Following on from our recent post we are delighted to see that the team from HMS Flying Fox have now received their new training kits.
The football team recently attended the Royal Naval Reserve football tournament, hosted at HMS Eaglet in Liverpool.
Hopes were high and the team felt quietly confident as they embarked on their adventure.
Adorned in their new kit and with their sports jackets showing FDC Law as sponsors they truly looked the part. But would they be able to perform when it counted?
The first game was something of a cagey affair as they battled to a draw against their local rivals HMS Cambria of Cardiff.
However, from then on matters progressed fantastically with HMS Flying Fox taking on an beating all comers! They even managed to beat the favourites and hosts, HMS Eaglet. Benjamin Parry was on fire all tournament and walked away with the tournament's top scorer award, and our own Gwyn Pritchard, of our Keynsham office managed to notch up a tally of 5 goals all together (two of which, he modestly claims, might be considered as 'a bit of a fluke')
Coming up to the final game all they needed to do was win and their first attempt at the tournament would be a real success with silverware aplenty returning to Bristol. However, it was not to be and although the team threw everything, including a number of kitchen sinks at the opposition they lost their last game.
Despite this disappointment, their earlier success resulted in a very respectable third place overall.
Although the team was a touch disappointed with the final result (being so close to absolute victory) everybody was very pleased with their overall performance and how well they jelled as a team. We here at FDC Law as the team sponsor are very proud of their achievements.
The team are very confident that they will be back next year and will be better than ever ready to once again take on all comers.
Well done to you, HMS Flying Fox and we are confident that the top spot will be yours next year!