Club News - 2005-06

Sun 21 Nov 2005 - Weather causes mass postponement

All bar two of the Swifts matches were postponed this weekend due to adverse weather conditions. Only the Under 13s and the Under 15s were able to complete their fixtures on Sunday, although the U15s may have wished their match had been cancelled after suffering a heavy defeat to Hereford Lads Club; the match was actually abandoned by the referee close to the end, but Lads Club had already taken a 7-0 lead. The U13s however came back strongly against Lads Club, winning their league match after going out of the BOSS Cup to the same team the week before. The severe weather meant all matches on Saturday were called off across Herefordshire.


Fri 13 May 2005 - Players of the Year announced at annual presentation night

The achievements of all the Ledbury Swifts teams were have been celebrated at the annual presentation night, held at the Rugby Club Pavilion Rooms on Ross Road. The managers paid tribute to all the hard work put in by the players this year which had produced two league titles (U12s and U18s) and a Cup Final appearance (U11s).

The managers also announced this year's Players of the Season, including for the first time, an award for the best female player:

Girls - The Ledbury Removals Trophy - Sarah Danter
Boys U6 - The Colin Goodrum Award - Ethan French
Boys U7 - The Ian Colwell Award - Thomas Trigg
Boys U8 - The Philip Hodges Shield - Ben Miller
Boys U9 - L.R.B.L. Young Swifts - Ben Butler
Boys U10 - The Ken Long Trophy - Patrick Merryman
Boys U10R - Player of the Season - James Godsall
Boys U11 - The Roy Burton Trophy - Jack Cooney
Boys U12 - The Ted Parry Trophy - Aaron Hall
Boys U13 - The Bob Barnes Trophy - Elliot Parsons
Boys U14 - The Brewery Inn Trophy - Josh Brookland
Boys U16 - Ledbury Sports & Leisure Trophy - Nick Chapman
Boys U18 - The Gladrags Golf Society Trophy - Patrick Locke


The Team of the Year, who received the Stuart Maclean Memorial Trophy were the Under 12s for their unbeaten title run, while the President's Award for Personality of the Year went to Steve Onions.

There was also a special award given to Mark Wildig of the Under 18s for his record of 206 consecutive appearances for the Swifts. He first played competitive football for the club at Under 10s level and has not missed a match since.