The Doncaster Rovers Community Sports and Education Foundation's learners on the E2E programme visited Oakwell stadium for the E2E South Yorkshire Challenge, against Barnsley last Thursday which took place on the training pitch at 1:30pm. Both teams split into two, to play eight 5-a-side games each lasting for 14 minutes.

Rovers A

Rovers B

The first sets of matches were both A teams playing each other and both B teams playing each other. Barnsley were the winners out of their game with a 4-2 win but it was a different outcome on the opposite pitch with Rovers B winning 1-0.

After a short break it was round two but this time it was A vs. B. Rovers A won Barnsley B with some fantastic goals making it a 4-2 victory but it was exact opposite scores on pitch 2 with Rovers losing 2-4 to Barnsley A.

After another quick break match three saw Barnsley A and B on pitch 1 and Rovers A and B on pitch 2. The best team of the day were Rovers A winning with a staggering 6 goals to 1 in their match. Third place playoff teams were both the B teams where Rovers won with a fantastic 3-0 victory.

In the final both A teams played very well but it wasn't enough for Rovers to win as Barnsley scored last minute to make it a 3-2 win to make Barnsley the overall winners of the South Yorkshire challenge.

The E2E programme is a nationally run scheme which focuses on targeting young people who are classified as NEET (not in education, employment or training). E2E stands for Entry to Employment and is all about giving young people the skills and experience needed to find employment or further education. Both Doncaster Rovers and Barnsley football club run these programmes which aim to help young people who aspire to have a career in sport, giving them qualifications and experience to become sports instructors, leaders or coaches.