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Tournament 2015
REPORT, RAFFLE, PHOTOS, COMMENTS & RESULTS

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STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION (started 2/6/15)
Saturday  23th & Sunday 24th May 2015

Saturday 23th May:
0930 start : Mixed Under 7s (5 aside), 11s (6 a-side) & Boys 15s (6 a-side)
1430 start : Mixed Under 9s (7 aside), 13s (6 a-side) & Boys 16s (5 a-side) 
Sunday 24th May: 
0930 start : Mixed Under 8s (5 aside), 10s (7 aside) & 12s (6 a-side)
1430 start : Boys Under 14s (6 a-side), 18s (5 a-side) & New for 2015 Under 21s (5 a-side)


Our weekend Tournament was once again a tremendous success with nearly 160 teams entering (most have been coming year after year), each playing a minimum of 7 games in the group stages. We pride ourselves of ensuring teams have as much match time as possible.

We had the capacity for up to 18/20 teams in each age group and some were filled up extremely quickly.

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Glenn Hawkins, our Chairman and Tournament Co-ordinator, is highly organised and extremely efficient - infamous for his very strict timekeeping and, as always, firmly placed the emphasis of the whole weekend on enjoyment and respect - for players, parents, supporters and officials alike.
The weather was glorious on the Saturday and the forecast of possible rain on Sunday afternoon was incorrect - for once it did not make an appearance.
As well as all the exciting matches, there was a large slide and bouncy castle for the youngsters, hardest shot competition for different ages with prizes and a huge variety of refreshments - including a superb BBQ, delicious ice-creams, home-made cakes, tasty rolls, refreshing drinks and succulent sweets.


On behalf of the Club we would like to express our very sincere thanks
to the players, parents, managers, supporters and the referees for making this year's Tournament another successful and very enjoyable weekend for everyone

OUR RAFFLE - 37 prizes worth over £1000 were on offer
We didn't quite reach our target of raising £1000 - perhaps a little ambitious - but we did achieve our best ever result - £698 was taken in tickets sales over the 2 days and after subtracting expenses, we raised £325 for ourselves and an equal amount for THE AIR AMBULANCE (Berk Oxon Bucks).
We shall be presenting them with a cheque shortly.
The "Raffle Man" (Dave Evans) would like to thank everyone who supported the Raffle, apart from possibly the five people who claimed their Free Ticket with the Programme . . . BUT didn't actually buy any . . . .  still, they didn't win a prize either.



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RAFFLE WINNERS
The draw took place at 6:30pm on Sunday at the Raffle Stall in front of a number of people - referees, parents & others. Different people helped make the draw, starting with a referee drawing out the cash prizes.
PRIZE
£100 CASH
£50 CASH
£25 CASH
£25 CASH
Professional Artist Drawing
Sound Bar
Child's Bike
Pamper Hamper
Blenheim Palace Voucher
Oxford United Tickets (6)
England Shirt
Hatton Adventure World Voucher
Stadium Tour Voucher
Nexercise Fitness Voucher
Wellington Country Park Voucher
The Greyhound - Meal Voucher
Thames Rivercruise Voucher
Cotswold Wildlife Park Voucher
Bike Helmet & Lights
3 Bottles of Wine
National Trust Rug
Diamond Footballs (15)

Estimated TOTAL value
of all 37 Prizes












WORTH
£100
£50
£25
£25
£100
£70
£90
£50+
£59
£90
£59
£56
£50
£50
£48
£40
£28
£23
£50
£15
£40
£6 each



£1163










WINNER
John McLaughlin
Mark Toal
Deborah Pearce
Tara Lee
Vern Miners
Caroline Nethercot
Tracey Greenway
Mike Collins
Andy Simms
Paul Drewitt
Ali Esplin
Robin Morris
Graham Wilkie
Matthew Lewis
Jane Tyndall
Colin Bucket
Lisa Butler
Nicky Sutton
Lisa Butler
Colin Bucket
Dave Evans
Fiona Prince

Kay Webber
Tom Dunne
Alan Walker
Pete Hearmon
Sally Heritage
Ken Mills
Sam Fanstone
Ian Whitfield
Simon Mackrory
Vern Miners (2)
Chris Wilcox
Mike Wheeler
Becky Stoddart
TEAM/CLUB
Cholsey Bluebirds
Cholsey Bluebirds
Benson United
?
Cholsey Bluebirds
Woolton Hill Argyle
Cholsey Bluebirds
Cholsey Bluebirds
Cholsey Bluebirds
Harwell & Hendred
Didcot Town
Hinksey Park
Greater Leys Youth
Radley
Cholsey Bluebirds
Cholsey Bluebirds
Radley
Cholsey Bluebirds
Radley
Cholsey Bluebirds
Cholsey Bluebirds
?
Cholsey Bluebirds

Crowmarsh Youth
Cholsey Bluebirds
Cholsey Bluebirds
Didcot Casuals
Didcot Casuals
Crowmarsh Youth
Kennington
Cholsey Bluebirds
Cholsey Bluebirds
Cholsey Bluebirds
Referee
?
TICKET
green 493
yellow 38
green 246
yellow 177
yellow 946
green 792
blue 23
green 663
yellow 690
green 140
pink 92
yellow 503
yellow 720
green 245
yellow 876
green 356
green 334
yellow 28
green 331
green 363
yellow 13
pink 40

yellow 295
yellow 454
yellow 631
green 55
green 100
green 104
green 164
green 255
green 375
green 453/459
green 510

green 645
green 771
NB : Just in case some of you are thinking "hang on there . . . this looks suspicious" . . . with 46% of the 1980 
ticket sales (that's 910) from managers, parents, supporters of the 16 Cholsey Bluebirds' teams participating, statistically, it isn't surprising that they feature highly in the winners list above.
In fact 18 winners from 37 prizes is 48.6% which is almost identical to the % of tickets bought.

Some PHOTOS from the Tournament
COMMENTS from Managers, Referees and Parents/Supporters
Hi Glen
Great weekend great tournament...
Best wishes to you and the family and Cholsey. If it wasn't for you and your efforts it wouldn't be so enjoyable. I've penciled in for next year already. 

Regards      Keith Godfrey (Referee)

I would just like to say well done on the organisation of Saturday's tournament.  I travelled from South Wales to watch my grandson take part in the U15s for Crowmarsh (they won). I have organised rugby tournaments of the same nature so know how much needs to be done. I really enjoyed the day. 
Thank you.    
Regards      J D Ellis (Grandfather)

Hi Glenn.
It was a pleasure to referee at your tournament this year and will see you next year please put me down on your list.
Kind Regards       Mike Wheeler (Referee)


At the risk of establishing a mutual admiration society, well done you and your team! Great to be part of it. Have a fab trip to Amsterdam.      Paul Dick (Referee)

Hi Glenn
Just a quick email to say what a great, well organised tournament you hosted over the weekend. All the boys at Abingdon Youth Greens under 11 and parents really enjoyed the tournament. The boys had a lot of football and really enjoyed being in the final but sadly lost to Harwell. All the boys were very impressed with their Trophies.
Thanks again
Sarah Studd (Abingdon Youth Greens)


Hi Glenn
Just a quick thank you for an excellent tournament this year - the best I've done. Fantastic pitches, fast turnover, great goal sizes and real value for money.
Thanks          Adam (Southcote Colts u14s)


RESULTS for EACH AGE GROUP

UNDER 7s (every team played at least 6 matches)
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UNDER 8s (every team played at least 7 matches)
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If time, I will include all the results, but it may take a little while . . . probably more than a little . . . a loooooong time.

​SORRY ALL - didn't quite get round to completing all the results - will try to finish this decade !


UNDER 9s (every team played at least 7 matches)
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UNDER 10s (every team played at least 8 matches)
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UNDER 11s (every team played at least 7 matches)
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UNDER 12s (every team played at least 7 matches)
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UNDER 13s (every team played at least 6 matches)
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UNDER 14s (every team played at least 6 matches)
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UNDER 15s (every team played at least 5 matches)
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UNDER 16s (every team played at least 8 matches)
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UNDER 21s (every team played at least 5 matches)
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