U14 Hockey tour to Newcastle

Written by Katerina Garcia

On November 24th our U14A hockey team travelled to Newcastle for the annual GDST hockey rally, which this year included 12 teams from all over the Trust

On the first morning of the tournament we won both our matches –6-2 vs Newcastle High and 2-0 vs Sheffield High (MVP Olivia B) On the second day of the tournament we lost 0-2 to Northampton High but picked up 4-0 wins against Sutton High and Nottingham High We therefore ended 2nd in our group and qualified for the Trophy playoffs (top 4 teams) MVPs were Guusje V and Olivia B

The final day we competed in the Trophy playoffs, without one of our star players (Olivia B) who sustained an injury The team battled well to come out with a 0-0 result against Norwich High followed by narrow losses – 0-2 to Streatham & Clapham High and 0-1 to Northampton High, meaning we finished in fourth place MVP of the final day was Katerina G, our goalkeeper

We are all very proud of our performances and very grateful to Miss Newman and Mrs Greenslade for taking us on this trip We had so much fun and it was a great hockey experience- we hope we can do something like this again soon!