Football Tournament

7th February 2023
Football Tournament
 

On Tuesday 7th February a team of Year 5 and 6 children took part in the St Ives Mixed football tournament. The first game began promptly after our arrival and despite having only been at the venue for a matter of minutes, the team took to the pitch and came out victorious in a comfortable 2-0 win against Crosshall. The win was largely thanks to a sublime, halfway line lob from Cayden, who caught the keeper off his line! Peter sealed the win with a scrappy, but important, finish into the bottom corner. The second game began shortly after and once again the team showed their class, this time beating Thorndown 3-0. The goals, once again, came from Cayden and Peter, but this time Archie also got in on the act after doing his best Harry Kane impression; firing into the top corner of the net for the third. After a short drinks break, we played both teams again, beating Crosshall 1-0 (Cayden goal, Matthew superb assist, worthy of winning any game) and drawing 1-1 with Thorndown (OG).

 

We then found out that our fine form and dominant defence, which was largely thanks to Alice, Beth, Yusein and Jacob, had successfully landed us a place in the final 4. The winning run unfortunately came to a crushing end in the semi finals where we conceded a last minute goal to lose 2-1 (Cayden goal, Archie assist). Despite the frustration of losing the semi-finals, the team galvanised their emotions and rallied for the third place playoff. For the first time, we started slowly. We went behind 1-0 early on but thanks to a fantastic assist from our incredible goalkeeper Callum, turned the game around to find ourselves at 2-2. With only a few seconds left, Archie decided he did not want to draw this game and danced past 3 defenders before firing into the top corner. A fitting end for a fantastic team, who each gave everything they had and did their school proud.