Football Boys and Girls

Jordyn H Bennett Rd Chelsea N Blackwell Jessica G Blackwell Emma T Clairgate Melinda J Clairgate Sophie F Clairgate  Maimuna J Colyton Emily H JEPS Adut M Ropes Alayla B Ropes Madison N Ropes Phoebe H Ropes

The team had five games in which the girls played extremely well and represented the St Mary’s zone with pride and fantastic sportsmanship. Unfortunately, we lost two games but were strong in our other three where there was a nil all score. The results were as follows:
Mt Druitt 1-0

Parramatta/Merrylands 0-0

Ridges 0-0

Wenty/Seven Hills 0-0

Hawksbury 5-0 (Hawksbury went on to win the overall competition for the day against Penrith in the grand final)

The girls played well and the games were fantastic to watch. Unfortunately we didn’t score any goals but we did come close a few times. Would you please assist me in congratulating all the girls as they put so much effort into playing each and every game with determination, resilience and team work. They should be very proud of themselves and their effort. A further congratulation to Emma T who has been chosen from yesterday’s trials to go to the next round of trials on Friday afternoon with the potential to make it into the Sydney West team as the Goal Keeper.

Yesterday our St Mary’s Boys competed in the SW Football Trials at Valentine Sports Park. They were placed in a pool with Mount Druitt, Castle Hill, Penrith and Blue Mountains and played four games throughout the day.

Our first game finished in a 0-0 draw against Mount Druitt – definitely a winnable game, but we were quite happy to begin our day without conceding. Penrith were our opponents in the second game and the game also resulted in a 0-0 draw. We were quite content with this result (and Penrith would eventually be crowned shared champions of the day). Our third game was against an extremely classy Castle Hill, a game in which we also drew 0-0. Once again, this was a fantastic result against a very well-drilled team. Our fourth and final match was against Blue Mountains and we secured a 2-0 win – a great way to finish off a positive day of football for all involved.

The boys finished the tournament without losing or conceding a single goal, a feat that the boys should be incredibly proud of. Unfortunately, other results did not go in our favour and the boys missed semi-finals by a point.

The day was such an overwhelmingly positive experience and the boys had a great time playing some football at a sharp level. Congratulations to Michael M (Colyton PS) and Isaac M (JEPS) who were called back to trial for the Sydney West Boys Football team next week.