Hundreds of young footballers took part in a tournament organised by a ten-year-old boy, last week.

Archie Williams from Loughton has been fundraising for the last few months to try to hit a target of £4,500 needed to pay for a family home to be built in Romania.

The charity minded youngster set his sights on going along to the country to help build a house, although after quickly raising all of the money needed to pay for a flight, he set his sights higher.

An impressive £1,000 was raised at the tournament which was held at Chigwell Police Club on Saturday, April 27.

Twenty teams competed before team Senrab won a penalty shoot-out to be crowned overall winners.

Parents, officials and team managers enjoyed the family fun day which also included cake sales and a bouncy castle.

Archie will travel to Romania with charity resource company Grassroots in September, where he will help to build the house which he has paid for.

To track Archie’s progress, or make a donation, visit http://www.grassroots.org.uk/home/projects/romania/updates/romania-blog/archies-5-a-side-football-tournament-in-aid-of-romania-housebuild.html?category=26 or www.grassroots.org.uk/archie.