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Happy 50th Birthday to First Team Manager Paul Clune - 14th
December 2006!
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| Uley First Team Manager Paul Clune! |
During the sixties, uley’s half time team talks were probably the best in the world!
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Uley Under 11's Season Report 2005-06
The Under 11's celebrated the end of their first full season of league football, by receiving
their individual awards and the club's 'Team of the Year Award' at last Saturday's Presentation Evening.
The award
recognised the achievement of the whole team over the season.The U11's record in 2006 is played 9, won 8, with 25 goals scored
and only 3 conceded. A run that saw them climb from bottom in the league to third place.
At first the U11's had struggled
to come to grips with the pace and organisation of their much more experienced opponents, losing their first five games and
conceding 23 goals.
Thus, even when Uley managed to record their first victory (4-3 over Hawkesbury at the end of
October), the players confidence remained brittle. The mixed results of the next weeks, a victory over Slimbridge, a draw
with Wotton and two losses signalled an improvement, but nobody really predicted the transformation that was to come after
Christmas.
Both myself and my Assistant Tim Hudson always believed that the players had the ability to compete at this
level, but realised that confidence is crucial at this age. Therefore, the really significant factor, is not so much the results,
but the way in which a group of young players (with only one or two
additions) had the strength of character to trust in
their teammates and determination to improve. To enjoy football, be competitive and sporting, both in victory and defeat,
is all that can be asked of any team, and the U11's have been a fantastic example of this.
Individual awards for this
season are as follows:
Players Player - Jae Pitts
Managers Player - Jacob Opher
Sportsman - Tom Burroughs
Most
Improved Player - Jimmy Dolphin
Joint Top Scorers - Jae Pitts/Ryan Dolbear
by ChrisTooze
U11's Manager
Uley World Tour May 2007 destination announced!
Steve King has announced the 2007 destination for the much travelled Uley AFC. Scheduled for
the May bank holiday of 2007, the team will tour Newcastle. Steve will keep people updated with developments as much of the
details are unconfirmed as of yet.
Uley Top Scorer 2005-2006
The Results are in for Uley's top scorer for the season 2005-2006! James Stennett fired in 15
goals this term proving a worthy winner of the title. However, Ryan Constantine came a close second with 13 goals proving
that their partnership is bears much promise for next season. Rich Kemp came third hitting 7 goals this season, a generous
contribution from a midfielder!
USA Tour Spring 2006
Uley AFC club members Wayne Fisher, Did Williams, Chalky Chandler, James Stennett and Steve King recently
toured South-West USA, to coincide with former player Andy Bird's Las Vegas wedding.
The 2 week tour started in Phoenix,
Arizona and ended in Los Angeles, California. In between the intrepid fivesome visited Las Vegas, The Grand Canyon,
San Francisco, Sequoia Forest, San Diego, Tijuana (for approx 30 mins only!) and Los Angeles.
Some Uley AFC club members
attribute the clubs general poor end of season finish down to this tour, which deprived the club of 4 valuable players and
Chalky! The Community Centre's bar takings were also down during this period!!!
By Steve King
Who Am I?
Can you spot the identity of this Uley goalscoring legend no longer sporting the mullet?
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Uley Golf Day - November 2005
The month of November saw members of the club hanging up their
boots and taking a break from the football field with a golf day held at Thornbury Golf Club. A great day was had by all on
the par 3 course where Wayne Fisher triumphed, closely followed by Steve King and Dave Spencer.
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| The Uley lads relaxing with a round of golf (Click to enlarge) |
Uley
Golf Day Leaderboard at the close of play:
1 Wayne Fisher
2 Steve King
3 Dave
Spencer
4 Rich Kemp
5 Jim Tearle
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Lee Hill
7
Squeaker
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Mike Davis
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Chris Tooze
10 James Stennett
11 Dan Savage
Nearest the pin 17th = Mike Davis
Nearest the pin 18th = Steve King
Longest drive = "disputed!!!!!"
Uley Pool Competition - November 2005
The month of November also saw the club Pool competition held
at Dursley Community Centre. Ashley Caldwell proved himself to be the pool champion defeating James Stennett in the final.
Valiant contestants in the event included Paul Clune, Jimmy Dykes and Justin Troy amongst others.
Contributed by Steve King
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