DSF Annual Sports Festival – football and unihoc

The 2020 Indoor Fife Football 5s supported by Fife Sports and Leisure Trust started with a bang. The venue was the Michael Woods Sports & Leisure Centre. The open section involved DSF United, DSF City and DSF Athletic. Teams were selected on ability and on paper all three teams appeared evenly matched. This was confirmed when the opening game involving City and United ended in a 1-1 draw. Match two between City and Athletic resulted in a 3-1 win for City and great delight in the Callander family from west Fife. The final match pitched United against Athletic and by the narrowest of margins 1-0, United earned the right to play City in the final. The match was very close but United held on to take the title.

DSF United – Briony Clark (gk) Steven Anderson, Adam Faulds, Dale Lynch and Graham Law
DSF City – Fraser Wilson, Ross Russell, Phillip Callander Andrew Callander and Allan Robertson
DSF Athletic – Robert Anderson. Ryan Melville, Maurice Paterson, David Mair and Stephen Russell

The B section was similarly very close with Albion and Rovers progressing to the final undefeated with three points each. In the round robin their match ended 2-2 but in the final DSF Rovers won convincingly by 4-2.

DSF Rovers – John Sapsed, Paul Arthur, Vicky Walker gk, Chris Cook and Robbie Clark
DSF Albion – James Murphy, Francis Peters, John Wright, Rickie Ballingal and Robert Morrison
DSF Wanderers – Jamie Thomas, Wayne Moreland, Steven Thackray, Ryan Peterson and Kevin Mustard

In the C section DSF colts played the DSF stallions over three games and lost one match 2-0 but won two others by 3-0 and 2-0 to lift the title.

DSF Colts – George Goodsir, Tristine Rankine, Mark Walker, Leroy Brown, Lee Wilson
DSF Stallions – Kenny Richards, Neil Carstairs, Neil McEwan, Kevin Rowe and Daniel Page

Two excellent teams from Balwearie HS contested the junior 5s with one drawn game and two wins for the Balwearie Hares, 2-0 and 2-1 over the Balwearie Hounds

Balwearie Hares – (red) Leo Cord (capt), Neil Simpson (gk,) Shaun Carter, Daniel Waszkowiak and Greig Nicol
Balwearie Hounds – (black) Acaymo Llanos (capt), Dawoud Murtuza (gk), Aidan Stewart, Liam Martin and Callum Stephen

The DSF gazelles completed the open unihoc section undefeated with three wins 1-0, 3-1 and 2-1 over the DSF leopards. The matches were considerably closer than the 6 points to zero outcome would suggest.

DSF Gazelles – Michelle Wallace, Kearney Horne Christine Burns and Andrea Spry
DSF Leopards – Pauline Bryson, Susan Barrett, Shona Murrie and Julie Allan

In the ladies B section unihoc, the DSF swallows lost both their matches and did not progress to the final. The final went to extra time with the DSF swifts defeating the DSF bluebirds by 4-3 and the golden goal determining the outcome.

DSF Swifts – Nicola Eccles, Kim Paddon, Michelle Somerville and Beverly Raitt
DSF Bluebirds – Nicola Bell, Tonia Coe and Roberta Buchan
DSF Swallows – Lynda Stewart, Avril McIntyre, Dawn Rogerson and Toni Duffin

The Balwearie jets were the dominant team in the junior unihoc competition with three convincing wins against the Balwearie diamonds.

Balwearie Jets – Billie Lowe, Zoe McNulty, Samantha Christie and Mary Nutman
Balwearie Diamonds -Shelby Spence, Kara Jeffrey, Keri MacNicol and Alexandra/Jane Nutman

Many thanks to Scottish FA referee Neil Martin who handled all the football games. Neil is a duty manager at the Michael Woods Sports and Leisure Centre. Thank you also to unihoc umpires Pamela Robson and Lucy Walkup who are both DSF coaches. DSF peer mentor volunteers Colleen Melville and Marie Wilson were inspired by GOGA in Fife, supported by Spirit of 2012, to take up volunteering. The girls did an excellent job backing up the organising team.

Richard Brickley OBE MBE Chairman DSF (SCIO) Board of Charity Trustees