Under 11 Tournament Win - A fortnight after announcing his retirement, Under 11 boss Mike Ryan pulled off a remarkable tournament win at the week-end eclipsing anything messrs Howland and Fitzgerald have achieved this summer. Without subs he tactically saw off amongst others,Crowborough, Langton and hosts Jarvis Brook in the final rounds to secure the Cup for the Rustics. Special mentions are due to defender Liam Pentecost who scored 7 goals and James Webzell who was immense in defence.

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Andy and Nicks lads sweep up as Mick's boys just fall short!

Our Under 10's and Under 12's both had fantastic shield wins at the Ridgewaye Tournament this weekend. The under 10's recovered from a slow start to beat Tonbridge Juniors in the final with a long punt from goalkeeper Ben Sykes bouncing over the opposite keeper to send the watching supporters wild. Not to be outdone the Under 12's made it three years running with their excellent shield win. Boss Andy Howland was full of praise for his squad but had time for some symphatetic comments for Mick Fitzgerald and his u/13 team who lost in the semi-finals on Saturday. Somehow they finished top of their group and went forward to the main competition losing to Jarvis Brook 1-0 in the semi''s - Up the Rustics

Well done Under 13 Girls: Who have just been awarded 1st Place in the Sportmanship Awards by the Crowborough League - Their Manager, Mick Ebsworth, states "I'm so proud of the girls, they've put in an enormous amount of effort this year and this award is well deserved, well done to all the girls".

Mini-Soccer presentation 2008

pictures now online - Click here for photos

Saturday 14th June 2008 - Steve Davy appointment

It gives Rusthall FC much pleasure to welcome back Steve Davy to the Club. Steve will be taking on the role of mini-soccer co-ordinator next season after the retirement of John Ronaldson. With 10 mini teams and 3 11 a-side teams this section encompasses approx 150 children and takes place solely on Saturday mornings. We wish him well.

Tuesday 6^th May 2008 - 2nd Team Manager Appointment

Rusthall F.C. are pleased to announce the appointment of Dave Rusbridge to the position of 2^nd team Manager for the forthcoming season 2008-2009

With over 800games for the club under his belt, including several successful spells as player- manager during which time his teams have won three KCL League titles, he is ideally situated to take the clubs 2nd side back into the reserve section of the KCL next season.

His knowledge ofthe 3^rd team and Youth teams combined with the current 1^st and 2^nd team squads should ensure an excellent representation in this new League, whilst giving excellent support to the front side.

The full coaching and backroom staff will be announced later when confirmed.

Speaking on his appointment Rusbridge said he was looking forward to working with Hugo to push the Club forward from the front and put the players enjoyment of every game as a high priority.

More Girls wanted to join our teams

Rusthall FC currently have 3 girls team, an under 16's, under 13's and under 11's.  
Each team desperately need more players to come and join in with the club.  
Here at Rusthall Girls football is important and we are growing our capability.  We are a very friendly club, therefore if you want to play football, or even just try, please come and join us.  For more details contact either Mick or Liza (mick.ebsworth@rusthallfc.co.uk / liza.ebsworth@rusthallfc.co.uk - 07889915810).

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT RE Saturday mornings:

Dave Rusbridge, Chairman,
C/o Jockey Farm, Rusthall
7^th November 2007

To all mini-soccer parents

The continued growth and progression within all sectors of our club recently has been phenomenal, within three years we have doubled the amount of teams we have and therefore the amount of playing and training provided has increased significantly.

The mini-soccer academy which runs on Saturday mornings has seen a steady incline in numbers since the summer, so much so that at Under 9’s we are planning to run an extra team to give all the players enough games, in fact, every age group is over subscribed.

With over 100 players in the academy your committee have reviewed the increased demands on the facilities at Jockey Farm on Saturday mornings and in particular the needs of the coaches to deliver a safe quality training session in enough space for the numbers they have.

To put it bluntly, there is simply not enough space for everyone at Jockey Farm on Saturday mornings for all the activities we try and provide.

Your committee have decided that as from Saturday 17^th November

·       All matches will continue at Jockey Farm

·       Only the U/6’s,7’s, and 8’s will continue to train at the farm

·       All older age groups ( 9’s,10’s 11’s and all the girls teams) will train at Southwood Rd on pre-booked areas co-ordinated by the managers

This is a major change in the provision of football at Rusthall and I would ask all parents to support the managers as they adapt to these changes.

The better playing surface and extra car parking at Southwood Rd will be most welcome to most during the wetter months ahead.

Yours in Sport

Dave Rusbridge

 

Chairman saves Club's bacon !
 

After a brilliant night, which saw over 400 people enjoy Shot to Bits and the pig races, the early estimates are we raised around £3k for Club funds. A big Thank You to everyone who helped on the night, sold tickets beforehand and cleared up afterwards it was probably the best do we have had for a long while.

Early on Sunday morning (5.45) i walked round to discover we had been visited overnight and a large quantity of drink and frozen food had been stolen. To cut a long story short, a tall masked man was seen walking up the car park with Micky Wallis's football bag full of our peppered steaks and brown sauce, when i challenged him he dropped the bag and legged it up the alley and onto the lane, having the advantage of being totally sober, the chubby thief was perfectly tripped at full pace (the most enjoyable tackle i've ever made) and immobolised very quickly and effectively. The police arrived quickly and arrested the 19 year old local man, he was taken back to his house where our beer and burgers were found, including a catering pack of Bacon stolen from our freezer 10 days ago. Since, we have had our goods returned and he has confessed all, bailed to appear on the 18th Sept. A successful end to quite a good week-end for the Club.