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Thanks to GP, manager of The Bees Beach Soccer team for sending through this report. Ed

The Bees finished top of the first ever National Beach Soccer Super League and went on to win the UK Superfinal Cup last weekend in Jersey, 23-24th August, smashing the Knights 8-1 in the final.

The Bees had a great trip to Jersey and their beach soccer skills were shown to everyone watching in St. Hellier and will be on Nuts TV in September.

Their dedication was rewarded with success in retaining their title ‘UK Champions’ for the 5th year in a row.

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The Bees win the UK National Super League in a blustery and stormy day at Bournemouth.

The conditions weren’t ideal, we missed a few chances and were a bit complacent at the back but we did play some good beach soccer and in the end two good victories sealed the National Super League title with one event remaining before the UK Superfinal.

It was a shame Sociedad didn’t turn up, but being at the bottom of the league and having to travel to Bournemouth to face the Bees must have been a bit daunting.

Gianpaolo - Bees Manager

Many thanks to Gianpaolo, Manager of Beach Soccer Team, The Bees for sending through this report. He’ll be keeping us all updated on the progress of the team throughout the tournament. Ed

The Bees are one of the five teams on the National Tour Super League this summer and will go to four of five tournaments on the South coast showcasing the best players in the country fighting for a place in the Superfinal Cup at the end of August in Jersey, where the winners will be crowned ‘UK Champions’ and get a chance to play against the England team. (more…)

If you were planning to catch the beach soccer game while you were attending the Ryde Arts Festival, sadly you’re going to have to find your sandy balls action elsewhere, as the soccer tournament has been cancelled due to concerns about the wind potentially lifting marquees, the inflatable pitch and TV towers.

It’s going to be re-organised and we’ll let you know when we hear more.

Thanks to Matt for the news.

Well done to Island beach soccer team, The Bees, who once again have managed to take the title in the English Super Final as National club champions.

They certainly made up for missing out on any trophies this year, as they will now be representing England in the European Club Tour next summer.

The English Championship has only been running for five years, and The Bees have managed to win the title every year so far.

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There are tons of things going on in Ryde over the next week as part of the Ryde Festival and we’ll be bringing you more info on the Blog over the next few days.

One event that made my ears prick up, is the beach soccer game between the England squad and the Council’s Fostering Service.

They must be brave souls to take on one of the greatest beach soccer teams in the world, for the England team recently beat former European champions Hungary 5 - 1 in the Euro Beach Soccer League held in Greece (I’m keeping schtum about the match with Poland)

The game forms part of a sponsorship deal agreed with the Fostering Service and England Beach Soccer earlier in the spring.

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Anyone interested in the relocation of the Ryde Beach Soccer Pitch are being invited along to a public meeting next Wednesday to discuss the move.

John Hawkins, who is President of England Beach Soccer, will be making a presentation at the meeting on the proposed plans and will be answering questions from the public afterwards.

The proposal is for the pitch to be relocated from Appley Beach to Ryde Beach, just to the east of the harbour. They plan to trial it’s new location until 10 July.

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Written by Team Player, Sean Rann

Bees manager: GP Giancovich.
Bees captain: GC Giancovich usually but he was away.

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