Category: Sport

Four of our Year 7 girls won the Girls U12 Suffolk Youth League Hockey Championship. Clara Simpson, Olivia Buchanan, Molly Marshall and Ella Walker were playing for Ipswich East Suffolk (IES) Hockey Club. It’s a three tournament competition and IES became the overall champions for 2015. They played some very impressive hockey winning their last game 8-0 in 12 mins. They all received medals and certificates will be handed out next week.

Reports by Saffron Holliday
The match started slowly, with neither team doing particularly well. However as the match progressed the teams got further into the game and the play began to get more confident and exciting. Woodbridge was doing well to keep the ball down their scoring end and was having multiple shots. RHS also had a couple of break through where they would move towards their own scoring goal, but our defenders did well to pressure their shots and send the ball back to the other end. Towards the end of the first half Sophie Graham had an excellent shot at the goal and the ball went straight past the goalie and into the corner. The second half was full of great play and close-calls but no goals were made by either team, and the game ended a close 1-0 to Woodbridge. Annabel Yates was given player of the match for her excellent defence and decision making to come forward towards our attacking end. Also, praise must be given to the RHS goalie for her phenomenal saves, only letting one goal in from many. Well done to all who played.

After some end to end action St Felix unfortunately scored but we played well and there was some great link play between players who had only started playing hockey at the beginning of the term. We came very close to scoring a few goals but just couldn’t quite get it in the back of the net, nevermind! A good afternoon of hockey had by all with over 35 girls playing in a match.

Our B team put in a really good performance against St Felix this afternoon with some great defending by Lucy Hudson, Astrid Fauret and Jenny Clare. We had some shots on goal but kept St Felix under control in our attacking circle. Well done! There is lots to be worked on but there is improvement all the time!

U14A team played 20 minutes against St Felix and dominated the game. Amy Graham scored two excellent goals from the top of the circle while Kiya Smith scored another. Despite a very wet pitch the girls adjusted well to the conditions and were unlucky not to score more.

The U14A and B teams can be very proud of their excellent play at the weekend away against Ipswich School in very cold, wet and windy conditions. The U14A squad were missing five of the squad due to various reasons. Despite this the eleven players played some really good skilful hockey. With two goals scored against us in the first half the girls worked hard and Amy Graham scored a very good goal back. Despite most of the ball and lots of pressure on their goal keeper we were to concede two more one in the last 30 seconds! Katherine Bye played well as centre forward making good use of space and linking up well with her team. Millie Buchanan worked tirelessly down the left side of the pitch with Emma Hendry delivering some good passes. Joanne Garnett, always strong as left defence, also played some excellent balls across the pitch. We have begun to expect Captain Maud Peel to dominate in our defence and she did not disappoint. No player of the match as they all played out of their skins well done to the above and Emily Cook, Maddy Walmsley Stevenson, Millie Buckingham, Sarah Barker, Kiya Smith.

This match we finally made a break through; we won! We managed to do all the things that we wanted to.

The first half was a good sign. We were passing down the right side and getting shots on goal. For the entire of the first half we were knocking on the door. They only managed to bring the ball down our side of the pitch a few times due to clearances. The midfield were working hard and getting the ball to the attackers. We were getting the quick reactions that we wanted to after the ball went out of play. The half ended at 0-0 but spirits were high.

At the start of the second half we were finally rewarded with a goal from Nell. We continued the good form throughout the half and they couldn’t break through our defense. Near the end of the half we were again rewarded with a great goal from Cecily; she had been working hard to get one all match. Cecily though, was not the only midfielder working hard. Tori McCarrol, Grace and Amelia Kirkum were getting the ball to the attackers on the wing. Libby Martin was also finding space so that the midfield had someone to pass to.

The match ended with a score of 2-0. Man of the match for Woodbridge was Nell Pilkington. Everybody did a great job and worked hard, well done Woodbridge!

Petronella Powell reports
Woodbridge worked hard in their recent match against RHS. In the first half there were a few chances on goal but none were actually scored by either side. Then, in the second half, Elsa Trevor-Pallares scored, only for RHS to equalise. However, Woodbridge kept up the pressure and Petronella Powell scored our second to make the final score 2-1 to Woodbridge!

Harry Hobday reports
The Fifth match of the season was home and we were fired up despite the horrible weather conditions. It was very wet and windy so when Woodbridge kicked off we attacked ferociously causing handling errors. Woodbridge won lots of turnovers as the ball was slippery and it was very windy; however we also gave as many away ourselves, so we were often on the back foot. Our backs had three on one situations in defence as our forwards were committed in the rucks, and the game was being played 13-a-side, meaning the flankers were not on the pitch (and they contribute one of the strongest aspects of our game). By half time, they had scored two tries: but we were undeterred.

In the second half the Woodbridge team stayed committed to the game as the weather deteriorated. There were a series of crash ball where we really put them on the back foot showing our strength, and after some sublime handling Oliver Waldron scored to boost our moral. The fearless tackling never wavered, and despite their overwhelming numbers we put pressure on them turning the ball over and stopping them from scoring. We went on the attack again off a quick penalty, with the backs handling brilliantly in the weather conditions – notably Oscar Butcher with his evasive and aggressive running. The forwards then combined well for Louis Alexander to break the line and score under the posts. Unfortunately Langley responded in kind, but we kept going to the end. In particular Will Evans-Hendrick played in many positions and did well in all; and a mention goes to all the subs who stood on the side line in the awful weather and then came on and made an impact straight away.

Player of the match: Oscar Butcher and Louis Alexander

Tries: Oliver Waldron
Louis Alexander

Conversion: Saxon Gallo

Junior 3 played RHS on a blustery Wednesday afternoon away. The team played well with goal keeper Lauren Wilkes making some fine saves. They were rewarded for their hard work with a goal from Libby Martin and then Cecily Royal- Dawson hit a cracking shot from the top of the circle to make the final score 2- 0. Cecily played particularly well but both defenders Nell Pilkington and Julia Long also had good games.