No. 363 - 31-Mar-2012 - Sovereign Saints FC

CELEBRATING 9 YEARS AT HAMPDEN PARK 2003 - 2012
Weekly Newsletter 363 www.sovereignsaintsfc.org Saturday 31 st March 2012
ORANGE DRINKS JUST 20P. MUST CLEAR
SWEET BAGS 50P. WHIP SWEETS
JUST 10P EACH AT CONTROL TODAY
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED SATURDAY 14 TH APRIL
AFTER TRAINING TO HELP COLLATE OUR STOCK
OF TOURNAMENT GOALS. PLEASE MEET AT
HUTQUARTERS FROM 11AM. THANK YOU
THINGS ARE CHANGING ROUND HERE
Today will see the last Saturday where training control and FROM the club 8.45 shop EACH will be SUNDAY positioned by
the Rugby changing rooms. With effect from our next Saturday FOR session, LATEST on NEWS April 14 ON
th , our new
shop will be open at Hut-quarters on the far side of the park. YOUR FIXTURE
This is a major improvement for the club and means we now have a permanent base for the club
to conduct its business, come rain, come shine.
WE HAVE A
GOOD STOCK OF 50P
BAG SWEETS. WHY NOT
TREAT THE KIDS AFTER
TRAINING?
permanently.
To celebrate the opening of Hut-quarters, we are having a sale in the shop, with some items
reduced by a massive 50%. We will also have a bring and buy book shelf in the shop, with both
football and non football paperbacks for sale at just 30p and hardbacks from 50p. A second hand
football boot and football clothing shelf where you can come along and find a bargain, will also
be available. If the book and second hand shelf are successful we hope to have them
We welcome all donations of quality football clothing, football boots and books in order that we
can sell them within the shop. Please just bring them along.
The shop and control will be open from 9.30 until 11.30 each and every Saturday and a warm
welcome is waiting for any Saints parent who pops by.
EASTER EGG FOR TRAINEES TODAY
As a goodwill gesture the club is providing an Easter Egg for every child taking part in training
today. Eggs will be available from your parent rep.
NO TRAINING NEXT SATURDAY
In order to give all club officials, managers, coaches and parent reps a break, there will be no
training next Saturday 7 th April. I am sure you parents could also do with a break and hope the
weather is nice enough to enjoy it. See you back here on April 14 th .
FOOTBALL CARD WINNER WEEK 3
Congratulations to Wilfie Brown who won £10 with Cardiff. New card out today. 50p a go.

LAST WEEKENDS SCORES 24 TH MARCH
U7 SEAGULLS 2-3 Niall Scott-Smith,
Bradley Ironside
U7 SEAGULLS 2-1 Niall Scott-Smith,
Bradley Ironside
U9 Eastbourne United 6-1 Harvey Flood 3,
Anthony Gill,
Jordan Willoughby 2
U9 Eastbourne United 6-0 Harvey Berwick 4
Mackenzie Stiles
Sonny Chambers
U10Y LITTLE COMMON 2-0 Callum Elliott
Lewis Buckle
U10Y LITTLE COMMON 1-8 Joshua Smith
U10B Denton 1-3 Ruan Burrell
U10B Denton 1-3 Ruan Burrell
U11 Peacehaven 0-2
U15 Willingdon 6-4 Louie Smith 3
Omar Bozdag
Joe Barker
Jack Findon
SAINTS SOCIAL DIARY
The clubs fund raising committee have now met and have come up with this social diary for 2012. All dates, venues etc
are to be confirmed but the list is as follows.
April 27th - An evening of clairvoyance. PREVIEW WITH THIS NEWSLETTER
May
- Club racenight
June 23rd - Annual end of season presentation. FULL DETAILS OF THIS AFTER EASTER
July
- Clubs 7 th annual tournament
August 7 th , 8 th and 9 th - Clubs annual soccer school PREVIEW WITH THIS NEWSLETTER
September
- Annual photo call
October
- Quiz night
FIXTURES FOR 1 ST APRIL 2012
U7 NO FIXTURE
U8 PATCHAM TMT SEE RYAN CLARKE RE THIS EVENT
U9 NO FIXTURE
U10B NO FIXTURE
U10Y NO FIXTURE
U11 NO FIXTURE
U12 NO FIXTURE
U13 NO FIXTURE
U14 NO FIXTURE
U15 NO FIXTURE

SOVEREIGN SAINTS FC
IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE GUIDING LITE CENTRE
PROUDLY PRESENT
FRIDAY 27 TH APRIL 2012
7.30PM
At Conqueror Hall,
Harold Drive, Kingsmere
Tickets £5
Refreshments will be available for a small donation
‘Adi will link you with loved one’s in the
spirit world as proof of survival’
Disclaimer
Anything spiritual that is performed by anyone involved with Guiding Lite, is a form of
experiment, and is to be seen as so.
As with all experiments nothing is promised and should be seen as that.
Also if we are holding clairvoyant evenings we hold no responsibility for an individual mediums,
ideas or opinions, and the individuals opinions are not necessarily ours.
We believe in truth, light, nature and love also.
To this end our evenings are to be taken for entertainment purposes only and that you take
from the evening what you feel is necessary.
We hope you get the positive proof you seek, but nothing is promised and please accept that.
Please enjoy your evening in a relaxed positive atmosphere.

NEWS IN BRIEF
SPEEDY RECOVERY DARREN
We wish Under 13 coach Darren Hughes a speedy recovery following his horrible leg injury sustained in
the vets friendly against Eastbourne United last week.
PARENT REP MEETING
CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE AND AVAILABLITY. THANKS
7.30pmTUESDAY 17 TH APRIL AT EMMA GARVES HOUSE. PLEASE
ANNUAL PRESENTATION FUN DAY
Please could you put Saturday 23 rd June in your diaries for the clubs annual presentation and fun day.
Details are being finalised and an announcement will be made shortly but in the meantime can I ask you
to please keep this day clear. MORE DETAILS AFTER EASTER….SEE NEWSLETTER 14 TH APRIL
WHY NOT FILL A JAM JAR WITH SWEETS FOR TOMBOLLA
We are on the lookout for jam jars filled with sweets so they can be used
as prizes at our funday and tournament, on the tombola stall. If you could
fill an old clean jam jar with sweets, or any other item including toys, we
can then use them for our events. Any help would be appreciated. Please
start to hand them in at training. Thanks
EMPTY JAM JARS WITH LIDS ALSO WANTED
Got any old jars? Can you please clean them and pass them to control so
We can hand them out to be filled. Thanks
OLD FOOTBALL BOOTS ALSO REQUIRED NICE AND CLEAN PLEASE
We can re sell these at our tournament so please have a look at home and if you would like to donate
them to the club, we can sell them on. Thanks
TESCO VOUCHERS
Please can I ask you think of us when deciding who to give your Tesco schools and club vouchers to.
We managed to get some important gear last year and would love to do the same again this year. They
started being handed out in store from Monday 12 th and we will have a box at control for your donations.
Thanks in advance. Total as of 29 TH March 700
THE TOURNAMENT WISH LIST
We would like to hear from anybody who has the following we could use or have for our tournament in
July
- 14KVA or bigger generator
- Spare tables (Garden)
- Access to a large Luton type van we can use on Thursday 12 th , Friday 13 th and Monday 16 th July.
- Old football boots
- Raffle prizes
- Tombolla prizes
We also need advertisers for our tournament programme which start at just £25 a quarter page. We are
on the look out for local or national business’s that would like to rent a pitch in our big marque. Just
£30 a day. We are also looking for a main tournament sponsor, pitch sponsors, and referee sponsors.
If you have a business and feel you could help reduce our overheads for running the event, we would
love to hear from you. Its your club and if we all help out, we can really make Tournament 2012 a
success.

SAINTS BEARS READY FOR HOLIDAYS AGAIN
The Saints bears are ready to go out on holidays again and are looking for your help.
Each year the Saints bears called Toffee, Sovereign and Amber are loaned out for exciting holidays with
club members. This year they are having a bit of a competition to see which of them can cover the most
miles. All you need to do is take a bear on holiday with you, take some pictures and then they will be
displayed on the website and here in the newsletter.
Bears available from today for a relaxing Easter break…..Go on treat them
This picture was taken before Toffee jetted off to Cuba for w well earned break. He will be in the lead
for the mileage chart.
LEFT TO RIGHT
Toffee, Sovereign and Amber
SHIELD RETURN PLEASE
As plans for our presentation fun-day gather pace, it is now time to request the return of the age group
shields won at last years awards day. Please start to return the shields to control as soon as possible
and please can you give them a polish.
HUTQUARTERS – ADVERTISING OPPOTUNTIES
The walls are painted, the celling up, the locks sorted, the shelves are in place and the floor completed.
We are now ready to put the finishing touches to the hut-quarters and officially open it for business on
14 th April.
Hut-quarters will be used on Saturday mornings but we aim to use it to its potential and therefore this
will generate a lot of visitors. Therefore why not have an advert board on the side whilst it is opened.
Rates are very good and if interested please see Iain Stiles or Matt Graves.
SUMMER SOCCER SCHOOL
Sovereign Saints summer soccer school will again be running this summer. The dates have just been
finalised.
Tuesday 7 th August, one-day session for 5 to 7 year olds. £20.
Wednesday 8 th and Thursday 9 th August 8 to 10 year olds two day session £35
Form available from control. Limited space.
Venue will be Stone Cross nurseries, Ditton Road, Stone Cross.
Full preview in newsletter dated 21 st April…..

MATCH REPORTS MARCH 24th
UNDER 7
We were at home this week for our last day of the season we had a much better turnout than the previous week and all arrived on time despite
Emma telling everyone to make sure they put their clocks back the night before ( just can’t get the staff!!). Also we had a last minute disruption
just before kick off when we had to move pitches due to another team double booking and despite the uplift and pitch with no nets everyone
was rearing to go and for the most of the first game we looked like a win was on the cards. A winding run from Niall who came from defence
and took it round most of their team and thundered in an amazing goal to give lead for the Saints. Shortly followed by a goal disallowed for
Delwin who had played well throughout after a late challenge was blown for an opposition free kick. Alastair charged at the opposition again out
on field with his no fear attitude and getting stuck into every challenge. Alfie stayed back in the defence covering Adam who had gone in goal
for this game and pulled off some fine saves. Ben and Delwin came close but were just denied on each occasion. Top Goalscorer Bradley
sealed another trademark goal to level the game. Alas as has happened a few times this year we just lost out but looked a strong side capable
of the win.
Our second and last game of the season had us finish with a win, which was deserved over both the games. Hamish, Yankuba, Connor and
Joshua came on for the second game and it wasn’t long before Bradley and Niall were back on the score sheet again. Hamish was in fine form
again showing how he has developed through the year to become a fantastic player for the team. We held onto the lead well as the opposition
came back at us but could only get one back thanks to the superb goalkeeping of Joshua and the all round great team performance.
I would like to thank all the team for the hard work they have put in this year through rain and shine and look forward to our summer
tournaments over the coming months. I would like to also thank all the families of the boys who have been supporting the team throughout the
year and the help and support they have given me as well in my first year. Well-done boys this year!!!!
UNDER 9
Well it’s the end of the season for the Sovereign Saints under 9’s and what a season it has been. These kids have given it their all and have
come away with a club record of 17 wins and 3 draws in the league games and 16 wins, 2 draws and just 2 losses in the league friendlies with
a combined total of 176 goals. That’s an unbeaten run in the league.
Credit goes to the coaches, Ian Stiles, Paul Jenkins and manager Ade Willoughby who put in their free time for the kids. Thanks to everyone
for their support.
UNDER 10 YELLOW
For the first time since the start of this year the boys in this game did what I knew they could and played a passing game. The ball was moved
around with confidence and assurance, at times from one side of the pitch to the other. The new formation of playing Jed Hipkiss at the back
with Christian, and Dominic Bastin up front with Ryan on the left of midfield and Lewis in the middle, really worked well. Lewis was able to link
up with both Ryan and Callum and set them on their way, who in turn fed Dominic. Callum opened the scoring with a skilful goal, taking his
seasons tally to 19, and Lewis put in the second through grit and determination. James, kept a clean sheet; this is so important to have a solid
and consistent keeper.
For the first ten minutes this was a very close second game, with the score 1-1. A fine goal from Joshua Smith, equalising. This takes his tally
so far to 13 (second highest scorer). At half time it was only 2-1, due mainly to some great saves from Connor. However, in the second half, we
lost our way slightly, and conceded several goals in quick succession. Marcus, run his socks off to earn man of the match.
UNDER 10 BLACK
Game 1 – The weather was great for this match and the boys played well. There was a lot of pressure from Denton at the start of the first half
but the boys defended well as a team and they grew into the game. With some good goalkeeping from stand in keeper Jamie Jeapes we went
in at half time at 0-0. The boys played well in the second half but got caught on the break a couple of times to go behind 2-0. They kept
pushing and a great shot by Ruan Burrell from a tight angle got one back for Saints before Denton got a third with the game finishing 3-1.
Man of the Match: Ruan Burrell
Game 2 – The second game was the same as the first with the match very even, the boys played well with good passing and tackles when
they were needed. A good attack by the Saints towards the end of the half saw the ball in the back of the net but Connor Jenkins effort was
disallowed with the 1 st half ending 0-0. The second half started well, but Denton managed to sneak a goal to take the lead. The boys pressed
on with Ruan Burrell popping up with an equaliser. There were great efforts from all the lads with Luke Snelgrove and Sammy Tolhurst coming
close and Ruan Burrell hitting the post. Denton were dangerous on the break and managed a further two goals with the final score again 3-1 to
Denton.
Man of the Match: Sammy Tolhurst