The Cray Wanderers U7s capped off an excellent week for the Youth setup at Cray as they won the Selkent Vase.   This prestigious competition saw Cray advance past Foots Cray, Welling United, Dulwich Village, Crayford Arrows, Hayden Youth and Petts Wood to reach the final at the London Marathon Sports Ground. 

In the final, the team managed by Owen Roberts were up against Brockley Youth and Teviot Rangers all of whom had deserved to reach this stage.  The team were well represented with parents and supporters bedecked in orange wigs and a special cake baked for the occasion.

In the first match, Cray defeated Brockley Youth 6-2 with Kayden Roberts scoring a hat-trick, Jaemar Davis-Stanley with two and Lyndon Snelgrove getting on the scoresheet.

The final game between Cray and Teviot Rangers was a winner takes all affair and Cray played superbly to win 5-1.  The impressive Kayden Roberts scored twice as did Snelgrove with Davis-Stanley and Sean Alexander completing the scoring.  There was no doubt that Cray had deserved to win the trophy and the team played was:  Team:  Kye Lewis, Jaemar Davis-Stanley, Matthew Adam-Karge, Kai Phillips-Oso, Sean Alexander, Lyndon Snelgrove, Kayden Roberts, Jack England 

The U7s age group is the youngest of the 11 youth teams from U7s up to U18s.   They now are looking to make the step up to U9s football next season. This triumph followed hot on the heels of the U10s winning the ESF Festival of Football at the Bank Holiday weekend.

The dedicated team of coaches provide excellent tuition to these young players and the future looks bright for the club as Cray Wanderers look to advance the integration of the Youth setup with the club as a whole after years of Wandering.  The development of young players in this country is crucial for the games future and Cray are certainly at the forefront of providing good young players with progressive coaching.