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LOCAL FOOTBALL

Two young Castle Vale athletes wonmedals in the recent WestMidlandsRegional Sporsthall finals.

Melissa Morris won gold in the U15GGirls shot and gold in the 8 lap paarlaufrelayTyrell Williamson-Greene won gold in the U15

Boys 4x2 lap relay and 3 silver medals in the 2lap race, shot, and triple jump.Team Birmingham achieved a clean sweep,

with all of the Birmingham teams, includingUnder 13 girls, U13 boys, U15 girls and U15boys winning all the age groups and all pro-gressing to the UK Finals in Manchester on25/26 April 2015.

right: Castle Vale athletes Melissa Morrisand Tyrell Williamson Greene with theirmedals.below: The victorious Birmingham teamwhich consisted of athletes from BirchfieldHarriers, Tamworth AC, Halesowen AC,Solihull & Small Heath AC, Royal SuttonColdfield ACphotos courtesy of Sharon Morris, Atletics Coach

Gold medals foryoung athletesTIMS STYLE IS SO GOOD

FOR LOYAL GABBYEven the losers in a

Wembley FA Cup semi-finalget 450,000.

The winning club gets doublethat, and a chance to win an FACup title, and a further1,800,000 for the club.

And a place in Europe.That could all be Aston Villas by the

end of May. Their season seems to beturning round.Decent players who had become

poor players under Paul Lambert arenow starting to find their form again.Gabby Agbonlahor, after Lamberts

final game against Hull, was describedby the Daily Mirror as Villas worst play-er this season. Not any more, hes not.Gabby destroyed West Brom twice,and then Sunderland.The old pace and power is back - and

hes still only 28 years old. He has beenloyal to Villa through some hard times,and he deserves a lot of credit for hisrecent performances.The two games against Albion earlier

this month were crucial for Villa. Theyconvinced the team, and the fans, thatSherwoods way would work. He prom-ised attacking football, and his teamdelivered.They outplayed Albion on both occa-

sions. And last weekend, they blitzedSunderland.This Saturday, Villa host Swansea.That will be a good one to win, espe-

cially with difficult games against ManUtd and Tottenham to follow.Swanseas key striker Wilfred Bony

has gone to the big money at Man City,leaving the Welsh side bereft of anyclassy goalscorers.

I was at the Hawthorns last week-end, watching Albion beat Stoke.It was good to see the Baggies

bounce back from the Villa defeats.The win against Stoke edges them

much closer to safety. After the game,Tony Pulis spent the first few minutesof his press conference trying to con-vince journalists that Albions perform-

ances against Villa were not as bad aswe all thought.Nobody was convinced, but we all

realised at that moment just how muchthe two defeats in four days had hurtthe Baggies.Meanwhile, the FA are investigating

the trouble at the end of the cupmatch. The Villa fans were wrong to invade

the pitch, during and after the game.The referee was wrong to let the

game continue while there were somany fans standing alongside the pitchfor the final few minutes. The FA must take some share of the

blame for allowing the game to start at5.30pm - an absolutely stupid decisionmotivated by the television coveragetrying to split the two afternoongames.

But the biggest sin of all during thatwhole episode was the West Bromfans ripping up the seats and throwingthem as sharp and dangerous missilesinto the family enclosure below.Disgraceful.

Tim Sherwood after the Villav Albion game

Why did the ref allow the gameto continue with fans lined upon the edge of the pitch?

Baggies disgrace: brokenseats hurled at Villa fans

Concordewin leagueCastle Vale Concorde have wontheir league.A 2-0 victory against Pearson last week-end means that they cannot be caughtat the top of Amateur One of theFestival Sunday league.Great Barr Lions trail Concorde byseven points and have just two leaguegames remaining.Concorde still have four games to go,and have only lost one of their 15league games this season.Concorde Utd lost 3-2 at Vale Stadiumto Three Way Shipping in the same divi-sion last weekend.Castle Vale Townthrashed bottom of thetable Bearwood Athletic5-1 last weekend at ValeStadium in division twoof the Birmingham andDistrict Alliance.Paget Rangers lost 1-0 to Chelmsley

Town in division two ofthe Midland League atThe Pavilion. The defeatbrings an end to Pagetsrun of three successiveleague wins.

Erdington and Saltley DistrictPrimary Schools football team aredesperate for a new sponsorbecause they need a new kit.The team has just won the

Birmingham District Trophy supplied byLiverpool and England star DanielSturridge. He used to be an Erdingtonschool player. Now the District Team

are looking for local sponsors. They need 700 to buy new kit.

Team manager Philip Hynansays:We currently play in mismatch-ing shorts and socks! We travel thecounty playing the likes if Liverpool,Swindon, Leeds, Cardiff, Bath andPlymouth but look like weve come outof a jumble sale!Being picked for ones district is ahuge honour and comes with no

financial commitment, either to theplayers or the schools.We have to rely on funds gained viafundraising to keep the team going.

This is proving easier said than done.Local businesses who may be inter-

ested in sponsoring the DistrictFootball team can contact team man-

ager Philip Hynan by email: philhynan@hotmail.co.uk

Jumble saleteam needskit sponsor