Royalist Cup 10 was played on sunday on the hottest day of the year. With some players not turning up and others being drafted in on the day, it was a sterling effort from all concerned. Each team only having one subsitute to use in the oppressive  and sapping heat.

The game was another exciting draw, ending 6-6, and then being decided AGAIN on penalties.  With the Golds having scored their first three spot kicks, coupled with Alastair Smart pulling off 2 saves, and Jordan Castello missing his,  the Purples were to lose 3-0 on penalties.

There was again some very impressive Cavalier debuts,  with Liam Fitzgerald (who agreed to play only 5 minutes before kickoff as he had come originally as a spectator) blasting a hat trick for the Purple Cavaliers !!!. Charlie Tanner played his first Cav`s game also for the Purples, whilst for the Gold`s jet heeled Devon Blackman (though amazingly not actually getting on the scoresheet) had a really good game, striking both posts and the crossbar on at least 3 occasions.  Also for the Gold Cav`s Matt Tagliarini also was up and down the pitch all game capping it off with a goal. Fellow debutant Mark Avis had a solid game in the heart of the Purple`s defence, especially as he had the very hard task of trying to shackle Rai Lee-Long.

As Usual, the Cavalier hitmen Rai Lee-Long and Jordan Castello, added to their prolific scoring rates with Rai getting a hat trick and Jordan a brace. Joshua Rice  AGAIN !, Jordan Murphy, and Marc Bassinder were the other scorers. Ian Gelley was also very impressive throughout the game, though even though it seems a bit absurd after a 6-6 scoreline ! , both teams defenders were really hardworking and kept the score down !!!!.

A Massive thank you to Terry Druce (Darren`s Dad and regular volunteer linesman) who kindly agreed to step up and referee the game at the last minute as we were really desperate !!!. It`s a thankless task and can leave you open to unfair criticism and flak as you cannot please everyone with decisions, so I want to thank him for helping us out.