Clippers Win Northumberland Classic

Hard work paid off for the Clippers who went undefeated and only gave up 1 goal against in the entire tournament.


Marching towards the hardware.

The champs.

Congrats to Shauna, awarded MVP in the final.

Security

Where would the girls be without their parents taking care of business? Pictured is a Brenda handling "security" on a recent road trip. With such a good looking team, often parents have to step in and handle boy control. She's overheard here enforcing the drinking in halls rule.

Clippers do other sports too!

Not a totally football related blog post. But let's here it for the U17 Clippers athletes that find time for other stuff.




Stephanie competed in OFSAA: Cross Country(4th), the 1500(6th), and the 3000(7th). Awesome results. But that's nothing, I've seen her do the beep test! Do they have provincial beep test competitions?
























Kristin helps Bayside SS to a Silver at OFSAA Rugby, at the flyhalf position and as the team convert kicker. Shown here with her cousin Olivia.





















Jenica, Sydney & Carli lead Syndenham SS charge to OFSAA Soccer . Too shy to submit photos.

Shauna wins the Regis "Senior Athlete of the Year"... As a grade 11!

Meredith rows...very well.

Final words

To the followers of this blog. The intent was to provide a simple glimpse of each days events. There were hundreds more pictures taken, and many, many more stories to tell. I will leave that up to each individual story teller.

To the young ladies. You certainly aren't kids any more. The maturity and enthusiasm each of you showed throughout the trip is something your parents and grandparents should be very proud of.

To the parents who tagged along. You provided transportation, food, somewhat dry clothes (wink), security, and hugs for everyone. It's obvious that you've done your jobs well, both as supporting cast, and parents.

To the coaches & management. How lucky are the ladies to have this leadership group, along with their spouses that helped prove such a great opportunity. We applaud you.

From this blogger (Ivan) and his family (Tracy & Kristin) to all of you. Back in October you extended an invitation to join your group, on this wonderful trip. We knew this was an opportunity, not to be missed. We thoroughly enjoyed each and every football match, drive, forty winks, meal, conversation, ferris wheel, u-turn, parent meeting, song, and the many laughs & smiles. Thanks to all of you for including us, and making us feel like part of your football family.

Disclaimer: Clippers 1991 - Shall not be responsible for any scratches, dings, missing hubcaps on van exteriors. Or mud, drool, sweat, vomit on van interiors. Senior citizens from various countries taken out with slide tackles during airport footie, should rest assured that red cards have been issued. Any UK newspaper articles reporting dangerous Canadian drivers causing mayhem, should be taken as purely coincidental. Names in all stories told, are expected to be changed to protect the innocent and/or guilty. We apologize for any attempts to access hot water in the hotel. We had nothing to do with shutting down the entire London subway system... honestly. All lyrics sung during the trip have been changed due to "unusual factors", as to not infringe on the original pub versions.

THE END

Back to Football

Today it was ALL about Football. The pictures speak for themselves, as we visited Old Trafford and watched a match at James Hargreaves Stand. Burnley falls to Wolverhampton 3-1.






Jon: "I was looking at the blog and there was one great photo of most of you on the Manchester United players bench, and I wondered what you were all thinking?"


Sorry Lisa, Jenica took the last booster seat...

Fancy a trip to London

Smashing day. Took the train into London

Visited the London Tower.




Parliament



Meet the Bobbies



And dropped in at the Queen's house