North Walsham U10s “A” 3 v 1 East Coast Warriors U10s “A” This was a keenly contested game by the two teams, with North Walsham bossing the opening minutes. Tom Fleming and Tom Harrison had to be at their best to keep out a good Walsham forward line. North Walshams pressure eventually told when a spilled shot was rifled home. East Coast then began to show a bit of fight and began to create a few chances of their own, from a Shane Cox corner Jodi Norris rose above the defenders to head in a well taken goal, at half time it was 1-1. In the second half North Walsham started brighter and eventually regained the lead. East Coast kept fighting and went close through Kyla Love, with only seconds left a terrible mix-up in the Warriors’ defence allowed North Walsham to nip in and score a third. There was notable performances in the East Coast team from John Reynolds in goal and Bradley Walton and Peter Bending. East Coast Warriors U10s “A” 2 v 0 Stalham U10s This was a good game of football played out between the Warriors and a much-improved Stalham side. East Coast had to battle hard with a Stalham team chasing every ball. East Coast won a corner, which was taken by Shane Cox; Jodi Norris then laid the ball back for Shane Cox to drive the ball into the net. At half time it was 1-0 to the Warriors. In the second half East Coast kept pressing and a good shot from Ali Burghall was spilled by the keeper only for him to follow the ball in and make it 2-0. Stalham kept working hard but the East Coast defence looked pretty solid. East Coast was unlucky not to add to their tally when the Stalham keeper brilliantly pushed a fine strike from Shane Cox onto the post. In the end it finished 2-0 to East Coast Warriors. A BITTERN PILL TO SWALLOW The Ministry for the Environment has initiated a Review Plan for Coastal Erosion and Defence relative to the North and some of the Western coastlines of East Anglia. The Plan has recently been completed and published for consultation to interested local authorities and the people in the areas affected. Briefly summarized, the Plan produces some very unreliable forecasts of rates of erosion, the likely costs of retaining defences as they currently exist and arrives at a judgement based entirely on a financial criteria that bears no relationship to the special features of an area of great natural beauty nor the appalling effects on the homes and livelihoods of those people living on the coast. The Plan, perhaps not surprisingly, arrives at the conclusion, based on the formulae used, that the Government should, with one or two exemptions, withdraw its support for all coastline protection. The report gives no recognition to the disastrous effects this decision would have on life and living in the areas on the whole coastline. The results of these proposals should the Plan be implemented are horrific: - Virtually all domestic and commercial property in the Coastal regions would be unsaleable and uninsurable. All support from financial institutions like mortgages, loans, endowments and the like would become unavailable. Movement of all people in the area, both onto and out of the region would become virtually impossible. Young people with growing families and changing needs would be unable to meet those needs. Older inhabitants - and they represent a high proportion of the population in these areas would be unable to release the capital tied up in their properties to provide the care and attention they may need in their old age. The coastal regions would become full of destitute people waiting for the tide to wash them away.
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