen Hall), kick off 10.30am.

Under 10’s Match Report


The 9-0 result looks a little one sided, but the main damage was done in the first half when the boys passed the ball brilliantly and made scoring look easy against a team that looked a little shell-shocked!   7-0 up at half time courtesy of the Sabini twins. Antonio scored a hat trick including 2 in the first 3 minutes (one from the half way line), and Gianni added a 4th before the others started getting in on the act.  Aaron added one at the near post from a corner and two superb shots from Luke on the left finished off the half.

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)

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BYG is getting BYGger

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.

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net
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BHYFC – Results & reports 21st September 2008

4 teams played last weekend – their results were as follows:
Under 15’s
Cornard 2 – 3 Bergholt Heath
(B Flower, B Rout, R Evans)

Under 14’s
Bergholt Heath 3 – 1 Holland FC
(A Bartlett 2, T Hodder)

Under 13’s
Great Bradfords 12 – 2 Bergholt Heath
(J Dixey, T Youngs)

Under 10’s
Brooklands 0 – 1 Bergholt Heath
(L Bloomfield)

Under 10 Match Report by Victoria
The first match of our new league season kicked off at 10am on a sunny and warm morning – summer had arrived at last!

The teams looked quite evenly matched in the first half, although the Brooklands keeper, who had more to do, was on top form and pulled off a couple of good saves and also showed good awareness and bravery. When we finally did beat him, a defender had sense to cover back and head off the line! Brooklands had their moments too, and James Holden had to be alert in the Bergholt goal to sweep up with some good kicked clearances both inside and outside his box. It was equal at half time with both teams having some good shots and some hasty clearances off the line.

James Hirst and Luke Bloomfield were introduced at the start of the second half and this seemed to perk up our attacking options. James went just wide with a neat turn and shot and Luke was causing the Brooklands defence problems with his close control, but still their keeper looked comfortable and was blocking all goal-bound efforts. At the other end the Bergholt defence looked more and more comfortable as the game wore on. With around 5 minutes of the match remaining and just when it looked like the game would end 0-0, Gianni Sabini swung in a corner from the left and Luke Bloomfield reacted quickly at the near post to touch the ball into the net. Despite a concerted effort by Brooklands to get back on terms in the last few minutes, our goal was rarely troubled thanks to some sensible defending with all the boys doing their bit to close down the
opposition.

Final result: Brooklands 0 – 1 Bergholt Heath U10

Man of the match: Luke Bloomfield (and the Brooklands goalkeeper!)

Team: J Holden; M James, J Bowden, H Dixon (J Hirst), A Sabini, G Sabini, A Marley (L Bloomfield)

Next match Sunday 28th September at home to Earls Colne (Poors field, 10am)

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net
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BHYFC – Under 9’s – Stanway Villa Tournament


Our final pre-season tournament took place in Stanway in a special invitation event. This was a mini league with the winners being the team who amassed the most points. We had a poor start losing to the eventual winners Lexden Saints in our first game, not helped by some poor refereeing. Awarding a penalty that looked to us like ‘ball to hand’ and leaving one of our defenders down injured and crying on the edge of his own penalty area, the referee only stopped play once Lexden had taken advantage of the situation by scoring the second and final goal; this was despite players and managers of both teams asking him to stop the game! An apology afterwards by the senior official on duty at the tournament was scant consolation!

The boys picked themselves up for a draw and two wins from their other 3 matches, finishing third in the final table, which was a disappointment having come second this time last year – so no squad photo with medals to show on this occasion!

To read about our other two summer tournaments you can find reports at:

Now onto the Under 10s league – our last season at mini soccer 7-a-side – with our first match away to Brooklands this coming Sunday 21st September!

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net
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Bergholt Heath YFC – Results Sunday 14th September


Two of the four age groups had their first league matches of the 2008-9 season on Sunday.

  • The U-13s lost at home to Team Player Youth 16-0 in the “C” league;
  • The U-14s also lost, though more narrowly, away to Cornard Dynamos Yellows 2-1, also in the “C” league

Next Sunday 21st sees all four of our teams in action for the first time this season:

  • U-10s are away to Booklands (Weller League West)
  • U-13s are away to Great Bradfords (C league)
  • U-14s are at home to Holland FC – kick off 12 noon on the Poors Field (C league)
  • U-15s are away to Cornard Dynamos (A league)

For full data on the Colchester and District Youth Leagues please visit their website.

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net
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Concert Band ‘Open Rehearsal’

The Band is actively seeking new members and is hosting an Open Rehearsal on Friday 19th September from 6pm. Players of woodwind or brass instruments of all ages and abilities are welcome to join us to get a taste of who we are and what we do and enjoy making music in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

The Band has raised thousands of pounds for charity and entertained audiences in venues such as the Westcliff, Clacton and St. Botolph’s, Colchester, playing for the Mayor and other local dignitaries. We have also been working hard with young people through school workshops and concerts to encourage young musicians to develop their skills. Playing in an ensemble builds confidence, sight reading skills and experience and offers the opportunity for budding musicians to share their enjoyment of music making with other like minded people.

Awards for all Lottery Grant
Earlier this year the Band was successful in receiving a grant to support its objective – offering music making for all. The Band actively encourages musicians from all walks of life, young and old, to join together in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere to make music.

Founded in 1978 by a local peripatetic music teacher the Band has gone from strength to strength raising money for charity and entertaining audiences across North Essex and Suffolk. The Award has been used to purchase new equipment to ensure that the Band can continue to provide musicians in the Colchester area with the opportunity to pursue their amateur and professional musical interests whilst continuing to support local and national charities.

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net
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Gardeners Association Programme of Events

The village Gardeners Association has recently announced its programme of events for 2008~2009 as follows:

2008
September “Bedding plants-their history and uses” Margaret Willis
October “Your gardening questions answered” Steve Canham
November “Companion planting” Matthew Tanton Brown
December Club Members Social Evening “A Seasonal Tale” Mike Dodsworth

2009
February “What to grow…new for 2009” Andrew Tokeley
March “The changing seasons at Marks Hall” Clare Heyes
April PLANT SALE
May “Fuchsias” Bill Wye

All meetings take place on the 3rd Monday of the month starting at 7:30 pm in the Orpen Hall – if you are interested then read more about the association and how to contact them on the village website here.

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net
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BHYFC – Under 9’s – Tiptree Minors 5-a-side


The second of our summer tournaments saw us enter 2 Under 9s teams into the Tiptree 5-a-side tournament.  In 2007 we had entered one team only as a pre-cursor to our first season as Bergholt Heath, and had won the U8s age group. This season, as all the boys were available, we decided to keep them all happy by having 2 squads of 6 – drafting in a couple of extra players to supplement our normal squad of 10.

Luckily the two teams were drawn in separate groups and both managed to get through into the semi finals.  By luck, as both finished second we were also kept apart in the semi finals (winners of each group playing the runners up in the other). The first team lost in their semi final but the second managed to win and ensure we had a Bergholt Heath team in the final for the second year running.  They went on to play the team the others had lost to in their semi final, running out 2-1 winners having gone a goal down, Matthew James scoring the winner!

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net
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BHYFC – Under 9’s – Colchester Villa Tourament


This was the first of 3 summer tournaments entered by the team, and was organised by Colchester Villa.  Most of the boys played for Villa at U-8s before we decided to set up a team for this age group within Bergholt Heath – and this was a late invite to replace a team who had dropped out.  The tournament actually took place on the very day we had pencilled in for the start of training! Therefore we set off to Highwoods Sports Centre on Saturday 6th July without too much expectation as the boys had not played together since April.

The tournament included teams from a wider geographical region than the Colchester league, including teams from the Woodbridge, Ipswich and Chelmsford areas. Highlights included our first ever headed goal in competition, scored by Jamie Bowden Vs Wivenhoe ,and James Hirst scoring a wonder goal to win the semi final Vs Springfield, winning the ball on the halfway line before weaving his way past 4 players and coolly slotting the ball into the net with virtually the last kick of the game!

The final against Maldon Town was a tense affair with the boys not surprisingly looking decidedly tired. It finished 0-0, going to a penalty shootout. After the first Maldon penalty had struck the post, Antonio Sabini coolly slotted the ball low into the corner, resulting in joyful celebrations by the players – much to the surprise of the parents who thought this was slightly ‘over the top’ for the first penalty – the shootout was ‘sudden death’ and we had won the tournament!

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Orpen players – Summer Workshops


The village drama group are running a series of summer workshops in the Orpen Memorial Hall on Friday 4/18 July and 8 August beginning at 8pm. The group is hoping to generate interest for people who would like to ‘Tread the Boards’ or design sets, help with make up, prompting etc.

For further information contact Colin on 01206 242265.

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net