enjoyable season and pulling on the Sevenoaks shirt was always something that filled us with pride and is something that we will cherish for many years to come . A big thanks to Mr Habib and Mr Jarvis for their coaching expertise and dedication .
Oscar Brown , Captain , Upper Sixth
Girls
Season 2019-20 was full of unrealised promise , with many winnable fixtures cancelled so this strong team did not get sufficient chances to show what they could do .
Superbly captained by our MVP , Giulia Clini , we defeated Tunbridge Wells Girls ’ Grammar School 14-0 in the Kent Cup , with our top scorer of the season , Claire Morgan , netting five , including a penalty secured for us by eagle-eyed flag-bearer Felix Allan , giving the lie to the old adage that schoolboys make bad linesmen . abnormal amount of rain meant that pitches across the south-east of England were absolutely sodden from the beginning of February onwards . I would like to thank our outstanding grounds staff ; without them we would have lost many more fixtures than we did .
Football in the Lower School continues to grow in popularity and it was great to see that every boy in the Lower School represented the school on at least one occasion in a competitive fixture .
Jack Jarvis
Despite the abrupt ending to the season , it has definitely been one of success with all the boys showing not just ability but the desire to work hard collectively and fight for results . Hopefully with so many Lower Sixth in the team Sevenoaks football can continue to develop throughout the seasons to come . Speaking on behalf of the Upper Sixth boys who played 1st XI football this year , it was a really
Beaten in the next round by Highworth Grammar School for Girls – packed with imperial stormtroopers ( or so it seemed ) – we were spared the ignominy of a double figure defeat by an outstanding display by goalkeeper Cerys ‘ the cat ’ Jenkins , who will be sorely missed .
In what turned out to be our final fixture of the season , on a pristine first-team pitch at Charterhouse , we lost a thriller 3-2 . We thank our departing players for their years of dedicated service , and we wish next season ’ s captain , Khue Edwards , every success and plenty of fixtures .
The season ’ s highlight has to be Claire Morgan ’ s run slaloming past five defenders in a row . The referee knew her name by the end of the match .
David Hall
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