Scarisbrick Hall School Winter Newsletter 2014 | Page 34

First & Middle School Football Scarisbrick Hall vs Ashbridge Primary School Reported by: Jade Headley On Wednesday 12th November our U11 football played at home against Ashbridge School from Preston. What looked like a fine weather afternoon for a football match dramatically changed when the black clouds appeared and torrential down pours began towards the end of the first half and continued into the second half. Although the conditions were against us with muddy puddles on both goal lines and the rain making it visibly hard to see your own players on the pitch, both teams battled really hard and didn't let the condition fade them at all. Scarisbrick Hall won the match 4-2 and the boys were delighted with the result. Reported by: Rahul Uppal Its been a great term for U11 football and the team have been working really well together. We had a great match against Ashbridge in particular where we won 4-2. This was a fantastic result against a really good team in terrible weather conditions! Oliver Bradshaw managed to score twice with Joe Finnegan and Cody Whiley scoring the remaining two goals. All the team have been putting lots of effort into training every Thursday after school and during the e3 session on Wednesday. The boys are looking forward to the National tournament next term on Grimsby. Scarisbrick Hall vs Redcourt St Anselm’s Reported by: Mr Jones Scarisbrick Hall School U11s represented the school in an Umbro Cup match away at Redcourt in the Wirral, the game began at a slow pace with both sides giving the ball away cheaply. Eventually the Redcourt side took a strong hold on the game by scoring two goals in quick succession; Redcourt showed very good organisation and played some excellent football, this told throughout the game when Scarisbrick surrendered possession on several occasions to let Redcourt fly into a 4-0 lead before the break. Following on from the first half Redcourt showed a killer instinct in front of goal quickly scoring another two goals to make it 6-0, Scarisbrick pulled a goal back late on, something which their effort more than deserved as their attitudes throughout a difficult tie was fantastic and represented the school in a brilliant manner, a special mention goes to Oliver Bradshaw who never stopped running throughout and set a brilliant example to the rest of his team. We would also like to thank Redcourt for their hospitality, inviting the team in to their clubhouse for refreshments before the team headed back home.