Regional U16 Hockey Finals – Clifton College

News - Nov 12

Report by Lucy H, Captain

On Tuesday 9^th November, we travelled to Clifton College in Bristol to take part in the regional U16 Hockey finals. To get to the finals, we qualified after playing on two separate occasions before - the East Devon round and then the Devon round. We won our first pool match 1-0 v Clayesmore and then our second pool match 2-0 v Whitecross. Unfortunately we lost our third pool match 1-2 v Truro High School but we had already qualified for the quarter-finals before the game. In the quarter finals we played King Edward’s, Bath who came top of their pool and we won 2-0. This was a fantastic match and we went into the semi-final with confidence and determination. We played a very strong Hereford Cathedral School. We managed to hold them to a draw. This meant the dreaded penalty shuffles! Unfortunately, we lost 2-3 on ‘sudden death’ shuffles to the eventual tournament winners.

We had a great day of hockey and played the best hockey of the season so far, it was an amazing all-round team performance. Thanks to Miss Shute and Miss Birchmore for taking us and supporting us. Thank you also to our team sponsor – 16A Architecture who funded some smart new training jackets. We love them and felt smart wearing them all day.PE Department