Kos Weekly - July 2006

Competition Details:
This summer the Sharp Shooters went to Kos for a well deserved 2 week break and whilst there managed to enter 2 teams into a bi weekly 5-a-side tournament.

With 10 players available, I decided to enter two equal teams made up from regular Sharp Shooters players and fringe players. The two teams were captained by Andy and I, the teams of which are below.

Squad:

Black Russians	Sex On The Beach FC
Daniel B (c)	Andy (c)
Graham C	Paul M
Steve B	Tom N
Fung C	James C
Spanton	Dave Mc

Black Russians Summary:
We had a good start to the competition winning our opening 2 games and drawing our third. After this our group was a joke, because the two teams that we had beaten left, which meant the two sides that topped our group didn't have to play them and also had a long rest. We won our 4th game to go into the last game having 10 points. In any normal situation this should have been enough to guarantee us finishing in the top two, but with the teams pulling out, we had to avoid defeat in our last game. Alas we lost and ended up third, despite losing only one game.

Stage	Result	Goals Scorers
Match 1	2 - 1	Graham (2)
Match 2	1 - 0	Daniel (1)
Match 3	0 - 0	None
Match 4	2 - 1	Fung (2)
Match 5	1 - 2	Steve (1)
Semi Finals	n/a	n/a
Final	n/a	n/a

Sex On The Beach Summary:
They had a bad start to there group stage playing one of the better teams in that group and losing by a single goal. After that they won 3 games (two by 3 - 0) and drew one, to finish on the same number of points as us. Unlike our group this was good enough to qualify for the next round as group winners. In the semi final it was a game of defence with Dave in sparkling form, to get it to penalties. James C missed in the normal penalty shoot out, but Dave rescued the team by saving a penalty to take it sudden death. Tom then scored the crucial penalty to put them in the final. In the final it was just like the semi with SOTB FC pinned in there own half defending for there life, but unfortunately the other team scored 2 to win. Overall a good performance.

Stage	Result	Goals Scorers
Match 1	0 - 1	None
Match 2	3 - 0	James (2), Tom (1)
Match 3	0 - 0	None
Match 4	1 - 0	James (1)
Match 5	3 - 0	Tom (2), James (1)
Semi Finals	0 - 0	None
Final	0 - 2	None

My player of the tournament:
This was a tough call between the free scoring dynamo of James C and the outstanding displays of Dave in goal. Overall I think Dave's performances were the key to Sex on the Beach FC's success.

Top Goal Scorers: James C (4), Tom (3), Graham (2), Fung (2), Daniel (1), Steve (1)