Toojays MD, Lee Martin, rolled back the years this weekend when he joined former Pearl Assurance colleagues in the Yaxley over 35's Veterans Football Tournament.
The 5 a side tournament, hosted at Yaxley F.C, saw 18 teams battle in the Bank Holiday sunshine for the annual trophy. The teams were split into group stages with winners and runners up from each group playing in quarter-finals, semi-finals and then the final.
The Pearl Vets, sponsored by Toojays, unfortunately didn't make it past the group stages and ended up having P4, W1 D0 L3 - which was one result better than last year's performance!
Lee commented, "It was a great day out seeing so many familiar faces from the local football scene....some I haven't seen for over 20 years! Although we didn't do as well as we'd have liked, we did have two players injured that hampered our chances! But it was nice to say we lost to the eventual winners! Now I just need a couple of days to recover the feeling in my legs!"
Charles Walker, CEO of Focus Search and Selection, friend and business associate of Toojays, played for and sponsored the Deeping Vets team who were also in the same group. Lee commented, " We narrowly lost out to Chas's team...although no doubt he'll recall a different game when we next chat!"
The annual tournament is planned for next year with even more teams being attracted to the event.
