U14 Four Counties Friendly: 16th September 2007, Berkshire

Four teams were involved in a friendly for the U14s as practice for the forthcoming NYCA championships: Berkshire (hosts), Kent, Barnet and Sussex.

All 12 Sussex players arrived as requested and in the first round drew our arch rivals Kent. We knew this would be a tough opening but by the time the round had finished we had won by a significant margin, 9 wins 3 losses. A really good team effort, especially from Ramsay Pyper who won a long fought game.

Round 2 we had to play the winners of the other match which was won by Berkshire. This was our wake up call; a much strengthened Berkshire side overwhelmed our Sussex team with 8 wins and 2 draws. Only 2 of our Sussex players managed to achieve 2 wins; Ben Silverstein and Thomas Fitzgerald.

Well done all.