Ivybridge FC Football Tournament
This past Sunday was the Ivybridge Football Tournament which Plymouth Kolts took part in. Ben was playing in this one as well but it didn’t turn out as well as the Manstow tournament unfortunately! The rules were slightly different here as it was 12 minutes each match, without half time, and the league had 7 teams in, so there was a guaranteed 6 games before going into a knockout tournament. Kolts didn’t score a single goal or have a single shot on target in the entire tournament and didn’t play very well at all. They lost 5 and drew 1 out of the league games but then, like the last tournament, started to play much better in the knockout, but they lost 1-0 due to another defensive mixup. Ben only missed 1 full game and got properly stuck in as the games went on and was easily the best player there. It was a shame that they didn’t even score a goal though! Somehow, the knockout game got them a runners up trophy, but with no medals for the boys, but there was a severe lack of communication with this one, compared to the last tournament, so we didn’t really know what was going on! Ben was quite disappointed, and completely worn out, in the end, but did say he enjoyed playing the football. He won’t be playing in the next tournament as we are away, which is a bit of a shame but, depending on numbers, the boys would have only played 2 out of 3 tournaments anyway. On to the next friendly match……
