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England Head Coach, Terry Bowes has announced his 10 man squad for the forthcoming 4 Nation International Beach Soccer Tournament in Nigeria and it contains five IWBSA regular league players within it.

England kick off against World Cup runners up, Brazil in their opening Copa Lagos encounter on Friday 9th December. Two players will earn their first England caps in this game.

Will Partington from Jersey and Rob Love from the Isle of Wight could hardly kick off their international beach soccer careers with a more high profile game.

The squad details are as follows:
1. Sam Webb (GK) WKR Santos
2. Steve Black
3. Mitch Day Sandown Sociedad
4. Keiran O'Callaghan  The Bees
5. Terry Bowes
6. Will Partington
7. Gary Funnell
10. Dean Blake (Capt)
15. Jamie O'Rourke  The Bees
18. Rob Love (GK) Ryde Sports

Details of our 2012 beach soccer calendar of events will be out soon, keep checking www.iwbsa.com for updates.

See you on the sand!

THE Bees won back their beach soccer crown on Sunday — but they were made to work for it.
Three teams — the Bees, Wight Stripes and last year’s winners, Sandown Sociedad — went into the final day with a chance of winning the Ryde Taxis Beach Soccer League.
The Bees had to win their two games, which they did with victories over Solent Santos, 9-5, and WKR Santos, 6-2.
Luke Kerr, who is the Director for Beach Soccer and Futsal at IWBSA, said it had been the closest premier league ever.
He said: "It’s the first time we’ve had three teams fighting it out on the final day and it shows how competitive the league is, we would also like to thank Ryde Taxi's, Island Scaffolding and Wight link for there continued support with the senior playing league and cups during 2011"
"The Bees’ domination of the league over recent years has been really tested but they’ve done very well to win it again."
Wight Stripes finished runners-up, with Sandown Sociedad in third.

See you on the sand in 2012! 

THE Ryde Taxis Beach Soccer Premier League is now approaching the half-way stage, with The Bees setting the pace after losing their crown last year to Sandown Sociedad.
But hot on their heels, after winning the Super Cup back in May, are the reformed Wight Stripes, managed by brothers Darren and Lee Powell.
They have been in great form, only losing one game to The Bees on penalties.
They started their most recent league weekend by beating BSC Galaxy 5-2, where Stripes’ previous manager, Tom Harding, now plays.
They were also victorious against Sandown Sociedad after a dramatic penalty shoot out.
The Bees took the biggest win of the day and looked like champions, destroying a very good Ryde Sports team, who once again had the goal machine that is Harry Groves hitting the back of the net for them.
Bees put in a complete team performance with all their players getting on the score sheet, including a Jamie Brenchley hatrick, to make it 10-3.
Later that day, they also beat new team Solent Santos 7-4.
Solent have been improving in recent weeks and are starting to impress with some excellent performances from Jacob Toms, Jack Wedderkop and Kieran Sanderson.
BSC Galaxy showed they are a team to watch, with an excellent display from Oli Crooke and Matt Brown getting the goals on their way to beating WKR Santos 6-2.
At the other end of the table, it has been a tough start to the season for Solent Santos and WKR Santos, who are still looking to pick up their first wins of the season.
Shanklin Sharks now have Jam Marchant back, and he picked up five goals over the weekend with John Brooke getting four.

See you on the sand!

ISG Charity Cup fixtures, Youth Under 10's Trophy fixtures and two Premier League games all on Super Sunday 3 July.  

League Cup Saturday 2 July (plus 1 league game)

11:00 League Game ( WKR Santos Vs Solent Santos)

11:45 League Cup draw LIVE on the sand

12:00 League Cup Quarter final 1
12:45 League Cup Quarter final 2
13:30 League Cup Quarter final 3
14:15 League Cup Quarter final 4

15:00 League Cup Semi-final 1 Winner Q1 Vs Winner Q2
15:45 League Cup Semi-final 2 Winner Q3 Vs Winner Q4

17:00 League Cup Final

See you on the sand!

THE first rounds of the new IW Youth Beach Soccer Cups took place in blazing sunshine on Saturday. Over the course of the summer, Elite Soccer, in conjunction with the IW Beach Soccer Association, is holding cup competitions from under-tens, under-12s and under-14s, between matches in the regular IW Beach Soccer League programme.

The under-tens were the first to compete, battling it out in a mini league which was eventually won by Newport. Player of the tournament was Jakey Wright.
They were undefeated and topped the table with a superior goal difference.
Strong challengers were Binstead and Oakfield, while Team Elite’s goalkeeper, Owen Debenham, made a name for himself by producing consistently outstanding displays between the posts.

Luke Kerr, managing director of Elite Soccer, said: "This is the first time we have held this sort of event in conjunction with a senior IWBSA event and it worked really well."

Elite Soccer is looking to grow youth beach soccer on the Island. Any team or player interested in getting involved can find out more by e-mailing [email protected]

The WIGHT Stripes won the IW Beach Soccer Association (IWBSA) Super Cup for the second time last weekend, after an action-packed two days of football which saw more than 160 goals scored.
The side took on The Bees in the final, another side who had won the competition before.
The final was a cracking affair, with Darren Powell and GC Giancovich both giving typical battling displays, but it was Lee and Darren Powell’s men who took the cup after extra time and a penalty shoot-out, to win 4-3.
Stripes booked their place in the final after defeating WKR Santos in a tight match, 4-3, while The Bees defeated Sandown Sociedad 4-1, with man of the tournament Richard Sprooles in fine form.
The first day of the competition had seen more than 160 players battle it out in four groups.
New league team Solent Santos kicked off the event with an impressive 3-0 win over Bixente Moriente, Jacob Toms and Jack Wedderkop, joint managers, impressed all weekend with their team of well-drilled young players.
The whole event was a case of old and new faces on the sand and one old team to turn back the clock were Jody Ruth’s Geordie Norberts who, returning to the sand after a few years of exile, added a touch of the old-school style.
Although the team battled in typical Geordie Norbert style results never went their way and were eliminated on day one along with a whole host of new teams including Bognor team NYE Timber Pirates, who were knocked out by last year’s champions, WKR Santos.
Wight Stripes qualified for the quarter-finals, scoring 12 goals along the way, while Shanklin Sharks also went through with Alex Breingan in fine form.
Current league champions Sandown Sociedad won their group scoring 16 goals and all eight seeded teams made it through to the second day.
In the quarter-final, WKR Santos were firs to progress after beating BSC Galaxy 5-1, before Sandown Sociedad beat fair play winners Solent Santos 3-0. Wight Stripes beat Ryde Sports 6-1, while the Bees beat Shanklin Sharks 4-3.
Goalkeeper of the event was Ryde Sports’s Rob Love, player of the event went to Richard Sprooles and goal of the event went to Darren Powell for a thunderbolt strike.
Luke Kerr, managing director of the IWBSA, said: "This was an excellent event to kick the beach soccer season off and a special mention must go to all the players who displayed excellent sportsmanship, after only two yellow cards were issued over the weekend."

The best beach soccer league in the United Kingdom's summer season is almost upon us and you can find all the dates, times and fixtures for your favourite IWBSA Senior Premier League teams by viewing our FA full time pages by following the below link:-

http://full-time.thefa.com/ListPublicFixture.do?divisionseason=9590799&league=5826304

Our league is home to the country's best players, who flood the Intertnational team with their sand skills and stand head and shoulders above the rest of the country's players. We are proud to say WE ARE THE BEST! 

See you on the sand!

IWBSA is once again helping to promote Futsal on the Isle of Wight and is working in close conjunction with the English FA and leading coaching organisation Elite Soccer.

IWBSA will be supporting Elite Soccer in training the Islands best Futsal players with the Island team competing in this years FA National Futsal events across the country in line with the qualifying structure for the FA Futsal Cup.

If your interested in playing Futsal for the Island and being trained by one of Elite Soccer's qualified coaches then email [email protected] or you may want to enter a team into one of IWBSA's qualifying team events in 2011.

See you on the court!

The FA www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFAFutsalCup

Leading Coaching Company Elite Soccer www.elite-soccer.co.uk

We are offering teams a chance to compete in this years Youth Beach Soccer Cups which we are running through out the summer season during June and July of 2011.

Beach Soccer is a fantastic way for your team to undertake some important pre-season training and work on fitness, agility, balance, coordination, attacking techniques and all round ball control.

The Youth Cup will be run across three age categories; under 10’s, under 12’s and finally under 14’s. Only one youth Cup and one age category will run on the same days as senior league fixtures and it is hoped the Youth Cups will become a major focus at all of our beach soccer events for years to come.

We are running two events for each age group over the months of June and July 2011. The format of the events for each cup will see four youth teams from across the South East compete for a trophy which will be presented on the day, along with medals for the winning team.

Rules Format

Teams will be in a mini league to be decided on the day, with each team will playing three full matches. On completion of all mini league games the team with the most points will win the league and be presented the trophy and crowned Youth Cup Champions, in front of our large crowds within the beach soccer community at Appley Beach, Ryde. In the event of a team being tied on points the team who has scored the most goals will take ranking order and in the event of teams being tied on goals and points it will then go to the team who has conceded the least amount of goals, with it finally looking at their versus record should it come to that.

Please note beach soccer is 5 a side during play but you can have your other squad players as rolling subs on and off the sand court. Each game will be for the duration of 20 minutes with two 10 minutes periods each way. Please remember this is on soft sand and beach soccer is a very demanding sport when it comes to overall health and fitness.

Youth Cup Fixture Format

Round 1

.........Team 1 v Team 4.........

.........Team 3 v Team 2 .........

Round 2

.........Team 2 v Team 1.........

.........Team 3 v Team 4.........

Round 3

.........Team 1 v Team 3.........

.........Team 2 v Team 4.........

This event is FREE to enter, however we ask teams to pay a £5.00 referee fee for each game so an event will cost £15.00 in total for the day in official Referee fees.

If you are interested in registering a team for one of the four Youth Cup places for your specific age group, then get in touch ASAP as places will go fast.

See you on the sand!

Newly formed beach soccer team Solent Santos are looking to add some new energy into the well established Isle of Wight FA affiliated Beach Soccer Premier League in 2011.

Joint Managers Jacob Toms and Jack Wedderkop are currently working hard behind the scenes to ensue the team a full prepared for the season by organising training days and getting the team kit ready with local kit supplier Wight Soccer.

Jacobs Toms said to IWBSA at a recent meeting "We are really excited about being affiliated this year to the Island Beach Soccer scene and can't wait to get our first event under our belts at the Open IWBSA Super Cup on the 21st and 22nd May at Appley Beach Ryde, in the mean time we will be training hard and going over the FIFA rules in preparation for our long summer season"

Everyone connected to IWBSA and the beach soccer community would like to take this oppurtunity to welcome Solent Santos to our beautiful sport.

See you on the sand!

RCT Trophies League Cup

Following the final premier league weekend, the RTC Trophies League Cup final was played out by Wight Stripes and The Bees.
The Bees made a bright start, hitting the post twice and taking an early lead through Sam Hart but two goals from a close angle from the Stripes gave them the advantage.
However, with GC Giancovich on hot form, scoring five spectacular goals, The Bees stormed back and eventually won the cup, 7-4.

See you on the Sand!

THERE was everything to play for in the final weekend of IWBSA Premier League beach soccer action at Appley Beach, Ryde, with four teams still within reach of the title.
But it was Sandown Sociedad who took the trophy after nine years of trying, after a thrilling two days of action.
The Bees were the top team going into the weekend, with Sociedad second and Shanklin Sharks and Wight Stripes also in the running.
Sharks were first to throw it all away with a 4-2 defeat at the hands of WKR Santos, this year’s Super Cup winners.
The Bees had to win all their games on Saturday and hope Sociedad, who had a game in hand, would slip up. They started in style, beating BSC Galaxy 5-1, and Sporting Calbourne 4-2 with fine display from Sam Hart and GC Giancovich.
Wight Stripes, who were the league’s form team going into the weekend, had to hope Sociedad and Bees would lose games to give them a chance of winning the league. They also made a winning start, beating Ryde Sports 6-5, and BSC Galaxy 8-7.
All Sociedad had to do to win the league for the first time in their history, was win their three remaining league games.
First up was a 9-4 win over Sporting Calbourne and although The Bees kept up the pressure with a 3-0 win on the second day, Sociedad responded in style with a 15-1 victory over Ryde Sports, with hat-tricks from brothers Luke and Tony Kerr.
They made the title theirs in the final league game of the season against BSC Galaxy.
Sociedad took an early lead through Josh Younie and Tony Kerr but Galaxy, who have been improving all season, came back into the game to make it 2-2 and the pressure told.
However, wonder goals from Luke Kerr and an overhead kick from Tony Kerr, which could go down as one of the goals of the season, ensured victory.

Sandown Sociedad lead the way 

JACK Morris stole the show at this weekend’s IW Beach Soccer League, with series of excellent performances for table-toppers Sandown Sociedad that will no doubt catch the eye of England manager Terry Bowes.
He steered Sociedad to a brilliant weekend in which they took maximum points, with wins over AC Northwood, BSC Galaxy, Ryde Sports and current in-form side Wight Stripes, who, until they played Sociedad, had not lost in seven games.
BSC Galaxy and Totford United had their worst weekends of the campaign, both losing all their games despite some excellent performances from Jamie Harding for Totford, and Michael Brown for Galaxy.
The Bees suffered a rare defeat at the weekend to the Wight Stripes, with Darren Powell getting back to his very best form to make Stripes look like real title contenders.
Sporting Calbourne put the form book to bed as Tom Watson’s men won back to back games for the first time this year, while Shanklin Sharks continued to impress with Dave Warne returning to the sand and making a real impact for his side.
The race for the title now looks to be between four sides, Sandown Sociedad, The Bees, Shanklin Sharks and Wight Stripes, and it does not look like being decided until the final league weekend.
One team who might have a say are WKR Santos who cannot win the title but, as they still have to face the top four sides, they could influence the final standings.
The final two beach soccer weekends are July 17 and 18, and July 31 and August 1.
Meanwhile, the IW beach soccer team revealed its new kit sponsor this weekend.
The IW Beach Soccer Association has a two-year deal with language school EF, which will have its logo on the beach soccer side and the Island’s Futsal team, which plays a similar style to beach soccer but indoors

See you on the sand!

WHILE the world’s top football stars battled it out in South Africa, the Island’s budding beach soccer talent were showing off their skills at Appley Beach, Ryde, on Friday.
The second annual IW County Press Schools’ Beach Soccer Festival was played out in near-Caribbean conditions, with five Island schools taking part across three leagues.
Lake, Mayfield, Bishop Lovett, Christ The King and Sandham, all middle schools, took part in a Year 7 boys’ league, a Year 8 boys’ league and a combined Year 7 and 8 girls’ league.
All the teams played against one another, with the top team from each league taking home the trophy. In total, 22 games were played with an incredible 77 goals scored.
With six games an hour there was plenty of action to watch and the early matches showed that no team was a clear favourite, as in the Year 8 boys’ league, Lake beat Sandham 2-1, and Christ The King won on penalties in their match, after drawing 1-1 with Mayfield.
Mark Mitchell, an England beach soccer player, helped run the day with IW Beach Soccer Association (IWBSA) head Luke Kerr, and presented the trophies.
Mark said: "The kids pick up the game very quickly and they are ready to run all day. I watch this and I wish I had this opportunity when I was their age.
"Last year the real surprise was in the girls’ league. They were amazing. So we hope for more of the same high standards this time around."
The day began with Bishop Lovett Year 7 boys kicking off against Mayfield and it was Bishop Lovett who stole the show, winning the trophy with a 100 per cent record. Connor O’Neil was their star player.
In the competitive girls’ league, Bishop Lovett and Mayfield were the high-scoring teams. However, it was Mayfield, again with a 100 per cent record, who won the championship this year, a great feeling after losing out to Lake last year.
The Year 8 boys’ league proved to be the most fiercely contested of all the competitions with Lake, Mayfield, Christ the King, Sandham and Bishop Lovett all picking up points in the early stages and no single team dominating.
However, as the day progressed, it was Lake and Mayfield who played the decider, in the final game of the day.
Mayfield needed to beat Lake by two clear goals to win the league and with only one minute left to play Mayfield looked on course for victory, with a 3-1 lead.
However, Lake’s star player Jai Nash turned Mayfield’s joy into anguish when he scored the goal of the day — the only one from inside his own half — to ensure Lake lifted the trophy.
Luke said: "This event has been a huge success once again and proved to be a real winner with all schools and pupils.
"The girls’ event was excellent and the standard of beach soccer was amazing. The future of the sport looks to become brighter and brighter every year with IWBSA. With this sort of youth talent coming through the ranks, the game looks to be in safe hands here on the Island."

Schools Beach Soccer Championships, ALMOST 200 school children will hit the beach this Friday (June 25th) for the second IW County Press Schools’ Beach Soccer Championships.

On Friday June 25th, at Appley Beach, Ryde, five schools will be competing in three different leagues, under-12 boys, under-13 boys and under 12-13 girls.

The event format will see the schools battle it out in mini leagues over the whole day with the first game kicking off at 10:30am and beach soccer being played all day up to 16.00pm, with six games an hour.

Schools competing will be Bishop Lovett, Mayfield, Christ The King, Sandham, and Lake, and with more than 200 children on site it promises to be the biggest beach soccer youth event of its kind ever held in the UK.

The first game kicks off at 10:30 with the final presentation of trophies due to take place at around 16:00

See you on the sand!

England Beach Soccer team announced ahead of trip to Marseille for the EBSL

The England Beach Soccer team travel to Marseille on Thursday for the 2010 Euro Beach Soccer League. This is Bowes’s first EBSL as Head Coach/Player, and he hopes to help propel the national team into the Superfinal being held once again in Portugal on August 26th 2010.

The England team contains four Isle of Wight league players, Tony Kerr (Sandown Sociedad) Matt Evans, Kieran O'Callaghan (The Bees) and Jamie O'Rourke (WKR Santos)

“The players have been training harder than ever at our training base at Body and Mind Leisure Centre in Canterbury” Terry Bowes England Manager said “If the players play like I know they can then I am very confident that we will get the results that we deserve.”

England face Hungary on Friday in their first game before lining up against Belarus on Saturday in what will be their final game of the competition.

Terry Bowes team to travel to France, Marseille:

Sam Webb (GK)
Andy Grainger (GK)
Gary Funnell
Steve Black
Terry Bowes
Mat Evans - The Bees
Tony Kerr - Sandown Sociedad
Dean Blake
Jamie O’Rourke - WKR Santos
Kieran O’Callaghan - The Bees

See you on the sand

Up to date league tables and fixtures of forth coming events can be seen at our FA full time page by clicking the below link:-

http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=5826304

*Shanklin Sharks 2 - 5 The Bees
*BSC Galaxy 5 - 2 Ryde Sports
*Sandown Sociedad 6 - 5 Totford United
*WKR Santos 3 - 0 AC Northwood
*Wight Stripes 5 - 6 Shanklin Sharks
*Sporting Calbourne 2 - 5 BSC Galaxy
*The Bees 3 - 5 Sandown Sociedad
*Totford United 6 - 3 Ryde Sports
*Shanklin Sharks 3 - 0 AC Northwood
*BSC Galaxy 5 - 4 WKR Santos
*Sandown Sociedad 8 - 7 Wight Stripes
*Ryde Sports 4 - 3 Sporting Calbourne
*The Bees 8 - 2 Totford United
*Shanklin Sharks 4 - 2 BSC Galaxy
*Northwood 0 - 3 Sandown Sociedad
*WKR Santos 7 - 2 Ryde Sports
*Wight Stripes 1 - 3 The Bees
*Totford United 6 - 3 Sporting Calbourne

HOT sun, dance music and some serious footballing flair — anyone would think they were in Rio de Janerio.
But in temperatures touching 30 degrees, Appley Beach played host to the opening competition of the Island’s beach soccer season last weekend.

IWBSA who are affiliated to the FA are teaming up with them to use their excellent league administration system.

FULL-TIME is the easy way of managing your football leagues online. The FA is working with all affiliated leagues across the country.

FULL-TIME is the only league administration package that works in conjunction with TheFA.com, your County website, Members Services and RESPECT monitoring.

Click the link to visit our FA pages

http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=5826304

See you on the sand!

The Isle of Wight Futsal team travelled to North London on Sunday to compete in it’s first ever match where they took on FA National League team FC Enfield who currently play in the extremely competitive FA National Southern League which is home to FA Futsal League and Cup Champions Helvecia FC.

And it was young Joe Butcher who scored the Islands first ever goal to make history and put the Island side one nil up, but the London based side came back into the game finishing the first half 3v1 after the Isle of Wight had dominated play for the majority of the half but just never took their chances.

In the second half the Isle of Wight came out attacking once again and produced two excellently worked team goals both scored by Will Sturgess putting the Island side level at three goals all.

With not much time remaining on the clock FC Enfield started to show their experience and superior Futsal fitness and with the IOW side losing their shape and making some silly mistakes FC Enfield fully capitalised scoring some of the best goals of the game and took a quick Five to Three goals lead.

With this the Island team completely ran out of steam and FC Enfield finished the game off with some excellent play with two final goals both rounding the keeper to finish the game 7v3 winners.

The Isle of Wight team are now in training for the forth coming FA Cup qualifiers in April after this important learning and development match and all at IWBSA would like to thank FC Enfield for hosting the team.

Isle of Wight Man of the Match: - Rob Love -Goal Keeper

The Isle of Wight Beach Soccer Association is looking for Referees for its Beach Soccer and or Futsal events, we currently have a small team of Referees and are looking to increase this list for all 2010 events.

We are happy to provide all training, equipment, and clothing and pay any Referee an hourly rate during events who may be interested in getting involved with FIFA’s small sided versions of Football.

We have a list of events for 2010 and should you want to get involved then drop us a line to [email protected] or telephone 07874019870 and talk to Luke Kerr Director of Events, Teams and Players.

See you on the sand!

All 2010 events have now been confirmed and registration is open to all old and new teams and players wanting to try our exciting sport.

Simply complete an online registration form and long with your team deposit and you could be playing in one of England's best beach soccer event's here on the Isle of Wight.

All our events this year will be at Appley Beach Ryde Isle of Wight which is a 10 minute walk from the Wight-link www.wightlink.co.uk cat service which connects to Portsmouth harbour and has regular round the clock travel services to and from the Island.

Isle of Wight 3 v 4 Jersey

JERSEY’S beach soccer team beat an Isle of Wight side featuring three England representatives 4-3 to win The Sands Trophy last weekend.

Playing on the Isle of Wight, the home side took the lead with a rocket shot from inside their own half by Caymen Collins but Jersey soon equalised with neat play by Kieron Walker.

A stunning overhead bicycle kick by England international Matt Evans put the Isle of Wight ahead once more but in the second phase Jersey started to dominate with Neil Crowell’s tireless running exploiting space for Jersey’s midfielders while Calvin Ecobichan-Gray secured the back.

Luc Le Miere was unlucky not to score, with a header and penalty kick failing to find the goal, and Will Partington failed to convert his chance but Crowell found the equaliser when he turned and shot wide of the keeper.

Jersey carried this momentum on with Le Miere scoring a brace thanks to a volley and a useful run and finish and although the Isle of Wight scored late on, Jersey held on to win 4-3.

Isle of Wight "Team 2009"

GK Gareth Icke - Sandown Sociedad, Caymem Collins - Sandown Sociedad, Jared Wetherick - Ryde Sports, Matt Evans - The Bees, Lee Davis - Shanklin Sharks, Luke Kerr - Sandown Sociedad, Jamie O'Rourke - Shanklin Sharks, Dan Squibb - WKR Santos, Alex Breingan - Shanklin Sharks, Darren Powell - Wight Stripes 

See you on the Sand!

Super Cup report - SHANKLIN Sharks won their first trophy in two seasons at last weekend’s Beach Soccer Super Cup finals.
The side defeated Ryde Saints Rangers — who reached their first ever final by beating Ryde Sports 5-4 — in a strong display, winning 8-3.
The tired Rangers were overwhelmed by a Sharks’ side who made the most of the fact Rangers were without their number one goalkeeper.
Earlier, Shanklin Sharks had pipped Wight Stripes 6-5, proving they were one of the Island’s strongest sides at the moment.
Sharks and Sports booked their places in the semi-finals with impressive wins over Sandown Sociedad and Southampton’s Dream Stream respectively, while Rangers booked their semi-final spot by beating English champions The Bees, 3-1. Wight Stripes took on Santos and it was Santos who looked to be sailing through, having raced to a 4-1 lead.
But Tom Harding’s men were made of stronger stuff and they fought back hard to win 5-4.
The competition in the group stages was fierce, as teams from the Island and the mainland battled it out to reach the knock-out stages on the second day.
The usual suspects stormed the group rounds, with Wight Stripes winning their group ahead of Sandown Sociedad. Also qualifying from their group were Dream Stream.
The Bees topped their group ahead of WKR Santos, who the week previously won the league cup.
Sharks won the third group in convincing style, Alex Breingan’s men scoring nine goals, with keeper Scott Eastman only conceding one goal in the qualifying phase. Ryde Saints Rangers, their eventual final opponents, were second.

See you on the sand!

Nacro Beach Soccer Cup Tuesday 11th of August, 11:00am till 4:00pm, Appley Beach Ryde

FREE entry for Two groups ages 13-15 and 16-18 will compete in the Nacro Beach Soccer World Cup,

The day is to include -Samba band & BBQ, Get sorted will be attending a drug awareness sessions, Awards ceremony with trophy's, certificates, Coaching sessions from a FIFA Beach Soccer Instructor

If you wish to attend and compete please contact Nacro Tel: 07944083381 or Email: [email protected] Or visit www.iwbsa.com and go to the events section to down load a entry form

Please ensure you get your consent form signed by a parent or guardian before the event.

See you on the sand!

School Beach Soccer Report

THE future of beach soccer on the Island looks bright if the talent shown by schoolchildren in the first ever IW County Press Schools’ Beach Soccer Championships is anything to go by.
Appley Sands was packed with more than 150 pupils from schools across the Island last Friday, as they played more than 30 games and scored almost 140 goals.
There were three trophies up for grabs, with honours for the best under-12s and under-13s boys’ team and a mixed under-12 and under-13 girls’ team.
The day began with Bishop Lovett under-12 boys kicking off against Swanmore, although it was the girls’ competition which was the true highlight, as the league was not decided until the final game.
Lake Middle and Mayfield Middle took each other on in the decider, after they both finished with nine points each. Lake could afford to draw due to their superior goals scored, so Mayfield had to win to take the crown.
The game was played at an electric pace, with both teams determined not to lose, but it was Lake who emerged victorious, after a narrow 4-3 victory.
In the under-12 boys’ contest, Mayfield took the trophy home, after winning all but one of their games.
In the under-13 boys’ tournament, Swanmore, Lake and Sandham dominated affairs, with this league also going down to the final game.
Swanmore needed to beat Sandham to win, while Sandham only needed a draw and it was they who took the title, following a 2-0 win.
Lake Middle finished runners up. The trophies were presented by England beach soccer team manager Jamie O’Rourke and FIFA beach soccer instructor Luke Kerr.
Mr Kerr, who also organised the tournament, said: "This event has been a huge success and proved to be a real winner with all schools and pupils.
"The girls’ event was excellent and the standard of beach soccer was amazing, the schools were a credit to themselves and this event without doubt will become a regular feature in the schools’ calendar.
"The future of the sport looks very bright indeed with this sort of youth talent coming through the ranks. The development of players and the game looks to be in safe hands."
Mr Kerr also thanked sponsors the IW County Press, Barnados and Bishop Lovett Middle School, who helped run the event.

See you on the sand!

League Cup Results

WKR Santos were crowned League Cup Chanmpions on Sunday.

Day 1
Game 1 Wight Stripes 5 v 1 Ryde Saints Rangers
Game 2 Ac Northwood 5 v 0 Vics BSC
Game 3 BSC Galaxy 2 v 3 Shanklin Sharks
Game 4 WKR Santos 6 v 4 Sandown Sociedad
Game 5 Wight Stripes 1 v 3 The Bees
Game 6 Ac Northwood 2 v 4 Ryde Sandblasters
Game 7 BSC Galaxy 3 v 2 Ryde Sports
Game 8 WKR Santos 4 v 2 Sporting Calbourne
Game 9 Ryde Saints Rangers 0 v 4 The Bees
Game 10 Vics BSC 1 v 5 Ryde Sandblasters
Game 11 Shanklin Sharks 2 v 5 Ryde Sports
Game 12 Sandown Sociedad 6 v 3 Sporting Calbourne

Day 2
Qtr 1 The Bees 8 v 1 AC Northwood
Qtr 2 Ryde Sandblasters 3 v 7 Wight Stripes
Qtr 3 Ryde Sports 2 v 4 Sandown Sociedad
Qtr 4 WKR Santos (Pens) 8 v 7 BSC Galaxy

Semi Final 1 Wight Stripes 2 v 1 Sandown Sociedad
Semi Final 2 The Bees 5 v 6 (Pens) WKR Santos

Final WKR Santos (Champions) 8 v 7 Wight Stripes

Full Report to follow -

See you on the sand!

Schools Beach Soccer Championships, ALMOST 150 schoolchildren will hit the beach this Friday (July3rd) for the first IW County Press Schools’ Beach Soccer Championships.

On July 3, at Appley Beach, Ryde, five schools will competing in three different leagues, under-12 boys, under-13 boys and under 12-13 girls.

The event format will see the schools battle it out in mini leagues over the whole day with the first game kicking off at 10am and beach soccer being played all day up to 5.30pm, with six games an hour.
Schools competing will be Bishop Lovett, Mayfield, Swanmore, Sandham, and Lake, and with more than 140 children on site it promises to be the biggest beach soccer youth event of its kind ever held in the UK.
IWBSA are hoping the tournament will become an annual event, with potential for it to be held over three days.
The new England head coach Jamie O’Rourke will also be making an appearance to cast his eye over the future of the sport here on the Island.

The first game kicks off at 10:00 with the final presentation of trophies due to take place at around 17:30

See you on the sand!

Beach Soccer Season 2009

Register your team now for next season. We are almost at the end of a very busy 2008 for beach soccer, 2009 promises to offer even more and what we want to know is your ideas and thoughts on what you really want to see for the Isle of Wight Beach Soccer scene in 2009.

Already some changes have been made, next year will see the sand court return to Appley with only major events being staged at Ryde Harbour like the National tour etc.

Another change will see the Isle of Wight team come back after two years away, the successful side will continue to be managed by Luke Kerr and promises to be packed with new young Isle of Wight beach soccer talent.

The Team (IOW) will compete in Jersey www.jerseyfa.com in a tri series with an invite team from Brazil and also compete in the Gold Coast Festival in Croyde bay www.goldcoastoceanfest.co.uk where the Island team won the championship's under Luke Kerr in 2006.

The Isle of Wight Beach Soccer scene will start on June 1st 2009 and will end on August 31st, events are yet to be confirmed, but we want more Cups on offer and shorter events.

But IWBSA wants you to let us know WHAT YOU WANT?

If you have ideas or want to register your team early for 2009 email us at [email protected]

Beach Soccer Review 2008 – A Year to Remember!

The Bees Reign Supreme!

2008 was a massive year for beach soccer within England, we saw the countries first ever pro beach soccer player GC Giancovich play in Italy’s Serie A, the countries first ever Qualified FIFA Beach Soccer Instructor Luke Kerr, the first ever EBS National tour staged across the countries beaches and England won two games back to back for the first time in eight years at the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers! All in all a very successful beach soccer year.

And once again it was the Isle of Wight who was playing a huge part in all of this at the fore front of the game, however here on the golden sands of Ryde it was beach soccer as usual with the local clubs battling it out to become IWBSA Beach Soccer League Champions.

Team of the year had to go to The Bees who won every trophy going for the first time ever, the clean sweep saw them win the National tour, the Hampshire Cup and win back the IOW Beach Soccer League title from The Wight Stripes who this year finished 3rd, the Bees in fact only lost one League game all season and that was to only fierce rivals Sandown Sociedad mid way through the season.

IWBSA Top Goal Scorer went to Darren Powell of the Wight Stripes with him also picking up the Leagues MVP Most valuable player; his form saw him win 2 England caps earlier in the season.

Best New club went to Appley All-Stars, the young side all under eighteen made up of local Ryde players saw them become a force over the season finishing 4th and making the Semi final of the Hampshire Cup, next year sees them join forces with Sandown Sociedad to become a real contender on the National tour and IWBSA League.

Best Young Player went to Josh Younie and Levi Collins of Appley All Stars, Best Goal Keeper went to Sam Sheppard of Ryde Sandblasters with Manager of the Year going to young Adam Squibb also of Appley All Stars.

Ryde will be the Venue for next years beach soccer championships with the Isle of Wight forming a representative side to play Jersey in a Tri Series with an International side making up the 3rd team. The Isle of Wight Team will also play in the Gold Coast Festival Beach Soccer Cup in Croyde Bay.

See you on the Sand!

2008 Beach Soccer Award Winners

National Tour English Champions – The Bees

IWBSA League Champions – The Bees

Hampshire FA Cup Champions – The Bees

IWBSA Team of the Year – The Bees

IWBSA Best New Team – Appley All Stars

IWBSA MVP – Darren Powell: The Wight Stripes

IWBSA Best Young Player – Josh Younie & Levi Collins: Appley All Stars

IWBSA Best Goal Keeper – Sam Sheppard: Ryde Sandblasters

IWBSA Top Goal Scorer – Darren Powell: The Wight Stripes

See you on the Sand!

Hampshire FA Beach Soccer Cup format & fixtures, the cup is being played at Ryde Harbour Beach on the Isle of Wight.

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Group A                         Group B
The Bees                       WKR Santos
Appley All-Stars              Sandown Sociedad
Simeon Utd                    Ryde Sports
Ryde Tigers                    Ryde Saints Rangers
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Game no: Time Hampshire FA Cup

Game 1 10:00 WKR Santos v Ryde Sports

Game 2 10:30 The Bees v Appley All-Stars

Game 3 11:00 Ryde Tigers v Simeon Utd

Game 4 11:30 Sandown Sociedad v Ryde Saints Rangers

Game 5 12:00 Simeon Utd v The Bees

Game 6 12:30 Ryde Saints Rangers v WKR Santos

Game 7 13:00 Ryde Tigers v Appley All-Stars

Game 8 13:30 Ryde Sports v Sandown Sociedad

Game 9 14:00 The Bees v Ryde Tigers

Game 10 14:30 WKR Santos v Sandown Sociedad

Game 11 15:00 Appley All-Stars v Simeon Utd

Game 12 15:30 Ryde Sports v Ryde Saints Rangers
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Semi-Final 1 16:00 Winner A v  Runner up B

Semi-Final 2 16:30 Winner B v Runner up A

Final 17:00 Winner 1 v Winner 2
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See you on the Sand!