Mansfield Referees Tournament Winners

Bentinck Miners Welfare, Kirkby-in-Ashfield
7/7/13

Congratulations to all the boys who won the Mansfield Referees Tournament this weekend.
In sweltering conditions they played x6 league games lasting 8 mins each and secured a place in the semi-finals thanks to 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Sport faced Chesterfield Town in the semi's and had the lions share of the chances but just couldn't find the back of the net and the game went to a penalty shoot out. Hucknall were victorious thanks to fine penalties from Maleek Batten and Ellis Evans and two magnificent saves from Kal Orton.
In the Final Sports were drawn against Notts Colts and played superbly well to run out 2-0 winners with Matt Leivers and Maleek Batten scoring the goals.

Back Row (left to right): Tom Eastwood, Maleek Batten, Kal Orton, Ellis Evans
Front Row (left to right): Keiran Green, Dante Diriso (Captain), Matt Leivers

To win this tournament was great, but the style in which the boys played was equally pleasing. We conceded just 3 goals all day, played some great stuff against quality teams and scored some lovely goals of our own with Matt Leivers scoring the goal of the tournament in the final.