The Courier

On Wednesday 20 March some the Year 5 and 6 swimming team headed to Warwick School for the English Schools Swimming Association Relay Gala.  This was the last of four rounds of the event involving schools from all over the West Midlands. 

The team swam extremely well and were crowned West Midlands Small School Champions in the Freestyle Relay and placed third in the Medley Relay earning themselves a place at the National Finals for both events on the 15 June.  

A fantastic achievement, well done to all involved. 

Crescent have never finished in the top two of this competition (the top two going on to Regional Finals). This year, the boys were determined to perform and get through on the back of their success at the IAPS.

The boys opened up with a 2-0 win against Crackley and then defended well against Warwick before scoring a short corner for a 1-0 win. Nerves then potentially got to the boys as they drew with Bilton Grange and Solihull - teams that they had previously beaten. However, when the results were gathered, Crescent were crowned County Champions.

They now progress on to the Regionals next week.

What a fantastic achievement!

This is a tournament that we have played in for a number of years. It is a tournament of largely small schools so is a good fit for us.

It was a larger school who usually do well that we came up against first and the boys dominated. An early strike from George C and some key saves late on by George R meant that we started with a win.

There was then a hard fought game with Sheepy Magna who looked a strong team. They scored an early goal which could have made the boys’ heads drop. However, they kept battling and great defending from Sachin and Kai, hard work by Jack and Josh and then a breakaway goal by Isaac, saw us come away with a draw.

We then went on to beat Twycross B and we finished top of the group. Twycross A met us in the semi-final and, after an exciting game and extra time, the game went to penalties. George C slotted his in before George R saved the Twycross effort. George R then stepped up to score the winning penalty!

It was the first time that Crescent have reached the final of this competition. We were well beaten in the final but it was a really pleasing performance all the way through from the boys.

It was always going to be a tough tournament for Crescent with seven out of the eight players being a year young. Crescent ended up losing all of their games but there were some real highlights and a lot of learning from it all. Fin scored a top corner tomahawk, Josh made lots of great saves (having been pretty redundant in the previous round), Noah and Tom showed a huge improvement in their confidence on the ball and George showed a lot of maturity in his play. Matthew was skilful on the right, Archie improved as the tournament went on and James showed great commitment in defence.

We are all proud of you.

Mr Phillips
Head of PE and Games