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Colts win first league football game of the season

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.

Colts Win First Match

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

Colts Football Season Gets Underway

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.

Fun and Games at Haslingfield School

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