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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Stephen Temlett

Hundreds of kids enjoy weekend of footballing fun in Dumfries

Hundreds of children enjoyed a weekend of footballing fun in Dumfries.

Heston Rovers hosted the football festival on their pitches at Maryfield on Westfield Road with 750 players playing across the two days.

There were plenty of local teams in action as well as squads from as far afield as Renfrew, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Edinburgh.

(Jim McEwan)

Players ranging from five-years-old to 12 were divided into age groups with younger players enjoying seven-minute games with older kids playing 14-minute matches across two gloriously sunny days.

The weekend was another success after the World Cup event hosted by the club last week.

Terregles (Jim McEwan)

Club secretary Margaret Douglas said: “The weather was terrific and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves.

“We just want to say a big thank you to all of the volunteers once again for helping. It seemed to run smoothly.

“We were very lucky with the weather again this weekend and it was the same last weekend as well. We’ve been really lucky both
weekends.”

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