U13 HOCKEY

Year 9:

We started the season with some ups and downs but managed to win some good games such as 7-3 against St Bedes and 6-0 against Oldham. We got knocked out the GM cup but won games to get to the quarter finals, where we were knocked out by the eventual winners. After this, we went on a great tour to Barcelona where we played great teams and great football. Since then, we have won 3 from 3 and are into the final of the Trafford Cup again scoring 11 and only conceding 2. The whole team has been strong again this year.

C Brooks

The highlight of the year for me was our performance against Hazel Grove in the Greater Manchester Plate(4-3AET). Normal time finished at 2-2 after Hazel Grove fought back from 2-0 down, even though they had the momentum going into extra time M Hopley-Catalan grabbed the lead in the first half of extra time (3-2). We lost our focus and allowed Hazel Grove to score from a corner (3-3). Despite this we kept our heads up and kept fighting for the winner, which soon came from D Harrison. The ball was whipped into the box and Daniel controlled it with his chest, setting up a volley which he buried in the bottom corner. For me this game showed our desire to win and our resilience to setbacks.

Overall, this season was frustrating for the team, and everyone involved, however there were parts of the season that showed promise and potential for the future. We worked hard over the season and were unlucky in some games, but we also got complacent. Most importantly we learned that we still have the ability to win matches, but the commitment and fight needs to be improved to match this.

E Heyworth

67/88

The U13’s have had a solid season. The team competed in several tournaments with varying degrees of success. They finished 3rd in the Northwest 7 aside tournament and were plate winners in the MGS powerplay tournament. Defensively the team played very well. Our two solid towers, J Rickles and J Booth, kept the opposition attack at bay, with J Hickson making some crucial saves in goal. Our forwards took their chances well which ‘got us over the line’ when it mattered! Most notably C Ridley and J Randall-Smith worked very well as a team.

We are looking forwards to continuing our efforts next year and we are grateful for the opportunity to continue, or even begin, our Hockey journey at AGSB. We can only expect better things from next season and we will continue to work as a team to achieve this.

J Hickson