Around 1,000 people watched or took part in Stone Festival’s fifth Junior Football Tournament on Sunday.
‘A really successful day’ was the way that Stone Festival Chairman John Sayer described this year’s tournament, held at the Yarnfield home of Stone Dominoes and which saw teams from across the West Midlands take part.
Thirty-two teams of young footballers played in a Champions League format in the morning followed by a short knockout competition to decide the winners in each age group, and there were some very close finishes in each of the age groups.
The event was managed on the day by the Stoke City Community Programme – who provided the match officials and kept a tally of the results. It was sponsored by Dave Rhodes Grounds Maintenance and M-Way Vehicle Rentals.
Cllr June Price, Stone Town Mayor, presented the winning teams with their trophies and medals at the end of a very exciting day’s football.
The winners and runners up in each of the age groups were:
- Under 12 Girls: Lichfield Diamonds beat Hednesford Town on a penalty shoot out after drawing 0-0 at full time
- Under 14 Girls: Walsall Ladies beat Lichfield Diamonds 1 – 0
- Under 8 Boys: Hednesford Town beat Stourbridge Glass Boys on a penalty shoot out after drawing 1 – 1 at full time
- Under 9 Boys: Blythe Bridge Lions beat PSV Stone 1 – 0
- Under 10 Boys: Holy Name FC beat Stafford Falcons on a penalty shoot out after drawing 1 – 1 at full time. (Holy Name FC are based in Erdington)
- Under 11 Boys: Eccleshall Eagles Blue beat Lane Head Raiders (Walsall) 2 – 0
- Under 13 Boys: Stafford Rangers Stripes beat Stonefield Warriors 3 – 2
You can see lots of pictures here.
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