Crawley Girls help Beds win Cup

Saturday, 4 March 2006
Seven players from the Crawley Green U10s andU12s girls' teams were in the squad of eight that helped Someries Junior School win the South-East England U11 6-a-side Schools Cup, held at Greenwich. Someries were representing Bedfordshire in this prestigious tournament.
In the group stages the girls beat the county winners from Middlesex and Norfolk, drew with Suffolk but lost to Sussex which meant they finished runners-up in the group and qualified for the semi-finals.
In the semi-final they beat the winners of the other league group the county winners from Kent 1-0 with Crawle's U12s Sarah Leah scoring the goal.
In the final they again met Stafford Junior School from Suffolk, the only team to have beaten them in the group stages.
After a goalless game and goalless period of extra time the girls won 4-3 on penalties to be crowned South-East England Champions.
They now go on to represent the South-East of England at the National Finals to be held at Keele University (Stoke) on Saturday 17th June.

The successful Someries School team with seven of Crawley's
girls representing their school . . .

. . . whilst a smiling player holds up their winners' penants.

The success of the School in this tournament reflects on the improved coaching levels at Crawley who also help the school with their coaching facilities.