Plate Semi-Final time and things were getting interesting. First up was Dickie Dogs versus Old Bromleians. Dickie Dogs had made the knock-out phase of our Veterans Tournament for the first time although they had been here before in our regular tournaments. In 2010 they made the Cup QF at the Valencia Fives and in 2012 the Plate QF at the Budapest Fives. A win here could secure their first European Final with eurofootballfives.com.

For Old Bromleians on debut, every step they took was another step into unchartered territory and another first. Due to Sitges withdrawal in Group B they'd had a little time to wait since their previous game which is never good for the limbs to stiffen up and maybe they were caught a little cold as a result. Dickie Dogs wasted no time at all in establishing a 3-0 first half lead.

With the wind beneath their wings (or hind quarters may be) the Dogs never let the ascendency slip and they showed no mercy to their opponents. In the end, they ran out 7-0 victors with a hat-trick for Justin Lebbon (flying in from Canada for the event), two for Paul Haezewindt, a fourth of the day for Neil Ainger (or Scholes as the referee recorded it) and a first of the tournament for Caspar Clark.

It was the end of the tournament for Old Bromleians but not the end of the tour. We truly hope they enjoyed their first eurofootballfives.com experience and would like to join us at the next edition of the Veterans tournament – in the Algarve.