Hockey Round Up

U11A Girls v Bilton Grange

Fantastic form from all of the players at Wednesday's match against Bilton Grange, all girls applied learning from last week's lesson and followed advice given. Tackles were low and hard, balls were distributed wide, space was utilised well driving the ball into the channels and staying strong on the ball. An absolutely wonderful match to watch, fast and furious end to end play with so much determination and grit. The game could have gone either way with Crescent unfortunately coming off 2-1 down, but truly a wonderful performance by the whole team, the best game of Crescent hockey I have watched.

Player of the game was awarded to Goal Keeper Ava.

Mrs McCollin

Head of PE and Games

Girls Hockey U11B V Bilton Grange
Wednesday’s match was a massive improvement to previous games. All of the girls tried their best and worked really hard. In the first half Tegan dribbled the ball all the way in to our attacking D and passed the ball to Erin who scored. There was some really good defence, solid tackles and pressing of the ball stopping the BG from scoring from Annlaise, Saira, Zahra and Libby and hard work in midfield from Poppy, Grace and Tegan.

In the 2nd half Ava made a great save kicking the ball out to Lara who made a fantastic attack dribbling the ball in to the D to score the 2nd goal, with assistance from Erin.

Player of the game was given to Grace M, however everyone played amazingly well. Final score 2-0 Win.

Written by Lara and Annalise

U10 Girls v Bilton Grange

All the U10 girls were lucky enough to get the opportunity for another hockey fixture, this time at Bilton Grange. They came up against a well practiced and skilful side who took the lead after five minutes. The girls rallied hard and kept fighting taking on board tips for game play especially improving their use of the whole pitch. Despite a number of chances Crescent weren't able to beat the Bilton Grange goalie and a few more goals were scored against us. Emily was named player of the match by the opposition for her excellent, low tackles.

Well done all, it was a tough match, but I was hugely impressed with the continued effort right to the final whistle and the girls all left the pitch smiling and happy that they had tried so hard.

Mrs Dowling

TA Sport

U11’s Girls Midlands ISA Football Tournament

The U11 Crescent Girls side travelled over to Dixie Grammar last Friday for the Midlands ISA, and were simply fantastic from the first kick to the last, playing with confidence, determination and pride.

The girls began their campaign with a very hard-fought victory over Foundation rivals Crackley, a 2-1 win sealed with well taken goals from Roisin and Grace. The second game saw them come up against a very strong, physical Dixie team. Crescent were able to take a 2-0 lead in the first half with possibly the two goals of the tournament from Grace, with Annalise and Lara providing the support. Dixie were not going down without a fight on their home turf however, scoring 2 late goals to draw the game. Crescent really found their confidence and their shooting boots in the 3rd game with a resounding 10-0 victory over Ruckleigh, four more goals from Grace and an incredible double hat-trick from the unstoppable Roisin powering them through. Going into the final group game, Crescent knew that a win in the last group game would be enough for a spot in the final, and after scoring straight from kick-off against Highclare, this was never in doubt. Five goals from Grace, three from Roisin, two from Esme, two from Ava and a final from Lara ensured not only a 13-0 win, but a chance to lift the trophy against the unbeaten Edenhurst in the final!

Inspired by their excellent goal-scoring, Crescent were straight out of the blocks, pressing high up the pitch and not allowing their opposition to settle. This pressure immediately started to pay off, Roisin scoring twice to make it 2-0 at the half. The second half was much the same story, Grace scoring twice and Roisin scoring twice more to leave the final score 6-0 and Crescent Midlands ISA Champions!

Special mentions must go to all 10 players who played their parts perfectly as a team throughout. Ellie, Ava, Zara and Chloe strong and collected at the back, Annalise, Esme, Bella and Lara diligent and determined in midfield and finally Grace and Roisin deadly in front of goal, between them scoring an incredible 28 goals between them in just 5 games!

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