Team news, fundraising, recent results and team photo.

Hello,

Mr Stuart Stedman (Teacher at Westbrook Hay Prep School) and I, co-manage the Dacorum District Under 11s Football Team. Over the last few months we have trialled around 120 boys (who are currently in year 6 at a school within the district of Dacorum.) 

These boys have been selected to represent the Dacorum for the 2011-2012 season in which we will be playing in the Surrey League, Hertfordshire League, Witney Cup, Southern Counties Cup and the Hertfordshire Inter District National 7-a-side tournament. 

As a team, neither Stuart or I receive any wage, we do it on a purely voluntary basis.All the boys pitch in with fundraising activities to raise money for the general running of the team. The fundraising activities this season are as follows; shopping bag pack at Tesco, Hemel Hempstead, Sponsored Penalty Shootout and a Christmas Raffle. This year we have been very fortunate that some of the local councillors for Dacorum, Mrs Jan Maddern, Mr Richard Roberts, Mr Ron Tindall, Mr Ian Reay and Mr Terry Douris have all allocated us some funding from their locality budgets. Thank you to everybody who has assited in raising funds for the team, your help is greatly appreciated.

Our results for the season so far:

Dacorum v Arsenal PDC           7-2               We won a Pre season friendly

Dacorum v Croydon                  5-0                We won a Surrey League Match

Dacorum v Sutton                      1-1                We drew a Surrey League Match

Dacorum v Potters Bar             6-0                We won a Hertfordshire League Match

Woking v Dacorum                    0-8                We won a Surrey League Match

Dacorum v Oxford                     0-1                We lost Witney Cup Match

Dacorum v St Albans                 3-0                We won a Hertfordshire League Match
Dacorum v Stevenage              4-1                We won a Hertfordshire League Match
Dacorum v Brent                        1-1                We drew a Hertfordshire League Match
Dacorum v Vale                          3-0                We won a Southern Counties Cup Match
WFC U10 v Dacorum                 0-3            We won a mid season 7-a-side friendly

Herts Inter District 7-a-sides                       We finished runners up

Gravesham v Dacorum            1-3                 We won the Southern Counties Cup Quarter Final
Croydon v Dacorum                  1-3                We won a Surrey League Match
Dacorum v Barking                    3-1                We won the Southern Counties Cup Semi Final
Dacorum v Gloucester             0-2                We lost a mid season 9-a-side friendly
Dacorum v Woking                    9-1                We won a Surrey League Match
Dacorum v Luton                       3-0                 We won a Hertfordshire League Match
Sutton v Dacorum                     4-3                 We lost a Surrey League Match   
Dacorum v Bristol                                            Dacorum awarded Southern Counties Cup

Team Photo:

Top row (left to right)
Stuart Stedman (co-manager and teacher at Westbrook Hay), Luke Beckwith (Chaulden Primary), Oscar Durrant (Nash Mills Primary), Kieran Shepherd (Leverstock Green Primary), Ben Hunt (Bridgewater Middle School), Kane Amos (Boxmoor Primary), Adam Sawyer (Leverstock Green Primary), Bradley Webb (Bovingdon Primary), Frankie Adio (Chambersbury Primary), Luke Nicholls (co-manager and teacher at Kings Langley Primary)

Bottom row (left to right)

George Piekarczyk (Leverstock Green Primary), Charlie Attwood (Berkhamsted School), Louie Collier (Hobletts Manor Junior), Alex Wilkinson (Westbrook Hay Prep School), BJ Busari (Westbrook Hay Prep School), Oliver Burchnall (Bridgewater Middle School), Will Bisney (Thomas Coram Middle School).