East Riding Sport and Play Development in partnership with Positive Futures and Beverley Youth Service ran a Youth Centre Football Festival at Longcroft School on Wednesday 1st September. Nine teams from all corners of the East Riding were competing to be crowned Youth Service Champions!!
Teams came from Pocklington, Beverley, Withernsea, Driffeld and for the first time South Hunsley! The teams were split into 2 groups in a round robin format. The top two teams would go onto play in the Cup Format and third and fourth place teams going onto play in the plate competition.
The group stages saw some great football played from all teams involved and Withernsea scored a goal worthy of goal of the season award in any league!!
After the league finished the semi finals for the cup were decided with Withernsea B vs Driffield A and South Hunsley vs Pocklington B. Two great semi finals played in good spirit and football. Withernsea edged out Driffiled on sudden death penalties with Withernsea’s goal keeper the hero! South Hunsley with some Arsenal each football out played a spirited Pocklington Side to reach the final.
The Final saw South Hunsley play Withernsea B the two sides had played each other in the competition which saw a gritty draw played out! South hunsley started the stronger of the two teams and out played Withernsea through out the final winning 2-0. A score which was made respectable by Withernsea’s goal keeper making some world class saves! Goals for South Hunsley came from Ryan Morris and Tom Brownlee.
The Plate Final saw two teams who had played out the cup final last time out, Beverley vs Pocklington, Beverley got revenge for the defeat earlier in the year.
Well done to all the teams involved the tournament was played in good spirit throughout, a big thank you to all the staff from Youth Service and Mike Trotter from Longcroft for Sorting the pitch’s out at short notice!
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