MUSSELBURGH Windsor’s Kids School Football Tournament takes place at Pinkie Playing Fields on Sunday, starting at 9.30am and lasting well in to the afternoon/early evening. In his welcome to the players from all over the Lothians, Windsor chairman, Scott Robertson, said: “For many of the young participants it will be ‘welcome back’ as Musselburgh Windsor stage for only the second time its Kids School football Tournament at our spiritual home at Pinkie Playing Fields. The players will undoubtedly enjoy the day, but it is important that the coaches, supporters and parents do their best to ensure a friendly and fun atmosphere where players are free to play, relax and enjoy the tournament. Following the huge success of last year’s tournament and the very positive feed back from our guests, the club without hesitation decided to repeat the event again this year. The Windsor organising group headed by Harry Finlayson is to be congratulated on their work in preparing today’s tournament.  Since our inaugural Kids Tournament in 2005 the club has strived to improve its status as one of the biggest and best juvenile youth Clubs in the country. All coaches have completed the Player Protection programme ensuring we provide the safest possible environment for all our young players.  Windsor is currently in the process of designing their own unique football strip, which will be worn by every age group within the club next season. Having a uniform strip across the club will further enhance our image and offer immediate identifiable Club colours. This we hope will shortly extend to coaches and to a range of Windsor leisurewear. Visitors to Pinkie may wish to take a glimpse of things to come by walking to the west side of Pinkie St. Peters’ Primary school. The building site you see will shortly become the home of Musselburgh Windsor FC. Under construction is a community facility incorporating eight changing rooms, first aid room, club room with kitchen, meeting room and Windsor office. At a cost of £1.3m  the new development will greatly enhance the facilities available to the Windsor players and coaches and our visiting teams. With improvement taking place across the club, today’s festival is a chance to celebrate and enjoy the ‘beautiful game’. With the excitement of the World Cup Finals, now in full swing, it is not beyond a young players imagination to dream that in years to come they aspire to the biggest stage in the World and find themselves representing Scotland in the ‘daddy’ of all football tournaments! Good luck to everyone taking part, as it is the taking part which is the most important thing, not the winning!” 

 

Under-8s: Group One - Musselburgh Windsor Team Pele; Leith 1; Cavalry; Preston; Spartans. Group Two – Musselburgh Windsor Team Beckham; Leith 2;  Leith 3; Hunterfield; Spartans 2.

Under-9s; Group One – Musselburgh Windsor Team Puma; Musselburgh Windsor Team Adidas; Beechwood C; Inch Colts B; Preston B. Group Two – Musselburgh Windsor Team Nike; Beechwood A; Beechwood B; Inch Colts A; Preston A.

Under-10 Girls: Group One – Musselburgh Windsor Team White; Spartans; Musselburgh Windsor Team Blue; Bruntsfield Red; Bruntsfield Blue; SFA Development.

Under-10 Boys: Group One – Musselburgh Windsor Yellow; Edinburgh City Cubs A; Bonnyrigg Blues; Dalkeith. Group Two – Musselburgh Windsor Blue; Eskmills; Bonnyrigg Red; Edinburgh City. Group Three – Musselburgh Windsor Green; AC Oxgangs; Beechwood; Tranent; Edinburgh City. Group Four – Musselburgh Windsor Red; Pentland Panthers; AC Oxgangs; Edinburgh City; Newcraighall Vics.

Under-11s; Group One – Musselburgh Windsor Puma; North Berwick; Dunbar United; Port Seton; Tranent Colts.  Group Two – Musselburgh Windsor Umbro; Leith Athletic; Dalkeith; Civil Service Reebok; Meadow City. Group Three – Musselburgh Nike; Preston Athletic; Tranent; KSQ; Loanhead. Group Four – Musselburgh Windsor Adidas; Hillfield; North Berwick; Edinburgh City; Salvesen.

Under-12 Girls: Group Three - Musselburgh Windsor Girls; Bruntsfield; Hibs; Spartans A; Murieston Reds. Group Four – Musselburgh Windsor Team Barca; Spartans B; SFA Development; Murieston Blues; Juni Girls.

*Malcolm Coyle Award: The Malcolm Coyle award will be presented to the team which, in the opinion of the referees, has best portrayed the spirit of friendship and fair play. This award not only recognises the contribution of the players but also the coaches and parents alike who make this event so special. Malcolm Coyle signed for Musselburgh Windsor FC in 1984 at U-11’s and spent 5 seasons scoring goals, netting around 170 times. During his Windsor time, he trained with Rangers, Hibs (S-form) before finally signing for Meadowbank Thistle in 1993. Malcolm tragically lost his battle against cancer in August 2004 at the age of 30. He was married to Lesley for two years. Malcolm’s illness ultimately prevented him playing the game he loved so much, but his enthusiasm saw him return to his boyhood Club – Musselburgh Windsor as a very popular coach. The Team of the Tournament Award is a tribute to a passionate footballer and aims to recognize the team and supporters with the best all round conduct, ability and attitude towards the ‘beautiful game’.