Today saw hundreds of young female footballers take part in the 2020 Norfolk School Games Girls Football Finals. The Finals was held at Goals Norwich and included separate events for pupils in Years 3-4 & 5-6.
Organisers had their fingers crossed that the weather would be kind and wouldn’t interrupt the days play.
During the morning 16 teams of Year 3-4 pupils, who had qualified to represent their School Sport Partnership (SSP), battled it out to be crowned 2020 champions.
Teams were split in to four equal groups of four teams who played against each other in a round robin format. Once the group matches were completed, the top two teams in each group went forward into the Cup competition and the teams that finished third and fourth went into the Plate competition. Teams in each of the Cup and Plate competitions were split into two groups with teams playing against each other. When all of the matches were completed and the results calculated teams went forward into the Playoffs to decide overall positions.
All matches were refereed by students from the NCFC Community Sports Foundation Female Football and Education Programme.
The final results were;
1st – Dussingdale
2nd – Woodlands
3rd – Great Ellingham
4th – Catton Grove
5th – Martham
6th – Robert Kett
7th – Terrington St Clement
8th – Swanton Morley
9th – Bure Valley
10th – St Peters
11th – Holly Meadows
12th – Loddon
13th – Free School Norwich
14th – Avenue Junior
15th – Bishops
16th – Stalham
In the afternoon it was the turn of the Year 5-6 teams to take to the pitches. A further 16 teams from across the county had qualified to take part in the Finals. The competition followed an identical format to the mornings event.
The final results in the Year 5-6 competition were;
1st – Coltishall
2nd – Firside
3rd – Woodlands
4th – Martham
5th – Cawston
6th – Hethersett
7th – St Williams
8th – Trowse
9th – Sheringham
10th – South Wootton
11th – Ellingham
12th – Terrington
13th – Avenue
14th – Rocklands
15th – Millfield
16th – Attleborough
School Games Organiser, Jon Osborne commented;
“The standard of play throughout the day has been high. However, the sportsmanship of all of the players has also been really impressive. We would like to commend all of the players and volunteers at the event for making the day such a success.”
To view a gallery of photos from both events please click here. Copies of the photos can also be purchased online.
