| Summer 2008 News 16.07.08 |
Click here for Summer Activities 2008 poster including Football, Rounders, Cricket, Tag Rugby etc...
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| U14s Teams Needed!! News 15.07.08 |
We require Under 14s 5-a-side teams for a Monday night at Gemtec and also at Soccer Sensations on a Tuesday.
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| NEW SEASON 08/09 News 17.06.08 |
New Monday Season starts on the 16th June - new Monday & Futsal fixtures are now available.
As the new season starts the issue of subs has been discussed yet again. All teams must pay their subs before the game starts (NO SUBS NO GAME !!).
All teams must be on time and have enough players.
All players must wear shin pads
No boots or blades
No fixtures can be altered if you can't play please ring or text Frank, John or Andy.
Good luck to all teams for the new season.
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| SEASON 07/08 News 17.06.08 |
Well done to AVIT for reaching the semi-finals of Your Game in Leeds. You really well played boys you did yourselves and Grass Roots proud.
Also well played to Hessle Sporting in the Under 14s who won the first East Vs West compitition at Gemtec which was a great day football
CONGRATULATIONS to the Monday night league winners:
Under 14s All Stars
Under 21s A-Team
Open Age Div 1 City All Stars, who are now promoted to the Premiership
Open Age Premiership Dairycoates
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| SCOTTISH FUTSAL News 09.04.08 |
A Grass Roots team successfully defended for the third time the Scottish Futsal Championship .
All the teams played well despite the 7 hour coach journey to Perth where the championship was held.
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Well done to AV IT who won the 13-17 age group only conceding 2 goals all the way through the tournament and playing quality football. Well done also to Shane Underwood for getting player of the tournament for that age group.
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Congratulations to EAST HULL TIGERS who won the 9-12 age group in this their first competative futsal competition also only conceding 2 goals with Jack Wade getting top goal scorer.
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CITY REDS played well in the early stages but the 7 hours travelling and several injuries saw them get knocked out in the semi final stage but Dom Bird still managed to pick up 13-17 top goal scorer award.
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LIONS and ALLSTARS both got through their group stages but fell at the quarter final stage.
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BRANSHOLME who found it hard going at first still managed to get into the plate final and should have won if missed chances could have been converted.
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| SUBS News 24.03.08 |
All teams who did not pay their subs last week 17/3 will have three points deducted and will go up in multiples of 3 each time they affend. Grass Roots is the one of the cheapest if not the cheapest leagues in Hull. Other leagues impose fines or pay for both teams the following week "Grass Roots does not !!"
As you can appreciate we run on a very tight budget even the loss of 1 team means we are having to find the pitch hire from other places and stops us providing things like presentation nights and trophies.
As from 31/3/08 all teams in every league must pay subs to either Frank, John or Andy before their game starts. NO SUBS NO GAME! The minorty have spoilt it for the rest.
Can all monies for the Scotland trip be paid in before the 28/3 please thanks.
A new season of futsal will be starting on the 27/3 at Gemtec/KYC any teams who would like to join this ever growing style of football and the chance to go to places like Perth/Scotland and Barcelona contact Frank, John or Andy.
Good luck to all teams!
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| Futsal Updates News 12.03.08 |
The winners of Futsal Under 14s at Kingston Youth Centre was Villarreal/Lions.
The winners of Futsal 15-18 at Gemtec was FC Dallas/Red Devils.
The teams going to represent Grass Roots in the Scotland Futsal tournament are as follows:
13-17 Age Group
City Reds .. team going to Barcelona Red Devils + City Knights in one team
Lions
Av It
All Stars
Bransholme
Under 13 Age Group
East Hull Tigers
WE WISH THEM ALL GOOD LUCK AND BRING THE TROPHIES BACK TO HULL!
The new futsal leagues due to start in 2 weeks. Ring Frank, John or Andy for details or information.
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| Monday Night Fixtures News 14.02.08 |
Teams on a Monday turning up late or with not enough players causes problems with later matches and game times.
Could teams please pay the sub money before their game starts and any outstanding subs be paid or points will be deducted or even teams and players suspended.
Jon.
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| Updated Fixtures and Current League Tables News 10.01.08 |
Fixture lists and league tables have been updated to 07.01.08.
Please find them on the Fixtures & Results Page.
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| Ask Frank Page Suspended News 03.12.07 |
Due to constant abuse the Ask Frank facility has been disabled from the site along with the guestbook. We are working closely with the webmaster to develop a more secure service where only registered users can post messages and questions. Please be patient while we develop these pages.
In the meantime if you have any questions for Frank please email them directly by clicking here.
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| New Under 21 Team News 27.08.07 |
We are seeking new under 21's players. The first game is 8th September. If you would like to play in a friendly come down to West Park on the 1st September 2pm.
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| William Wilberforce - 'Slavery Remembrance Cup' News 16.08.07 |
Grass Roots have been invited to play in the 'Slavery Remembrance Cup' in Liverpool, we are very honoured to be representing Hull and will be called William Wilberforce F.C. There are 4 teams competing for the cup on the 23rd of this month.
Since our conquering tour to Barcelona we have been on Look North with Mr Levy, in the Hull Daily Mail, Radio Humberside, and some might of seen us on Sky Sports!! For anyone who has missed us we will be on Calendar on Friday, and we will also be featured in Hull in Print and the Standard in September.
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| Tribune Trust Tournament News 08.08.07 |
Sunday 12th August outdoor pitches at Gemtec arena we have 10 teams taking part in the 2nd Tribune Trust tournament, 4teams in the 10-13 age group, 4 teams in the 14-16 age group and 2 teams in the 16-19 age group.
We are also providing 5 referees, lads from Grass Roots who have passed their refs course.
Good Luck Lads
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| Hull Futsal Open News 08.08.07 |
On Saturday 4th August we were invited to play in the Hull futsal open tournament at the Gemtec arena. The teams were 16+ and we had 3 which were City Knights Av it and City All Stars, they played teams (grown men) which are well seasoned, either play in the FPL (futsal premiership league), have been in various tournaments and have been runners up or winners, in fact one of the teams won this tournament last year. So the standard of the futsal was very high, and our lads held their own, with Av It getting to the quarter finals, only to get beat in the last 5 seconds by Chippenham, and knocking them out would have been one of the biggest upsets in English futsal.
So well done to Av It for nearly creating a big upset, and well done to the other teams for being a part of this tournament.
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| Barcelona 2007 Result News 08.08.07 |
Winners & Runners-up
I’m sure everyone knows already, and for those of you who don’t know where have you been?
We started by being the first English teams to be invited to play in the Perth youth futsal tournament in Scotland we took 2 teams the first time city knights being the ones which won this tournament. The second time was the beginning of this year where we took 3 teams to play in Scotland our Red Devils being the team to win it this year. From this we were invited to represent Hull, England in the tournament in Barcelona, where we took City Knights and Red Devils to play against the following teams:-
| Red Devils | City Knights |
| Scotland | Spain |
| Spain | Gambia |
| Gambia | Republic New Guinea |
| Romania | Morocco |
| Morocco | Ecuador |
Red Devils are the team which won in their age group, beating Gambia in the final 12-2 they also scored 46 goals throughout the tournament and only 3 against, they were also awarded the best goalkeeper and the highest goal scorer in their group.
City Knights were runners up, after getting through to the final and getting beat in a close game against the host nation Spain 3-1. City Knights scored 30 goals and had only 6 put past them. They were also awarded the best goalkeeper and highest goal scorer in their group.
VERY WELL DONE BOYS WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD OF YOU
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| Barcelona 2007 - Squad selection for Grass Roots Sports representative teams News 15.06.07 |
City Knights
Cori Whitton
David Agar
Alex Lee
Daniel Stansfield
Sam Regan
Liam Key
Dominic Bird
Red Devils
Tom Holborn
Joe Kidd
Thomas Holbrook
Mark Dudding
Danny Jackson
Michael Ward
Stefan Radley
These are the teams which are going to represent Grass Roots Sports Hull & England
From everyone at Grass Roots all family and friends and other organisations we are wishing the teams all the very best of luck.
Whatever happens remember they are all champions for getting this far.
If anyone would like to wish the lads good luck they can do so on the Ask Frank Page.
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| Help News 07.06.07 |
We are raising funds to send 2 of our very own teams to play in a futsal tournament in Barcelona to represent Grass Roots Hull and England, we are having a RACE NIGHT (over 18's only) on Fri 15 June and we are having a CABARET NIGHT (again over 18's only) where we will have some top artists and comedians with a couple of guest appearances, there will be a buffet, and raffle with various prizes on offer both of these are going to be held at the Club Cherokee.
Tickets for the cabaret night are £5 (£6 on the door) and can be bought from Premier bar, Club Cherokee, Kingston youth centre, Frank and Nicky also have some tickets you can contact them on 07875145884 / 07773014611.
Come along and have a fun evening and help support these lads.
New players required for a under 21's team, please contact Frank for further details.
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| We Came We Saw We Conquered AGAIN! News 23.04.07 |
Perth 4th Annual Youth Futsal Championship
On Friday 6th April 3 grass roots teams travelled up to Scotland to take part in the 4th Annual Perth Youth Futsal Championship (this was won by our very own Grass Roots Team City Knights last year). The 3 teams this year were, Red Devils, Pickering All Stars, and the Lions 12 – 14 age group. The other teams were PYF Samba All-stars and Samba Boys from Scotland and GP Asprou from Cyprus there were supposed to be other teams involved from various places but were unable to make it this year.
Red Devils 7 v 2 Lions
Pickering all-stars 1 v 3 GP Asprou
PYF Samba All-stars 6 v 2 Samba Boys
GP Asprou 9 v 1 Samba Boys
Red Devils 13 v 0 Pickering All-stars
Red Devils 3 v 0 GP Asprou
PYF Samba All-stars 5 v 2 Pickering All-stars
Lions 6 v 1 Samba Boys
Red Devils 11 v 0 Samba Boys
Red Devils 4 v 4 Pickering All-stars
PYF Samba All-stars 0 v 2 Red Devils
Lions 7 v 3 GP Aprou
Samba Boys 3 v 3 Pickering All-stars
The games were played over the Friday evening and the Saturday, all the grass roots teams played exceptionally well and showed some outstanding skills on the pitch, which they had to deliver because of the quality of the opposition Cyprus had never bean beaten until red devils beat them and literally left the Cyprus team in tears, again with the Scottish team Samba All-stars being the team red devils had to beat to clinch the title (samba all-stars their best team!!) this game was a hard fought game with passions running high on both sides, it was 0-0 with about 3 mins to go on a number of occasions Samba all-stars caught us on the break but our keeper kept us in the game (more than once) but red devils (Mikey) broke through to slam on home in the corner. Frank then brought on Tom and with his fresh pair of legs straight away struck the ball and scored their second goal which immediately seemed to take away the spirits of the Scottish side, the final whistle went and the scenes were amazing with all the grass roots players and staff running on to the pitch, after which when everything calmed down left Frank the coach an emotional wreck!!
At one point during the game against Cyprus, their manager and coaches every time they scored ran on to the pitch to hug and celebrate with their players, SO coach Frank arranged that when we played Cyprus and scored we would ALL (26 people) run on to the pitch to have our own celebration with our players. No one could believe what they were seeing leading to the referee coming over to Frank to ask who the manager and subs were, so he could yellow card them the referee said “I don’t mind 5 or 6 coming on to the pitch like Cyprus, but when 26 people invade the pitch and we have to stop the game I have to do something”.
At the presentation which was held at St Johnston’s sports club where we were presented our medals AND trophy the referee did say he saw the funny side of the pitch invasion which he had to admit he had never seen anything like it!!!
We have been invited back next year to defend our title.
As Frank said “we came we saw we conquered” AGAIN.
www.scottishfutsal.co.uk
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| Recent Events News 24.02.07 |
24/2/07 - Multi Cultural Event @ The Octagon
Frank and Craig put some fun football on at this event for anyone to attend, and they had quite a few who joined in, it really was a fun couple of hours with everyone enjoying themselves
From this even we are hoping to work together to bring you a "Kick Racism Out Of Football" tournament later this year.
20/2/07 - Mini Tournament
We had a mini tournament for some of the under 16 teams:-
Av It, Red Devils, All Stars United, Barcelona,Unreal Madrid and City Knights.
After some pretty great football and a couple of rounds later City Knights came against Unreal Madrid in the final and after a well fought game Unreal Madrid came out winners beating City Knights 2-0.
We are in the process of organising some more tournaments for all age groups so please watch this space for further details.
12/2/07-16/2/07 - Half Term Hit
Grass Roots put on a Half term programme of fun football, it proved a great hit at all sessions, at Gemtec and Massey street, keep a look out for our Easter and Summer programmes.
10/2/07 - Humber night challenge.
Grass roots entered 2 teams in the Humber night challenge, where teams of 5 had to navigate their way through woodland in Brigg, completing tasks at various check points. Unfortunately due to circumstances on the night only one of our teams were able to enter. At 10.30pm our team entered and appeared again at 5.00am our team 22 came 20th out of the 48 which completed, and beat some well qualified teams. WELL DONE.
There is going to be a presentation at the Country Park Inn in March were our lads will receive a certificate.
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| Half Term Holidays News 07.02.07 |
Monday 12th February 12pm - 3pm @ Indoor pitches Gemtec arena FUN FOOTBALL sessions for years 4,5,6 & 7 (at school)
Wednesday 14th February 12pm - 3 pm @ Massey street all weather pitches years 8 & 9 (at school) FUTSAL FUN and if you don't know what Futsal is all about come down and find out.
Thursday 15th February 12 - 3pm @ Indoor pitches Gemtec arena FUTSAL FUN for school years 10 & 11 again if you haven't heard of Futsal now is the chance for you to find out what its all about.
Friday 16th February 12pm - 3pm @ indoor pitches Gemtec arena FUN FOOTBALL sessions for years 4, 5, 6 & 7 (at school)
All sessions are FREE yes thats FREE and everyone will receive a certificate for taking part.
All you have to do is TURN UP for FUN FUN FUN.
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| Coaching at the Octagon News 25.01.07 |
Football coaching sessions to start back at the Octagon dates and times to be confirmed.
Look out for the posters and flyers for information at half term. Details will be appearing here shortly.
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| Junior Training Sessions News 19.01.07 |
We hold training sessions on a Tuesday 4 - 6 on the all weather pitches at the Gemtec arena. These sessions are for youths in years 4 & 5 at school and are for boys and girls.
From the training sessions we will be putting teams in the East Riding mini leagues, we also have sponsors who will be getting football kits for every team.
If you are interested just turn up on the night its 50p per person or ring Nicky for more information.
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| FUTSAL @ OLYMPICS 2012 News 14.01.07 |
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| FUTSAL PERTH News 14.01.07 |
We have again been invited to Perth, for their 4th Annual Futsal Tournament, as you are all aware City Knights won this competition last year and were named the 'Samba Kings' by the Hull Daily Mail, this will be in April.
From this we are the first English team to be invited to Barcelona in July to play in a Futsal competition. Details will follow.
Just think lads GRASS ROOTS on tour in Spain!!!
Any one else reading this we will be looking for any kind of donation, or support of any kind financial or other, this will be greatly appreciated, if you think you can help in any way please email me or ring myself Frank on 07737138772 or Nicky on 07809208241
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| FUTSAL News 12.01.07 |
For those who are not aware we have started some Futsal sessions at the Kingston youth club, these sessions are for years 8&9 and are designed to give free futsal sessions, to teach you the rules and how to play the game, games of futsal are played.
We are hoping to start a Futsal league in the very near future.
The sessions are on a Thursday evening 6 - 8.30pm at the Kingston Youth Centre Beverley Road.
All are welcome
If any more information is needed please contact Nicky or Frank in the usual way.
P.S we are hoping to start the futsal for the older leagues shortly
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| GYM SESSIONS News 12.01.07 |
We have been approached by Fish trades to put some Gym sessions on in their newly equipped gymnasium, these sessions are for male and female, hopefully starting in March, if you would like to have a session or sessions contact Frank or Fish Trades number will be appearing on the contacts page.
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| FEBRUARY HALF TERM News 12.01.07 |
We are just in the process of producing our half term plan this will be for all age groups, details will follow shortly, in the mean time if any of you have any suggestions of any thing you would like to do then please let Frank know. Remember boys and girls try and be sensible with your ideas!!!!
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| RESULTS News 12.01.07 |
I would just like to apologise about the time it has taken to update the results, but as you are all aware we were on holiday before christmas, and with all the work we are doing and have to do with limited staff sometimes things take a little longer.
But I am now on to the results and they WILL be updated shortly.
So thank you all for your patience.
Nicky
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| YOUR GAME YOUR SAY! News 31.10.06 |
Grass Roots were invited and attended the Football Assosiations regional key stakeholder event 'Your Game Your Say'. We were able to have 'our say' on how the F.A are going to develop a new national game strategy leading up to the 2012 Olympics.
This was a great opportunity to talk to different football and sporting organisations from across the region and also key members from the F.A about how 'Grass Roots' football plays a major part in football. Sir Trevor Brooking was in attendance and we managed to have a quick word, we also got a football which we got signed by the great man himself, which we are holding on to for the time being!
Follow the links to have 'your say' and find out more information... --->
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| TUESDAY JUNIOR FOOTBALL News 31.10.06 |
Due to the lack of commitment from some people we are changing our structure of Tuesday night football, we are now offering coaching sessions to years 4&5 with a view to putting 11-a-side teams in to the F.A's new season next year. We already have a sponsor in place, so if you would like to come and have some coaching come down to the all weather pitches 4.30 - 6pm Tuesdays it only costs 50p!!
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| FIXTURES 2006-07 !! News 14.10.06 |
Fixtures for the forthcoming season are available for the following leagues:
Junior Mixed
Under 14s
Under 18s
Over 18s Division One
Over 18s Premiership
Fixtures for the remaining leagues will be available in the next few days.
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| INTER-AGENCY TOURNAMENT News 10.10.06 |
The tournament is going to be held on Sunday 29th October kick off 1.30 pm at the all weather pitches Gemtec arena, there will be an entrance fee of £10 this will go towards the cover the cost of the pitch hire, places are limited so if you would like to enter your team please contact Nicky or Frank on 07737138772 / 07809208241
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| NEW SEASON News 9.10.06 |
New Season starts...
Under 14
Under 18 Monday 16th October
Over 18
Junior Starts Tuesday 17th October
Under 16 Wednesday 20th October
You will be informed in the next few days of what time your first game is.
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| AUSSIE FUTSAL News 9.10.06 |
We have been invited to play some friendly Futsal games against the Australian Futsal Touring Group. They have 2 under 15 girls teams and a boys under 15 team.
This is not a competition but a chance to meet new people and make new friends, it will be held on Sunday 22nd October and will either be at the Gemtec Arena or Baysgarth school Barton upon Humber.
So anyone interested please contact Frank or Nicky in the usual way.
www.futsal.org.uk
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| FUTSAL |
We are starting a new league in partnership with Futures Through Football, it will be for Under 14's (don't worry we will be doing one for everyone eventually!) it will be on a Tuesday evening 6 - 8 pm at St Marys Cranbrook avenue, places are limited so if you are interested please contact Frank or Nicky.
www.futsal.org.uk
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| FUTSAL Success |
We took 2 teams to Perth in Scotland for the 3rd Annual Perth Youth Futsal Tournament on Saturday 12th August we are the first English teams to ever play in this tournament, we had City Knights and Dane Park Devils, after a long 7 hour drive to Scotland we arrived at the Bells Sports Centre. Both our teams played a number of games playing well seasoned Futsal teams from Scotland, we were due to play a team named Santos from republic of Georgia, unfortunately due to the chaos at the airports the team was unable to make it.
Our teams played 6 games each, with City Knights winning all 6, with the best result being 23 - 1 (to us of course!!), Dane Park Red Devils won 5 out of 6 only losing to City Knights. Overall City Knights came first and Dane Park came 2nd!! I don't think the Scottish teams thought the trophy was going to be leaving Scotland.
I think it is fair to say that all teams we played and the tournament organisers ere more than surprised at the skill level of ALL our players and their level of commitment (remember this is only the 3rd time they have played futsal together) it was even more surprising after their 7 hour trip, they all worked extremely well together in their teams, a big CONGRATULATIONS to all, well done lads, we are all really proud of you.
Just want to say a BIG thank you to Steve from the Perth Futsal for inviting us in the first place, it was an honor to be able to represent England, also thank you for your hospitality and thanks to all the Scottish teams who really made us feel welcome.
Last but not least THANK YOU to Mike the bus driver who gave up his time to drive all the lads up to Scotland.
www.futsal.org.uk
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| FUTSAL |
Over the weekend 5th & 6th August some of our teams were invited to play in a Futsal tournament held at the Gemtec arena, on Saturday our very own Pythons came up against well seasoned futsal teams from Brazil, Portugal, Albania to name but a few, although Pythons lost they played some outstanding football even the coach from Grimsby said so!
Never mind Pythons we are all still proud of what you achieved, well done.
On Sunday it was the turn of our under 14's teams Grass Roots A (City Knights) and Grass Roots B (Dane Park) they played teams from Grimsby, Scotland and Leeds. Again the teams Grass Roots played have been playing Futsal for some time. Our teams had 4 games each and Grass Roots A came second overall winning 3 out of 4 games, the team they lost to Perth (Scotland) was a close game losing 2-1, and it was Perth who won the tournament, Grass Roots B also played extremely good football coming up against some excellent opposition, ending with a great win 3 - 0 against Leeds.
Very well done.
We are hoping to go up to Scotland on the 12th August to play in the 3rd Annual Perth Youth Futsal Tournament. We will report more soon.
www.scottishfutsal.co.uk
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| Calling Female Footballers!
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Calling Girls and women 16 upwards, we are recruiting new members all positions especially goal keepers to our already existing women's football team. We have mid week training at the all weather pitches at the Gemtec arena with level 1 and 2 football coaches.
Regardless of skill level and experience all are welcome.
For more information, or to sign up to the team pleas ring Frank on 07737138772, or Nicky on 07876643601.
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| Richard Gravill Memorial Tournament Report |
Grass Roots Sports in partnership with Amicus the Union held the Richard Gravill Memorial tournament at the Gemtec arena, although it was a wet and windy day we are very pleased to say all teams turned up we started with 16 teams and had to extend this to 20 teams. We had all sorts of things planned for the day i.e football skills, beat the goalie and competitions, and unfortunately due to the BAD weather these had to be cancelled.
We had 2 tournaments the under 16 and the under 14, in the under 16’s it was Av It and Barmy Army in the final with Barmy Army winning the match on penalties, in the under 14’s for the 2nd tournament in a row North Hull United came out winners again. Everyone received medals and there were trophies for the winners.
We would just like to say thankyou for all teams who again conducted themselves very well, and thank you to everyone who came and supported the day.
Last but not least a BIG THANK YOU to all the referees who gave up their spare time (Saturday afternoon) to volunteer their services.
We would just like to wish Carol and her family all the best for the future, from all at Grass Roots Sports.
Pictures are to follow.
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Grass Roots were very pleased to be involved with a new project called sporting futures, who organised a football tournament at the Peel street playing fields, Spring bank. Grass Roots were very pleased to provide 16 teams for the tournament which was under 14 and under 16, it was the hottest day of the year and by the time Frank had finished refereeing he walked off with sun stroke and a blistering head!!
There were 4 pitches going and on all 4, all matches were highly fought, which was wittled down to a semi final and the eventual final in both age categories. The under 14 finalists were North Hull and City Knights with City Knights taking the crown, which was well deserved.
Under 16 finalists were Unreal Madrid and Pythons again another well fought final, with Pythons just scraping the win, If England were to have the same passion, enthusiasm and team work as Pythons showed in their game they might just win the World Cup. Although nothing is to be taken away from the other teams involved in the tournament, every one showed passion, teamwork and enthusiasm.
We would like to take this opportunity to praise all other teams from other areas for their sporting behaviour through out the tournament, and just to finish we would like to say thank you to Tony for an enjoyable well run tournament, and if there are any more coming up please let us know.
Again thank you to the Grass Roots referees who gave up their spare time for this tournament.
Pictures to follow.
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