Sporting Hinton Football Club have been asked by the CDFL Committee to complete our fixture against AC Beaconsfield that has been re-arranged on two previous occasions.

The match was last postponed, at Beaconsfield's request, last Wednesday and although the Club pressed to be awarded the points the league have on this occasion rejected this appeal.

As such the game will now take place on Sunday 18th May, with a 10:30 kick-off, with the venue to be confirmed by AC Beaconsfield.

Manager Clive Edwards said "I think this is a bad choice by the CDFL, with our league wrapped up and Beaconsfield having nothing to play for this fixture under the circumstances of two postponements should not in my opinion be taking place. But rules are rules and we will put out as stong a side as possible against them. It also gives us a chance to have a look at some trialist players who want to join Hinton next season".

Sporting Hinton have announced another friendly match to be added to their pre-season campaign, the club will take on Club Sirrus on Sunday 3rd August with an 11am kick-off.

The venue for the match is to be confirmed but will be a home fixture at our new ground once confirmed.

Club Sirrus are based in Southend and finished second in the Southend & District League.

Sporting Hinton have been hit with withdrawals from the squad for the Cambs/Kent Cup game on Saturday against AW London.

Goalkeeper Simon Foster and centre-back Stuart Clarke have both withdrawn from the squad and will both be replaced by trialists. Foster will be replaced by goalkeeper Ollie Marsh, who is looking to join the Club next season. Clarke will be replaced by Simon Pollard, the striker who left the club earlier in the season, is considering a return to the Blues for the new season.

With the two additions the squad remains at 14 players.

Sporting Hinton have been named CDFL Division Two Champions without kicking a ball as the Dobblers defeated Genetics 5-3 last night. The win for the Dobblers means that our final game of the season against AC Beaconsfield is now irrelevant as Genetics will no longer be able to catch us.

Congratulations will goes to all the players that have taken part in this season and also to all those that have helped the Club to this achievement. A special mention should go to our sponsors Account2Me, our club treasurer Alexa Edwards and our Club Chairperson Elaine Edwards, without whom a lot of the backroom admin just would not have happened.

Presentation of the trophy and medals will take place at the CDFL AGM on Monday 9th June at the Cambridge FA HQ at Histon FC. The AGM starts at 8pm and all players are welcome to attend. A fantastic way to mark out departure from the CDFL.

The following players, the top 18 appearance-wise, will recieve a medal for their efforts this season: -

Clive Edwards (17 League Appearances 19 League Goals), Ashley Hovells (17 LA 6 LG), Edmund Herring (16 LA 0 LG), Simon Street (15 LA 1 LG), Simon Carter (14 LA 8 LG), Micheal Court (11 LA 2 LG), Haden Sims (11 LA 2 LG), Ben Shave (11 LA 3 LG), Paul Woodhouse (10 LA 0 LG), Steven Foster (9 LA 0 LG), Bertie Rapkin (9 LA 1 LG), Stuart Clarke (7 LA 0 LG), Guy Freeman (7 LA 2 LG), Mark Patmore (6 LA 2 LG) and Grzegorz Zabdyr (6 LA 5 LG).

In addition the following players who have left the club will recieve a medal:-

Ross Burton (14 LA 1 LG), Byron Taylor (9 LA 1 LG) and Simon Pollard (8 LA 4 LG).

A mention should also go to the following players who have all played their part in making this happen: -

Adrian Silviu Prioteasa, Jonathan Sheridan, John Thomason, Simon Foster, Stephen Hopkins, Chris Browning, Reiss Taylor, Tom Bannister and Luke Brent-Savage.

Well done to EVERYONE at Sporting Hinton FC and heres to more successes for the Club next season.

Another pre-season fixture has been added our pre-season programme, we will play Mildenhall Athletic on Sunday 10th August. The venue for the game will be confirmed nearer the time.

This match is added to our fixture against AW London on Saturday 23rd August and Barton Mills Sunday on Sunday 31st August. Keep an eye on www.sportinghinton.co.uk for more updates on our pre-season campaign.

Sporting Hinton FC's Committee have decided that the Committee will meet every month to discuss all areas of the Club. At every meeting the Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Manager, Assistant Manager and either a Coach or Player MUST be present.

The dates for all the meeting have been set, and are stated below:-

Thursday June 5th 2008    2007-08 AGM
Thursday July 3rd 2008    July Monthly Meeting
Thursday August 5th 2008    August Monthly Meeting
Thursday September 2nd 2008    September Monthly Meeting
Thursday October 2nd 2008    October Monthly Meeting
Thursday November 6th 2008    November Monthly Meeting
Thursday December 4th 2008    December Monthly Meeting
Thursday January 8th 2009    January Monthly Meeting
Thursday January 22nd 2009    Marie Curie Cancer Cup Meeting
Thursday February 5th 2009    February Monthly Meeting
Thursday February 19th 2009    Marie Curie Cancer Cup Meeting
Thursday March 5th 2009    March Monthly Meeting
Thursday March 19th 2009    Marie Curie Cancer Cup Meeting
Thursday April 2nd 2009    April Monthly Meeting
Thursday April 16th 2009    Marie Curie Cancer Cup Meeting
Thursday May 7th 2009    May Monthly Meeting
Thursday May 21st 2009    Marie Curie Cancer Cup Meeting
Thursday June 4th 2009    2008-09 AGM

All players should try and be present for Club AGM's and all are welcome, as stated above the whole Committee MUST be present for all Monthly Meetings, a Chelsea Old Boys Committee will be formed in January and all members will have to attend these meetings. A fine will be imposed, as per the fine system, for Committee Members not attending meetings.

As of June 1st 2008 Sporting Hinton Football Club will be introducing a new Code of Conduct which all players will have to adhear to. The code will work in conjuction with a player commitment declaration and new fines system.

All fines will be saved and split at the end of the season with 50% going to Marie Curie Cancer Care and 50% going towards our end of season trophy presentation and night out.

The code, player declaration and our fines system has been given out to all players today and can also be read on our website, click here to read -

http://www.sportinghinton.co.uk/col.asp?cid=44&caid=9

For the second league match running Sporting Hinton have found themselves without a visiting team. Our last match, against Swaffham United, saw them pull out stating that they could not field a team and the same things has happened tonight.

AC Beaconsfield, despite agreeing to a midweek fixture, have been unable to field a side. They have requested the game be played on Sunday 18th May, however having postponed the game twice before Sporting Hinton Football Club have made an official request to have the match awarded to us.

As soon as an answer is recieved from the CDFL it will be posted on www.sportinghinton.co.uk.

Sporting Hinton Goalkeeper Simon Foster has been withdrawn from tonights squad to face AC Beaconsfield, due to the late notice involved in the withdrawal he will not be replaced by another player.