WOKINGHAM & EMMBROOK FC first-team returned to the pitch this weekend for their first run out of pre-season.
Taking on Knaphill FC, the Sumas earned a 1-1 draw with a goal from Enow Ojong as the team earned valuable minutes in the tank ahead of a new league campaign.
Among the Sumas’ coaching staff, Eliot Whitehouse has added a new face to his backroom team as Chris Sweetman, who is an A licensed coach who works at Reading FC academy, has joined.
Jamie Shepherd, Sam Wilson and Ben Winship will continue to work in the coaching set-up, while Finlay Ward and Erin Macdonald are also to continue as club physios.
Speaking after the Sumas’ first pre-season outing, Whitehouse said: “I’m absolutely delighted on the first day of pre-season with the first opportunity to get the boys back together.
“To throw them into a game straight away is a different approach to whatI’ve been used to as a player and what I’ve seen as a coach and manager, but for us today it worked really well.
“We got 22 players through some minutes and it looks like we’ve got a good opportunity now to progress our pre-season.”
The next test for Wokingham comes this weekend when they host Thatcham Town at Emmbrook School (2pm kick-off).
