The tournament was to be held at Blackburn Rovers academy and we were to play representative teams from all over England and Wales, most of our opponents had players who were with big Premiership and Championship teams.
Twelve lads made the long trip down to
The hospitality we were shown was second to none and were made to feel most welcome by everyone we met.
The football started early on the Saturday morning with the Elgin youngsters playing the first match of the day. The lads played brilliantly through the group stage and made it through to the semi final. The semi-final was a tough encounter with Elgin eventually losing out on penalties. We only conceded one goal all day (apart from the penalties) and scored nine. During the group matches we won five games and lost one. We were very unlucky in the semi and actually played the better football.
One of the Elgin players of the day was local lad Scott Dunn, who, in spite of an ankle knock played in every game and put up a great performance at left back.
We showed how high our standard of football was when three of our lads had their names taken by the Blackburn scouts, and they will be watched again in our forthcoming matches.