Tring Athletic vs Sawbridgeworth Town

Official Programme

Tring Athletic v Sawbridgeworth Town

Saturday 16th September 2023, 15:00pm

Spartan South Midlands Premier Division

Match Sponsor— Pendley Day Nursery

Picture courtesy of Keith Clayton_

Good Evening & welcome to the Grass Roots Stadium for the visit of Sawbridgeworth Town. We welcome their players, officials and supporters and wish them a safe journey home afterwards.

This is our 6th home game of the season. As with the last home game, our visitors arrive looking for their first win of the season. Both teams approach this match of the back of a bad run of results and again, Tring will be hoping to turn their form around.

This afternoon’s sponsor are Pendley Day Nursery & we thank them for their ongoing support. You can find out more about them on page 4. Just click on their advert to take you to their website!

If you are able to volunteer for the club on a regular basis or even just occasionally please speak to a committee member. We are always grateful for extra support.

This is the fourth season of producing online only programmes. If you click on any of the logos or adverts it should direct you straight to our sponsors websites. This also means we can bring you features such as match highlights at the click of a button.

Today’s programme includes

• Page 5 A selection of items on show from our club shop

• Page 21 — Today’s match squads

• Page 26 The latest winners on the 100 club. You can join for just £1 a week.

• As always keep an eye on our website for all the latest information, fixtures and results.

TAFC—Club Shop

Take a look at our new club shop in association with O’Neills. Click on any of the items below to take you to our page with branded leisurewear and accessories.

League Table

Officials

Life President

Life Vice Presidents

Mick Eldridge BEM

David Evans MBE, Barry Johnson, Jean & Les Robins, Ralph Griffiths, Harry Bowden, Pete Stillwell, Alan Foskett, Pete Oakley, Keith Hamilton, Barry Simmons, Dave Stacey

Chairman

Vice Chairman

Hon. Secretary

Hon. Treasurer

Commercial Manager

Match Secretary - South Midlands

Registration Secretary

Community Officer

Club Welfare Officer

First Team Manager

First Team Assistant Manager

First Team Coaches

First Team Technical Advisor

Goalkeeping coach

Under 23’s Management

TAFC Zebras

Under 18' Management (Southern Counties)

Under 18's Management (Wycombe)

Sports Physio

Football Co-Ordinator

David Blair

Neil Foskett & Mark Weston

Tony Stedman

Tony Stedman

Graham Bright

Tony Stedman

Trevor Langley

Darrell Osborne

Kirstie McNeil

Ryan Sturges

Lee Groves

Mick Vipond

Ian Richardson

Gary Looker

Michael Thompson, Colin Phillips, Stuart Stedman

Ryan Shefras

Danny Wicks

Stuart Darrington

Hannah Childs

Vacant

Press Officer Vacant

Website

Social Media

Programme Editor

Groundsman

Facilities Manager

Membership Secretary

Catering

Bar Manager

Executive Committee Members

Darrell Osborne

James Cotterill , Bob Winter

James Cotterill

Darrell Bodimeade

David Whicker

Graham Bright

Isalie

Stefan Drumea

David Blair, Neil Foskett, Tony Stedman, Mark Weston, Darrell Osbourne, Graham Bright

Committee Members

Bob Winter, Ian Butler, Neil Foskett, Graham Bright, Andy Ayres, David Whicker

Our Charity Partner

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.

Match Sponsorship

Match sponsorship only costs £50 and includes

• Name/Logo on the matchday sign on the front of the stadium

• Two complimentary admissions

• Free pre-match drink for two people

• Company/Personal details on the front cover of matchday programme

• Overview of Company within matchday programme

• Mention on Chairman's notes and on the PA system

• Post match presentation/photo with the man of the match

Contact Graham Bright on 07722 240963 or via email to tringathleticfc@hotmail.com

Match Sponsorship

Arlesey Town Available

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Ralph Griffiths

Baldock Town — Available

Biggleswade United— Pendley Day Nursery

Cockfosters— Available

Colney Heath — Pendley Day Nursery

Crawley Green Pendley Day Nursery

Dunstable Town Available

FC Romania— Available

Harpenden Town— Pendley Day Nursery

Leverstock Green— Available

London Lions—Available

Milton Keynes Irish Available

Potton United Available

Real Beford—Sinfield Services

Sawbridgeworth Town—Pendley Day Nursery

Shefford Town & Campton— Available

Stansted—Available

St Panteleimon Available

Fixture List

Fixture List

Fixture List

Tring Athletic FC

Eric Negraru (GK)

Victor Andrei Cristea (GK)

Lee Stobbs ©

Jamie Ovington

Tommy Smith

Dave O’Connor

Lennie Armstrong

Adam Sawyer

George Carbery

Frankie Hercules

Harry Jones

Jack Harvey

Max Hercules

Josh Chamberlain

Greg Deer

Harrison Mead

Harry Shepherd

Jamie Rudd

Harrison Cornick

Guieppe Delgaudio

Jake Cowley

Harry Seabrook

Ryan Sharkey

Luke Peerless

Today’s Squads

Sawbridgeworth Town

Wale Adedeji

Morgan Arnold

Joshua Bardouleau

Ethan Barton

Harron Belaid

Jaydon Charles

Benjamin Clarke

Cormac Clarke

Luke Clark

Joe Cloake

Marcus Dowdeswell

Jeremy Ebelebe

George Edgeworth

Georgie Fairhead

Austen Garrod

Frederick Griffiths

Teddy Hall

Oshun Lewis

Jacob Lodge

Shadrac Malembe

Kyron Mitchell

Danny Palmer

Thomas Reeves

Oliver Siggers

George Spillane

Daniel Taylor

Matthew Thoma

Lewis Wicker

Billy Wise

Manager - Ryan Sturges

Asst Manager- Lee Groves

Coach—Ian Richardson & Mick

Vipond, GK Coach - Gary Looker

Physio—Hannah Childs

Manager: Ben Taylor

Asst Manager:

Coach:

Physio:

The History of Sawbridgeworth Town

Formed in 1897 by members of Sawbridgeworth Cricket Club, Sawbridgeworth Town Football Club played their first friendly match on Pishiobury Park, a large tract of common land to the south of the Town. At the turn of the century they joined the East Herts league and later relocated to Great Hyde Hall. At this time, they were playing in the Stortford League and had their headquarters in the White Lion Hotel in the centre of town. Just after the first world war they moved to their next ground - a field next to the Hand & Crown Public House. This venue became very popular at the time and staged many local cup finals.

They moved to their present ground in 1930. At the time the facility was known as Cambridge Road but following construction of a housing estate and provision of a new entrance it was rechristened Crofters End. Following the second World War Sawbridgeworth Town FC joined the Spartan Lague for their first taste of senior football, however this proved not to be successful and they rejoined the Stortford League.

With the building of a new clubhouse in 1975, the club reapplied for Senior status and joined the Essex Senior League. After a few years and steady improvements to the ground, floodlights were erected which enabled the Robins to participate in further cup competitions and evening games.

More recently, the club has expanded to encompass a thriving junior set up, catering for the towns' youth from an U7s side right up to the under 11's as well as a competitive Ladies section. These units compliment the clubs Senior Side and Reserves and all compete under the umbrella title of Sawbridgeworth Town Football Club.

2005/2006 saw a fairly successful season for the Robins' teams with the senior side winning the Herts Charity Shield, the Reserves becoming the league champions and the Ladies side reaching the play-offs of their division.

2007/2008 Richard Branchflower takes over as First Team manager, this signals an exciting change of direction for the club with a completely new management structure primed and ready to take Sawbridgeworth Town FC into the future. The aim of the move follows chairman Steve Day's vision of total integration between the Youth, Reserve & First Team squads. Richard Branchflower resigns late 2008 and Peter Wickham and Kevin Shuttleworth take the reins.

2012: Peter Wickham starts his 4th year as Sawbridgeworth boss with Marc Das as Assistant Manager, the Senior set up is complimented this season with the inclusion of Steve Pridmore as Senior Reserve Manager and Kevin Shuttleworth as Senior First Team Coach. Again the emphasis is to bring players through the ranks and with brining the U18 into the Senior set up, this has already started to pay dividends. The overiding intention is to ease the transition between junior and senior football within the club.

2013: Marc Das takes over the reigns as First Team Manager and appoints long term associate Andy Walker as his Assistant. Johh Turner is appointed Assistant Reserve Team Manager.

Honours

East Herts League Champions 1923–24

Essex Olympian League Champions 1971–72

Herts Junior Cup Champions 1926–27

Next Up

Today’s Officials Sophie Dennington Lyn McGregor Thomas Fogden

The TAFC 1 Club

Support Tring Athletic, Join our 100 Club. This is one of the most popular fund raising activities in the UK, probably the easiest to enter, and the size of the weekly/monthly prize will depend upon the number of people participating. The more people the larger the prize. 50% of all takings go in cash prizes.

At the current time we have a Monthly 1st prize of £100, 2nd prize of £50 and 2x £20 prizes. It costs just £1 per week. Ask a committee member for details.

July & August Winners

The monthly 100 club draw was undertaken recently.

The lucky winners were:

July

£100 Ollie Butler

£50 John Perry

£20— Eldridge Family

£20 Andrew Playle

August

£100 Steve Johnson

£50— Phil Casserley

£20 Alan Dumpleton

£20— Phil Casserley

Once again winnings will be paid directly to the winners bank accounts.

Brookhouse Reserves 2-1 TAFC

TAFC 6-7 Aylebury Vale Dynamos U23

Click the picture below for the match report of the brookhouse match!

Our reserves are sponsored by NP Electrics & Solar

Suburban League—North Division

TAFC Membership

GOLD - £99 (£75 concessions) Free entry to all home league games. 20% discount at the bar. Please see the opposite page for additional offers from local businesses.

SILVER—£50 (£40 cons) Free entry to the first six matches each season. 20% discount at the bar.

BLACK—£20 (£10 cons) Club membership and 10% discount at the bar. Click on the Gold Card below to go to our membership page & application form

TAFC Membership Benefits

Team Sponsors

New sponsor wanted. Please contact Graham

Bright for more information