Hethersett Athletic

Date	Team	Opponents	Venue	Type	KO
Sat 17th	Girls Under-15s	West Norwich	Spooner Row	League	10.00
	Under-13s	Norman	Old Hall School	League	10.30
Sun 18th	Men's Firsts	Delaneys	Easton College	League	10.30
	Men's Reserves	Ex-Mile Cross	Memorial Field	League	10.30
	Men's A	North Walsham Warr.	Away	League	10.30
	Women	Norwich City	Easton College	NSCSF	14.00
	Under-16s	Attleborough	Memorial Field	League	14.00
	Under-15s	Sprowston	Memorial Field	League	10.30
	Under-14s	Firside	Old Hall School	League	10.30
	Under-11s	Norwich United	Away	League
	Under-9B	Harling	Little Melton Sc	League	10.30
NSCSF = Norfolk and Suffolk County Cup Semi-Final

Remaining March fixtures can be viewed by clicking here.

Day of Drama

The Ladies team made a dramatic exit from the League Cup when they went down 5-4 on penalties to Eastern Region Premier Division champions Cambridge City after drawing 1-1 after extra-time.

A pulsating quarter-final tie went right to the wire as both sides had chances to win the match and Hethersett had three shots cleared off the line as they strove to become giantkillers. At the end of 120 minutes of football there was nothing to separate the teams after Nicola Bray had cancelled out an early Cambridge strike.

It was drama all the way as both sides converted their first four penalties. The Cambridge goalkeeper was then sent off for foul and abusive language towards the referee. Sadly Hethersett missed their fifth penalty and with it the chance of reaching the semi-finals. The game did prove that our team can compete with the best teams in East Anglia.

The Ladies team have the perfect chance to banish the cup blues when they take on Norwich City Ladies in the semi-finals of the Norfolk and Suffolk Cup this coming Sunday (March 18th) at Easton College with a 2 p.m kick off.

Title Hopes Are Hit

The men's first team's title aspirations were hit when they went down 5-1 at Norman Wanderers.

The defeat saw them drop to fourth place behind Norman, Delaneys and Marlborough. They need to put the defeat behind them quickly as the next two weeks see them play Delaneys at home on March 18th and Marlborough away on March 25th. With games in hand on the sides above them it is vital thatwe avoid defeat in both these games. Current leading positions in the Premier Division of the Norwich Sunday League are:

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Ps
Norman Wanderers	19	10	1	8	36	32	31
Marlborough	14	10	2	2	45	27	29*
Delaneys	15	8	4	3	37	25	28
Hethersett	13	9	1	3	27	21	28

CHAMPIONS

The Ladies team are champions of the Eastern Region Women's Division One East.

Needing only a draw to take the title, they turned on the style at Easton College to beat closest rivals Chelmsford 7-0 thanks to a hat-trick from Nicola Bray, two goals from Hazel Brewster and one each from Amy Brooks and Emily Coates. Now the team look like running away with the top spot.

After the game the team celebrated the title and promotion to the Eastern Region Premier Division with champagne.

Current leading league positions are:

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Ps
HETHERSETT ATHLETIC LADIES	13	12	0	1	72	9	36
Brantham	13	7	2	4	43	34	23
Brentwood	12	6	1	5	36	33	19
Barchester	14	6	1	7	40	39	19
Chelmsford	10	5	3	2	30	21	18

March Newsletter/Fixtures

The March 2007 edition of Athletic Angles - the official newsletter of Hethersett Athletic is on-line and can be accessed by clicking here.

QUIZ TIME

The latest quiz organised by the men's first team raised almost £200 for team funds. the event was held at Hethersett Middle School on 23rd February with the questions set by club chair Peter Steward. The event was organised by Gary, Vickie and Ross Potter and the winning team were Any Ideas with 135 points. Full scores were: Andy Ideas 135, Table Five 131, No Names 131, Sodoku 130, Hawks 124, Better 8 Than Never 121, Wet Wellies 119, Gary Got the Chips 114, Champagne Super Novas 109. For full round by round scores click here.

Kits are Africa Bound

The club has combined with Hethersett Hawks Cycle Speedway Club to send unwanted shirts, shorts and socks to a children's orphanage in Kakamega, Kenya. Committee member Sue Buffin is pictured opposite with some of the shirts. Sue has also donated 20 footballs to go with the shipment. For the full story see the Hethersett Village Web site by clicking here.

LATEST RESULTS - March 10th/11th

Norman Wanderers	5	Men's Firsts	1	League	Self
Men's Reserves	1	Salhouse	5	League	Burton
Women	1	Cambridge C	1	Lg Cup	Bray *
Scole	3	Under-16s	1	league	Cook
Spixworth	4	Under-15s	1	League	Luther-Veitch
Girls Under-15s	v	West Norwich		League	Postponed
Under-14s	2	Mulbarton	1	League	Chambers, Cooper
Under-13s	1	Lakeford	2	League	Smith
Under-9A	4	Norman	0	League	Denny, Peres, Doggett, Gray
Under-9A	9	Mulbarton	0	League	Barratt 3, Baxter 3, Peres 2, Doggett
Brandon Eagles	1	Under-9B	0	League

*- Hethersett lost 5-4 on penalties

A Shining Light

Hethersett Athletic is now a shining light in local football thanks to shirt sponsorship for the under 11 girls team from Crompton Lamps of Bradford. To read the full story click here. In the picture above Tim Sadler, who played a big part in bringing the sponsorship about, is presented with the cheque by Norfolk FA Chairman Stuart Dracup. Also in the photo are team members and coach Joe Cooper.

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For all the results, scorers, team news, match reports, league tables (when available) go to the section on individual teams by clicking here.

Latest league tables are available from the individual team sites. Just click on the links below to see how we are doing.

Women's Team top the league

Men's Firsts are in fourth place

Men's Reserves are 10th

Men's A in fourth place

Archive News section

For archive news items from 2006 click here

DIARY DATES and FORTHCOMING EVENTS

March 19th - Community Charter Workshop at Norfolk FA Headquarters

March 26th - Committee Meeting at Park Farm Hotel, 7.30 p.m

May 11th - Adult teams' presentation evening at Park Farm Hotel

May 20th - Youth teams' funday and presentation afternoon at Hethersett Middle School