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KEEP PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOOTBALL AT ROSENDALE PLAYING FIELDS

Lambeth Council are handing Rosendale Playing Fields to the new local secondary school Elmgreen. As a result the playing field may be out of action all next season whilst it is re-seeded and after that it is not certain primary schools will still have use of the site. This could mean the end of primary school football in Lambeth.

Let the council know how important Rosendale Playing Fields are to primary schools. Contact the councillors below or your local ward councillors. If you don't know your local ward councillors use www.councillor.gov.uk to find and contact them.

Cllr. Steve Reed, Leader of the Council, 020 7926 1709, sreed@lambeth.gov.uk

Cllr. Jackie Meldrum, Deputy leader of the Council, 020 8671 5595, jmeldrum@lambeth.gov.uk

Cllr. Paul McGlone, Cabinet member for children and young people,
020 8674 3250, pmmcglone@lambeth.gov.uk

Cllr. Mark Bennett, Cabinet member for culture, leisure and sport,
020 8769 8541, MEbennett@lambeth.gov.uk

Cllr. Ashley Lumsden, leader of Liberal Democrat opposition,
020 8674 4371, alumsden@lambeth.gov.uk

Cllr. John Whelan, leader of Conservative opposition and Rosendale ward councillor,
020 7926 2149, john@whelan.net

Cllr. Irene Kimm, Rosendale ward councillor, 020 7926 2149, IKimm@lambeth.gov.uk

Cllr. Clare Whelan, Rosendale ward councillor, 020 7926 2149, cwhelan@lambeth.gov.uk

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For more information contact Gary Cornforth - Lambeth Primary Schools Football League
07905 910575 - gary.cornforth@tiscali.co.uk

New school joins the league

Henry Fawcett Primary of Kennington have taken over the fixtures of Sunnyhill school which has dropped out of the league. They played their first fixture on a wet Wednesday afternoon (30/4) against Macaulay.

2008 Seven a Side Tournament

The 12th annual 7 a side tournament will be held on Sunday 8 June at the South Bank University Sports Ground, Turney Road, Dulwich, SE21. Funding to cover some but not all of the costs of staging the tournament has been confirmed and all schools in the league have been contacted. Due to space limitations only the first 20 schools to complete and return the entry form with the entry fee will be able to participate. Competition details will be sent to schools taking part nearer the date.

As usual we will be looking for volunteers to help run the event on the day. Anyone interested should contact their school team organiser or contact Gary direct on gary.cornforth@tiscali.co.uk or on 07905 910575.

FIXTURES - up to and including 24 May

League games have now been arranged up to and including 24 May including midweek dates. From 26 April we will be reliant upon having access to at least one pitch at the Southwark Sports Ground as South Bank will no longer be available for football. There are no games on 12 and only one scheduled 19 April as this is the Easter holiday for most schools. See the fixtures page for details. Please remember that fixtures can be altered at short notice although the fixtures page is updated as neccessary and will normally be a reliable guide to forthcoming matches.

MAGAZINE CUP

The first round has now been completed and the draw for the second round posted on the "Magazine Cup" page. Second round games are scheduled to be played week commencing 5 May. Individual games and dates to be confirmed.

League Tables

See the "League Tables 2007/08" page for updated tables up to and including 5 April '08 for all divisions.

The League does not use goal difference so where teams are level on points they are arranged alphabetically.

COMPLAINTS/COMMENTS

As promised at the AGM we have introduced a formal complaints procedure and the form for making any complaint or comment is on the complaint/comment page.

New Schools

This season sees four school join the league for the first time. Welcome to Fenstanton, St Leonard's and Bonneville of Lambeth and Camelot of Southwark. This means we will have three divisions of eleven teams.

2006/07 AGM

The AGM for the 2006/07 season was held on Wednesday 12 September 2007 at the Bread and Roses function room in Clapham Manor Street, Clapham, SW4. Minutes are posted on the AGM page.

For further information contact Gary Cornforth on 07905 910575 or gary.cornforth@tiscali.co.uk

South Bank University Sports Ground

The league is returning to the South Bank University Sports Ground after our absence last season. The ground which is in in Turney Road just around the corner from Rosendale Road has excellent facilities and as previously we will have our own junior pitches and goals. There is also a modern pavilion with changing rooms and catering facilities.

This means for season 2007/08 we will have three venues, our original home in Rosendale Road, the Southwark Sports ground on the South Circular which hopefully will not get flooded this season and the above mentioned South Bank University ground.

Magazine Cup winners

The 2006/07 Magazine Cup went to Corpus Christi who won a tough game 2-0 against a strong Loughborough team. The first goal was scored by Rhys Amoah a minute before half time and the second midway through the 2nd half from Luke Fenlon sealed victory.

See the "Magazine Cup" page for scores and match details of the 2006/07 competition.

2006/07 League Champions

Francesca Cabrini made sure of winning the Red Division coming back from 2-0 down to draw with Sudbourne. This also meant that Macaulay finished a point above Sudbourne in 2nd place.

St Bernadette's won the Blue Division some weeks before their last fixture with Loughborough clinching runners up with a hard fought win over Corpus Christi who could have pipped them for 2nd spot.

In the Green Division Elm Wood finished as champions following their draw with Peckham Park. Richard Atkins completed a fine season beating St Joseph's 2-0 in their final game to secure runners up spot.

Congratulations to Matt Asah coach of St Bernadette's, Michael Brady of Francesca Cabrini, Peter Poulastides of Elm Wood, Benjy Ackim of Richard Atkins, Steve Gale of Loughborough and Darren Annon of Macaulay.

XI Annual seven a side tournament

The eleventh LPSFL seven a side tournament was held on Sunday 10 June 2007 at the South Bank University Sports Ground. 20 teams competed for the Walcot Cup, the Newcomen Collett Shield and the Chris Autos Plate.

In hot, sunny conditions the overall winners were Glenbrook School of Clapham Park beating St Bernadette's also of Clapham Park 2-1 in the Walcot Cup final in which tired players from both sides gave a determined display of skill and committment.

The second competition for the Newcomen Collett Shield was won by Allen Edwards of Stockwell in their first season in the league after a number of years absence. In the final they overpowered a spirited Victory School of Southwark seeking to retain the Shield which they won the previous year. The final score was 3-0.

The Chris Autos Plate was won emphatically by Oliver Goldsmith of Peckham beating a gallant Walnut Tree Walk School from Vauxhall 6-0 in their final.

See separate web page for further details.

Referee training

If you are interested in becoming a qualified referee with the chance of earning cash in your spare time please contact Gary Cornforth on 07905 910575 or at gary.cornforth@tiscali.co.uk for more details.

Lost Property

Any lost property not claimed will be disposed of. Contact Gary if you want to recover anything left at any of our grounds

Postponements

If there are any doubts about fixtures taking place because of adverse weather contact Gary on 07905 910575 on the Thursday or Friday preceeding the game.

Rosendale Playing Fields

When playing at Rosendale it is essential that cars are not parked across the neighbouring houses drives. Please make sure that everybody coming to games at Rosendale by car is aware of this. For obvious reasons it is very important that we maintain the goodwill of local residents.

In addition the pavilion and playing fields must be maintained in a good condition. Players (nor anyone else) should not climb or swing on the goalposts and litter must not be left on the field. Please make sure that your players use the pavilion sensibly and take football boots off before going back in after games. The wash basins must not be used to clean boots or any other muddy clothing or equipment and obviously the WC and urinals should be left in a clean condition.

Fundraising for the league through on-line shopping

John Lewis has now been added to the online retailers at www.buy.at/lpsfl

The league now has its own webshop buy.at/lpsfl where every purchase made generates income for us.

Simply click on the link on the page, this will take you to the webshop. You can then shop at major high street names such as Marks and Spencer, Early Learning Centre, Index, MFI, Comet, Odd Binns, Littlewoods and many more as well as other well known names such as BT, Norwich Union, the RAC, NTL, Cotton Traders and specialist e-mail sports stores such as Newitts.

The above give commission to the league on every purchase made via our webshop and some of them such as BT, Norwich Union, NTL and the RAC amongst others make a donation for every customer that takes out a policy, orders broadband or joins their organisation.

So if you shop over the internet please do it through our webshop. Not only will the league benefit but you will be able to take advantage of special offers and discounted prices.

Use the links on our website or simply go direct from your computer via

www.buy.at/lpsfl