Sunday 26th June – a day etched on the Divas memory forever!!! The Diva’s headed over to southwick for a tournament, with a lot of teams playing!! We have 2 Diva teams, both playing 5 a side with a few subs. One team was led by the heroic leader JB, whilst due to the other coaches being away, the second team was led by JB’s son Jack.
You can see below the initial timetable for the group stages (The team was down as “AFC Worthing”:
As you can imagine trying to keep track of 2 sets of leagues, when the Diva’s were playing at the same time for most of it proved tricky!!! However a lot of games were played, the girls had some fun. Sadly no games were won from either team, but a couple of draws meant they played well against some tough competition.
Once the rounds were played, the teams/parents endured a two hour delay whilst the organizers figured out who went through to the knock outs. Safe to say the delay tested the girls, the parents and the coaches. Thankfully it was sunny! Eventually the next phase came, Divas had to play Divas in the first round knockouts!!! How cruel!! As you can imagine, the competition between JB and Jack had hit peak tension! 🙂
Finally the Divas won a game!! But also lost. Jacks Diva’s were knocked out and JB’s went through to the semis. And sadly this is where the story ends, Diva’s were knocked out. Just in time to head home for dinner and a well earned rest!!
Some photos of the day below, apologies I couldn’t get every girl, being in 2 places at once, with subs, proved a challenge. Hopefully you get a flavour of the day…..
