RAF WELSH YOUTH FINALS 2007/08
This was the first season that all boys and girls competitions were played together over the same weekend. In fact it was the first season where there was an Under 11 girls National Final and an Under 13 girls National Final. In honour of this the Newtown microclimate struck again and, in total contrast to last season, the temperatures throughout the weekend were approaching the 30°C mark.
Saturday kicked off with the Girls Under 15 final where Whitchurch Saints, from the South, took on Welshpool, from the North. In a closely competed game Whitchurch came out on top with a 5 - 0 win. However, the RAF player of the match was awarded to Lucy Davies from Welshpool.
This game was followed by the U11 Girls Final and the cup was competed for by Whitchurch, Newport and Dysynni. Following a round robin of games and having beaten both other teams the cup went to Whitchurch Saints. RAF Player of the Tournament went to Nia Davies.
| Whitch'ch | Newp't | Dysynni | For | Agst | Diff | Pts | Pos | |
Whitchurch |
3 - 0 | 10 - 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 6 | 1 | |
Newport |
0 - 3 | 9 - 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 3 | 2 | |
Dysynni |
0 - 10 | 0 - 9 | 0 | 19 | -19 | 0 | 3 | |
The Under 18 competition was next up and this was competed between Newport and Caernarfon. Newport came out comprehensive winners by 7 goals to 1. These were scored by Hannah Vowles (2), Sophie Clayton (2), Rachel Thomas (2) and Ellis Davies with Llio Fflur grabbing a consolation goal for Caernarfon. RAF Player of the Tournament was won by Sophie Clayton for Newport.
The day was finished off with the U13 girls tournament, this was competed between Whitchurch Saints, Swansea, Montgomery and Newport. After another competitive round robin of games the cup went to Whitchurch Saints who managed a clean sweep beating the other three teams. The RAF player of the Tournament went to Newport’s Bethan White.
| Whit'ch | Swans' | Mont'y | Newp't | For | Agst | Diff | Pts | Pos | |
Whitchurch |
1 - 0 | 8 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | 1 | |
Swansea |
0 - 1 | 6 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 | 3 | |
Montgomery |
0 - 8 | 0 - 6 | 0 - 10 | 0 | 24 | -24 | 0 | 4 | |
Newport |
1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 10 - 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 4 | 2 | |
Sunday morning saw the start of the boys competition which kicked off with the Under 15 final. This saw Whitchurch take on Colwyn Bay. After a very competitive game the result was 5 - 0 to Whitchurch with goals from Rhys Davies (2) and Tom Skirrow (3). Rhys capped his impressive match by being named RAF Player of the Tournament.
This final was followed by the Under 11 group. This was contested between Swansea, Whitchurch, Dysynni and Colwyn Bay. In a closely contested group Whitchurch won with victories over the other three competing teams, their player Osian Hughes was named RAF Player of the Tournament.
| Swans' | Whit'ch | Dysynni | Colwyn |
For | Agst | Dif | Pts | Pos | |
Swansea |
0 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 7 | 3 | +5 | 6 | 2 | |
Whitchurch |
1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | 1 | |
Dysynni |
2 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 | 4 | |
Colwyn Bay |
0 - 4 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 3 | 3 | |
Next up was the Under 17 boys where Whitchurch took on Colwyn Bay. It was a very valiant effort from Colwyn Bay however; they could not stop Whitchurch from winning 4 – 0. The Whitchurch goals came from Mike Despres (2) and Ben Davies (2). Rhys Gowman (Whitchurch) was named RAF Player of the Tournament.
The last final of the weekend was the Boys Under 13 competition. The participating teams were Swansea, Whitchurch, Colwyn Bay and Northop Hall. Swansea Bay won the overall group. Bryn Jones of Colwyn Bay was named RAF Player of the Tournament.
| Swans' | Whit'ch | Colwyn | North'p | For | Agst | Diff | Pts | Pos | |
Swansea |
3 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 6 - 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 9 | 1 | |
Whitchurch |
0 - 3 | 0 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 3 | 3 | |
Colwyn Bay |
1 - 4 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | 2 | |
Northop Hall |
0 - 6 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 2 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0 | 4 | |
In all it was a tremendous weekend of youth hockey helped in no small part by the weather conditions. On behalf of everyone who took part thanks should go to our Sponsors, The RAF, all the Umpires and Officials that took part, the WHU representatives and the staff at Maldwyn Leisure Centre. Everyone who came up had a thoroughly enjoyable weekend.