Washington Boys take the Fruit Bowl home.

Strong showing from the Washington Boys.

A great tournament at Washington Leisure Centre. We did have 8 teams ready, but unfortunately, Whitburn’s two teams dropped out late. This meant remaining were pooled into a single league and performed over two pitches. Every team played their part and helped out with the organisation, as there was a lot of switching between pitches. Both referees, Kiel (making a debut after having the Grangetown team in a couple of tournaments) and Kieran, from the August tournament – did an excellent job.

Washington Boys triumphed in the end, despite being held 1-1 by a strong Troo team in their opening game. Troo were hampered by a player suffering an injury early on. Current winners, Washington Deaf, eventually finished second, with a set of wins, apart from setbacks against Washington Boys and then Sassco (despite leading 2-0). Washington Deaf, Troo and Sassco were relatively matched, and Sassco were coasting to a show down with Washington Boys, but were beaten by the new entrants, ISF Hadrian FC, who had a large squad available to them and an excellent goalkeeper.

Duck United FC, surprisingly, propped up the table, despite a set of narrow defeats v Troo and Sassco and a draw against ISF.

In the event, Washington Boys deserved their triumph in an excellent tournament. Footage will be added soon.