MESSAGE FROM CHAIRMAN

AFC Waverton has an immediate vacancy for the position of Child Welfare Officer. This role oversees the club’s child protection work such as the organisation of relevant volunteer background checks. This is a rewarding role and training and support will be provided.  

Interested? For an informal discussion contact Julian White at julian68white@gmail.com or telephone 07561577609.”

Match Report 04/10/14 - Waverton Rockets V Saughall Colts

Waverton 4  v Saughall 4

Another four all draw, so everyone went home happy again!

Waverton cruised through the gears early on with goals from Frank and Alex and soon we were 3-0 up! We sensed a big score and sat back in the second quarter. Saughall brought on fresh faces and pinned us back with some decent, strong football getting back to 3:2.

An even final two quarters saw Waverton go 4:3 up before Saughall equalised with 5 minutes to go with a very debatable goal (kicking it from Williams hands). Waverton kept trying to pass the ball from the back and we had a few scary moments. Going forward we looked great and kept hitting them on break. Only some brilliant saves from the Saughall keeper kept them in the game.

James, Alex, and Rory played well throughout and kept trying to do the right thing and play our passing game. Jakob and Jacob were great going forward and had some strong runs. Frank was a constant threat with strong running, tackling and goals. William was strong in defence and ended the game playing two quarters in goal and showing good instincts as "sweeper keeper" to rush off his line!

Special mention to Frank Rose who was spotted by Man Utd scouts and asked to go for a trial with Man Utd academy.

Well done boys.

Thanks to parents for helping with set-up.

Training and matches - Information for parents

For any parents who weren't at training last Saturday - the coaches mentioned to the parents after training that any boys who don't play in a match on a Saturday and miss training won't be selected for a match the following week, so please do your best to attend training every week if you want your boy to play in a match. Please make sure that you register your boy with Marc (Toby's dad) or Rebecca (Oscar's mum) when you arrive at training and pay your £2 weekly subscription.

Also any boys who have not submitted a registration form and paid the annual subscription cannot play in a match as they are not insured.

Finally, any boys who play in a match but don't attend training still need to pay the weekly subscription. Please make sure that you give this money either to one of the coaches at the match (Rob, Steve, Chris or Colin) or Marc or Rebecca if they are at the same match.

Many thanks,

AFC Waverton Under 7s coaches.

Match Report 27/09/14 - Princes Villa v Waverton Rockets

Princes Villa 4 v Waverton Rockets 4

A cracking performance from our boys and a great result against a well organised home team.

We improved throughout the match, always looking to find space and pass the ball. Some really good tenacious tackling at the back - particularly from Rory D and Freddie P. Everybody in the team made a positive contribution and some excellent debut performances.

Goals from Frank R (3) and Freddie P (1).

Well done boys!

Match Report 27/09/14 - Waverton Jets V Ellesmere Port Rangers

All

Well Done Boys!

This was a promising performance with the boys battling against a well organised Ellesmere Port team. The overall score was 8-2 to the visitors but the boys managed a 2-2 draw in the second half of the match having conceded early goals in the first two quarters. Goals from Sion and Finlay and lots of effort and enthusiasm made this a match that ended on a high!

Thanks again to Toby's dad Marc, for both helping set up and for refereeing!

Steve

Match Report 20/9/14 - Christleton Newscene v Waverton Jets

Boys , Parents and Grandparents

Well Done to Frank , Freddie , Hugo , Jakob , Toby & Tom for a tremendous team effort in yesterday's exciting 7-7 draw against CNS.

Playing against a mobile, robust opposition on a relatively small sized pitch poses a challenge but the boys managed periods of crisp accurate passing to move the ball forward and made good use of any available space. Our goalkeeping is also improving with each game.

Having gone 1 up we were hit by a flurry of goals in response and found ourselves 5-1 down by half time. The boys showed great resilience , team spirit and matched the opposition for physical strength to pull the game back.

There were a good spread of goals across the team with some particularly strong , accurate shooting from Jakob and Frank.

Great support for the team , positive input and helping the boys play the right way !!
Thanks Again
Steve

Match Report 20/9/14 - Waverton Rockets v Elton Youth FC

A dramatic final quarter saw Waverton come back from 3-1 down to take a well deserved 3-3 draw.

Either team could have won it late on as the game opened up and chances came at both ends. Our goals came from Jacob (2) and James (1) who along with Sion were able to break through the Elton midfield with strong running on a number of occasions. William was dependable as our holding midfielder and made some great last ditch tackles. Alex, Sam and Jack held the midfield together and kept trying to play our passing game from the back and run into the space.

Overall the result was fair and the game was played in a great spirit by both teams who kept trying right to the final whistle.

At times both teams were quite bunched together which was leaving plenty of space out wide and in behind each defence. At training we will work on trying to trying to find this space either by running into it or by passing to clever players who stand in the space. 

Thanks to Paul for refereeing and for giving us all a good laugh by slipping over, prompting cheers from both sets of fans. Thanks also to the helpers for setting up and putting away the goals and markers.

Well played everyone!