Our first team pre-season games have been going well – showing us all the kind of football we can play. So far we’ve played two Ryman sides and a County League side. Against Southwick we changed our tactics around and personnel too, and it didn’t work. But these are the games we’ve gotta try these things. On Tuesday we meet Eastbourne Town, once more a tough challenge from the Ryman league and it’d be fair to say we’ll put a side out to play that is very similar to the one that played Crowborough.
On Wednesday night our reserves play Lewes Bridge View’s first eleven at the Caburn. This will be a 7.30 pm ko. On Friday night our first team play a game that I’m yet to sort but rest assured we will play strong competition. Into next week we start our pre-season games for our 18s, with an away fixture first to Pease Pottage.
We played Steve Johnson’s Crowborough on Saturday for the John McWhirter Cup and I think I the score was similar to the scoreline last year, 1-3 to Crowborough. We played well enough and the game was played in the right spirit in extremely hot conditions, but it was played to honour the memory of John McWhirter who was at Ringmer for many years, and the two fire fighters who lost their lives at Halland, who were based at Crowborough.
Whilst we are having these sombre thoughts, some of the first team members from last term had asked me if it was possible to exclude the number 6 shirt this term in memory of Herve King. I discussed this with several players and we decided that we would not only not use the 6 shirt in the first team squad but we would frame the 6 shirt from last years kit and put the frame up in the bar. This has now been done and you can see the shirt in the frame in the bar by the double doors leading to the pitch.
With the games on Tuesday (first eleven) Wednesday (reserves) and Friday (first team) training will not be on through this week. Training resumes next week however.
Look forward to seeing everyone at the Caburn on Tuesday night.
Bob
On Wednesday night our reserves play Lewes Bridge View’s first eleven at the Caburn. This will be a 7.30 pm ko. On Friday night our first team play a game that I’m yet to sort but rest assured we will play strong competition. Into next week we start our pre-season games for our 18s, with an away fixture first to Pease Pottage.
We played Steve Johnson’s Crowborough on Saturday for the John McWhirter Cup and I think I the score was similar to the scoreline last year, 1-3 to Crowborough. We played well enough and the game was played in the right spirit in extremely hot conditions, but it was played to honour the memory of John McWhirter who was at Ringmer for many years, and the two fire fighters who lost their lives at Halland, who were based at Crowborough.
Whilst we are having these sombre thoughts, some of the first team members from last term had asked me if it was possible to exclude the number 6 shirt this term in memory of Herve King. I discussed this with several players and we decided that we would not only not use the 6 shirt in the first team squad but we would frame the 6 shirt from last years kit and put the frame up in the bar. This has now been done and you can see the shirt in the frame in the bar by the double doors leading to the pitch.
With the games on Tuesday (first eleven) Wednesday (reserves) and Friday (first team) training will not be on through this week. Training resumes next week however.
Look forward to seeing everyone at the Caburn on Tuesday night.
Bob
