The fixture with Team Braintree will take place at The Amlin Stadium on Saturday 4th August, Kick Off 3pm. The friendly with Erith Town takes place at the Erith Stadium on Saturday 28th July, Kick Off 3pm.
Thurrock had only a handful of athletes competing and all did well. James Pearson won a silver medal in the 100m with a time of 12.47s U15B. Liam Barnard and Tom Wakeling ran the U13B 75mH. Liam came in 3rd with a personal best time of 14.19 and Tom came in 4th with a time of 16.80.
Thankfully though, group B has the delights of Nicklas Bendtner to make up for the rest of the utter dross. With that warm cuddly feeling now in place, let's begin with the deadly striker's very own nation. It's DENMARK!!!
IT WAS a stunning display of 100 metre sprinting by Adam Gemeli at a meet in Germany that could see him line up against Usain Bolt at the London 2012 Olympics.
A PRESENTATION by the project managers, charged with the redevelopment of the Tilbury football ground received a warm welcome at a meeting yesterday (Wednesday) at Chadfields.
Anna Cochrane of Sports Solutions Limited gave an hour long presentation where she outlined the "road map" for the redevelopment of the Ryman Division One North club.
I'll be airing my views on current issues, writing feature articles on any topic that comes to mind, producing previews and reviews. You get the idea anyway.
After speaking with chairman Tommy South and new manager Mark Stimson, Stuart agreed to stay and help Thurrock in their ambition to return to Blue Square League after this seasons relegation.
OUR LAST news item on Ensign buses was when their buses had gone green but now they are proud to carry the Blues as two of their buses were used to carry the team through the streets of Chelsea as part of their parade.
Again the triumvirate of Mark Jenkins, Michael Shortall and Dan George notched up half the team's points total. They also covered half the
events. Dan George, whose work committment and recent bout of ill health have restrictred his training, notched up many good performances
in the jumps and throws. The best performance was a 1.85m high jump.
William Edwards were winning this closely fought match between the boroughs strongest teams by 2 goals to 1 until the final 5 minutes. Kieran Desmond, who previously scored an earlier equaliser, headed home from close range despite a goalmouth scramble from the William Edwards defenders.
Damien Nugent ran a pb of 12.59 in 100m for the U17m and was followed by James Pearson who also ran a pb 12.07 in 100m for the U15m winning the final. Shannon Jameson ran 100m U15w and came 4th in her heat with a time of 13.38. Lyn Talbert ran a season’s best performance in 15.38 for the V50 and a pb in the 300m 48.77.
Mark has managerial experience at many levels and both club chairman and Mark are pleased and excited about the appointment and are now looking forward to building a squad that will be able to compete in next seasons Ryman Premier Division.
They have won the Thundermite girls football league and are in the Thundermite u-11s girls cup final, that will be played at East Thurrock United on 13th May at 2.00.
