Presentation nights complete!

Our last training session was back at the end of April, and after a long and eventful season, I thought it was best that we had a 2 month break before we start pre-season training.  5 weeks in, it now seems like a very hasty decision!  I don't know about the kids, but I'm itching to get back coaching and preparing for next season.

So what has been happening post-season?

League Presentation

2 weeks ago we attended the league presentation evening after winning Division D.  I'd heard nightmare stories of it being a long winded affair (for the adults anyway!), sitting through monotonous presentation after presentation.  So after pre-warning all our parents, I was pleasantly surprised by the evening.  To say it was well organised would be an understatement!  Certainly a credit to all at SDJSFL and the amount of time and effort they must have put in!  The venue, Barnsley Metrodome, was excellent and Uriah Rennie handed out the trophies (general response from kids to parents was "who's he?").

Fin holding Div D Winners trophy

Club Presentation

Our second presentation night was held on Sat 8th June 2013.  I know a lot of clubs share their presentation nights with other age groups, but each team within our club arrange their own.  It has to be said, I have very little to do with the organisation.  It's all done by one of the parents so all i have to do is turn up, eat from the bbq and drink from the bar....oh, and there is the small matter of the presentation and speech!  One thing I hate, it having to stand up in front of people and talk.  It's just not me.  The previous 2 seasons, I've not prepared and just bumbled my way through.  This year, I thought I'd better change that!  So 3 days before I started making bullet points about the season and all the players.  I never thought I'd get to 3 pages!

3 page speech!

How did the night go?  Well, it started with one of the lads falling out of a tree and ending in A&E.  Not your usual presentation night!  Other than that, the speech went down well, the food was good and the drinks kept flowing.  What more could you want?

Trophy

The presentation nights ended of a fantastic season, one which had a lot more high points than low.  With the squad already selected for next season, planning can now start before we start training again at the beginning of July.