The Haslingfield Colt’s Under 12’s football team’s next game is away at Milton Colts this Saturday 5th November. Details are in the Calender here
See the reports of the team’s games in the Cambridge News here
Registration at Haslingfield School prior to 1900 seems to have been a somewhat haphazard arrangement. Firstly, the Head was required to record the date of registration. Read more
Haslingfield Colts Under 12’s football team won their latest game against Swavesey Spartans 3-1. This means that the Colts have a 100% record after their first 3 matches of the season. Here’s a link to the report on the latest Colts win.
This Saturday’s (24th Sept) Haslingfield Colts football league match away at Swavesey Spartans is now scheduled to kick-off at 10.00am rather than 10.30am. Can players please arrive at 9.30am. Full details are in the Calender.
The Colts Under 12’s FC won 6-1 against Cambridge Diamonds in their first league game of the season. Liam Fairly scored 4 goals (on 7, 13, 37 and 60 minutes), Ronan Hawkins scored his first goal of the season for the team on 42 minutes and Samuel Clarke also scored his first goal of the season on 47 minutes. The Colts led 2-0 at halftime.
This Saturday’s Under 12’s football game is now being played at HOME on HASLINGFIELD REC. We’ve had to swap the venue for the match as Cambridge Diamonds’ equipment has been damaged. Otherwise everything else remains the same.
Haslingfield Colts Under 12’s football team won their first game of the season, a friendly against Histon played on the Rec on Saturday 3rd September. The final score was Haslingfield 4 – 3 Histon. The Colts battled back from being three-nil down at halftime to win. Read more
Haslingfield School has been involved in the training of teacher students since at least 1931, but there was a period after the Second World War when these students came from a teacher training establishment based in Wimpole Hall. Read more
Haslingfield Colts Under 12’s football team is the village’s own junior football team run by parents for children in the village and surrounding area. We play in the FA’s Cambridgeshire 9v9 Youth League, which is sponsored by BM Kemton Ltd and cup competitions against local teams. The FA Website shows the fixtures that we have coming up but these are also in the calendar for this web site.
Given the current stress on sporting activity as an antidote to childhood obesity, it’s perhaps surprising that there is hardly any mention of organised games at Haslingfield School before 1920. The Head in 1923, Mr. Herbert Saunders, decided such activities were important, but for moral rather than physical reasons:
“Through games I hope to effect an honourable attitude in & out of class”. Read more