Day 11: August 13th

Overnight we had some thunderstorms roll through the area.  Happy to say that I don't think any of the kids heard them :)  The weather for today was not great as thunderstorms were due for a good chunk of the morning.

It started after breakfast with the heavy rain, then lightning all over.  The light session on the field was quickly turned into a longer pool session to keep the kids indoors.  Storms were pretty bad, and lasted right up until the girls' kickoff at 1pm.

First up: Our girls would play Crawley Town.  We received a phone call that their bus broke down, so kickoff was pushed back a little bit (20 min) as the Crawley parents drove all the kids over to Brighton & Hove Albion's training ground.  The field we were playing on is turf, so no issues with field conditions.

The rain not only stopped, but we had a period of about 20 minutes where it was really windy.  Following that, the sun came out around 2pm and it became really humid, but a really nice afternoon. The weather in this part of the country is so unpredictable.

Both the 14s and 15s won, with Alyanna Beaudoin scoring 3 goals (1 off a header) in the first game.  Following that match, both teams would then face Brighton's U17 girls.  Fantastic results for our girls as the 14s drew 1-1, and the 15s won 1-0 against an older team.

The boys hosted Cardiff City at Lancing College for a 2:30pm kickoff.  Both games took place at the same time, side by side on the fields where we train each day.  The teams won again by a good margin.

Because of the staggered kickoff times and close proximity of the two locations, I was able to take photos of the girls v Crawley Town, and then catch a ride back to Lancing for the boys game.

Photos from today are available here.