U13 Hockey
Posted: 29/03/2017
On Monday, the U13 girls had their first experience of XI a-side hockey playing in the County Tournament. ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ got off to a good start with a 1-0 win over King’s Worcester. In their next match against RGS, the girls went 2-0 down in the first few minutes but managed to fight back and secure a 2-2 draw with a short corner after the final whistle. This meant that ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ finished as County Runners up only on goal difference - well done to all the girls involved.
On Tuesday, the U13 girls travelled to Cannock Hockey Club for the Midlands Regional Hockey Finals (VII a-side). ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ started superbly with a 5-0 victory versus Church Stretton. They continued to play excellent attacking hockey in their second match against Spratton Hall to record another 5-0 win. Their final group match was against Bablake, a much tighter game but the girls worked hard to secure a 1-0 win which meant that ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ finished top of their group and progressed through to the quarter final.
The quarter-final was a closely fought match against King Edward VI in which ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ conceded their first goal of the tournament but the girls demonstrated good team spirit to score an equaliser, the final score was 1-1 and ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ progressed through to the semi final after winning 3-2 on penalty flicks.
The girls played some excellent hockey in the semi final against Trent College but were unable to capitalise on their chances and the game ended 0-0. ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ took part in another tense penalty flick competition and the scores remained tied at 3-3 and therefore went to sudden death which ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ unfortunately lost 4-5; narrowly missing out on a place at National Finals.
Congratulations to the following girls for playing their best hockey of the season: Ellen A, Anabel C, Megan L, Beth L, Hannah L, Isabelle J, Tasha M, Lucy M, Katie M and Katie R.