A team of year 7 girls and year 7 boys travelled to Aberystwyth yesterday (Thursday May 9th) to compete at the Urdd National football seven a side tournament.
All the players did extremely well considering the monsoon conditions and the fact that the other sides consisted of mainly year 8 pupils. The girls were playing in their first competitive tournament and although they struggled with the physicality of some of the teams they battled throughout and I was very impressd with their determination and team spirit.
The boys were disappointed to lose their games and showed great character in making all the larger and more physical sides work extremely hard to beat them. The 8 boys who represented the school showed some flashes of great skill and played some wonderful football, they just werent strong enough on the day.
We knew it was going to be difficult because of the difference in age groups but both sides gave everything. They came away from the experience with a positive outlook. The girls have requested more training and involvement and the boys felt that they can target this competition next year and with the experience gained go and win it.
If you see the children around school please congratulate them on their performances. Their behaviour was impeccable throughout the day and they were a credit to the school.