TAFC u18 player Ryan
Earle has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia & is undergoing treatment in London. Click on either picture to donate to help support his family. See also page 3.
Lovelace
Good afternoon & welcome to the Grass Roots Stadium for the visit of Baldock Town. We welcome their players, officials and supporters and wish them a safe journey home afterwards.
Our match sponsors today is long term supporter Dick Lovelace. We thank him for his ongoing support. We still have match sponsorship availability for the remaining games this season so please speak to Graham Bright if you are interested.
You will see our cover this week is dedicated to raising funds for Ryan Earle’s family. Click on either image or the Just Giving picture on page 3 to donate. Our under 18s are doing the club proud at the moment beating both Kings Langley & then Wealdstone on penalties in the FA Youth Cup. You can see the Kings Langley shoot out on page 5.
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Ryan Earle, 17 has been a Tring Athletic FC youth player for 3 years and also attends Ben Herd football academy so has links with Hertford Town FC. He was diagnosed with Acute myeloid leukaemia last week and is now at UCL hospital undergoing treatment.
Ryan began this pre-season training with our first team, a testament to how well he is developing as a player with a very bright future. A few weeks ago Ryan took a knock to his head during an u18 friendly game against Leverstock Green FC, he had a small lump and also had a dizzy spell and to be on the safe side he attended where he was advised the lump was a cyst. A couple of weeks later we were playing Balham FC in the FA youth cup and Ryan felt unwell during the day and so presented himself at A&E where he collapsed.
Ryan was admitted and tests would reveal he has Acute myeloid leukaemia & is now receiving his treatment at UCL hospital in London.
All those who know or have have met Ryan know what a infectious joker he is, full of life and always laughing. The diagnosis has come as a huge shock to us all but no more so than for Ryan's family.
We have started this page to allow people to donate. The aim being to take some of the families financial stresses away so they can concentrate on supporting Ryan as he faces 6 months of treatment to overcome this diagnosis. The family will have huge expenditure with travel, accommodation, food amongst other things on top of keeping the home going. If you can help in anyway no matter how small you will make a huge difference in helping to concentrate on getting Ryan better and back home
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First Team Assistant Manager Lee Groves
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Pendley Day Nursery is a brand new nursery set in a unique setting in the heart of Tring, and provides quality childcare and development opportunities for children aged 6 months - 5 years. We have created a premier nursery, which will provide a fantastic experience for your child to enable them to 'Grow, Learn & Develop'. Just read our TESTIMONALS page to see the lovely things parents are saying about us.
The nursery has both expansive indoor and outdoor space, and provides an ideal environment for children to learn and play in a safe and secure environment.
Pendley Day Nursery is led and managed by leading childcare practitioner Natasha Young, who is also part owner of the nursery.
Natasha is Level 6 qualified and she and her team will provide the highest of quality care and development opportunities for your child.
We will ensure that your child's best interest are at the heart of everything we do.
We have invested significantly in the setting and, with lots of brand new equipment and toys, we offer the highest of standards throughout. Our excellent facilities include:
• Fully trained, dedicated staff – many at level 3 and above
• Fully equipped kitchen and trained cooks (hot lunch, tea and snacks)
• Large play areas, inside and out
• Large, safe front car park for easy drop off and collection
• Open 8.00 18.00, Monday Friday (51 weeks)
• Flexible hours (mornings or afternoons)
• Dedicated to children 6 months 5 years
The nursery is run by local owners who, through their team, are committed to providing stimulating activities in a caring environment, promoting all aspects of children’s development.
PREM 02/08/22 19:45 Tring Athletic 2-1 Ardley United
FAC 06/08/22 15:00 Roman Glass St George 3-1 Tring Athletic
PREM 13/08/22 15:00 Dunstable Town 2-2 Tring Athletic
PREM 16/08/22 19:45 Tring Athletic 1-0 Colney Heath
PREM 20/08/22 15:00 Arlesey Town 1-1 Tring Athletic
PREM 27/08/22 15:00 St Panteleimon 2-1 Tring Athletic
PREM 03/09/22 15:00 Tring Athletic 4-1 Biggleswade
PREM 10/09/22 15:00 Hoddesdon Town 0-0 Tring Athletic
PREM 13/09/22 19:45 Tring Athletic 0-2 Stotfold
PREM 17/09/22 15:00 Crawley Green 4-0 Tring Athletic
PREM 01/10/22 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Baldock Town
PREM 08/10/22 15:00 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos VS Tring Athletic
PREM 11/10/22 19:45 Tring Athletic VS Risborough Rangers
PREM 15/10/22 15:00 Potton United VS Tring Athletic
PREM 22/10/22 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Shefford Town & Campton
PREM 25/10/22 19:45 Leighton Town VS Tring Athletic
PREM 05/11/22 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Arlesey Town
PREM 12/11/22 15:00 Cockfosters VS Tring Athletic
PREM 19/11/22 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Dunstable Town
PREM 22/11/22 19:45 Colney Heath VS Tring Athletic
PREM 03/12/22 15:00 Tring Athletic VS St Panteleimon
PREM 10/12/22 15:00 Harpenden Town
VS Tring Athletic
PREM 17/12/22 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Harpenden Town
PREM 27/12/22 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Leverstock Green
PREM 02/01/23 15:00 London Colney VS Tring Athletic
PREM 07/01/23 15:00 Stotfold VS Tring Athletic
PREM 14/01/23 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Hoddesdon Town
PREM 21/01/23 15:00 Biggleswade United VS Tring Athletic
PREM 18/02/23 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Leighton Town
PREM 25/02/23 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Cockfosters
PREM 04/03/23 15:00 Shefford Town VS Tring Athletic
PREM 11/03/23 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Potton United
PREM 18/03/23 15:00 Baldock Town VS Tring Athletic
PREM 25/03/23 15:00 Tring Athletic
VS Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
PREM 01/04/23 15:00 Ardley United VS Tring Athletic
PREM 08/04/23 15:00 Tring Athletic VS London Colney
PREM 10/04/23 15:00 Leverstock Green
PREM 15/04/23 15:00 Tring Athletic
VS Tring Athletic
VS Crawley Green
PREM 22/04/23 15:00 Risborough VS Tring Athletic
Oliver Keil
Bogdan Marian
Adam Sawyer
George Carbery
Jack Stevens
Jake Morris
Ethan Goulding
Davide Pobbe
Charlie Miller
Greg Deer
Leo Farruch
Harrison Mead
Oliver Butler
Frankie Hercules Adiel Mannion
Godlove Oppong
Tom Braizer
Will Bisney
Guiseppe Delgaudio
Jack Thompson
Manager - Ryan Sturges
Asst Manager- Lee Groves
Coach—Ian Richardson & Mick
Vipond, GK Coach - Gary Looker
Physio—Hannah Childs
Baldock Town
Joseph Abe
David Archer
Joe Luis Babbage Mamadou Diallo
Josh Furness
Richard Kusorgbor
Leon Okuboyejo
Adam Turner
Liam Tyler
Jude White
Marcus Wilson
Joseph Jean Dalli
Jamie Essam
Harrison Sollis
Management team:
Following the demise of the orginal Baldock Town FC in 2001 the new Baldock Town were formed from the Baldock Town Youth FC as an outlet for youth squads in 2003. The new Baldock Town played its first competitive match in September 2003 in the North Herts League at ‘The Shed’ on Clothall Road, Baldock. The match was against Magnum with a Rob Foster hat-trick sealing a 5-1 win. The club then progressed from the North Herts League to the Herts Senior County League (HSCL). The 1st Team won Div 1 of the HSCL in their debut season in 2007/2008.
For three seasons from 2008 the team played its home matches on at the County Ground, Letchworth but they returned to Baldock to play at their old ground in Norton Road now known as the North Herts Arena.
After three near misses the 1st Team finally won the HSCL Premier Divtitle in 2012. Unfortunately due to ground grading issues the team were unable to take their place in the Spartan Southern Midlands League (SSML).
In order to achieve its ambition of playing at the highest possible level the Team were forced to move to ground share with Hitchin FC. The club finished in second place the following season but this proved to be good enough to secure that elusive promotion to the SSML. The side, managed by former player Scott Grant, also won the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy for the first time and retained the Anagram Records Trophy.
The next two seasons saw a period of consolidation for the 1st Team as they finished 7th and 10th, respectively, in SSML Div 1 (Step 6 on the Non League pyramid). After three seasons at Hitchin the club moved to share with Stotfold FC. Luke Gregson then took over in 2015, following Grant’s resignation, and assisted by Dean Gilbert the team then went on a superb run and ended up just missing out on promotion. The 3rd place finish was the highest placing in their recent history. The 2017 18 season proved to be momentous as Baldock Town continued to progress and finished second in Div 1 and were duly promoted to the SSML Premier Division. The team continued with its run of excellent form and finished in 5th place in their first season in the SSML Premier Division. The following season Baldock managed to get to 12th position before the season was prematurely ended as Covid 19 started to take hold. Luke Gregson decided to step down at the end of that season and Adam Fisher took over as Manager, assisted by Rob Bates.
Baldock only managed 12 games in the 2020-21 season as Covid-19 pandemic eventually won and the League was abandoned. Rob Bates took over as Manager during the summer of 2021 and started the season with some great Cup performances but failed to turn that into League form and are currently at the bottom of he League. Rob Bates has since resigned and Dave McAdam is currently Managing the Team. The Team currently ground share with Arlesey FC.
Assistant Referee Michael Heavey Assistant Referee Ruben Fernandez
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At the current time we have a weekly CASH prize of £20 and a Monthly 1st prize of £100 and 2nd prize of £50. It costs just £1 per week. Ask a committee member for details.
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