The girls u14’s played their last tournament of the season this weekend, and ended on a high winning all three of their games they finished top of their group and gained promotion for the 2016/17 season.
They had a slow start in the first game against Leeds, but having found the back of the net courteous of goal from Jess Stones, a second from Holly Langdale followed soon after leaving the final score 2:0.
When playing Adel, there were many chances in open play to take the lead that it began to feel that it might not be our day. There was some excellent defensive play from the back 3 of Alice Cass, Mollie Gilbert and Sophie Fallas keeping the team well in the game. A new short corner routine fell short of a goal initially, but on a second attempt was converted giving a 1:0 lead. A second goal came from a shot from Emily Hunter which was chipped over the keeper. A final goal came from another short corner which was a strike from the top of the D from Mollie Gilbert. Final score 3:0
The final game against Bradford was a must win to secure top spot. The girls commanded the game from the start, but despite a number of chances and a superb performance from the Bradford Goal Keeper the score line remained at 0:0 for most of the game. The deadlock was finally broken when a shot from Katie Minchella rebounded from the Keeper to Abigail Collins who calmly put the ball into the goal. Final Score 1:0
Georgia Field, Ashleigh Jones and Leah Pearman all contributed to a great all round performance and a clean sheet for Goal Keeper Emily Crossley leaves next years u14 team with a good starting position for the start of the coming season.
Special thanks go to John Toon, for umpiring and support throughout the tournament.
