BRYAN Ifeanyi's opportunist second half goal, his second in successive matches, ensured a second win at the start of Aveley's Isthmian League Premier Division campaign on Monday evening – a win all the sweeter in a local derby watched by a crowd of 746.
GRAYS Athletic got the league campaign up and running with an away point at Coggeshall on Saturday. The game failed to reach the heights of the thermometer as temperatures soared into the mid 30s under cloudless skies
AVELEY opened their Isthmian Premier campaign in style with a hard fought win at Hastings and even though the gloss was marginally taken off the win by the sending off of winning goal hero Ryan Scott, it was a memorable competitive season's start for the newly promoted Millers.
TILBURY made a winning start to their Isthmian North campaign with a hard fought victory at the Wallace Binder ground where the goalscoring touch of Alex Clark, who has made a great start to season, proved the difference.
NOT quite the start to the season Rocks had hoped for, as following a pretty even opening twenty minutes where both sides had created chances, central defender Jack McQueen, one of six debutants in Marc Harrison’s side, picked up what looked to be a very harsh red card.
OVERSEAS’ Ray Toole was the standout performer with another fine haul of five wickets as the Belhus 1st XI suffered to a disappointing 77 run defeat at home to Essex Premier rivals, Hadleigh & Thundersley.
GRAYS Athletic continued with some impressive results during their pre-season campaign by beating Isthmian Premier visitors Hornchurch 2-1 at Parkside.
SWIMMERS from Thurrock Swimming Club attended this year’s Regional Open Water Championships held in Norwich. The swimmers who train at Blackshots Leisure Centre with Impulse Leisure, attended the event on a very hot day, but the venue was excellent and ideal swimming conditions for open water.
THE FA have been granted approval from the International Football Association Board [IFAB] to introduce a new trial removing deliberate heading in football matches across Under 12s level and below in England from the start of the 2022/23 season.
SCHOOLCHILDREN from Grays, Tilbury and Chadwell St Mary cheered on The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay when it arrived at Tilbury on Friday 8 July.
THE Essex County FA are making participants aware of updated disciplinary guidance and the opportunity to attend an upcoming online Discipline Roadshow.
