Defib Tournament 2026

Defib Tournament 2026

Our 50s couldn’t emulate the exploits of the 60s by winning a trophy today but we had fun.

We were up in sunny (sometimes) Cleethorpes for the Defib Tournament - organised by Dave Bent to raise money to purchase and distribute portable defibrillators.

We lost our first game 2-0 after a disastrous start against a strong side. We were very disjointed but sorted things out considerably in the second game which we won 3-0 against Appleby Frodingham.

Next up were Wakefield who scored a quite brilliant team goal against us which was enough for a win.

Back on track with a 4-0 victory over Hornsea we then contrived to lose 2-0 to Grimsby Corinthians - the only one of our defeats I felt where we deserved to get more from the game.

We closed out our day with a 4-0 win over Louth.

Wakefield went on to beat Grimsby in the 50s final and Wakefield 60s won the 60s competition.

A good day out with a good bunch of lads. That’s all that really matters (I keep telling myself 🤣).

Pictured:

Back row L-R - Darren Paling, Mike Matthews, Paul Harrison, Jason Fullman

Front row L-R - Teddy Paling, Jonathan Thompson, Paul Giffen, Jason Addison.