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SPORT REPORTS The editors apologise for the absence of some team photos, which could not be taken due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
BODEITES HOUSE FOOTBALL
include Tobias Ball, who showed his class in a pitch-long run in the final, and Matteo Capuano, on whom the team could rely for world-class goals. Max Carpenter had the best work rate, but the stand-out player was Amaury Halley, who was the rock at the back and truly controlled the game, acting as a true leader. Overall, Bodeites had a very successful season over all age groups, even with the tough limitations of Covid-19. Benedict Moulton
Bodeites Fifths: 2nd Prem & 1st Europa Lge As a House, Bodeites had a very promising football season in the Premier League, Champions League, and Europa League competitions. The Fourths had a solid start, with a mid-table finish of sixth in the Premier League and fourth in the Champions League. The Removes unfortunately did not have as much success, coming last in the Premier League. The Fifths had tremendous success as they came second overall in the Premier League, which was the highest of any Bodeite team. They even won the Europa league! The 1YS had a solid season finishing sixth in the Premier League table with a notable 4-1 victory over Hodgsonites and finished third in the Europa League, showing Bodeites competing at the highest level for silverware. Finally, the 2YS, in
DAVIESITES HOUSE FOOTBALL
Timur Boranbayev’s excellent goalkeeping. A late equaliser (described as a ‘cracker’ by the team captain) from Alex Weir sent it to penalties, where they didn’t get the result they deserved. Another second place in the Premier League. It was tough, but congratulations must go to the boys for scoring 35 goals and conceding only four. The Fifths were a strong side. They came third in the Premier League whilst beating the champions on the final day, so they are the ‘linear champions.’ Jinghan Xi’s pace up top provided many goals for the side. The boys got to the Europa League semi-finals, where they were knocked out in the last moment due to a lapse of concentration. The 2YS struggled from being away from the game for too long. Nonetheless, we were carried by our captain, Sam Nichols, who scored a tremendous goal against Gownboys, kickstarting a winning streak only broken later in the season. The pinnacle came with our victory over Saunderites, in which Stanley Cooper scored an outside-the-box goal, which was equally as impressive as his backflip celebration.
Daviesites Removes: 2nd Champ Lge & 2nd Prem Lge Daviesites’ drought of silverware in football has continued for another year. Nonetheless, from the matches I watched, the effort put in by the House was remarkable.
Duncan Petrie
DUCKITES HOUSE FOOTBALL
Unfortunately, we couldn’t field a Daviesites 1YS football Premiership side this year due to their exceptional abilities in other sports keeping them away from the footy field. However, we were fortunate enough to be led in the other four years by Samuel Nichols (2YS), Oscar Bott (V), Diar Boranbayev (Remove) and Andile Thabethe (IV). They did a tremendous job. Bodeites 2YS: 2nd Europa Lge their last year representing Bodeites, showed full character, acting as clear role models for the House. Due to Covid-19, many nonfootballers were asked to play and, showing the Bodeite values, stepped up to the challenge. These individuals include Ambrose Witherspoon, Nikolay Fedorov, Paul Boehrs and Sebastian D’Souza. The team came fourth in the League and just missed out on the Europa League title, coming second in a narrow loss to Duckites. The star players of this team
The Fourths struggled to hit the ground running on the pitch but, eventually, they were stunning. Andile was scoring from free kicks to win games and Alex Wells was scoring too many goals to count against Saunderites. Overall, we came fifth in the Premier League and third in the Champions League. The Removes really were remarkable. They deserved a trophy for their performance, but settled for pizza. Their Champions League performance resulted in second place on penalties after a 2-2 draw. Duckites could only score penalties against us in the final, due to
Duckites 2YS: 1st Europa Lge In OQ, Duckites had a very successful run across all the years in House Football. The 2YS were placed fourth in the Premier League and won the Europa League comfortably, beating Bodeites 4-2 in the final. The Duckites 1YS did something special and extremely cheeky to say the least: they won both the Premier League and Champions League with some extraordinary matches being played, the most memorable of which was fought against Weekites, who were put in their place by the
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