The Bluewater Thunder U11 boys soccer team competed in the Stratford Classic Soccer tournament and even though they had a fairly good tournament, they did not advance to the semi-final round.

Bluewater faced off against the host team from Stratford and came away with a disappointing 2-1 loss. Bluewater dominated the 1st half and had numerous chances from their strikers Matt Paquette and Nicholas Iacobelli but were unable to beat the keeper. Stratford scored late in the first half when an innocent looking cross hit a Bluewater player and went in the net. Bluewater again had some late chances with Chris Dedecker and Daniel Cservik having some chances to tie the game before half-time but were not sucessful. Stratford surprised the Thunder early in the 2nd half when a long shot caught Stefan Mallozzi off his line and it beat him high to give Stratford the 2-0 lead. Bluewater's Paquette finally got Bluewater on the gamesheet after he converted on a Dedecker pass. Bluewater hemmed Stratford in their end but shot after shot did not find the back of the net and the final score was 2-1.

The second game saw the Thunder face off against the Windsor Fury U11's and Bluewater came away on the wrong end of a 3-0 score. Like the last game, the Thunder had numerous chances in the first half with Matt Paquette, Nicolas DiScanno, Lukas Simic, Colin Yazdani and Diego DaSilva having good scoring chances. The Thunder's Stefan Mallozzi made some point blank saves to keep the score at 0-0 at half-time. Windsor came out very strong to start the second half and were rewarded when their striker scored on a low hard shot to the bottom corner and then Windsor made it 2-0 when they scored off a rebound from Mallozzi. The Thunder continued to press and were caught in the offensive end when Windsor broke down and scored on a long shot from outside the box to make the final score 3-0.

The Thunder played their third game of the day against local league rivals London United and lost 2-0. The Bluewater players were determined to avenge an earlier league loss to the United and started strong for the third game in a row. After a questionable call outside the box, the United scored on their free kick to give them the 1-0 lead. They then caught the Thunder pressing on a corner kick and came down on a 2 on 1 and scored to give them a 2-0 lead. The Thunder kept pressing and had some chances but could not beat their big keeper. The second half seemed to be the story of the tournament for the Thunder, lots of chances but no goals. The Thunders defence consisting of Michael Petrucci, Marcus Cossa, Burke Roszell, Zachary Matias and Bennett Vani kept United off the scoresheet and the final score was 2-0.