THE sun shone and the football was of the highest standard as Horrabridge held its third annual six-a-side football tournament last Saturday.

Twenty invited teams competed in four groups of five, with the winners and runners up going forward to the Champions Cup knockout stage, and third and fourth place competing for the supplementary cup.

British Aerospace narrowly defeated Mary Tavy 2-1 in the supplementary cup final while Plymouth Parkway I were worthy winners of the Champions Cup and Perpetual Shield, defeating Horrabridge I 7-1 in the final.

The whole tournament although competitive was very sporting due not only to the attitude of the players but also to an excellent standard of refereeing. Organisers and players would like to thank the following referees for giving up their time and energy to ensure the competition was such a success: Sandy Compton, Richard Mason, Chris Thorn, Steve Oapley, Rob Aitken and Terry Oates.

The French team twinned with Horrabridge from Tilly-sur-Seulles did well finishing second in their group, narrowly losing 1-0 in the quarter finals to Britain's Perfect Windows, one of the stronger teams in the competition who went on to lose to eventual winners Parkway I 1-0 in the semi final after one of the best matches of the day.

Results: Group A: 1 Plymouth Parkway I 21pts; 2 Market Inn 17; 3 Mary Tavy 12; 4 British Aerospace 11; Horrabridge II 10.

Group B: 1 Britain's Perfect Windows 20pts; 2 Horrabridge Oddjobs 15; 3 Wrigleys 15; 4 Plymouth Parkway II 11; Indian Inn 10.

Group C: 1 Horrabridge I 16pts; 2 Tilly-sur-Seulles1 6; 3 Toshiba 15; 4 Friendship Inn 15; 5 Manstow 10.

Group D: 1 Rital 19pts; 2 Horrabridge III 15; 3 Fore St Blues 14; 4 Tavistock 11; 5 Bere Alston 9.

Champions cup quarter finals: Parkway I 3, Horrabridge III 0; Brit. Perfect Win 1, Tilly s Seulles 0; Horrabridge I 4, Horr Oddjobs 3; Rital 0, Market Inn 2.

Semi-finals: Britain's Perfect Windows 0, Parkway I 1; Horrabridge I 1, Market Inn 0.

Final: Plymouth Parkway I 7, Horrabridge I 1.

Supplementary Cup quarter finals: Mary Tavy 3, Tavistock 2; Wrigleys 1, Friendship Inn 5; Toshiba 3, Plymouth Parkway II 2; Fore St Blues 2 British Aerospace 5.

Semi-finals: Friendship Inn 1, Mary Tavy 2; British Aerospace 1, Toshiba 0.

Final: British Aerospace 2, Mary Tavy 1.