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Posts with tag: Lowestoft Rising

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The Wild Kessingland All-Stars play the Manor Farm Corncrakes

The children from Kessingland Primary school (aka the Wild Kessingland All-Stars) visit residents at Manor Farm Care Home (aka Manor Farm Corncrakes) for the first match of the season and the result was unanimous – they want a replay.

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There’s a lot of everything out there

As residents at Manor Farm choose their team name and prepare their players, the Wild Kessingland All-Stars tie themselves in knots and discuss team colours and tactics.

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Football pitches and roaring crowds

It was all hands on deck this week, as Manor Farm residents constructed a series of Extra Time football pitches and rows of spectators to line the sides. The afternoon was spent at Kessingland Primary where the children engaged in some energetic pen football, before creating their own football grounds in readiness for the forthcoming match.

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And the fans go

Goalie-poet Dean Parkin visits Manor Farm Care Home, where the team engages in some poetic table football, after which he moves on to Kessingland Primary School, in search of a team name worthy of such a talented group of children.

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Players and key positions

Residents at Manor Farm Care Home discover the Archive All-Stars and create their own versions of the football characters, whilst pupils at Kessingland Primary school consider their own characters and identify key skills, greatest achievements and goals.

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Kick off at Poplars

A glorious afternoon at Poplars Primary School in Lowestoft, where Year 5 children learnt about the Archive All-Stars and then brought them to life through their cardboard figures.

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Extra Time at First Light Festival

The Extra Time team was thrilled to spend Saturday afternoon at the First Light Festival, inviting families to join our Supporters Club, award themselves a personalised medal, and fashion football players inspired by the Archive All-Stars

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Extra Time Season Opens in Halesworth

The start of a brand new Extra Time season, this time with residents at Beech House Care Home and pupils from the Edgar Sewter Primary School teaming up to explore the stories and traditions behind their local footballing history, using source materials from Halesworth and District Museum.

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