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T9 WIN Powered by Puma

Thursday, 28 April 2016 20:28
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T9 Success Story

~ written by Callum Hosier

Our amazing Turnstyles T9 Elite team clinched the Watford FC CSE Trust Football Festival trophy after not one, but two dramatic penalty shoot-outs on their way to victory.

Fabian Grabs the medal.

The boys had a mixed bag of results on their way to the final, claiming a 1-0 victory in their first match, before drawing one and losing the next two.

However, the T9 Elites had done enough to get through to the knockout stages, where they managed to overcome one of the teams they had lost too on route to the semi-final in a nerve-racking penalty shoot-out.

In the final, the two teams could not be separated after normal time meaning another tense penalty shoot-out for the Turnstyles players, coaches and parents.

 T9 Squad WIN the Watford FC Football Festival.

Photograph taken by: Adrian Pughuic

The shootout came down to a sudden-death affair with both teams equally scoring and missing until the 9th penalty when the opposition shot was saved by the T9 Elite goalkeeper Duygu.

The stage was set. All we had to do was score and the tournament was ours. Fabian stepped up for the T9’s and buried his penalty off the inside of the post and in to earn Turnstyles the victory!

Puma Home Kit

Thursday, 28 April 2016 19:48
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2016/17 Boys Puma Training Kit

Your new kit comes complete with Black Puma Shorts and Black Socks! – A must have item for all Turnstyles Academy Players. Be a part of something special and look as good as you feel in this new training wear piece.

 

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This garment comes from the Puma Dry Cell Technology Range – ensuring maximum durability, comfort and style! With this new addition you can now complete your migration to Puma. This is the ideal pre training garment to wear during your Academy Masterclasses or to warm up in just before the Big Match! Read below to know more about the stuff your garment is made of…

Keep cool and stylish with the Puma BTS Training T Shirt  thanks to the lightweight construction and Puma Dry Cell Technology for increased moisture management, finished off with a contrasting panel to the chest, Puma branding, Turnstyles Logo embroidered with 18,000 stitches, your squad number and our Official Club Sponsor Barnes and Partners Solicitors.

More on TAGPAY

Thursday, 28 April 2016 16:29
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Getting it right

TAGPAY now working with Arsenal Football Club and Barcelona FCB roll out it’s technology across their global Soccer Schools respectively. For everyone in this space it is imperative that we “get it right” therefore, no room for error especially when working with other people’s experiences and for that reason TAGPAY saves the day. TAGPAY illiminates error and ensures your child is safe whilst in loco-parentis with an external childcare provider. Click for More on TAGPAY

Photo Credit: Dan Salkey

Pictured above is the simple TAGPAY solution. This is all the hardware you need to completely change the way your Client interacts with the Club. With a simple NFC capable mobile device and a pair of smart wristbands we can now manage the entire user experience. For example, the school holidays are often a tricky time as you are normally in-between making concrete plans and having no childcare at all… TAGPAY now allows you to register on the portal in 3 simple clicks and now if you are struggling last minute for childcare, just find the nearest childcare provider that accepts TAGPAY walk ins. Simple.

At Turnstyles we use TAGPAY to manage our players payments but more importantly to allow our children to have purchasing power during Weekends Classes and Holiday Camps when their parents can not be there. What’s most great is that the child’s Parent can specify and write on the band allergies and purchases they would rather their child not have, such as fizzy drinks and chocolate etc. Additionally we love TAGPAY because it creates instant digital registers and links to a players profile thus allowing our office staff to seamlessly manage everything from payments to attendance. We would most definitely recommend TAGPAY to any other Football Club or Sports Club that has 10 or more children.

Learn more on TAGPAY here

SAP Cup Finalist in Turnstyles Kits

Thursday, 28 April 2016 16:29
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What a Tournament

~ written by Kel Smith

SAP go to Germany with Turnstyles Colours

After a great season, the SAP UKI football team was a finalist at the SAP ‘World Cup’, the team’s best result to date. Lloyd Andrews, captain of the SAP UKI team lead them past the last 16, which had previously been the team’s best result. The SAP ‘World Cup’ in Germany, hosted 80 teams from around EMEA, including MENA, Hungary and Ireland.

The vast amount of teams demonstrates the incredible level of skill and determination the UKI players showed. The team was supported by players who went above and beyond such as, Arun Godwin Patel who earned Man of the Tournament, for his spectacular performance throughout.

After arriving on Friday in Germany to a 38 degree heat wave the UKI team flew through the qualifiers. They continued their success on Saturday, despite the heat, sailing through both the quarter and semi-finals to a dramatic match against SAP Mercedes, a German team, in the final. The UKI displayed a tremendous effort tying with Germany 1-1. As the day drew to a close, Germany managed to clench the victory on penalties, despite the best efforts of the whole squad.

SAP would like to say a massive well done to all the team, who put in a tremendous effort playing, supporting and organising such a great event.

Yours Sincerely

Kelston Smith

FCB Copa Del Ray Match Report

Thursday, 28 April 2016 15:53
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Match Report

Written by Callum Hosier

Photo Credit: Sport.es

Goals from Jordi Alba and Neymar in extra-time helped Barcelona claim victory in the Copa Del Rey final against Sevilla.

Luis Enrique’s side completed the league and cup double for the 7th time in the club’s history.

The first-half produced very few chances with both teams trying to establish themselves in the match. Barcelona’s most obvious chance fell to Luis Suarez when Andres Iniesta scooped the ball over the Sevilla defence to the Uryguian only for the striker to fire well wide.

Sevilla’s first chance fell to Coke after a well-worked passage of play on the right, however, the midfielder completely miscued his effort, slicing his shot away from goal.

In the 36th minute, Javier Mascherano was sent off of for the Catalan giants after he dragged down Kevin Gamiero on the edge of the box as the Sevilla frontman was running through on goal.

Into the second-half, and it is Sevilla who went closest in the opening stages. They moved the ball around well on the edge of the box before Ever Banega unleashed a shot, which deflected off Gerard Pique, off the post and away.

Then in the 57th minute, Barcelona suffered a second loss of the game this time Suarez was forced to depart after injuring his hamstring.

The pressure continued to build for Barcelona, a series of blocks and heroic last-ditch tackles from Pique and Sergio Busquets just about kept the league winners in the match.

However, the tide turned in Barcelona’s favour when Banega was sent off in added time for hacking Neymar who was closing in on goal.

Both teams finished the 90 minutes on with 10 men, with extra-time and penalties looming.

Extra-time 

Seven minutes into extra-time Barcelona found the breakthrough. A sublime pass from Lionel Messi picked out Jordi Alba who had made the run down the left side. The full-back was able to angle his left-footed shot past Sergio Rico and into the far corner of the net.

On the verge of half-time, Barcelona nearly doubled their lead when Pique met Neymar’s free-kick with a header but Rico was equal to the Catalan’s effort with a smart reaction save.

With both teams down to 10 men, Barcelona were able to regain control of the match, slipping back into their possession-based game and wearing out the Sevilla players, who had played in the Europa League final against Liverpool just four days earlier.

The cracks began to show for Sevilla when Daniel Carrico was sent off for a second yellow card for a foul on Messi.

Neymar added the finishing touch for Barcelona, making it 2-0 after Messi again provided a pinpoint pass to the Brazilian who directed the ball into the bottom corner.

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