Positive Pilgrims 4 Horncastle Town 0

Scunthorpe United 2 Horncastle Town 0

Lincoln City DFC 1 Horncastle Town 1 (Ross Widdowson)

The squad was comprised of:

Ashley Morley, Rory Tindall, Alex Storrer, Andrew Glover, Oscar Burgess, Liam Smith, Ross Widdowson and Ben Williamson.  

There will hopefully be one more tournament to finish the season and this is likely to be at Gainsborough on Sunday June 12th.

Ability Counts Football Tournament held at Boston Uniteds Ground

03-04-2011

Town's U16 Ability Counts squad played at Boston United's ground on Sunday in a tournament against Lincoln City and Boston United. Despite drawing 1 and losing 3 of their games, the boys all played very well against strong opposition.

The squad was comprised of:

Liam Smith, Oscar Burgess, Ross Widdowson, Aidan Richardson, Ashley Morley, Andrew Glover, Rory Tindall and Ben Williamson.

The results were as follows:

Lincoln City 4 Horncastle Town 2 (Ben Williamson, Oscar Burgess)

Horncastle Town 0 Boston United 7

Lincoln City 1 Horncastle Town 0

Boston United 1 Horncastle Town 1 (Ben Williamson)

The final round of games is due to be played at the beginning of May and this will hopefully be at Lincoln City's ground.

Ability Counts Football Tournament held at Carre's Grammar School in Sleaford

13-03-2011

Horncastle Town were again represented by an U16 team in the Ability Counts Football Tournament held at Carre's Grammar School in Sleaford on Sunday. Although Foresight failed to show, the teams from Horncastle, Lincoln City DFC and Scunthorpe Utd played some excellent football and all the games were keenly contested.

Horncastle Town's squad was comprised of:

Liam Smith, Oscar Burgess, Ross Widdowson, Ben Williamson, Andrew Glover, Aidan Richardson, Ashley Morley and Rory Tindall.

Results:

Horncastle Town 3 ( Rory Tindall 2, Oscar Burgess) Scunthorpe Utd 2

Lincoln City DFC 0 Horncastle Town 0

Scunthorpe Utd 1 Horncastle Town 1 (Ben Williamson)

Horncastle Town 2 (Ross Widdowson 2) Lincoln City DFC 2

U16 Ability Counts Football Regional Tournament Played at Cherry Willingham Community School

13-02-2011

Horncastle Town's Ability Counts team were chosen to represent Lincolnshire in a Regional Tournament that was held at Cherry Willingham Community School. Town were playing against Derby County, Notts County, Northampton Town and Leicester but despite the quality of the opposition they acquitted themselves extremely well on the day.

Their first game was against Derby County and Town won by three goals to nil. A single goal reverse followed against Notts County before a very strong Northampton side comprehensively beat them. Despite this defeat, Town bounced back in their final game and only lost by three goals to one against a good Leicester City side.

The players who represented Town on the day were: Liam Smith, Ashley Morley, Ross Widdowson, Andrew Glover, Oscar Burgess, Ben Williamson, Rory Tindall and Johnny Hall.

Special mentions should go to Liam Smith for only conceding one goal in two games as goalkeeper, Ben Williamson for some excellent performances and Andrew Glover for his best performances to date. However, all of the lads deserve a lot of credit for the manner in which they performed against by far the strongest opposition they have faced.

Results:

Horncastle Town 3 Derby County 0    Johnny Hall (2), Ben Williamson

Notts County 1 Horncastle Town 0

Northampton Town 6 Horncastle Town 0

Horncastle Town 1 Leicester City 3   Ben Williamson

U16 Ability Counts Football Played at Oasis Academy Grimsby

06-02-2011  

Town's Ability Counts team resumed their season with a tournament at the Oasis Academy in Grimsby. Despite the strong winds the team played exceptionally well on the day, winning two games and drawing one. It was encouraging to note that four U16 teams took part in this tournament with Foresight and Lincoln DFC competing for the first time.

The results for Town were:  

Horncastle Town 6 Foresight 0    (Alex Storrer 3, Johnny Hall 2, Ben Williamson)

Scunthorpe Utd 0 Horncastle Town 4    (Johnny Hall 2, Liam Smith, Rory Tindall)

Lincoln DFC 1 Horncastle Town 1    (Alex Storrer)

This coming Sunday the majority of the team will be representing Lincolnshire U16's in a regional tournament when they will be competing against Northampton Town, Leicester City, Notts County and Derby County.

Ability Counts squad:

Liam Smith, Oscar Burgess, Rory Tindall, Alex Storrer, Ben Williamson, Ashley Morley and Johnny Hall.

U16 Ability Counts Football Played at Scunthorpe United

07-11-2010

On Sunday morning a team of youngsters drawn primarily from St Lawrence School represented the Town at the Ability Counts tournament at Scunthorpe United. Unfortunately the lads were not allowed to play on the actual pitch but nevertheless they did exceptionally well on the day, winning all of the four games they played. The squad that represented Town was comprised of:   Liam Smith, Ashley Morley, Aidan Richardson, Rory Tindall, Alex Storrer, Andrew Glover, Ben Williamson, Dylan Hughes-keys and Johnny Hall.

The results and scorers were as follows:

Lincoln Sharks 0 Horncastle Town 6 (Ben Williamson 3, Johnny Hall 3)

Scunthorpe Utd 0 Horncastle Town 11 ( Rory Tindall 3, Alex Storrer 4, Johnny Hall 3, Ben Williamson 1)

Horncastle Town 3 (Ben Williamson 2, Johnny Hall 1) Lincoln Sharks 2

Horncastle Town 9 (Johnny Hall 6, Rory Tindall 3) Scunthorpe Utd 0

Many thanks to all of the parents who brought the players to Scunthorpe and supported them on the day.

Horncastle Town Football Club "Ability Counts" Football Tournament Boston United 

03-10-2010

Unfortunately the Ability Counts Football Tournament due to be held at Boston United on Sunday 03.10.10 had to be cancelled owing to the poor weather. The pitch at Boston was too wet to be played on and therefore the decision was taken to cancel the event.

Horncastle Town Football Club "Ability Counts" Festival 

12-09-2010

On Sunday 12th September Paul Johnson took a squad of U16 players to represent Horncastle Town at the first of this season's "Ability Counts" Festivals which was played at Cherry Willingham Community School. The players all attend St Lawrence School in Horncastle and are now representing HTFC for the fourth season in succession.

Following a 45 minute coaching session which was delivered by qualified coaches from Lincoln City's Football in the Community, the team played 3 matches against Scunthorpe United who were entering the competition for the first time. The emphasis is upon the players enjoying their football and learning about the game and anyone with additional needs is welcome to play, irrespective of their ability or understanding of the game.

The games were 7-a-side and were played for a duration of twenty minutes with rolling substitutions permitted. The players representing HTFC performed extremely well on the day and won all 3 games against an enthusiastic and sporting Scunthorpe team who will undoubtedly improve as the season progresses.

The results were as follows:

HTFC 10 Scunthorpe Utd 1 (Ben Williamson 3, Ashley Dukes 2, Alex Storrer 2, Rory Tindall 3)

Scunthorpe Utd 1 HTFC 3 (Ashley Dukes 2, Oscar Burgess 1)

HTFC 6 Scunthorpe Utd 0 (Ben Williamson 3, Alex Storrer 2, Oscar Burgess 1)

The squad was comprised of 9 players and they were:

Liam Smith, Alex Storrer, Ashley Morley, Aidan Richardson, Andrew Glover, Ben Williamson, Ashley Dukes, Rory Tindall and Oscar Burgess.

The next Ability Counts Festival is to be played at Boston United's ground on Sunday 3rd October.