Felpham Colts Tournament
Sunday 6th June 2010

Wow, what a fantastic tournament the U12 girls had this weekend at Felpham (Bognor Regis).

Winning the first game 8-0 set the tone for the day and to be fair it was only Denmead Girls B that provided the girls with real competition, drawing 0-0 in the first game and losing 1-0 in the second. However, 4 victories was enough for the girls to secure a place in the final.

The football throughout the day had been fantastic with superb passing, excellent shooting and confident defending, but the final was just the best game of all. Early in the first half we took the lead with a superb strike from Amy, but straight from the kick off Denmead levelled when their no 11 shot went in off one of our players. However, the team weren’t daunted and Katie scored to give us the lead again. Unfortunately Denmead again levelled and the ref signalled for extra time. Amy again gave us the lead, and this time the Dynamo’s weren’t going to throw it away. Katie scored her second of the game soon after and that was enough to seal the win and a second tournament victory in two seasons.

All the girls contributed and this was a genuine team effort. We had the bare six players, so with no subs and a hot day to deal with the girls really performed out of their skins. It’s unfair to single out anyone player so each player gets 11/10 and a review!

Alex was great in goal and made some cracking saves when called upon. Lucy played well in both defence and midfield and scored two cracking left footed goals. Amy was a rock throughout but saved her best until the final and in total scored 5 goals. Katie was our top scorer with an amazing 12 goals and played on even though she took a nasty knock towards the end of the competition. Elle was amazingly creative and put together some wonderful skills and scored 8 goals. Chloe worked extremely hard in all areas of the pitch with great skills and 6 goals.

Well done girls, an absolute pleasure supporting you today!

P:7 W:5 D:1 L:1 GF:31 GA:4 GD:+27

CHAMPIONS!!!!!

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Adur Athletic v Dynamo Girls
11th October 2009

Squad: Katie, Chloe J, Abbie, Ellie F, Ellie O, Chloe E, Nia, Amy

Our second league match of the season against Adur was our first visit to Buckingham Park and despite the breeze the rain held off for the most part.

The girls got into the swing of things early on with some good attacking runs from Chloe E & Chloe J getting into some good goal scoring positions, however some strong defending & excellent goalkeeping by Adur prevented Dynamos from getting on the score sheet. However after 20 mins, a strong run from Amy bringing the ball from her own half enabled her to set up Chloe J with her first and well deserved goal for Dynamos. Further attacking play from the midfield of Abbie & Ellie O created more chances but again the Adur defence stood firm. Perhaps slightly against the run of play a well executed counterattack by Adur saw them get an equaliser. Dynamos pushed forward again & Katie scored her first goal of the match just before half time.

The second half saw a change of Goalkeeper with Nia taking her turn between the sticks & Ellie F coming on to the pitch. Dynamo were quickly back onto the attack & Katie scored her second goal after 5 mins which was followed quickly by goals from Chloe E & Ellie F. Adur than came back into the game & Nia was called into action a few times as some of the girls seem to forget their defensive responsibilities & Adur were unlucky not to add another goal or two. Into the final third of the game there were more chances for Abbie & Chloe J but it was Chloe E & Ellie F who added a goal each.

I think the game was tighter than the final score suggests & Adur should be proud of the way they battled until the final whistle and for Dynamo, overall it was a good performance from the girls but there were plenty of reminders that they need to be prepared to defend at all times & not just focus on scoring goals.

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Dynamo Girls v Oakwood Girls - League Challenge Cup
4th October 2009

Squad: Abbie, Alex, Amy, Celeste, Chloe, Chloe, Ellie, Ellie, Katie, Nia, Tegan.

The first round of the u12 Challenge cup saw Dynamo welcome Oakwood Girls who play their league games in the West division of our league. With both teams having very similar records in their respective divisions a tight match was on the cards.

The first 15 mins saw both teams settling down with possession changing many times with very little between the two teams. Ellie F & Chloe J both had good chances but were unable to make a breakthrough, Oakwood also had some good chances requiring Ellie O & Tegan to defend well & Katie make some good saves. As the first half wore on Amy & Chloe E can close but the half ended 0-0.

Celeste went in goal for the second half & was called into action early on making a couple of important stops. In the middle of the half Abbie & Nia were starting to make their mark in midfield with some good distribution from Abbie and forward runs from Nia. Dynamo continued to pass the ball round & eventually scored following some great passing & a clinical finish from Chloe E. Having 4 subs enabled us to give players a rest during this hectic game, but some resolute defending from Alex, Tegan, Nia &

Ellie O at different times during the game enabled the girls to run winners 1-0 & into the next round against another team from Oakwood’s division Worthing Town.

Credit goes to all the girls on both teams in what was a very evenly contested match but congratulations to Dynamos on their win.

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Eastbourne Girls v Dynamo Girls
26th September 2009

Squad: Katie, Chloe J, Abbie, Ellie O, Chloe E, Alex, Nia, Tegan, Amy

A lovely sunny morning a great game of entertaining football. It took the girls a bit of time to get going today & blow the sleepover cobwebs away, but some early attacking football resulted in some close chances, forcing the Eastbourne keeper into action. Some good passing moves & dribble meant that we had plenty of possession but couldn’t convert into real chances. Eastbourne also had several chances needing Tegan, Ellie & Katie to be on their guard, on 11 mins a well structured Eastbourne attack unfortunately resulted in a cross being deflected off one of our players & pass Amy to give Eastbourne the lead. Dynamos reacted well & continued to apply pressure on the Eastbourne goal & did just about every thing apart from score.

The second half began as the first ended with Dynamos spend the majority of the game in the Eastbourne half & got their well deserved equaliser with some excellent work from the midfield & a good finish from Chloe E. As the girls pressed for the winning goal, Eastbourne had a couple of breaks & it needed some good saves from Alex to keep them at bay, unfortunately Eastbourne managed to score with virtually the last kick of the game.

It was a great team performance by Dynamo’s with excellent débuts from Nia & Alex & the other new players this season Abbie, Ellie O, Chloe J are starting to find their feet & I don’t think it will be too long before they find their winning ways again.

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