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WHALEY BRIDGE UNDER 8'S KICKED OFF THEIR SEASON WITH TWO HOME GAMES AGAINST STOCKPORT DYNAMOES. THEFIRST GAME PRODUCED A RESOUNDING 4-0 VICTORY FOR THE HOME TEAM. A HAT-TRICK FOR LUKE SIMS AND A SECONDHALF STRIKE BY KEIRON HEWITT ENSURED THAT THE HOME TEAM WERE OFF TO A WINNING START TO THIS YEARSCAMPAIGN.
ALTHOUGH LUKE STOLE THE HEADLINES WITH HIS HATRICK , A PILE DRIVER OF A FREE KICK INTO THE TOP CORNERSANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO POACHERS GOALS, THIS WAS A SOLID TEAM PERFORMANCE. WARNER CHESWORTH WASEVER DANGEROUS WITH HIS PACE ON THE WINGS, CLEVER LINK UP PLAY BY KEIRON HEWITT ENSURED HE GOT HISNAME ON THE SCORESHEET AFTER A GOOD PERFORMACE BETWEEN THE STICKS IN THE FIRST HALF. FRANK CULMERAGAIN PUT IN AN ALL ACTION DISPLAY AND WAS UNLUCKY NOT TO SCORE ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS BEFORE TAKINGHIS PLACE IN GOAL IN THE 2ND HALF. ANOTHER STRONG AND COMMANDING PERFROMANCE CAME FROM VAL WILSON ATTHE BACK AND HE WAS ABLY SUPPORTED BY TOM POLLARD WHO MADE SOME TELLING TACKLES AND INTERCEPTIONSTO ENSURE THE CLEAN SHEET WAS NEVER REALLY IN DOUBT, ALTHOUGH FRANK CULMER NEEDED TO BE ALERT ON ACOUPLE OF OCCASSIONS WHEN THE DYNAMOES THREATENED. KYLE CRESSWELL AND JUDE JAMIESONS EXCELLENTDEFENSIVE AND ATTACKING PERFORMANCES SUPPLEMENTED AN EXCELLENT START TO THE SEASON.

IN THE SECOND GAME THE WHALEY BRIDGE SQUAD CONSISTED OF NEWCOMERS NATHAN HUNTER AND LUKE CADMAN.WHALEY QUICKLY TOOK THE LEAD THROUGH LEWIS MARNER, LEWIS WAS A HANDFUL FOR THE DYNAMOES DEFENSETHROUGHOUT AND WAS UNLUCKY NOT TO ADD MORE THAN ONE GOAL TO HIS NAME.
NATHAN HUNTER WAS ENJOYING AN EXCELLENT GAME IN MIDFIELD AND BEN WRIGHT , LUKE CADMAN AND LOUIEPICKFORD WERE KEEPING THE DYNAMOES AT BAY WITH A FINE DEFENSIVE TEAM PERFORMANCE UNTIL A MIX UP AT THEBACK AND A DEFLECTED GOAL MEANT THE DYNAMOES WERE IN FRONT WITH JUST ONE MINUTE LEFT ON THE CLOCKWHEN UP STEPPED ALFIE LONGDEN TO SLAM HOME AN EQUALISER TO JOYOUS SCENES. IT WAS NO MORE THAN ALFIEDESERVED AFTER HE WAS INSTRUMNETAL IN SETTING UP A NUMBER OF CHANCES WITH SOME GREAT MOVEMENT ANDEXCELLENT INCISIVE PASSING.

SO A WIN AND A DRAW IN THE OPENING GAMES MEANT THE SQUAD WENT AWAY HAPPY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THENEXT GAME.