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Concorde
Mark III
On the Mark
for hat-trick
A first half hat-trick from
Mark Bellingham set Paget
on the road to a convincing victory over Austrey
Rangers at the weekend.
New league
for Bulls
The Birmingham Bulls,
Erdington based American
football team, have been
transferred to the
Midlands Football Conference.
This is Castle Vale’s newest football team.
FC Concorde are in their first ever
season. They play their games in the
fourth division of the Sutton and District Sunday League.
They are the third of the Concorde
teams, after Castle Vale Concorde and
Concorde Utd, both of whom play in
the Festival League.
The new team on the block play their
home games at the King George V
playing fields in Curdworth, and are
managed by Simon Lansbury, who
has plenty of playing and managerial
experience with local football teams.
The three Concorde teams all use the
St Gerard’s Club in Castle Vale as their
social base and headquarters.
BILLY GETS HIS KICKS
OUT OF BOXING
14 year-old Castle Vale
kickboxer Billy Jones has
proved that he’s pretty
good with just his fists.
The teenage champ won his
first ever bout in the boxing
ring with a sensational first
round technical knockout at
the Ramada Hotel in Sutton.
The teenage fighter has had
major success so far in his
six-year kickboxing career.
He won a European title after
winning a contest against an
Irish fighter from Rathmore.
Since his success in the
boxing ring, Billy has been
offered a prizefighter opportunity in kickboxing.
The re-organisation of the American
Football Leagues means that The
Bulls, who play their home games in
Holly Lane, will compete against Doncaster Mustangs, Nottingham Caesars,
Ouse Valley Eagles, Sandwell Steelers
and Peterborough Saxons in the 2016
season.
The Bulls played in the Southern Football Conference for the 2015 season,
having moved from the Premier North
at the end of 2014.
Danny Carter scored twice and substitute Myles Phipps grabbed a goal
to make the final score 6-3 in Paget’s
favour.
It was the only fixture in division two
of the Midland League to survive the
bad weather.
The other six league and cup fixtures
were postponed.
Paget are now 8th in the league table,
two points behind Austrey and with
four games in hand.
SUNDAY FOOTBALL
United hit a
baker’s dozen
Struggling
Castle
Vale
Concorde lost narrowly at
home to Booker Athletic on
the first Sunday of December.
The 2-1 defeat kept Concorde just one
place off the bottom of the premier division of the Festival League with four
points from their nine games.
On the same day, Concorde Utd were
hammering 13 goals past a hapless FC
Elite in the Senior Amateur, two divisions below.
Table-topping Concorde Utd have now
scored 58 goals in their ten league
games this season.
Golf: winter tips
Tony Roche
Tyburn Mail’s golf writer
Golf is tough enough at
the best of times, but add
winter conditions and the
challenges mount up.
It’s enough to make some pack up
until Spring. But for the hardy souls
out there, I’ve collated some winter
tips from leading coaches to help you
make the most of the winter months.
Tip 1
USE TWO BALLS.....Warm balls
travel further, so keep one in your
pocket and alternate between holes.
TIP 2
TAKE 1-2 EXTRA CLUBS...on approach shots
TIP 3.
HANDICAP PAR.....is a great score
TIP 4
MOVE THE BALL FORWARD...in
your stance when putting to combat
soft greens. This promotes an upward
strike which gets the ball rolling better.
TIP 5
WHEN AROUND THE GREENS..opt
for a club with more bounce. If possible use a hybrid or putt to eliminate
those fat or chunky shots.
TIP 6
BUY A WINTER HAT.....We lose up
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Crucial
Christmas
fixtures for
Aston Villa
Villa play four fixtures between now and 2nd January
- three of them are against
teams in the bottom six.
Some managers, like Sam Allardyce
and Tony Pulis, are brilliant at survival
strategies. They work out which teams
they can take points from.
If Remi Garde is of the same mind, he
will know that the games against Norwich, Sunderland and Newcastle must
yield at least six points for Villa. He
must beat two of them.
If his team play as well as they did in
the second half against Arsenal, they
can do it.
If they play as badly as they did in the
first half, they will fail.
Some Villa players have skill.
Ayew is one. Veretout is another. Gana
is another. And the most skilful of all,
Carlos Gil, should be starting every
game, not coming on for the last 20
minutes from the subs’ bench.
If Villa can pick up six points from their
next four games, then they should
spend big money in the transfer market and get serious about survival.
But if they don’t get those six points,
they should forget about big spending
in the January transfer window, and
prepare for the Championship.
Grand effort by
bag-packing Stars
Young footballers from
Castle Vale FC Under 11
Stars have managed to
raise £1,100 this year by
packing customers’ bags.
Last week the team raised £500 at a
local B&M store. Earlier this year, in
May, they raised £600 for their club
funds.
It’s an effective way of raising cash for
clubs that don’t have much money. Aston Villa, are you listening...? There’s a
massive new Tesco store over the road
from Villa Park.
to 55% of our own body heat through
our head
TIP 7
TAKE YOUR GLOVE OFF....after
each shot and put it in your pocket to
keep it dry.
20th January 2016
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