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my daughter Jade (13)

played her first proper football match today!

she has trained with the future foxes ....EX Leicester players Steve Walsh and Muzzy Izzet ...which is just training (no matches) but she was too shy to join a team.

Wednesday took her training with a local team OADBY OWLS and again yesterday ...she got on really well and they asked her to play today

she played,they lost 3-2 but she done really well and loved it !

Good on her m8 and congrats!!

wp, hope she enjoyed it!

Proud dad threads make me smile. Wp

Ship her into the first team after the way we have played this week!! I'm pretty sure 11 13 year old girls would put up a better fight.

Well done Jade!

She looks just like you Lee.

Bad beat ;)

Lovely stuff, & yes, she is the very spit of her Dad.

Thanks for all the nice comments all ....was a busy day rugby with my son in the morning football with jade in the afternoon !

Looks like it might be like that every week from now on

Save one weekend for the poker at least mate :)
You would be a very popular deepstack winner

Nice 1 mate that's what bieng a dad is all about . Won't hijack your thread my sons final is Wednesday at 1 pm do keep fingers crossed will post result on new thread .

thanks mate
and gl to your son

thanks Jason i will try ....

Well done Jade. I loved taking my kids to football, swimmming and golf, even if they didn't sometimes lol. Enjoy these times they are the best.

thank you
i totally agree i am really proud of all 3 of my kids they are just my life ....and Mrs fish ..of course!

The proudest of proud when Jade scored an amazing volley in a 9-0 win today !!
(her first ever in a match)

Stored forever in the memory bank, well done her.

Great stuff mate . Ty for the rail this weekend

Hoped she did a good celebration must have been a proud moment

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Just learnt how to add photos via I pad
Here is jade getting her trophy on sat last week ...such a proud dad !

Well done to you both....

my eldest had his last "formal lesson" in school today...rest of GCSEs next few weeks then sixth form hopefully

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Good luck in the future young tighty

Good luck to young Tighty,

Here's my little one in his Sunday best.. Amar'e (yes my son has an apostrophe in his name) will grow up in a paperless world, he will never experience things like the Video tape, Loading computer games, Betamax, Fax machines, 4 channels on TV, The Royal Mail (will be obsolete in 10 years) and the Dial up internet connection (Remember the annoying sound it used to make) He'll grow up in a world that is tech savvy, brave and forgiving

What I'd give to relive my youth again, I actually miss Shoveling snow in the winter, raking leaves in the Fall and mowing lawns in the summer for money.  I remember being 14 and breaking my arm while competitively sliding across a frozen lake in Alley Pond Park it took 2 whole months to heal and you know what, I did the same thing with my friends the next year and Broke my collar bone this time... This may sound crazy to some but to me it was the sense of danger that made it all worthwhile and if I could do it again I would...

I only hope Amar'e isn't as reckless as I was in my youth, as I remember my uncle pulling his hair out trying to contain me..

All the best to Jade and Young Tighty... It's a brave new world and they're at the forefront ...

   

what a great post
i only  a young 38 and i am sure i remember 3 TV channels
Amar'e is a great looking young lad ,i wonder when he is jades age a mere 13 years apart how much the world has changed.

Yeah top post bang bang.  42 year old dad here who started late. Twins 4 in July ( Toby and Jakey ) and Alister 5 in June.

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Recent visit to Thomasland

Has no one in your family ever had a hair cut !?
Lol lovely looking kids mate wp

Thanks Guys..

Smashedegain  - Such a great picture, Alister and the Twins look like they're having whale of a time. Best Ad for Thomasland ever.. Makes me want to take Amar'e

Leethefish - The changes in the world will be immense, remember in 1999 things like social networking hadn't even been heard of, household names such as Facebook, Groupon and Twitter hadn't even been imagined.. Companies & Currencies that are part of our daily lives like the Euro, Google and Family guy (love the show) had just been introduced..

While China were trying to restrict the internet access, North Korea was taking away freedom of speech.. Tyrants such as Saddam, Gadhafi and Kim Jong were leading their countries with iron fists while pillaging everything they could.

If the last 13 years are anything to go by 2025 will be an interesting time to be alive...

The hair dresser charges by the inch so can't afford one lol. Jakey's actually started curling in ringlets at the side like those young Jewish lads have.

Meant to ask you. Do lads you sons age have to stop on at school until 18 if they don't have a job. I thought I heard somewhere that the leaving age is going up from 16

I would love to share a table with bang bang. Spending a few just chatting about the good Old days

I'm taking my 4 year old boy to the Sheff Utd v Huddersfield play off final next week. Somewhere deep inside I am looking forward more to him experiencing something that might not happen again for many a year and having a dad and son moment he remembers forever.

Took the lads for a trim to the hairdressers Friday. Took my nephew too who has short hair and the boys decided they wanted short hair

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....shorter hair not short lol
Great looking kids mate

Parents evening for my son this Wednesday, I'll remain optimistic until then, where I hope to also be a proud Dad!  ;pokergods;

Of course messing around, and only today while he was getting appointment for the day, he was told by his English Teacher, that he was a "talented boy and been spotted for his future potential in the subject".  That he was a very polite young man too.

Not to be out done, my 7 year old daughter got told on Saturday that she will be moved up a group in her tennis lessons! downer is that the high gropu starts at 9am!

Proud Dads - great thread.

Parents evening was just perfect!

A bit chatty sometimes was the general feel across the subjects but minor point.

English- always been a passion of his, and quite natural to him. He is in year 7 and we got told today that he is it GCSe grade B already!

Very proud Dad

Wow that really is excellent

Great Waz
I always treat mine after a good report (not had a bad one yet)

A big cuddle and tell them your proud

Ty both,  and yes we've always provided a treat after a good report (touch wood ditto) discussion are underway!

Good going... Do we have the next John Grisham in the making....?

early days but i am sure i will be a proud dad  ;D

You already are just by posting that!

Omg. Bad parent confession. Kids got sun burnt ears up in Berwick on the beach. We were in a cove that was a right little sun trap.  It felt like 12 degrees on the cliff top but down on the beach the kids were in the sea

My youngest daughter Holly just had trials for Birmingham City Ladies Centre of Excellence and secured a place in the squad. Here she is with Birmingham City and England player Karen Carney and the Women's FA Cup.

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VERY PROUD DAD :)

Awesome mate congrats

well done her and hope it all goes well in the squad

Wow. Some real talent there. Congrats to Holly

Brilliant you should be so proud of her

She clearly didn't get her footballing skills from you! Well done Holly :)

Lewis's rugby presentation last night,
 his first season playing contact rugby.

So proud of my kids.

just spent like 30 mis trying to get a photo on...shoulda got kids to do it!

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;technophobe; until I found photo bucket for the iPhone.

Well done Williamson jnr.
Are the same kids who are good at touch rugby good at the full contact game? And is football the most popular  sport or because of the city's success does rugby run it closE

some kids are good at touch/tag rugby cos there fast Lewis plays as a forward so he has had a good first season moving up ...he ain't fast but not many can stop him!

football always gonna be more popular mate ....even withe the success of the Leicester tigers

My wife is excpecting, hope to get plenty of these moments in the future, well done with all these kids, they all seem great.

Congrats.

played a soccer tournament today at Oadby Owls today Lee, we did no good, but played at The King Power last month and lost on Penos in final, my Lad scored in one game

As stated Jade has not been there long but it's a good set-up and she has been made very welcome.

Wow at playing at king power must be awesome feeling as a kid nice one mike

Yes Lee, Oadby Owls a great set up, St Andrews who i manage was one of the best but struggling finically but have a lot of History and been managing them for 3 yrs and really enjoy i, Rob Farrar the chairman of Oadby Owls is a real nice guy and very approachable.

Of course as many of you know I have 3kids ....2 into their sport

But Chloe does performing arts and has done for 7 years since she was 5

She has just passed her latest exam

solo singing.....singing This is me by Demi lovato
An acting piece called "hair" (a monologue)
Group singing and acting (little shop of horrors)

Such a proud dad
She got her certificate tonight

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nice one Chloe

Following her mummy into footy my eldest (3) is now kicking and dribbling the football better then I ever could. :) There is hope yet! I believe the youngest teams are around 5-6 year olds?

Yes i think 5-6  but I'm not 100% sure

Amar'e is now 10lbs, saying that his birth weight (6 weeks ago) was 6lbs6oz I'm really pleased.. He's also started holding his head up himself and is always smiling.. Seriously after a long stressful day there's nothing better then coming home to Curly and Amar'e, home cooked food from a loving beautiful lady and smiles from my son, who's like a ray of light for me.....

Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers out there...

Steve

Holly was awarded Manager's Player of the Year for the 2011/12 season.

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So proud of her  ;cheerleader;

Congratulations
Looking forward to a new season?
Jade signed on for her first full season with Oadby owls today ...

Nice one. I hope she enjoys it. It was the end of an era last night at her presentation night. She has been playing there (as the only girl) for the last two seasons and now we are very much looking forward to next season with Birmingham City Ladies.

Cool very best of luck to her ..Jade is playing under 14s

proud mum gate-crashing the thread.  just seen Hannah's school report for this year (year 4).  She's always done well at school, but her progress this year has been amazing.  Coming out of year 3 the only area she had to work on a little was her imaginative writing, as she seemed to lack confidence.  This year she has finished attaining the expected standard in reading and writing for pupils finishing year 6, and her teacher has commented over the course of the year that she really is showing amazing talent in that area - I have to say some of the stuff she writes just puts my own prose to shame. 

Bursting with pride!

Teacher's summary:

"Hannah is one of the hardest-working children and such a pleasure to teach! It has been so exciting to see both her academic work reach such high standards and also to witness her self-confidence grow.  Her writing ability has obviously been the greatest achievement this year, but her successes are also in other areas - a budding artist, musical gifts, much more confident in Maths and a logical thinker in Science.  It will be very interesting to see which direction Hannah will take in future days - will she follow her writing talents and creative ability? An excellent year for Hannah, keep up all the hard work Hannah, you do most certainly deserve every success" :)

Proud mums make me smile just as much as proud dads. Well done Hannah

+1
Excellent Hannah well done

Very well done Hannah...

Little Amar'e is going through a growth spurt at the moment and Curly has been brilliant with him, can't believe how quickly she's taken to motherhood... She's doing such an amazing job makes me feel blessed to have such a lovely, caring and hot lady in my life..

I love baby pics. Yummy Mummy too.

Toby and Jay graduated Nursery today lol

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Brilliant.... Massive congratulations to the little ones... !!!

Jake's first ever school report arrived home today.

21 A's and 5 B's.

Every subject he got A for effort!

In her final comments his teacher said "Thank you Jake for making the last 2 years so enjoyable"

Pretty proud with all that!

How old is he Keith

Nearly 7.

Well done Jake

fantastic guys just fantastic

They give a's and b's at 6 years old??? Wtf

#doingitwrong

It's my first night at home for a week as my lad had major bowel surgery on Monday, and its only now he's feeling reasonably ok to be left a while. Hopefully out in a few days

Anyway, after the eight hour op he's wheeled into the recovery unit where his Mum and I are waiting

After 20 minutes or so he is half awake and groggy. He turns to me and says, his first words..

"Sorry Dad, I'm not going to be very good company"

Not sure I can adequadely describe the emotions, but "Proud" can cover it

Oh my ......
Hope he feels better very soon, all the love from the fish family!

Hope he has a swift recovery tighty

wow, long week for him and the family. all the best for his recovery.

Makes u  proud Rich, Brave kid and a speedy recovery

What a brave young man... All the best to all of you and I'm sure Junior Tighty will make for a speedy recovery..

Is that the goalie Rich?

Please wish him a speedy recovery from me.

No Ralph, my eldest son

thanks!

Brave fellow. Hope he gets to go home soon. x

Here's baby Amar'e in his new bouncer, his smile at 20 seconds in is brilliant ...

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckbqvZrLbe0

My 12 year old lad on completion of his first year in secondary school earned the following 2 awards from his year class mates and his teachers.

Most likely to be Prime Minister
and
Most likely to be a millionaire

Not sure if the first is one to proud of at the moment lol.

Plus his school have predicted to get A* in Maths, English and History

No pressure there then.
:)

Neither is that good in Greece!

good lad though. chip off the old block...

Cheers Rich.

He def takes after the wife.

Awards like that are a testament to good parenting skills... Very well done all round.. 

Second game of the season today ....Jades team (Oadby Owls) won 5-0

Jade scored 2 goals and won player of the match !!


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Don't know how I've missed all these. Lots of smiles here

He's lovely!  Amazing how flexible they are until they don't need to be. 

That's a great photo

+1
He looks like such a happy baby.
 :)up

Thanks everyone... He is such a happy baby apart from 3am every morning when he wakes up and wants to play...

Thanks again... 

Today Lewis had his first fight in a rugby match ......

It was a very competitive close match and the big lad pictured to the left of Lewis was ....lets say aggressive towards the smaller kids!
He kept throwing the smaller boys by the neck (very dangerous obviously) out the way
So Lewis took him down ..the lad decided to punch Lewis In the stomach and Lewis retaliated !!

Good lad ...that's my boy moment .....

It all ended with them shaking hands after the match when the ref took the two boys together in the middle

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Can't wait till my boys are playing team sports. :)

Has the one on the right got a moustache?

Lol it looks like it!,
Gum shield !

Wish I could post something positive about my son.Total degen.Spends all his time on Blonde.

he has you for a dad. That's gotta be a positive for sure

Have had to wait until now to reply in an attempt to disprove the father.

Tosser. That is all.

That reminds me, one night coming home from work at about midnight I went upstairs to find my 4 year old daughter lying with my wife in our bed. She was feeling sick and had a tupperware bowl next to her head on the bedside table just incase she was going to throw up. She lay there quietly listening to me and the wife having a chat about how our days had been. The wife started to confess that she somehow managed to scratch the front bumper on the car but she hadn't a clue how she'd done it. As I started to smirk it dawned on her that it was actually me who'd done the damage a few days before. At this point the wife strated to playfully hit me.

My daughter pipes up and asks her mom if she could hit me too. 'Yes' the wife replied so my daughter picked up the tupperware bowl and whacked me over the head and called me a Tosser.

I nearly pissed myself laughing.

Just a training match for Lewis today but managed to record him scoring a try !

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YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nel50Kcq7D0

Who does he play for Lee?

To round the day off Jade scored two goals in A 6-1 win and got player of the match

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Jimmies (aylestone st James)

They aren't the best team by a long way but its a Lott of fun

Just wondered. Looked a bit like Old Bosworthians (Leicester Forest), where I used to get slaughtered play.

Great stuff Lee. Are you playing much poker

no  not much cash very tight at the min ...or put it another way on me arse mate

that my situation too mate, no income playing poker means no income at all for me. Trying to tighten the belt a bit but spend £200 a week in Tesco alone :(

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=33676.750

So you should be, big congrats to you both.

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awesome mate 

A really proud Dad  :)

wow. I'd forgotten how small new norms are. Another great pic.

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My daughter Eleanor Mae born on 29/12. Our first child. I'm over t'moon and super proud

Congrats man :)

Thank you and Congratulations to you also, hope all is well

<3 little baby pics

Great pictures.  x

Congratulations

Good name choice ;)

Congratulations to you both... Great pictures too...

Quick update on Amar'e, he's now 8 1/2 months, he's saying a few words "Mamma" "Babba" "No" still not saying dadda  :( he's taken on a personality already and seems to want to grab everything (Can't wear my glasses around him anymore) He's crawling and also using aids like the sofa to stand up, be it only for a few seconds I'm still pretty proud...!! He's on 3 meals a day now Breakfast, fruit snack and dinner, but always wants to eat anything we have in our hands lol..

Anyway here's my pride and joy

Fantastic pics Taxi, corkeye and bang bang.

In the year 2000 I took the family to Florida the lad was 6 months old and the daughter 5, they had this thing at the EPCOT center called Leave a Legacy where you payed x amount of dollars and a picture of you or your family was etched onto these plynths for whats supposed to be forever. Well this year we returned and found the pice we left of our kids.

This was in July 2000
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and this is them now with an annoying rodent.

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Great picks all. Toooo cute bang bang.

Did it take long to find the etching Andy?

Found within 5 mins.......

......only because the wife is so well organised she kept the original info pack from 2000 and brought it with us.

lol 12/13 years on. You gotta love wives :)

Lewis played his first game this year yesterday ...due to the weather and other things the matches had been cancelled !

I know I am biased but he played out of his skin ....For a nine year old boy he was just awesome.

I was/am so proud he put in 100% when it was pissing it down with rain..
the ref spoke to our coach and said pointing to Lewis "that lads got a good future in this game he's plying with such skill and aggression what's his name "

That's Lewis the coach replied Lee's lad .......so so proud!!

Brilliant.. Well played Lewis and great work Lee..

this thread always makes me smile and feel good :)

this is great

Daniel was 1 month old on Monday

lil dude!

Good stuff Graham  :)

Late to this but great picture Mr Taxi... Love the baby grow...

So my daughter Tamanna is 12 and tells me she wants to be a Doctor and at the moment she is making sure that she is concentrating and taking all the right classes to ensure that she is on the right path.. I was almost in tears of joy...

Anyway here she is buying a graphic novel

 :)

Friday 13th Four years ago my Daughter was born :)

Born today at home at 6.42am, here is Ivy Blacklock with Petra and Maxwell 2 hours later weighing in at 7lb 6oz



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Woot such a great day for a kiddy birthday! congratz, your wife looks amazing to say she just given birth!

^^ Cheers mate, they both sleeping soundly now!!

congratulations Richard and family!

Priiiiiiiiiick. stole my thunder. Someone delete my thread, oh and congrats.

Don't delete my thread actually.

After a successful season playing in the BCLFC Under 11's, Holly has just been awarded a contract for the Under 13's squad for next season.

I am so proud of her :)

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terrific

no need to answer if its tricky, but in the Ladies game what does a youth contract look like?

what does it specify and what does it commit your daughter to?

(my lad is at Luton, and currently deciding not to give up sixth form to do a youth contract at 16-17yo, with part-time schooling. His choice)

To be honest I didn't read the contract! However, at this age there is certainly no requirement for time out of school. It's just training for 4-5 hours per week (2 evenings), matches at the weekend and following a physical fitness programme. There is also a requirement that she cannot play for any other teams.

Congratulations to Holly! Your pride shines through your facebook photos.

Very proud Dad ..... Awesome !
Well done holly

well done! you must be very proud indeed. Womens footy is such an excellent sport to get into, my wife played for 20 years and it took her around the globe, paid for her education, made he a real team player in life and opened up so many opportinies for her. Lets hope she enjoys it half as much as my wife did.

haven't been on this thread in a while and just catching up on the last few months worth - great stuff, congrats to all!

time for my own mummy brag now!

As I think I've probably mentioned before, my ten year old, Hannah, has a real talent for writing, which she loves. Stories are her main thing, but recently pupils from her school took part in a national poetry competition for young writers. Hannah's was among those entries chosen as winners for inclusion in a collection of poems to be published in the Summer.  Super proud :)

Proud Grandad (again ! ) of identical twin boys , Max 6lb4oz and Elliott 6lb7oz

^^^ Oioi Grats Booder!!

Awesome - Congratlulations mate

Congrats Booder.

Thanks everyone,chuffed to bits.

My Daughter Tamanna, only 13 drew this, she loves art

And Amar'e wants to wish everyone a merry Christmas...

Oh my, only just seen this - wonderful news David.

How are they getting on now?

Congratulations.

Being a granddad is a great excuse to do a load of kids stuff whenever you feel like it.

The drawing is excellent, mad skillz.

Merry Xmas to Amar'e (and family).

Thanks guys...

Agreed - very good!

I had another proud Mum moment this week - to go with the two poems she's already had published, Hannah found out this week that she is one of the winners in a short-story competition that was run by the local council for all the primary schools in the borough. Her story will be published in a book that will go to all the local schools and libraries, and she'll also receive a prize of a kindle.

As her very proud dad said to me after she told us - 'she's amazing' :)

That sounds amazing, credit to you all.. Maybe we could get a snippet of Hannahs story....?

Thanks - i'm more proud I suppose that she has a talent that she thorougly enjoys using and, if she works hard and gets the right breaks, could well end up making a career out of it. I don't have a creative bone in my body so she's not got it from me, but I play my part through the things I can do - lots of love, praise and encouragement :)

Not actually seen the story myself yet, but may post when I have.

They enjoyed Christmas      :D

my girls with grandpa on Christmas day.

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Daniel attracts the ladies whenever he goes shopping (bit like his old man I guess  ;D)

Jade is playing In her first cup final Sunday (-:

She's come a long way since I started this thread !

Brilliant... Good luck from the Sethi household... Keep us updated Lee...

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Unfortunately Jades team lost 😂

Was a good  experience for her tho and a runners up medal to look back on !

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Fantastic achievement Jade well done  ;applause;

Does not seem long since I posted on blonde about having a kid after years of trying!

Emily is 5 today and she was in a school thingy this morning talking about lent.  She did so well, even her little sis was impressed.

I love all this proud dad stuff. It's a real feel good thread.

Saw this picture on facebook the other day loved it, reminds me of when Tamanna (my daughter) was young and would play with Nelson (our bullmastiff) who was always so patient with her, he'd actually sleep outside her bedroom..... Not a shamed to say it actually brought a tear to my eye, Kids grow up to fast...

Lewis joined a new rugby team half way through the season

Oadby wigstonians

It was the presentation day today and Lewis got players player of the season we was Sooo proud !

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Well done Lewis.

oioi league or union?

Union mate

Well done, do you watch him play?

good stuff.

Can not put in to words what a great decision it was for me to play union as a kid, grew up 10 fold.

Played football until i was 11/12 and wanted a change after getting left on the bench to have managers sons/coaches sons play ahead of me even though they weren't as good (not bitter at all). I used to play up front and my strike partner scored 4/5* the amount of goals i scored in a season but i would assist about 80% of his. Whenever i did not play he kicked up a fuss but the managers did not seem to get it anyway.....

After football i went to play league (growing up in warrington thats what my mates played) also we had about 3/4 league clubs within 10 minutes and the nearest union was a good 15 minutes away but the club my dad eventually took me to was 25 minutes away. Anyway i played league for about 3 months and decided i didnt like it. I enjoyed the game but it was to similar to football, the way the parents were the way the kids were treated etc etc.

So i went to play union and thinking back to it now it was a huge commitment from my dad every sunday he gave up a good 4/5 hours, bet he was relieved when i started to drive!! Rugby union taught me loads of things but the biggest aspect I will take through with me for the rest of my life is respect. I learnt to respect my coaches, my team mates and most importantly the officials. These people gave up their time (admittedly they got paid but we all know thats not the reason most of them do it). Whenever i played sport in school (rugby league school) i took that respect with me, you can imagine the dismay when i fouled a player in football and the ref came over and i responded with "sorry sir" etc footballers never understood!

The other point i mentioned above is friendship, my friends from rugby are like no other if we see each other now its like no time has passed since we last met. Going on rugby tour, digging your mate out of the bottom of a ruck and celebrating wins with them nothing like it. Always going for a drink and food after a game all these little things meant so much and they are memories ill never forget!

I hope your lad enjoys it as much as I did i hope he gets involved on and off the pitch (and i hope you do to my dad used to love rugby tours!!!)

Every week I love it !

It's normally rugby in the morning and football with jade my eldest daughter on the afternoon

full day then! Must be good to see your kids enjoy sports and playing in teams.

I used to love watching the wife play footy. Even when she got sent off for headbutting someone in a huge Uni came in a state Conference playoff :(

Lewis has played rugby since he was 6-7 he played tag first then moved up to contact
Last season he was with another club but at the end of the season they never had a presentation night we decided then we would find another club.
We try one but he couldn't get on and didn't mix very well
So we left it a while
Then half way through the season we tried Oadby wigstonians and never looked back !

He went on tour with them (I was invited but couldn't go)
And he loved that as well !

So it was a big shock that he got players player only being there for half a season
I so wish I played the game
The closest I got to rugby was with a water bottle in the army !

Proud Dad update alert!!

Holly has just signed her contract for BCLFC Under 15's. She has improved massively playing for the Under 13's over the last 2 years.....

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Woohoo!
Great to see that she has stuck at it. Onwards and upwards Holly :-)

Shocking photo (better one on it's way), but my lad, Joe and his team played in a residential football tournament this weekend at Butlins Skegness.
It was a huge step up in class, facing the likes of a regional Arsenal academy and a Walsdon Boys Club team, amongst others.
Chalked up a win and a couple of draws against lads who could well go on to be professionals at one level or another.

The weekend was capped off by an glitzy awards ceremony in front of over a 1000 people and receiving a trophy from none other than Ian Rush.

Joe is second row, second from right.
Squint and you can see Rushy is top right :)
Lady footballer is Sue Smith

So proud of jade my eldest daughter on her prom night

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My daughter picked up her first trophy for Netherton U10s (local side in Peterborough) in her first ever season playing football.

Already signed up for the U11s ready for September.  Can't wait.

Beautiful daughter  you have there Lee.

Shame two of the pictures are spoiled by the presence of the chauffeur.

I bet they can all twist you around their little fingers Tom.

My 15 yo lad just finished his first year doing GCSEs, school report on all subjects was outstanding in both effort he puts in and results he gets out. Out of 10 subjects the school are expecting 6 A* and 4 A. Coupled with his willing to devour all subjects and his helpful nature (he does the gardening for me and the dishwasher for the wife :) ) I don't think I could be more proud.

He also just finished a weeks work experience with the student union at the local college and here is the report from them.

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That's fantastic! You're right to be proud.

Take some credit for you and Mrs bobblehAt too.

Thanks Tom

Brilliant Andrew.

Cheers Kev. I imagine it will all change when he discovers women :)

Excellent.

Missed this, was away. Stunning.

Great thread.

Love watching my kids play sport even if they are not always great at it, but its important for them to be getting outside etc in this day and age with all gadgets and tv channels.

On sunday will be watching my daughter play some fun cricket at the women's ashes match at Worcester. Great deal where she gets to play in a mini competition during the break and we get free tickets for the game. Only started playing this season but enjoys it.

Watching her going out to face a under twelve team (she is 10) who had already put one of our team on the way to hospital was a bit scary, but she seemed quite happy. (she was caught out first ball, but at least she went for the shot!)

Trust me, kids get at least as much benefit from losing as they do from winning.

You are completely right and as they get older it means I don't need to let them win when we play games, although maybe starting to do a lap of honour when I won a netball shooting match against my two kids and father in law was a bit OTT.

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Hope the holiday was good. Great pic's.

Great pics Mr Fish

My youngest son achieved 4 A*, 4 A and 1 B in his GCSE exams. You know those kids that can just sail through exams with the minimum of prep and just wing it on natural ability - well he isn't one of those. He worked damn hard to get those results and it was 100% self-driven. He has a work ethic that puts many, including me, to shame.

#prouddad

Congrats Longines Jr

Top work! Hope you have spoilt him now!

My Daughter had 7A*S, 2A's and a B. Very proud Dad reporting in.

Wow, fantastic results Rubbish!

And yes Bubble, I agreed beforehand that if he did well I'm in for a new iPhone next month.

Great results guys!

Brilliant exam results, I can remember when I left school I wasn't bothered about my exam results as I had an apprentice engineering job already promised off a family friend, but I can remember the nervous days waiting for my three sons results and feeling proud of how hard they had worked. Well done both

My eldest worked really really hard for this, he's made his father a very proud man.

 ;topman;

My 17 year old has Aspergers, and its been A Level year

Not the easiest time for the family, with a few things going on and he always had a lot of challenges at school particularly in non-technical subjects...english, history etc where writing essays was a real problem

Anyway, he took all his A Levels mostly via coursework with dispensation because sitting in exams was so difficult

As we all know A Level results came out in early August. He was away at the time and so didn't go and get them

We expected them to be sent through the post and waited

and waited

eventually i rang up and asked for them to be sent through, only for the school to tell me they didn't send them out, they needed to be picked up in person and not by a parent/friend unless it came with written permission from the student

ok. not as easy as it sounds for us. getting written permission wouldn't be easy

a couple of weeks passed

"have you gone to get your results yet?"

"no"

repeat every few days until i'm told down the phone

"dad, i don't want to go and get them, what if i have failed?"

i told him, quite genuinely, that i didn't care if he failed. whatever happens life goes on and doesn't have to affect what he wants to do with his life. Not important in the big picture but you need to get the results to see what your options are

Yesterday, about a month after the results come out, the phone call comes

"Dad I went to get my results"

Pause

"Chemistry B Physics B IT A"

I pulled myself together long enough to tell him i was proud of him.

He's working on an IT apprenticeship for a scientific labs company on the Millbrook test track complex for now and can come off probation now he's got the results.

Oh bless him, well done.

That's fantastic Rich.

Wow, fabulous results Rich. Congrats to you lad.

Well played Tighty jr. The Apple hasn't fallen far from the tree :)

Daughter (10) just got her dance results (tap and Jazz) today and got a merit and commendation. She does not have a natural build for a dancer (has my lack of flexibility) so had to work hard for these.

As a treat for passing she is making a Chocolate cake Happy days indeed. Will make up for Son's football team (minus son as he was at cub camp) losing their first game of the season and me getting soaked into the bargain.

Well done him.

Well done her.

Amazing Rich. Well done him.

GCSE Results Day

My lad just had his results.

8 A's & 4A*'s

A*'s in Maths, Chemistry, Physics and Biology

So proud of him he's worked so hard for this.

 ;D

takes after his mum, right?

(well done)

Congrats to junior Bob.

Very well done indeed.

And for those that didn't do so well
Jeremy Clarkson ‏@JeremyClarkson  Aug 17
If your A level results are disappointing, don't worry. I got a C and two Us, and I'm currently on a superyacht in the Med.

It's going to confusing next year as I think it's the first batch who will be reporting getting 3 grade 8s, 2 grade 7s, etc.

Cheers guys.

Some going, that.

Congrats to your lad!



LOL @ Typhoon's post.

GCSE results day made me proud for different reasons and of much lower results than those incred ones posted above.

My daughter started secondary school at a selective grammar school and by year 9 any individual teacher would have predicted her As or Bs. However, she struggled greatly with numerous mental health issues and continues to do so. There's been lengthy stays in hospital for an eating disorder and multiple self harm/suicide attempts and the last two years of schooling were at a hospital school rather than her grammar school.

She ended up with 4 Cs including her maths and English, a couple of Ds and a couple of BTech level 2s which just about get her over the line to get into college next month for a fresh start. She's carrying a lot of physical scars and the emotional trauma she and the whole family has endured over the last five years have left invisible scars that run deep. But to even complete the exams, let alone pass them is a big achievement for her and I am very proud of her for fighting the urges she had to check out completely.

Hopefully college life and a digital media course (something she's really interests in) will suit her better and allow her to blossom as a young woman.

Sounds like a pretty harrowing experience for you all and great she's hit this point where yr last sentence could be exactly what happens

We're not there yet :)
Still hiding the kitchen knives and razors and locking the painkillers away
On the right track though hopefully.

Amazing she managed to do so well, with everything else going on.

Hope that college goes well, and things continue to go the right way for you all, Adam.

The grades your daughter achieved are amazing considering the challenges shes faces daily. Having a wife who works as a counsellor with children I can understand the stress and worry your daughter, yourself and family must be under. All the best for the future.

Thanks chaps
If she could see herself like the beautiful, intelligent, funny and charming young woman the rest of us saw, she'd be fine, but that's the nature of the illness unfortunately.

I'm sure a few months at college, some new friends and some interest from boys will help her no end.

Very well done to your daughter Adam, she is obviously a little fighter deep down beneath the awful burden of her mental health issues. I hope her fantastic achievements help her recognise that.
I sincerely wish you and your family the very best for the future xxx

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Thank you.

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Clever girl. I'd have taken about 3 weeks to learn that at 16, nevermind 6 :D

Thank you Marky

Have never contributed before but this is one of my favourite threads on blonde, proper feel good stuff.

My 14 month old daughter Aoife (point for proper pronunciation) was born with a hip condition called hip dysplasia which meant that both of her hips were dislocated as her hip joints hadn't formed properly in the womb. At 17 days old she had to go into a soft harness which kept her legs in a fixed position for 23 hours a day and she remained in the harness for 6 month, at which point the docs were content the joints were trending in the right direction.. The doctors told us to expect her crawling and walking to be a bit delayed due to this. In spite of their warnings, at 10 months we had a baby who was walking of her own free will, long before some of her NCT peers.

Today myself, the wife and the little'un trundled up to the hospital for Aoife's first annual check up. Thankfully the docs have said her hips are now completely akin to the average child of her age and they were quite amazed at the speed of her development. She's a determined little thing and the smiliest child you could wish to encounter and tonight I am feeling very proud of her.

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A Level results day. My youngest son has spent the last few weeks worrying that he wouldn't get the grades needed for Uni - he's not naturally gifted but works harder than anyone I know.

ABB and he's off to Nottingham Uni.

#prouddad

Wow, many congrats, must be nice.

Apologies for drifting off topic, but how is your recovery going? May be better to reply on my Diary, rather than upset all the proud Dad's.

Reply here please. If you reply on Tony's diary I might skim past it.

Fabulous, well done him.

Very well done, congrats.

My 18yo son finished his first year at Nottingham Uni. In an hour or so he'll land in Manilla, get on a plane to Sydney and then a two hour train journey before arriving in Newcastle NSW where he'll spend the next five months studying at the Uni there.

When I was his age a day trip to London was an adventure. Missing him already.

Wow, that's some outing :D

Best of luck to him!

Can't remember if I mentioned my eldest son on here before, wanted to do medicine but didn't get in so did Maths at Edinburgh instead. Found it a real struggle, ended up retaking his second year and this summer made the tough decision that he wasn't going to pass and dropped out. He had a huge number of rejections due to the failure but persevered and recently got a job with a FTSE100 company as a trainee risk & compliance analyst and is like a dog with two tails.

Son #2 is on track for a 1st class degree next summer and yesterday was offered a graduate trainee job by Centrica.

#doubleprouddad

Good for them, and all credit to you too. None of it is easy or simple is it?

I'm officially the old bloke at work (not sure how, I'm still 18 in my head) and often get the comments from those with toddlers/tweens/teenagers that it must be so much easier with a 23 and 20yo.

Nope, the problems just get bigger and usually more expensive.