Thursday 19 June 2008

Girls Football Tournament

We took 2 teams to the annual girls touirnament at Wickham Market. There were 11 teams divided into 2 groups. Our B team started off with a tough game against Debenham which they lost 3-0. They then started to play really well and should have beaten Ston Aspal but settled for a 0-0 draw. Our girls then drew 1-1 against Fressingfield B with a goal by Harriet.
There last game was against last years winners Wickham Market.
This was an exciting game in which we came from behind twice to draw 2-2. Both goals were scored by Harriet. Special mention should go to Millie who was outstanding in defence throughout.

The A team were in a group of 6 teams. They started off confidently with a 3-1 win against Dedenham with 2 goals by Jen and 1 by Maddy.
We then had a comfortable 1-0 win against St. Botolphs with an excellent goal by Phoebe.
Our 3rd game saw a 4-0 win over Wickham B team with Jen getting 3 more goals and Phoebe & Rachel scoring one each.
Our 4th match was the closest in the group with Fram getting a narrow 1-0 victory over Fressingfield A thanks to an unfortunate own goal.
We finished the group with a 5th win with a 2-0 victory against Mellis - goals by Jen and Maddy.

Our B team finished 3rd in their group - narrowly missing out on a place in the semi finals.
The A team won their group so played a semi against Wickham. This proved to be a thrilling and draining match which went to extra time. Wickham had some very good players and they went into a desreved lead. However Fram never give up. We scored the goal of the tournament when Jen made a strong run down the wing. She crossed for Phoebe to smash the ball into the net.
During extra time Jen scored her 6th goal of the tournament to put an elated Fram team into the final.

In the final we came up against our earlier group opponents Fressingfield. This proved to be another tight game. Fram had several chances and Georigia had to make 4 or 5 good saves to keep the scores level. Fressingfield scored a very good individual goal to get into the lead. Despite 2 more good chances late in the game Fram could not grab an equaliser.
We were disappointed but also pleased to get the runners up certificates. It was a brilliant effort. The girls were a credit to themselves and the school.