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Old Bordenian Football Club

April 23, 2010 in Football, Sports

Do you want to start a Five-a-side team?

The Sittingbourne Five-a-side league runs several cup competitions each season and there is an opportunity to put a second Old Bordenians team in this year’s Charity Cup which is to be held on 13th or 20th May 2010 depending on the draw.

There is also an opportunity to enter a second team in next season’s league which runs from September 2010 – May 2011.

We have a set of shirts that we could loan out for the Charity Cup so if you are able to put a team of Old Boys together then let me know as soon as you can by e-mail toshea@live.co.uk and we’ll sort it out from there.

Keith Shea

Missing cricketers: 1949 – 1950s

February 25, 2010 in Cricket, Down Memory Lane, Guest Posts, Sports

A member of the OBA committee has passed me a copy of a recent Daily Mail article featuring an Old Boy of the school from the early 1950s.  Dennis Fowle is trying to contact team mates from his former cricket team.  Are you one of those featured?  Do you know any of their whereabouts?  The article is reproduced below.

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1965 Borden Grammar School Football First XI

August 6, 2009 in Football, Pictures

This photo was taken in winter 1966 and shows the undefeated 1965 Borden Grammar School football First XI with coach and maths teacher David Walters and Headmaster George Hardy.

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Football Report – 19th June 2009.

July 6, 2009 in Football, Sports

Having re-read the last football report (presented to the OBA committee and included in the minutes of the meeting of 6 March 2009 – to be found in ‘The Boring Bits’ section of this site) which was uncharacteristically optimistic and ventured to suggest that we had the very real prospect of finishing 3rd of the Sittingbourne 5-a-side League (Div 2) I have to report, and this will come as no surprise to the many avid readers of past football reports, that in fact we finished 6th or to the more unfeeling, last.

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1,000+ Years of Old Bordenian Veteran Footballers!

September 12, 2008 in Football

The Summer monsoon kindly stopped just before the kick-off and another in a series of  ‘last’ reunion matches of the OBA Veteran footballers took place on the ‘lower’ field at the School on Sunday 07 September 2008. The sun actually put in an appearance at half-time. It was indeed a real pleasure to play again on the lower field – the scene of so many memorable OBA matches in the 1970′ and 1980′s. Fortunately, the width of the pitch has been reduced to accommodate the new school buildings but the slope remains a formidable challenge especially to older limbs and lungs.

Old Boys Veterans FC (1st XI) in Action Again!

July 15, 2008 in Football

Another day, another year, yes, it is another Old Boys Veterans football match.  On Sunday 27th April 2008 we played against a Faversham veterans team and managed a 2-2 draw.

Team photo (left to right): Peter Thompson, Paul Bedelle, Paul Fletcher, Andy Bushell, Neil Redmond, Keith Shea, Rob Kemsley, Mark Spree, Alan Snelling, Mick Pack, Jamie Henley, and Cliff Cork.  Alan Abery appeared at half-time.

According to various historical records, the average age of this team is 53.

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Veterans Football report to 1 May 08

May 9, 2008 in Football

Old Bordenian Vet\'s 2008 teamThe current five a side season finished for the Old Bordenians Veterans on 1st May. We believe that we finished 6th out of 8 teams in division 2 which is not bad for a team consisting of players largely over the age of 50. More accurately, it’s not bad for a team consisting of large players over the age of 50. Having spent most of the season at the bottom of the table we had a good run towards the end of the season and picked up quite a few points and I think 6th place is about right.

The reason that we cannot be certain of our final position is that the League is still in turmoil following the mid season resignation of the one man who ran the whole thing. One of his roles was to update the website tables but those who stepped in to administer the League until the end of the season haven’t got around to doing that yet; nor have they provided a league table since February. So we’re all in the dark but all will become clear at the AGM in a couple of weeks time. We can then post the final Division 1 and 2 leagues onto this website.

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