School Sports Competition Reports 2024/2025
Autumn Term:
Boys Football - Friendly vs Beechwood 27/09/2024
Our football team played their first match of the new school year with a friendly against Beechwood at the Cumberland. Backed by a large crowd, we had a mix of experience and new faces, with 5 of the 8 players having played last season. First half saw us have a few good chances, the best came from a Finley Allen free-kick which smashed against the crossbar. We were competing well and were on top of the game when a lapse in concentration allowed Beechwood to take the lead and then quickly double it. We looked in trouble, but we responded well and Jacob Shephard unleashed a powerful shot into the top corner to record his first goal for school.
At half time we spoke about how we needed to be stronger and move the ball quicker. Second half we had some great chances to level early on- Lucas Scott-Taylor shot just wide and was then really unlucky with an acrobatic overhead kick which went agonisingly past the post. Jacob Shephard was foiled a couple of times by strong last-ditch tackles, but our pressure paid off as Lucas Scott Taylor's shot was followed up by Finley Allen to make it 2-2. At the other end, Lewis Malam, Diego Lisboa and Bence Hideg got to grips with the Beechwood attack and when called upon, Eduard Ciocoi made a few excellent saves in goal. We kept plugging away for a winner, with Junior Woodward the catalyst in winning the ball and setting us on our way. Despite our efforts, we couldn't find a winner and a draw was a fair result. MOM went to Diego Lisboa for a strong performance and great distribution.
Squad: Finley Allen (c), Diego Lisboa, Lewis Malam, Lucas Scott Taylor, Junior Woodward, Jacob Shephard, Bence Hideg and Eduard Ciocoi (GK).
Thank you to Mrs Proudman and all of the parents for supporting the team.
Tag Rugby Festival @ Crewe Vagrants 07/10/2024
On Monday 7th October we took a squad of 10 pupils to a tag rugby festival at Crewe Vagrants. Our first game saw us start slowly but recover well to beat Bridgemere 4-3 with tries from Finley Allen (2), Diego Lisboa and Leo Johnson. Game two was a really tough match against a good Audlem team. This was an end-to-end, exciting game which we showed good quality on the ball to win 5-4. Our tries were scored by Finley Allen (3), Leo Johnson and Diego Lisboa.
Game 3 saw another tense game as we defended superbly to beat Acton 4-3 thanks to tries from Devander Lisboa (2), Finley Allen and Reuben Tasker. We were too strong for Stapeley Broad Lane in game 4, winning 5-3 with tries from Devander Lisboa (2), Bovern Tazvinzwa, Sienna Boon and Reuben Tasker.
Our final match of the festival saw a local derby against Hungerford. We played some fantastic rugby in this one, with great running off the ball and some quick passing. We won 6-4 thanks to tries from Bence Hideg, Leo Johnson, Reuben Tasker, Finley Allen and Sienna Boon.
We finished the festival unbeaten with 5 wins out of 5, which was incredible considering that for most of the squad this was their first taste of competitive school rugby. A big well done to all of the squad and thank you to Mr Williamson for his help with the team and to the army of parents who came along to support at Vagrants.
Squad: Diego Lisboa (c), Bovern Tazvinzwa, Finley Allen, Leo Johnson, Tayah Huskisson, Reuben Tasker, Sienna Boon, Bence Hideg, Ellie-Mai Entwistle and Devander Lisboa.
Crewe Hockey Competition @ Ruskin 14/10/2024
We entered two teams into the Crewe Hockey Competition on Monday 14th October at Ruskin. We have enjoyed great success in Hockey over the last few years, so we were hopeful of doing well again.
Brierley A opened the tournament with a 3-0 win against Brierley B (Goals from Tayah, Diego and Junior). Brierley A then faced a good Highfields team and lost an evenly-matched game by a single goal. We needed to bounce back in game 3 but luck was not on our side, as we missed numerous chances before being hit on the break to lose 1-0. We faced an uphill battle to qualify as one of the top two schools, but we gave it our best shot- we beat Mablins Lane B 5-1 (Goals: Tayah 3 and Junior 2) and then rounded off the competition by beating St Oswalds 6-0 (Goals: Diego 4, Sienna and Lewis). This saw us finish in 3rd place and narrowly miss out on the top 2.
After defeat in the first game, Brierley B were excellent in a 6-0 win vs St Oswalds, thanks to goals from David 4 and Ibuken 2. A 2-2 draw with Mablins Lane B followed (Goals: Maria and Jacob) which meant after 3 games we still had a shout of a top 2 finish. Our final two games were tough ones and we fell just short- losing 3-0 to eventual winners Highfields and then losing a close final match 1-0 to Mablins Lane A. This meant an overall 4th placed finish, which was a pretty good result as we were competitive in every game and played some great hockey as a team.
Brierley A: Junior Woodward (c), Tayah Huskisson, Lewis Malam, Diego Lisboa, Sienna Boon.
Brierley B: David Chivu (c), Ibuken Fajemilo, Maria Boros, Evie Burke, Jacob Shephard, Ellie Mai Entwistle.
Well done to everyone who took part and thank you to Mrs Proudman for her help with running the teams on the day.
FA Kids Cup @ Crewe Alex Soccer Centre 15/10/2024
Our Boys football team entered the FA Kids Cup on Tuesday 15th October. We were drawn into a group with 6 other schools from across Cheshire and we aimed to build on our positive start to the season. Our first game saw us lose a really good match against Wistaston Academy by the odd goal. We went a goal behind before Finley Allen's free kick brought us level. We defended well until we conceded late on from a corner. Despite the loss, we had played pretty well and we got our first win on the board as we beat St Annes 2-0 in game two. Diego Lisboa poked home his first goal for Brierley after a scramble in the box and Finley Allen sealed the win late on. Game three saw us lose out 2-0 to a good Pear Tree team, but again we responded with a top performance against Underwood West. Jacob Shephard hit an unstoppable strike from distance to put us ahead and Junior Woodward made it two with his first goal for Brierley. Another Finley Allen goal was the icing on the cake in a great performance. Our final two matches saw us face the top two in the group and we gave both teams a really good game. First we gave Pebble Brook a real scare when Lucas Scott Taylor equalised but we couldnt hold on, in a 2-1 loss. Our final fixture saw us slip two goals behind before Jacob Shephard again struck from distance and depsite our best efforts, we couldnt squeeze in an equaliser.
Overall we finished 5th in the group and we can be proud of how we performed- we played some good teams and we gave them all a good game. The progress in the team is their to see and there is a real spirit forming, which hopefully bodes well for future matches. Well done boys!
Squad: Finley Allen (c), Junior Woodward, Lucas Scott Taylor, Diego Lisboa, Jacob Shephard, Eduard Ciocoi, Bence Hideg
Girls Football - Friendly vs Beechwood @ The Cumberland 18/10/2024
Our girls football team played their first game of the season against Beechwood on Friday 18th October. Of the 9 girls representing Brierley, only 1 had played competitive school football before, so we went into the game not really knowing what to expect. We needn't have worried, as the girls played some fantastic football to run out 6-2 winners!
Lexi Mai Ashbrook went in goal, made a couple of good saves and her handling was perfect. In front of her, Ibuku Olumuyiwa and Maria Boros were excellent in defence and worked well together to set the team off on the attack. In midfield, Tayah Huskisson helped herself to a goal and was full of running, Evie Burke and Junior Khumone really got stuck in and worked tremendously hard and Ellie Mai Entwistle showed some good pace on the ball and nearly got on the scoresheet on a couple of occasions. Sienna Boon was excellent and scored a fantastic hat-trick of goals- the first was a superb shot from distance. Finally Greta Gregorova was excellent up front as she scored 2 goals and worked her socks off, causing the Beechwood defence all sorts of problems.
This was a great start for the girls and a solid base to build on in the forthcoming fixtures. Well done girls! Thank you to Mr Williamson for coming to support and cheer the girls on!
Squad: Tayah Huskisson (c), Greta Gregorova, Ellie Mai Entwistle, Sienna Boon, Maria Boros, Lexi Mai Ashbrook, Evie Burke, Junior Khumone and Ibuku Olumuyiwa.
On Tuesday 26th November our Y5/6 Girls Football team played in a competition at the Soccer Centre. The girls were put in to a group of 8 schools, with the top4 qualifying for the quarter finals. We opened with an entertaining 0-0 draw with St Mary's, where we perhaps should have come away with a win, as we went close on a few occasions and had most of the play. Game two saw us slip to defeat to Vine Tiree, despite having most of the play. We played a very good Black Firs team in game 3 and lost out 1-0 with the very last kick of the game. Game 4 was against the group leaders Hartford and we gave them a real scare as we battled hard for ¾ of the game and had a couple of chances before a late goal saw us lose out.
We got our rewards in game five as we beat Wistaston Church Lane 3-0. Greta Gregorova got her first goal of the day with a powerful shot past the keeper before quite unbelievably, Ibuku Olumuyiwa scored not one, but TWO goals from GOALKICKS!! Both strikes were powerful shots that were smashed the full length of the pitch and were too hot to handle for the opposition GK. We played Monks Coppenhall in game six and we were second best in this one. We went 2-0 down but did fight back as Greta Gregorova scored a beautiful left-footed finish to give us hope at the end, but we couldn't find an equaliser. Our final game against Darnhall was end-to-end and we should have taken the lead when Greta Gregorova could only shoot at the keeper from close-range. It ended 0-0 and we finished in 6th place overall.
The girls played some great football and with a little more luck we could have perhaps sneaked into the quarter-finals. Maria Boros, Ibuku Olumuyiwa and Tayah Huskisson were excellent in defence, showing strength and bravery throughout. Sienna Boon, Ellie-Mai Entwistle and Evie Burke worked their socks off in midfield and Greta Gregorova took her goals well and caused the defenders problems. In goal, Lexi-Mai Ashbrook made some smart saves too.
Well done girls and thank you to Mr Coombs and the parents that came to support the girls.
Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 took part in one of the biggest competitions of the primary school year- Sports Hall Athletics at Sir William Stanier School. We took 39 pupils to the competition to take part in a wide range of relay races, sprints, hurdles and field events. We faced Leighton, Monks Coppenhall and Hungerford- all much bigger schools than ours- and we came away with some great results. The highlights on the track were Ethan Proudman and Devander Lisboa who made up our Y3/4 Boys 1 Lap and 2 Lap Relay teams and they came 1st in the one lap and 2nd in the 2 lap race. In the Y3/4 Girls 2 Lap Relay, Lyla Kosefobamu and Ola Skorek claimed 2nd place.
In the field, we dont receive individual results, so the only results we do know came from the Javelin. In the Y3/4 Girls, Shekinah Benzah scored 2nd place and then Folosade Olumuyiwa went one better to claim 1st place in her round! For the Year 3/4 Boys, Luke Yeates and Mayowa Adeoye both came in 2nd place. Sienna Boon blitzed the rest of the field with a huge throw to win for the Y5/6 Girls and Reuben Tasker was the best of the Y5/6 Boys, scoring 2nd place.
Overall our Year 3/4 team came in 3rd place and our Year 5/6 team came in 4th place. A big well done must go to every child for practising so hard in the lead up to the competition and for performing well on the night. Their behaviour and support given to their friends was also excellent.
Year 5/6 Boys: Lucas Taylor (c), Diego Lisboa, Lewis Malam, Ibuken Fajemilo, Finley Allen, Reuben Tasker, Bence Hideg, Leo Johnson, Kacper Pakiela, Jacob Shephard, Tymek Malecki.
Year 5/6 Girls: Greta Gregorova (c), Tayah Huskisson, Iris Carvalho, Maria Boros, Sienna Boon, Ella Wood, Evie Burke, Ellie Mai Entwistle, Ibuku Olumuyiwa.
Year 3/4 Boys: Devander Lisboa (c), Ethan Proudman, Mayowa Adeoye, Luke Yeates, Dhruv Kalekar, Oliver Entwistle, Richard Adebanjo, Archie Blackshaw, Pranav Gadde, Olaf Zajkowski, Carter Readdin.
Year 3/4 Girls: Lyla Kosefobamu (c), Ola Skorek, Elissa Greenway, Maria Craciun, Shekinah Benzah, Grace Gale, Darcy Lindsay, Folosade Olumuyiwa.
Thank you to all of the staff who helped train the pupils and to those that helped on the night. Thank you to all of the parents for supporting the team at the event.
Spring Term:
Dodge Ball
Monday 20th January saw 20 pupils attend the Year 5/6 Dodgeball Festival at Sir William Stanier School. We split into 3 teams and played fixtures against Hungerford (A+B) and Monks Coppenhall.
Brierley A played some incredible dodgeball to win every match- Eduard Ciocoi was player of the tournament for his excellent catching skills and for some lethally accurate throwing.
Brierley B also produced a very strong performance, winning every game except the game against Brierley A, beating a couple of 'A' teams from the other schools along the way. Player fo the tournament for the B team was Jacob Burke-Hurley, who put in 100% effort into every match and had a safe pair of hands when it came to catching.
Brierley C came away with 2 wins from 5 matches, which was a reasonable result and combined with the other results from the A and B team, shows the great depth of dodgeball players we have at Brierley. Player of the tournament was Junior Khumone, who Mr Williamson said was 'excellent throughout.'
Well done to all of the pupils who took part and thank you to Mr Williamson for his help and the parents who came to support the teams.
Brierley A: Nick Guevarra (c), Lewis Malam, Eduard Ciocoi, Leon Entwistle, Bence Hideg, Kushal Gadde and Iris Carvalho.
Brierley B: Junior Woodward (c), Kelvin Nicol, Jacob Burke-Hurley, Sienna Boon, Leo Johnson, Davood Azadmehr and Reuben Tasker.
Brierley C: Charlie Hunter (c), Junior Khumone, Misha Kupenko. Ansley Wong, David Chivu and Evie Burke.
Monday 20th January saw 20 pupils attend the Year 5/6 Dodgeball Festival at Sir William Stanier School. We split into 3 teams and played fixtures against Hungerford (A+B) and Monks Coppenhall.
Brierley A played some incredible dodgeball to win every match- Eduard Ciocoi was player of the tournament for his excellent catching skills and for some lethally accurate throwing.
Brierley B also produced a very strong performance, winning every game except the game against Brierley A, beating a couple of 'A' teams from the other schools along the way. Player fo the tournament for the B team was Jacob Burke-Hurley, who put in 100% effort into every match and had a safe pair of hands when it came to catching.
Brierley C came away with 2 wins from 5 matches, which was a reasonable result and combined with the other results from the A and B team, shows the great depth of dodgeball players we have at Brierley. Player of the tournament was Junior Khumone, who Mr Williamson said was 'excellent throughout.'
Well done to all of the pupils who took part and thank you to Mr Williamson for his help and the parents who came to support the teams.
Brierley A: Nick Guevarra (c), Lewis Malam, Eduard Ciocoi, Leon Entwistle, Bence Hideg, Kushal Gadde and Iris Carvalho.
Brierley B: Junior Woodward (c), Kelvin Nicol, Jacob Burke-Hurley, Sienna Boon, Leo Johnson, Davood Azadmehr and Reuben Tasker.
Brierley C: Charlie Hunter (c), Junior Khumone, Misha Kupenko. Ansley Wong, David Chivu and Evie Burke.
Crewe Netball Competition
We entered two teams into the Crewe Netball Competition at Sir William Stanier School on Monday 3rd February. Each team played 5 matches, with the top school qualifying for the Crewe & Nantwich Finals after halfterm.
Brierley A opened up with a game against Brierley B and it was the A team who went on to win 8-0 thanks to goals from Tayah Huskisson (3), Igor Godlewski (3) and Diego Lisboa (2). Round 2 saw the A team win a very close game against Monks Coppenhall A, with Diego Lisboa scoring a late winner. The B team recorded their first win, 3-0 against Hungerford A, with goals from Ella Wood (2) and Marcel Godlewski.
The 3rd round saw Brierley A beat Monks Coppenhall B by 4 goals to nil- Diego Lisboa with 2 goals, Tayah Huskisson and Ellie Mai Entwistle with her first goal. The B team played really well against Monks Coppenhall A and narrowly lost out 3-2. Both of our goals came from Finley Allen.
Round 4 saw Brierley A be too strong for Gainsborough A, in a 5-0 win thanks to goals from Igor Godlewski (2), Tayah Huskisson (2) and Diego Lisboa. Brierley B also recorded a win, as goals from Bianka Farkasova-Xhekaj and Finley Allen led them to a 2-0 victory.
The final round saw Brierley A go unbeaten, as we beat Hungerford A 4-0, with goals from Diego Lisboa (3) and Ibuken Fajemilo. Brierley B ended on a thriller, as we lost 5-2 to Gainsborugh despite being level with just a few minutes to play- both of our goals from Bovern Tazvinzwa.
Brierley A finished as WINNERS and now go on to the finals. Brierley B finished a respectable 4th place overall and can also be proud of how they played on the day. Well done to all of the players and thank you to Mrs Proudman for her help with the teams.
Brierley A: Tayah Huskisson (c), Diego Lisboa, Ibuken Olumuyiwa, Ibuken Fajemilo, Ellie Mai Entwistle and Igor Godlewski.
Brierley B: Finley Allen (c), Marcel Godlewski, Lexi-Mai Ashbrook, Ella Wood, Bianka Farkasova-Xhekaj, Lauren Mavhura and Bovern Tazvinzwa.
After success in the Crewe Netball Competition, Brierley A moved on to play in the Crewe & Nantwich Finals on Thursday 27th February at Sir William Stanier School. We played against the winners from the other regional heats- Sound, Pear Tree and Shavington.
Our first game saw us fly out of the traps with a brilliant 6-2 win against Pear Tree, thanks to hat-tricks from Diego Lisboa and Igor Godlewski. We then faced Sound, who we have always had good, tough games with in the past. We didnt play well in the first half, going 4-0 down and despite a brilliant recovery in the 2nd half, we could only manage a 5-4 loss. Goals from Diego Lisboa (3) and Ibukun Fajemilo.
Next up came a poor performance, as we were outplayed and out-fought by Shavington in game three. We lost 4-0 and never really got into our passing rhythm. We needed a response and game four was a cracker against Pear Tree. The game ebbed and flowed and we were desperately unlucky to lose out 6-5- goals from Ellie Mai Entwistle (2), Tayah Huskisson (2) and Igor Godlewski.
We needed our fortunes to change but we were starting to show a few tired legs and had Sound up next game. We played pretty well and defended much better than we did previously. A 3-0 loss to the eventual winners was a fair result. Our final fixture saw us playing for pride and to try to avenge the loss to Shavington. We were excellent in this one- fighting for every ball, showing crisp, sharp passing and scoring some great goals in a 4-3 win. Goalscorers were Igor Godlewski (2), Tayah Huskisson and Diego Lisboa.
Overall we finished in 3RD PLACE, which is a very good result. On a different day, we could have squeezed runners-up, but the team can be proud of their development as a team throughout the year. Well done to Tayah Huskisson (c), Diego Lisboa, Ibuku Olumuyiwa, Maria Boros, Ibukun Fajemilo, Igor Godlewski and Ellie Mai Entwistle.
Our Girls' Football team were in action on Friday 10th March, as we played in a festival at the Crewe Alex Soccer Centre. We started off with two excellent performances, winning 2-0 against Pebble Brook and then going on to beat Hungerford 1-0- Greta Gregorova with the goals. We then faced two tough opponents in Mablins Lane and Monks Coppenhall. We lacked a bit of quality with our final pass and our finishing which came to haunt us, as we lost both games 2-0. In need of a boost, we pulled off a 3-0 win against Beechwood A (Greta Gregorova 2, Ellie Mai Entwistle) and a 2-0 win against Beechwood B (Sienna Boon and Greta Gregorova with the goals). We took our tally of wins to 5 thanks to a great goal from Sienna Boon against Millfields and then followed this with a comfortable 2-0 victory against Wistaston Academy, with goals from Greta Gregorova and Tayah Huskisson. Our 9th and final fixture saw us sign off with another win and another 2 goals for Greta Gregorova against Berkeley.
Overall, the team had a fantastic competition, coming 2nd in the league with 7 wins and 2 losses. The girls have improved so much as a team since September and it is great to see how hard they work for eachother. Thank you to all of the families who came to support the girls on the day!
Summer Term:
Boys Cricket Competition @ Reaseheath College 20/05/2025
The first event of a busy Summer schedule was the Y5/6 Boys Cricket Competition at Reaseheath College on Tuesday 20th May. We were placed into a group with 3 schools- Wrenbury, Bridgemere and Audlem- with the top 2 qualifying for the semi-finals.
We opened up with a decent bowling and fielding performance to restrict Wrenbury to 268 runs. Pranav Gadde took our only wicket but there was also some good bowling from Eduard Ciocoi and Ibukun Fajemilo. We got ourselves into a good position with the bat, thanks to Ibuken Fajemilo (20) and David Chivu (14). A wobble with 3 overs to go saw us lose 2 quick wickets but Kelvin Nicol and Diego Lisboa saw us home with 30 runs from their two overs to win by 6 runs.
Game two was a thriller against Bridgemere! We batted first and batted well, scoring 287 runs- David Chivu top scored with 24 and Diego Lisboa and Pranav Gadde scored 25 as a pair. We needed to bowl well and to be honest, we gave away too many wides and no balls. There were wickets from Diego Lisboa, Eduard Ciocoi and Finley Allen though. The game ended up tied, as we were level on runs (287), wickets lost (3) and even boundaries! This meant we went to a 4-ball bowl off and sadly we lost out 1-0.
Our final group game was against Audlem and we found runs more difficult to come by, as we made 256 runs from our 8 overs. Kelvin Nicol top-scored with 20 runs, with Eduard Ciocoi scoring 10. We needed to bowl well and got the perfect start, with Diego Lisboa picking a wicket up with the first ball. Eduard Ciocoi took another wicket in the 3rd over and great bowling from Pranav Gadde and Jacob Burke-Hurley kept restricting Audlem. Sadly in the final over we conceded 20 runs and ended up losing by 8 runs.
This meant we finished 3rd place and agonisingly, just missed out on the semi finals. We played a friendly match against Berkeley to finish and they batted first to score 275 runs. We took 3 good wickets too against good opposition- Finley Allen, Diego Lisboa and Jacob Burke-Hurley with the wickets. In our batting innings we face some great bowling on our way to a score of 248- David Chivu again top scoring with 12 runs.
Overall the boys did really well- it was a shame to miss out on a semifinal place on a bowl off, but our luck deserted us. There were some great individual performances and they really stuck together as a team.
Thank you to Mr Coombs for coming with us to the competition, thank you to MR Taziker for his help with the boys cricket club on a Tuesday and thank you to all of the parents who came to support the team on the day.
Squad: Nick Guevarra (c), David Chivu, Ibukun Fajemilo, Diego Lisboa, Finley Allen, Eduard Ciocoi, Kelvin Nicol, Pranav Gadde and Jacob Burke-Hurley.
Girls Cricket Competition @ Wistaston Cricket Club 22/05/2025
On Thursday 22nd May we entered the Crewe & Nantwich Girls Cricket Competition at Wistaston Cricket Club. We faced three opponents- Sound & District, Wistaston Academy and Monks Coppenhall. For all of the girls, this was their first taste of competitive cricket and we opened with a game against Monks Coppenhall. We batted first and Maria Boros scored 16 to get us off to a decent start. Contributions from Tayah Huskisson (16) and Ella Wood (13) saw us reach a total of 285. Our bowling performance was excellent- there were wickets for Lexi Mai Ashbrook, Iris Carvalho and Tayah Huskisson, as we kept Monks at bay to win by 12 runs.
Buoyed by a great first win in their first game, the girls took on Wistaston Academy next. We struggled more with the bat this time around, only posting a score of 276- Sienna Boon top scoring with 20 runs, with nobody else really coming close to that number. We needed to bowl really well and to be fair we did. There were wickets from Keeley Cooper, Bianka Farkasova-Xhekaj, Tayah Huskisson and a double from Sienna Boon in the final over. Still this wasn't quite enough, as we lost by just 6 runs!
Brought back to earth by the loss, we faced Sound who had won both of their games and boasted a few girls who play regularly. We batted first again and scored 245- not a huge score, but against very good bowling, this was a good total and we didn't lose a single wicket! Bianka Farkasova-Xhekaj top scored with 12 runs. Our bowling was perhaps not quite at the level of the previous two games, however we still took wickets- Ella Wood took back-to-back caught and bowled and Tayah Huskisson bowled a maiden over, with Keeley Cooper only going for 2 runs from her over. We lost out by 19 runs in the end- a good effort against a top team.
Despite losing 2 out of 3 games, other results went our way and we ended up finishing as RUNNERS UP on points difference and now go on to represent Crewe & Nantwich in the Cheshire County Finals in July. This is an outstanding result for the girls and a special day they can look forward to being a part of. For a group of novices a few weeks ago, they have worked so hard with Mr Draper and myself in our after-school club and they have improved so much.
Thank you to Miss Anderton for her help on the day and to the parents who were there supporting the girls.
Squad: Evie Ollier (c), Ella Wood, Bianka Farkasova-Xhekaj, Maria Boros, Tayah Huskisson, Marni Huskisson, Iris Carvalho, Keeley Cooper, Sienna Boon and Lexi Mai Ashbrook.
Timperley Shield Football Competition
Our Boys Football team took part in the Timperley Shield Competition on Thursday 5th June at Shavington Academy. The team had qualified for this competition due to our 2nd place finish in the Autumn league group stage. This meant we faced off against the top 10 teams in the Crewe & Nantwich area. Game one saw us handed a really tough start- Dingle are an excellent side and we struggled to get tight to our men in the first 5 or 6 minutes of the 10 minute game. We were better as the game went on, but the damage was done.
We bounced back with an excellent performance in game two, as we held Wistaston Academy to a draw. To a player, we were excellent- Eduard Ciocoi made some great saves when our defence was breached and the midfield and forward players worked their socks off to close down and try to spring our own attacks.
Game 3 saw us lose out to a good Highfields side- we actually played pretty well and were much more solid. A mistake saw us go a goal down and the game turned on a bit of bad luck, as good play from Jacob Shephard saw him play a great ball to Finley Allen. His neat pass was smashed goalwards by Lucas Scott Taylor, but his shot could only find the post- an inch to the right and it was 1-1. Frustratingly, Highfields went down the other end and then made it 2-0, eventually winning 3-0.
Our final fixture was against a Shavington side who had a similar record to ourselves after 3 matches. The game was very even and luck again deserted us infront of goal, as Finley Allen's firm shot when 1v1 was well saved and both Lucas Scott Taylor and Jacob Shephard had good chances too. A great finish from Shavington was just enough for them to take the win in the end.
Although this was a tough competition, the boys gave their all and stuck together. We had to battle and we found chances to be at a premium- however we didnt get much luck infront of goal on the day. Thank you to all of the parents who came to support the boys on the day.
Squad: Finley Allen (c), Lewis Malam, Diego Lisboa, Lucas Scott-Taylor, Devander Lisboa, Bence Hideg, Jacob Shephard and Eduard Ciocoi.
Mr K Foulkes
PE Subject Leader / Y6 Teacher
Brierley Primary School (Crewe)
PE Subject Leader / Y6 Teacher
Brierley Primary School (Crewe)
