On a glorious weekend 129 teams competed in the Wickham Wanderers Six a Side Tournament. First up in the competitive section were the twelve U14’s and ten U9’s sides.
Group 1 of the U9’s was a highly competitive division with the top 4 teams only separated by 3 points but Radley A and Grove A made it through to the semi finals. In the second group only 1 game was won by more than 1 goal with Ardington A and Grove B qualifying. Unfortunately for Grove both of their sides lost in the semi leaving Radley and Ardington to play a very competitive final with Radley running out the 1-0 winners.
In the U14’s section Wickham Reds dominated the group winning it without conceding a goal. Second place was between Thatcham Harriers and Killington but a 0-0 draw in this game gave the Oxford side the second semi final place. Purton were leading the 2nd group with 11 points also not having conceded a goal leaving Wickham Blues needing a win over Devizes to top the group, however a 0-0 draw meant they would play their Red team in the Semi final, but they also had not conceded a goal so something would have to give. The Wickham Red team beat their Blue team 1-0 and Kiddlington also won their semi final against Purton by the same score. Wickham dominated the final beating Kiddlington 2-0.
As the day heated up it was the turn of the U10’s and U13’s. The U10’s competition saw the League rounds determine who would play each other in the Knockout competition which then came down to Burghfield losing 1-0 to Garsington in the first semi final and then Thatcham Harriers A beating Newbury B by the same score in the other semi. In the final Harriers stepped up their game a notch or two running out comfortable 4-0 winners…the most goals scored in a final all weekend.
18 teams contested the U13’s competition, with Eldon Celtic, Greenmeadow B, Cumnor A and Southside (last years U12’s winners) going through to the quarterfinals undefeated; however Southside were well beaten 3-0 by Greenmeadow with the other three sides joined in the semi final by Cumnor B. Eldon beat the Cumnor B side 1-0 in the first semi but Greenmeadow needed penalties to beat Cumnor A 3-2 to qualify for the final. The final was a very good climax to the day with Eldon eventually running out 2-0 winners.
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