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ASCOT UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB<br />
Racecourse Ground, Winkfield Road, <strong>Ascot</strong>, SL5 7LJ<br />
Chairman: Simon Negus<br />
Club Secretary: Dan Birchmore<br />
Director of Football: Neil Richards<br />
1st Team Manager: Jamie Tompkins<br />
Assistant manager: Dan Masters<br />
Coaches: Bjorn Dunkley, Steve Quelch<br />
Goalkeeping Coach: Jamie Ashdown<br />
Allied U18 Manager: Josh Nice<br />
Therapist: Chad Smith<br />
Sports Psychology: Izzy Woods<br />
Racecourse Facilities Manager: Jo Gavin<br />
Administration Manager: Emma Paton<br />
Clubhouse Catering: Lisa Richards<br />
Reporting, Comms and Programme: Neal Jeffs<br />
Directors:<br />
Doug Page<br />
Mark Cooper<br />
Rob Jones<br />
Zoe Reilly<br />
Phil Wray<br />
Graham Jones<br />
IN THE CHAIR<br />
with Simon Negus<br />
A warm welcome to <strong>Holyport</strong> for today's<br />
Cherry Red Records Combined Counties<br />
League Premier Division North fixture.<br />
Good evening and welcome to the Racecourse for<br />
tonight’s Combined Counties league game against our<br />
close neighbours from <strong>Holyport</strong>.<br />
Our last home game was a fantastic County Cup win<br />
against Thatcham which set up last week’s momentous<br />
win at Didcot Town in the quarter finals and a potential tie<br />
against one of the big boys in the semi finals.<br />
It’s also been great to see some of our youth teams<br />
performing well in the County Cups this season – well<br />
done to Bjorn Dunkley and his U14 team who have reached<br />
the final in that competition and I know several other<br />
teams are at semi-final stages. Success is never<br />
guaranteed of course - hearing of the heartache for the<br />
U12 Girls when they went out on penalties at the semifinal<br />
stage was less welcome!<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> United Football Club Limited. Registered in<br />
England and Wales. Registration No. 6883550<br />
Registered Office: Ternion Court, 264-268 Upper Fourth<br />
Street, Central Milton Keynes MK9 1DP.<br />
Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks F.A. No. Q-B&B0165<br />
Our Ladies first team now sit in third place in the league<br />
and are on track for the highest ever finish – great credit<br />
to Darrel, Alix and the whole team and with the Reserves<br />
also performing so well and securing promotion by early<br />
Feb it really is a healthy time for the ladies section. We<br />
also have a very strong under 16 girl section who are now<br />
on the pathway to senior football and that will be<br />
fascinating to see this section develop over the coming<br />
years. The pathway for younger girls at <strong>Ascot</strong> Utd is as<br />
clear as it is for the boys - 16 year old Tia Johnson was<br />
voted Ladies player of the month for January after making<br />
a huge impact.<br />
One of the best games I’ve seen at the Racecourse this<br />
season happened a few weeks back as Josh Nice's U18<br />
Allied Counties team took on Westfield in a top of the<br />
table clash. Trailing Westfield by one point but with a<br />
game in hand, both teams knew how important this game<br />
was but the Young Yellamen were trailing 3-1 going into<br />
the final quarter. The scenes at the end as we secured an<br />
equaliser with the last kick of the game showed how<br />
much it meant to the players and staff involved. There is<br />
still a job to be done to secure the title but whatever<br />
happens this has been a fantastic campaign for Josh and<br />
his team. Simon
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