Thursday 18 June 2009

Girls Football Tournament

The annual girls football tournament was held on Wednesday 17th June at Wickham Market. There were 14 teams split into 2 groups of 7.
Robert Hitchams played their 6 group games without conceding a goal.
We started steadily with a 0-0 draw against Fressingfield. We followed this up with wins against Eye, Debenham, Stonham B, Wickham Market and St. Botolphs.
Natalia scored some excellent goals. Georgie and Charlotte scored one each. Molly (in goal) and Lucy (in defence) were looking unbeatable.
Robert Hitchams won the group and progressed to the semi finals along with runners up Fressingfield.
In the semi final we came up against Stonham. They had the outstanding player in the tournament. We went a goal behind and Molly made a superb save to keep us in the game. Natalia scored a brilliant equaliser (following a pass from Lucy) which took the game into extra time. Stonham's captain scored immediately from the restart. Robert Hitchams pressed forward looking for an equaliser but we were caught out on the break. Stonham finished as deserved winners by 4-1. In the final Stonham were comfortable 5-1 winners.
Our girls exceded expectations and played well as a team throughout.