A Massive well done to David McVittie of the U11 Blues who entered North East Goalie wars in Sunderland on Sun July 19th. This event attracted entrants from across the whole of the North East from Berwick in the North to Middlesbrough in the south of the region and even a full squad of goalkeepers from Denmark at different age levels.
Basically the premise of goalie wars is that Goalkeepers play against each other on a small pitch where they have 6 seconds to score past the opposition keeper by shooting normally, shooting out of your hands or throwing but you cannot enter the opposition half so it is testing the full range of kicking and throwing skills before then getting ready to try and save the opposition goalkeepers efforts.
The day saw some spectacular shooting and some unbelievable saves.
David topped his group and went the full day undefeated before great wins in the semis and in the Final where David won on a sudden death goal after 8 pm at night.
Fantastic achievement David...we are all proud of you, well done !
