FOOTBALL Our 1st XI Girls Football Year.
The Karamu Girls’ 1st XI Football team walked into the season this year with new goals, new players and new attitudes towards what we knew we were capable of achieving. Last year at the Grant Jarvis tournament, we walked away with a silver medal which was a great confidence builder for this year’s squad. Even with covid-19 trying to hold us back and the national tournament cancelled, we were still able to develop as a team on the pitch and especially off, through social media. Over quarantine, we kept our team united and on the same page through regular team discussions, workouts, fitness challenges and goal settings. Once the season got back into action, we were all more than ready to jump back on the pitch and show everyone what we’re made of. Unfortunately, we didn’t walk away with the win or the final goal we were hoping for, but our heads never dropped. We walked away with gratitude for one another and all round had an incredible time representing our school. Through it all, there’s no other team I’d rather represent than the Karamu Girls 1st XI Football team. This year has been nothing short of an emotional roller coaster; however, I’m more than ready to see what next year has in store for us. We will miss the players leaving us from Year 13, but we’re thrilled to welcome the new players joining the most welcoming sports team at Karamu High School. By Jordyn Nicholson
2nd XI Girls Football The 2nd XI Girls’ Senior Football team has had an incredible season this year. Not only have the girls all worked together exceptionally as a team and created some really good friendships and bonds, but the results for the team have also been fabulous. We started off really well, a bit unsure at first as it always is in a new team environment, but we quickly adapted and were able to work together to have a great first win of the season against Woodford 5-1. Since then, the girls played really well, consistently winning every game they played. In the final against NGHS, they had a 0-0 draw at full time, and went to penalty shootouts. The girls did exceptionally well considering this unexpected challenge, and although they ended up losing out 3-1, they put up a hard fight. The girls came second overall in their division. It has been an excellent season for the girls, they should be very proud of themselves.
Junior Football 2020, what a year. Karamu high school’s Junior football team came 2nd in our grade, losing a tight final to taradale. Nevertheless, we all played hard, put the mahi in and got rewarded with a delicious pizza lunch at the end which was held by the one and only Mr. Willis. In the last few games towards the end Mr. Willis went in for surgery, during that we had an amazing coach Xavier. He helped every single one of us by developing our skills further into becoming the best that we could be. So on behalf of the whole football team, I’d like to say a massive thank you!
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