Horsham White Lions success for under 12s

Team:
Tom Martin (GK)
Anthony Brown
Edward Tate
Isabelle Harding
Megan Lipscombe
Amelia Smith
Robert Farrington

Pool matches:
v Crawley won 5-0 (scorers Robert Farrington 3, Megan Lipscombe, Anthony Brown)
v Havant A lost 1-2 (scorer Robert Farrington)
v Hailsham lost 0-2
v Lewes won 1-0 (scorer Robert Farrington)
Despite being a mixed tournament some of the above teams had few if any girls playing.
Hence Bromley and Beckenham made it to the playoffs for the genuinely mixed teams participating.

Semi Final
v Old Georgian Dragons (nice name for a team on St George's Day) won 1-0 (Anthony Brown again)

The final was against Burgess Hill. The Brombeck team showed courage and reserve being strong in both defence and attack. All day they fought hard and made many chances and attacks on goal forcing a couple of quick short corners, but at full time it was evens at 0-0 and due to the overrun of the previous games the tournament officials decided on 5 minutes extra time with a golden goal to decide the winner.
With this the team started strongly and forced a few attacks, they also had to defend a couple of quick breaks, but they covered well and a brilliant team effort of passing and dribbling was rewarded by a well taken goal by Edward Tate, sliding it past their goalkeeper, who had been strong all day.

Tom Martin had a few quiet games in goal as the team made constant attacks on the opposition's goals, but he did have to make a few good saves when our goal was attacked including a few spetacular sliding tackles.

All in all, an excellent performance - the boys and girls played extremely well in all their games. They had not played together as a team this season, but nobody would have known this. They listened to advice, they worked hard for eachother, making space and moving quickly on and off the ball. The defence was solid, the attacks swift and short corners taken well - often only being denied by some good goalkeeping. They grew in confidence with every game. Their coaches would have been proud of the way they played - they have listened and learned alot from them in the past 6 months.

Report written by Paul Martin

A quick word of thanks to all the parents who spent the day at Horsham, and especially to Mr Martin and Mr Farrington who took charge on the day - with great success!

Horsham White Lions success for under 12s

Team:
Tom Martin (GK)
Anthony Brown
Edward Tate
Isabelle Harding
Megan Lipscombe
Amelia Smith
Robert Farrington

Pool matches:
v Crawley won 5-0 (scorers Robert Farrington 3, Megan Lipscombe, Anthony Brown)
v Havant A lost 1-2 (scorer Robert Farrington)
v Hailsham lost 0-2
v Lewes won 1-0 (scorer Robert Farrington)
Despite being a mixed tournament some of the above teams had few if any girls playing.
Hence Bromley and Beckenham made it to the playoffs for the genuinely mixed teams participating.

Semi Final
v Old Georgian Dragons (nice name for a team on St George's Day) won 1-0 (Anthony Brown again)

The final was against Burgess Hill. The Brombeck team showed courage and reserve being strong in both defence and attack. All day they fought hard and made many chances and attacks on goal forcing a couple of quick short corners, but at full time it was evens at 0-0 and due to the overrun of the previous games the tournament officials decided on 5 minutes extra time with a golden goal to decide the winner.
With this the team started strongly and forced a few attacks, they also had to defend a couple of quick breaks, but they covered well and a brilliant team effort of passing and dribbling was rewarded by a well taken goal by Edward Tate, sliding it past their goalkeeper, who had been strong all day.

Tom Martin had a few quiet games in goal as the team made constant attacks on the opposition's goals, but he did have to make a few good saves when our goal was attacked including a few spetacular sliding tackles.

All in all, an excellent performance - the boys and girls played extremely well in all their games. They had not played together as a team this season, but nobody would have known this. They listened to advice, they worked hard for eachother, making space and moving quickly on and off the ball. The defence was solid, the attacks swift and short corners taken well - often only being denied by some good goalkeeping. They grew in confidence with every game. Their coaches would have been proud of the way they played - they have listened and learned alot from them in the past 6 months.

Report written by Paul Martin

A quick word of thanks to all the parents who spent the day at Horsham, and especially to Mr Martin and Mr Farrington who took charge on the day - with great success!