An electrical storm which brought hailstones the size of footballs and thunder and lightning to Castle Combe Sportsfield could not stop hundreds of young footballers from strutting their stuff on the opening day of the Colts’ annual tournament.

Biblical conditions battered the brave under-7s and 8s as they completed their festival of football and halted proceedings for around 30 minutes.
Mercifully, the weather improved as teams representing a host of clubs from the area contested the even-numbered age groups in the afternoon.
The action resumes with the odd-numbered age groups on Sunday, with the under-9s and 11s kicking off another fun-filled football feast at 9am.

ROLL OF HONOUR

Under-7 Fair Play Award: Chippenham Town Youth.
Under-8 Fair Play Award: Trowbridge Wanderers.
Under-10s final: Yate United B 2 Yate United A 0.
Under-12s final: FC Chippenham Vipers 1 FC Abbeymeads 0.
Under-14s: Winners – Bath Arsenal.
Under-16s final: Devizes Town 1 Larkhall Athletic 0.
Under 17/18s final: Pewsey 1 Frome Collegians 0 (played Friday pm).

Castle Combe Colts have ensured that matchdays at the club’s home ground will be a safer experience for young footballers and spectators alike.
Colts, whose 300-strong membership includes children aged from four to 18, raised money for and installed a defibrillator at their Upper Castle Combe headquarters after learning of the cardiac arrest suffered by Bradford Town’s Quinton Barham during an under-14s match last year.
Trowbridge teenager Quinton was playing in the Mid-Wilts Youth & Minor League - in which a number of Colts teams also participate – at the time and made a miracle recovery following heart bypass surgery.
Having raised more than £1,000 by helping to marshal one of Castle Combe Circuit’s monthly car boot sales last year, Colts were the first organisation to commit the subsidised funds and take delivery of the life-saving technology after the South Western Ambulance Service Trust initiated a scheme in March 2014.
They were tipped off about the project - which has since delivered a further 110 machines across the country - by Alison Butler of the Chippenham Area Partnership.
Colts secretary Trevor Newman said: “We felt we needed to make the significant investment following the incident involving a young player in the same youth league that the Colts play in.
“That showed that you can never be complacent when it comes to first aid support. Although we obviously hope that we never have to use the defibrillator at all, it is good to know it is there.”
Last week, 12 coaches and committee members from the club underwent training delivered by the South Western Ambulance Service Trust at Chippenham’s ambulance station, again the first to do so under the scheme.
It was carried out by Julia Doel and David Wilmot, whose support throughout the process has been invaluable to the club.

Castle Combe Colts have joined forces with a local supplier to enable players, parents and coaches  to purchase club-endorsed Joma training kit. 

We have agreed for the following training kit to be available to buy either online or direct from Sporting Billy, who are located on Bumpers Farm, Chippenham:

• Waterproof jackets
• Training tops
• Training tops
• Polo shirts
• Tracksuit bottoms
• Shorts & socks
• Backpacks

Kit can either be purchased online and collected from the shop or delivered for an extra fee. Please note that while the shop holds some stock this is currently limited. However, anything it does not hold can be ordered in and will be available in 7-14 days.

To view the range of Castle Combe Colts training kit follow the link below:

http://www.sportingbilly.com/c-jn/club-shops/castle-combe-colts.htm

The supply and delivery of training kit is organised solely by Sporting Billy on the club's behalf.

This is a fantastic opportunity for players and coaches to be able to purchase quality training kit from a reputable, local supplier to wear at training and matches which identifies and links them with Castle Combe Colts FC .