The Do's and Dont's of Football.

Do not play football under the influence of alcohol

Do not play football on an unlit field at 10pm

Do not play football near recently pruned trees



Do carry a full first aid kit

Do call convential doctors and not witch doctors!



No girls were hurt or distressed following Mean Marks accident!!

The tree responsible has been vetted and has received a red card.





One Team, One Dream
One Tree, One Nightmare
One Beer(not), One Burger
One Scar, One Half Blood Prince

HMW at Bolton Wood's Tournament

Hemsworth Miners were successfully represented by 3 teams in the Bolton Woods Tournament, 1 U15's team and 2 U14's teams.
2 teams finished as runners up in the finals and 1 as semi finalists.



U15's
The girls had mixed blessings in the qualifying rounds with some wins and some losses. All the girls played well together and displayed some excellent skills. Chelsea in goals was her usual vocal self, oozing confidence and making some great saves throughout the day. Having qualified for the semi's the team were up against Appleby & Frodingham reds, the score ended at 1-1 so the dreaded penalties were to be the decider of who went into the finals. The excellent keeping skills was evident as the score remained at 1-1 after the first round of penalties!
Hemsworth kept their nerve as Carmen stepped onto the penalty spot to strike what was to be the winning shot. A nervous Chelsea stepped onto her line to make a 2 footed diving save, denying A&F a place in the final with their white team.
Hemsworth finished respectable runners up against A&F whites in the final.

U14's-B (Sid's)
The team opened the tournament with a confident 3-0 win against Shipley, with goals from Amy, Chazzie and Kelly. Unlucky near misses from Leah, Georgi, Nicky and Sophie. The girls demonstrated some excellent passing football and had at least 90% possession of the ball. The opposing goal came under threat at least every minute and the score line could have easily have been in double figures.
The team were denied a place in the finals having lost out to Bolton Woods in the semis, who went on to win the tournament.



U14's-A (Dave's)
The girls gave 100% effort today and reaped the rewards with a succession of goals from Becky(1) who enjoyed playing more up front, Ebony(2) and Chloe(3) who had a fab game today. Nikheala had her best tournament yet in the goals taking some hard shots to her body, and dominating her area. She is showing what a competent goalie she is becoming. Lindz and Chels played solid and provided some good passes, and Tiff stood up to the tough opposition of the bigger girls with spirit and determination.
The girls were beaten 1-3 in the final against the bigger Bolton Woods girl's.

U14's Girls Presentations

A fabulous well attended night and as usual the stars themselves(the girls) looked stunning!! Its becoming a bit of a BAFTA event with the girls dressing to kill and eager to show that all girl footballers are certainly not tomboys!! With each year the girls develop into lovely young women and Sid commented about the maturity of the team on the field, this year in particular. It is this self control and maturity that he believes gained them the prestigious "David Beckham Fair Play Award" in May this year.



With the pies in the oven, Sid got the nod from his better half to proceed with the presentation's. Sid firstly said his thank yous to the parents and his second in command (who now has the T shirt). A special mention to Adam Wathem for all his hard work and support to the club!
One by one each of Sid's Babies collected their trophy and a few kind words!! Because of the lengthy speeches I cannot possible write all the details so I have summed each girl up as follows:-

Linz- The Bouncer
Nicky- The Wanderer
Kelly- The Joker
George- The Motivator
Amy- The Marksman
Becky- The Backbone
Chloe- The Storyteller
Leah- The Kean Machine
Sophie- The Shy One
Tiff- The Tracker
Ebony- The Dodger
Nikheala- The Fearless
Chels- The Speed Queen
Chazzie- The Big Booter

Well by now the pie was extremely well done and Sid was still in full swing, it is rumoured that he is in training as an after dinner speaker...

The 3 Special awards were presented as follows;-
The Managers player of the year
Lindsey Heeley
The most improved
Georgina Akeroyd
The most consistent
Charlotte Andrews



The girls and parents then showed their appreciation to Sid and Tracey for all their hard work, time and commitment as we really do understand the impact that football has on the family life.
So on that note the burnt offerings were served (only kidding) followed by a disco.



ONE TEAM ONE DREAM







Well done to all the girls, you have done yourselves and your parents proud and heres to next years season!!!!

Sponsorship

Hemsworth Miners Welfare Junior Football Club is a non-profit organisation that currently runs teams for both Boys and Girls from 6 years of age.

We rely on Member subscriptions, Fund raising and Sponsors to enable the club to continue supporting young people in football and grow by attacting more players and raising the profile of the club in the local area.

We need funds to pay for Playing kit, Rain proof tops, Equipment such as Footballs, Junior Goals, Training Equipment. We also need funding for the many courses that our Managers and Coaches go on such as Child Protection, First Aid and coaching courses.

We do our best to hold as many events as possible in order to raise some much needed funds and some of our teams have a sponsor in some form or other. Whether it be generous parents that fund for a new kit, or a Company that buys kit in order to both help the club prosper and advertise their name on our kit.

We would love to have the help of your business.


What would you gain from sponsoring our club?

It would be an ideal way to link your business to the Community.

It would greatly increase your image and build local awareness of your business.

It would obviously advertise your business and give you the satisfaction of helping the youngsters of the area.


If you can help please E mail: stuart@hmwjfc.co.uk (HMWJFC Secretary)


Many Thanks.

Bramley Sunnyside Tournament

Hemsworth U14's entered 2 teams into what must be the most complicated tournament to date.
On disecting the mind boggling rules the teams were ready for the kick off. Unfortunately not the same could be said about the referees because many interpretations of the rules were evident from the first 4 games that we watched. One ref was barely out of nappies (15) and ignored the fact that players were entering the goal area, a rule specifically stated in the programme.
Another team played a whole match with the goalie kicking the ball out, again another rule a referee ignored.
Some refs allowed a second chance if a rule was broken and some give a penalty! Russian roulette comes to mind, and FRUSTRATING is an understatement!!
In fact our entertainment of the day was eavesdropping in on conversations as many a manager passed our camp enroute to the officials tent to complain!

Oh the football I nearly forgot! Hemsworth A team (Dave's) despite a brave attempt and 1 Super penalty from Becky, failed to qualify into the semi's.


Hemsworth B team (Sid's) qualified for the semis, meeting with a very poor sporting Sheffield team!
Hemsworth came through the match- bones and reputation unscathed- and won the nail biting penalty shoot out, with the winning penalties coming from Amy and Chaz.
Kelly showed she had a heart of a lion and saved some fantastic balls.

The 6 girls then went on to to play Batley in the final (deja vou) but were outplayed and finished admirable runners up.

Ashton's Wags

Chris “Tig” Askham Memorial



A Memorial tournament for Chris 'Tig' Askham was held last weekend (16/6/09), it consisted of a 4 team tournament, a Women’s Game and an Over 35s Game.

The day started with the Women’s game between Ashton’s WAG’s and the Hemsworth Miners Welfare Ladies. All the Spectators were entertained with some very good football and in true WAG style, a display of colourful fashion accessories (tu tu’s) and of course plenty of back chat and rule breaking!!

The Men’s Tournament was well represented by our local teams, and was won by HMW.
The over 35's teams consisted of ex players, refs, coaches and managers of which all managed to come through without injuries!!!

The fundraising went on until very late with live music and a few bevvies!

The day was extremely well supported by the local community, and a massive thankyou goes out to everyone who attended and contributed to this event.