The following fixtures are listed for our teams for Saturday 28th January.

With a frost forecast for Friday night, expect all matches to be subject to pitch inspections

Chiltern Church Junior League

Under 16s: Holy Trinity Thistle vs Oakridge Baptist

Under 14s: Kings Church Amersham Rovers vs Holy Trinity Lions

Under 14s: Blackstone Spitfires vs Holy Trinity Sharks

Under 13s: St James Swifts vs Holy Trinity Troopers

Under 11s: St James Buccaneers vs Holy Trinity Eagles

Under 10s: Holy Trinity Knights vs Kings Church Amersham Orient

Under 8s: Kings Church Amersham Rangers vs Holy Trinity Dragons 

Under 8s:  Holy Trinity Falcons vs Kings Church Amersham Wanderers

(Under 8s results are not declared due to FA rules)

The Holy Trinity Kestrels were involved in a Wycombe Wanderers’ run 6 a side tournament last Saturday held at Handycross Sports Centre.

The boys  had a great time and did incredibly well – winning all their games and going on to win the tournament outright !!!

There were 5 teams involved ( HT Kestrels / Wycombe Wanderers A / Wycombe Wanderers B / LBER / Chalfonts ) and they all played 4 games. Whilst FA rules prevent us from declaring results for Under 8s, the Kestrels scored 11 goals in their 4 games and only conceded one!

Each of the players received a Wycombe Wanderers medal and an activity book and all went home with a huge amount of pride ( especially the coaches ) !!

They finished the day off by watching Wycombe Wanderers win 3 – 0 against Rochdale at Adams Park and the boys even got to do a lap of honour of the ground at half time waving to all 4,285 fans !!!

What a great day and a great result for HT Kestrels!!

Over Christmas and the turn of the year, one of our HT team coaches Benedict Mwendwa visited Kenya with his family.

Now that many of our teams have had new kit this season, we had some spares of the red/blue reversible football shirts and gave these to Benedict to take out with him.

Two sets of shirts were given to the school football team at Kyangala Secondary School – located in a rural village in Machakos, Kenya – who were the recipients of the football kit.  Click on any of these small pictures to enlarge them.

They are grateful for the kit which the team really needed. You can find out more about the school by visiting http://www.kyangalaschool.ac.ke/

Do notice the quality of school pitches that they play on! Maybe Hazlemere Rec is not so bad after all!

Kyangala is a very needy area and Benedict has set up a charity which is supporting the village with water, health and education projects. You can learn more about our work by visiting http://www.kyangala-trust.org.uk/

We still play football!

Severe overnight frost meant that most of our pitches were declared unplayable on Saturday.

However in bright sunlight, some teams put the time to good use on what ground was fit for use to practice and improve their skills.

Here Chris and Jamie make the most of a frosty morning and lead the HT Kestrels training session. Click on each picture to enlarge it.

Hazlemere Sixes tournament this year will be held on Saturday 26th May (i.e. it will not be at the weekend of the bank holiday which has been moved into June).

Application forms will be available shortly, please email hazlemeresixes@aol.com if you are interested.

HT Mariners took December’s Manager of the Month trophy for their 100% record in that month.

Good wins against Chalfont (3-1) and St Josephs (5-1) established second place in the league going into the new year.

Keep up the good work Mariners!

The trophy was presented to Mariners’ coach John Dashwood following a thorough training session on 7th Jan.

Former HT Junior Alan Massey joined Ryman Premier League side Wealdstone on loan from Wycombe Wanderers in August 2007 and played in 24 first team matches, scoring 2 goals, before being recalled by the Football League club in November 2007.

He rejoined the ‘Stones’ in July 2008 after being released by Wycombe and has now made over 175 league and cup appearances for their first team. So far this season Alan has played in nearly all of their matches and is now one of their longest serving current players.

Alan was Wealdstone’s ‘Player of the Year’ in the 2008/09 season.

As our teams have gone into their Christmas and New Year mid-season break, probably it’s a good time to look and see where they are in the league tables.

Jaguars U16s
Holy Trinity Thistle are competing with KCA Argyle at the top, these two teams being well clear of the other 6 sides. Both are unbeaten but the Amersham outfit have a three point lead having played one more game than Thistle. These two teams drew 2-2 in their first meeting and the reverse fixture in March could be the title decider!

Holy Trinity Hazlemere are an Under 15′s team competing in this league and have naturally found it tough coming up against bigger lads. However they have won 1 game so far and sit in 7th place.

Panthers U14s
Holy Trinity Lions are in second place, just three points behind unbeaten KCA Rovers but Lions, who have won 5 and lost 2, have also played a game more.

Holy Trinity Sharks are once again having it tough and have yet to register a point from their 6 games.Maybe the New Year will bring a turnround in their luck.

Cougars U13s
HT Jedi are currently at the top of the league with 5 wins from their 9 games but have played 4 more games than KCA Dynamos. If level on points at the end of the season, positions will be decided from the head-to-head results.

HT Troopers have been struggling to field a full side this season and have only played 3 league matches, so far without any success.

Lions U12s
In what is looking quite a tight league of 6 teams, HT Hawks are currently 4th with 2 wins and 1 draw from 5 games. Every side in that league has lost at least one game, so plenty to play for in 2012.

Leopards U11s
Again quite a close situation here and HT Eagles are currently 3rd, but just 2 points off top place. Eagles have won 3 and drawn 1 of their 6 games.

Tigers Red U10s
HT Mariners are in 2nd place just 3 points behind Westwood Park with whom they had some good tussles last season, I seem to recall. Mariners have played 7 , won 3 and drawn 3 games.

Tigers Blue U10s
HT Knights are 3rd out of 7 teams having won 3 of their 5 games to date.

Lynxes U9s
HT Rangers are  5 points behind leaders Westwood Park Warriors with both teams having played 6 games. Knights have won 3 and drawn 1 of theirs.

No league tables published for Under 8s and Under 7s.

Happy New Year Everyone – see you in 2012

Seven year old Luca Massaro will be a match day mascot at the Boxing Day fixture between Wycombe Wanderers and Exeter City (kick off at Adams Park is 3pm)

Luca who attends Hazlemere C Of E School plays for Holy Trinity Dragons (under 8s) and was voted their Most Improved Player of the Season for 2010-11.

The other team he supports is Chelsea and his favourite Wycombe players are Scott Rendell and Dave Winfield. His hobbies are playing football and tennis plus riding his bike – hopefully not at the same time!

Enjoy your special day Luca. Hope you bring good luck to the Wanderers in the form of three points.

“Are You Hanging Up A Stocking On Your Wall, It’s The Time That Every Santa Has A Ball….”

Whatever you are doing this Christmas, do have a lovely time.  

All at Holy Trinity Juniors FC wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

See you in 2012.