Forest Glade 2013 Presentation Day

Today we had the pleasure of attending our first annual Forest Glade presentation day and it was made all the more special as all of our under 6's team were presented with a trophy. Obviously I was a very proud father to see Joshua step up and collect his trophy to the applause of the crowd, but also for all of the other boys on our team who have worked so hard over the last year. As a coach it has been very rewarding to watch the boys develop and improve week after week. There is a core group of maybe 14 or so kids that have trained pretty much the entire year come rain, ice, wind, sun, you name it they play in it. There has been times where some of them have been so cold they have been in tears, but they soldiered through and all their hard work as paid off as they were rewarded with an annual trophy each.

 

Brandon has also settled into Forest Glade very well now and I am so pleased that he made the decision himself to move on from Little Kickers. Little Kickers gave him a great foundation to set him up for Forest Glade, but he is more than ready for that next step. He seems to really enjoy his training at Forest Glade and gets on really well with the coaches. It is not often I get to see Brandon training as I am usually coaching Joshua's under 6's class at the same time. So today was a bit of a luxury for me as I got to see both boys training.

 

Fast feet Brandon getting warmed up at Forest Glade.

Racing one of the coaches, with Joshua taking pictures of him.

Brandon in action in the orange bib, slightly out numbered by yellow bibs!

"Pass the ball here".

Then after training ti was the awards presentation.

Our core group of Under 6's all receiving their trophy's.

Max, Ellis and Joshua all smiles as they show off the first Forest Glade trophy.

Finally Joshua gets a football trophy that he can keep and does not have to take back like the weekly awards we have.

Well done Joshua and Brandon, Nanny would have been proud of you both and I am sure she was looking down on you both today as I know she would have loved to have been at your first annual presentation.