U13 IAPS Girls' Mini Hockey Tournament Finals

The weather was dreadful, raining most of the day and after a difficult start we managed to come 3rd out of 6 teams in our section and went into the plate competition. After beating Foremarke Hall 1-0, we lost to Greshams 0-1 in a closely fought game, placing us runners up in the plate competition. Overall we were placed 6^th out of all the Independent Schools in the whole country. So well done and congratulations to the following girls, they gave their all and deserved their success.

U11 IAPS Girls' Mini Hockey Tournament Finals

The U11A team travelled to Repton on Thursday afternoon last week to take part in the U11 Hockey National finals. They were very very excited about staying in a hotel on Thursday night and I would like to say how brilliant they all were. We enjoyed a lovely meal and some even greater acting performances that evening! Friday morning saw the team getting themselves ready for what would be a very long, cold and hard day of hockey. The first match saw us play the team who came second overall and we lost 4-0. Felsted then went on to pull out two draws 1-1 and a loss. This unfortunately meant that we did not proceed to the quarter finals. We did however go on to play 3 other teams for positions in the afternoon. With the pressure off the Felsted team, they relaxed and played some excellent hockey. We won 2 games and drew 1 to finish 16th in the Country!

A huge huge well done to the players for all their hard work this season and for all their efforts on the day. The player's of the tournament went to Ilyd T, Katie K and Holly El but every girl worked harder than I have ever seen them do before.

U11 Girls' v Chigwell

U11 A: Won 11-2 

played some of the best hockey I have seen them play on Saturday. They used the whole pitch brilliantly attacking down both the left and the right wings. Excellent passing saw Felsted get into lots of goal scoring opportunities. Goals from Eve (4), Affrica (3), Fenella (2), Minty and Ilyd saw Felsted win 11-2. Good luck to these girls and Hannah Cowie for the Nationals Finals on Thursday.

U11 B: Excellent hockey with lots of passing and movement both on and off the ball. Goals from Hannah (5), Luella (3),Tash, Francesca and Pheobe. Fiora was brilliant at Centre Half, she read the game well, did many great intercepts and set up a lot of goals with great passes.

U11 C: Won 12-0 

This was a very one-sided match as our girls have far more experience of hockey than Chigwell. The girls played with great determination and would have liked to have been allowed to score far more goals!!  However, it gave us an opportunity all to play out of position so that the girls can realise that they can play other positions. It allowed them to focus on where they would like to receive the ball and to send their passes accordingly.

U11 D: Won 13-0 

Again played with lots of effort and passion. Some excellent goals included passing the ball out to the wings, crossing it in and the left wing finishing it on the post. Felsted won 13-0. Well done girls!

U13 Girls' v Haileybury

U13 B: Won 4-3

Some good team work but poor defence at times let Haileybury catch up.  A good goal near the end put us eventual winners.

U13C: Draw 1-1

The game was very well matched, with some good individual performances, but the team lost it's shape in the second half and we failed to monopolise on our chances to score. Everyone worked hard throughout the game.

U13 D: Lost 1-3

Although we scored first, we allowed the opposition to reach the D undefended and therefore have several shots on goal. Gemma Wood made some very good tackles and Lulu Tritton played very well on the right wing.  Grace Frewin worked hard throughout the game.

U13 E: Won 4-0

We took the initiative from the start and should have been more than one goal up at half time. Pressure in the second half saw Saffron Drewitt-Barlow score twice and Millie McFadzean add to her earlier goal. This was a very good team effort.