Girls U14 & U16 Tesco Cup Final – Sunday 17th April 2011
Meadow Park U14s v Pershore Town U14s
Evesham United U16s v Welland Juniors U16s
The sun was shining and the scene was set for an outstanding Tesco’s Cup finals day on the 3G surface up at Pershore High School.
The U14s final, between Meadow Park and Pershore Town, turned out to be a very closely fought game between two evenly matched teams and the football being played by both was a delight to watch. A Georgia Hennesy goal for Pershore Town, coming directly from a corner, was all that separated the two teams at half time.
The second half produced a come-back. Goals from Alice bowles and Alice Payne left the final score as a 2-1 victory for Meadow Park.
The midday kick off was the U16s Final contested between Evesham United and Welland.
Both teams gave it their all from the first minute and the deadlock could not be broken by either team with half time arriving with the score at 0-0.
The second half began very much as the first half had finished with both teams looking for the breakthrough. It eventually came with a goal for Evesham via the boot of Hannah Kedward. A goal to the good now, Evesham United started to apply more pressure but Welland continued to battle and gave their best.
Two wonderful late goals by Sophie Griffiths made it 3-0 in Evesham United’s’ favour and ended the scoring with the final whistle drawing the game to an end.
Commiserations to both Pershore Town U14s and Welland U16s and Congratulatiuons to Meadow Park U14s and Evesham U16s for winning the Tesco cup and progressing into the regional finals being held at BAWA Bristol on Saturday 7th May.
All 4 sets of players, coaches and supporters were brilliant on the day and conducted themselves in a very sporting manner. Everyone involved can be very proud of making the finals day such a memorable sporting event.
Well done to all.