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The Clyde Valley Falcons swooped to success at the Paisley Panthers Junior kitted tournament in Paisley .

On Sunday the 14th it was the turn of the Falcons to come of age as after two tournaments they were sitting third behind Inveness and Glasgow A .
Coach Gillespie and Macmillan had put in a lot of work with the team this week to try to get the boys to believe in themselves and it worked.

The Falcons had Inverness A and Tigers B in their division .

In the first game the Falcons started in defence and got a break immediately with a fumble recovery on Invernesses 3 yard line QB Winters linked with Centre Morton to score the opening TD .

This lifted the boys and with some ferocious tackling from Richard and Chriss the defence held Inverness to 6 points in the first half whilst scoring 22 themselves .

The second half saw Falcons run the clock down yet still scoring a TD but gave up two to run out 28 v 22 winners .

After an hour wait it was the turn of Glasgow B to face the much improved Falcons .The Falcons had to replace winter at QB with Harrison due to a neck injury .Harrison stepped in and took control .

Sharp ,Matthison and McCrum all ran in Tds but one of the best was when young Winter got the ball and ran the full length of the field behind some fantastic down field blocks.The score was a resounding victory (46 v 6 ) to the Falcons .

This put the Falcons into the Play Offs for first place against the league leaders the Tigers A team .This time the Falcons won the toss and chose to take the ball With power running from Matthieson the Falcons took the lead .

The defence stepped up a notch after a rallying talk from Coach Gillespie and played hard man ball .

Both Coaches had stated at the end of the game that the hitting had been first class from both teams with Chriss McCrum for the Falcons and Andrew Burns for the Tigers putting in hits that belonged in the NFLs greatest hit s video.

It seemed that the Falcons wanted it more on the day and took away the Tigers unbeaten record winning in the end by 30 v 22 .

At the presentation at the end the Falcons lifted two MVP awards for Darren Sharp and Mark Winter.The biggest cheer came from the Falcons when Chriss McCrum lifted the tournament winners trophy at the end .

The day was a resounding success as over 70 Boys and GIRLS took part as well as a cheer leading squad from Inverness .

The Falcons would like to thank Paisley for their hospitality.

Anyone interested in playing should contact Colin Macmillan on 07787785262