Freshwater and Yarmouth U11s travelled to Shalfleet for a Pokémon Cup match this week. In a fast start Shalfleet scored in the first few minutes, a well taken goal into the corner past the outstretched arm of Ewan. Ewan made some lovely saves to deny Shalfleet again in the first half. As the half went on Freshwater gained in confidence and had some efforts of their own on the Shalfleet goal. After half time pressure was on Shalfleet defensively and Freshwater were unfortunate not to score when Joseph hit the bar. More shots came but no goal and the final score was 1-0 to Shalfleet. A very good performance from the team

Freshwater & Yarmouth U11’s travelled to Brighstone for a friendly football match recently. In the first half the team played nicely and went 2-0 with George and Olly getting on the score sheet.
In the second half more goals came despite Brighstone coming back into the game. The score ended 5-3 with Olly completing his hat trick!
Well done Everyone!

A football match between Yarmouth and Freshwater staff and Year 6 was played on Wednesday on the school field. On a very hot afternoon the match was played in 4 periods of ten mins with regular drinks breaks for all. A big squad from year 6 was up against an array of footballing talent from the school staff. In a game where there was lots of ability on show from both sides, it was inevitable there would be lots of goal scoring opportunities. Despite missing several chances Mr Cook helped himself to two goals alongside Julian the cleaner who also scored a brace. Joey was the main threat to the staff goal and helped himself to a couple of goals also. The staff were ahead firstly 3-1 then 4-2 and with the last kick of the game the lead was reduced to 4-3 before referee Pete Millar blew the final whistle. A lovely game played in the right spirit and enjoyed by all. Well done to the year 6 team and thanks to all of the staff who played or supported the match. Thank you to Pete Millar for officiating, we hope to make it an annual fixture

The u9’s football team faced Newchurch at home in a quarter final last Thursday. It was the first game in the new kit kindly sponsored by Mr Buckett from TL Electrical.
It started well for Freshwater & Yarmouth passing the ball nicely and testing the Newchurch defence, however it was clear to see the Newchurch were a very strong team. They attacked the home team constantly and sored some excellent goals. A 4-0 half time lead for Newchurch meant a tough task for our U9’s but they kept trying their best and
Newchurch had to play well to score one more in the second half. This season the U9’s team have played really well and are improving all the time. Special thanks go to Pete Millar for his help with the after school club and running the matches.

Freshwater and Yarmouth U11’s had a football fixture with St Saviours this week in a league fixture. In very testing conditions the team performed very well in the first half,
passing the ball nicely through the team and with the wind behind having plenty of shots on target.
The St Saviours goalkeeper made several saves to keep the Freshwater and Yarmouth team at bay, it was 0-0 at the break. In the second half the Freshwater and Yarmouth team continued to dominate the match creating many chances and scoring twice with Olly providing the goals. With football fixtures continuing after half term there are plenty more matches to play in cup and league.

An U11’s Indoor Athletics competition was held at West Wight sports Centre on Wednesday where six boys and six girls tested their skills against 7 other schools. In the first half of the afternoon they competed in field events including long jump, speed bounce and indoor Javelin. All performed amazingly well in their individual events. The second half was to be running races as a team, everyone gave it their best and really enjoyed the challenge. Finally, the results and with the team finishing in 4th place it was a fantastic afternoon for all involved.
Well Done Everyone!

The U11s football team travelled the short distance to Shalfleet last Wednesday for their first league fixture. In goal, making his debut was Harry, swapping the position with Will who went into midfield for this match. Early on in the match it was clear that Shalfleet had a strong team this year and the team were having to defend their goal constantly. An early goal for Shalfleet was followed by several other shots all kept out by Harry’s saves. Harry was the team’s man of the match for his many stops in the goal. 1-0 down at half time. The team did have chances to score an equaliser, forcing several corners too. Two more goals came for Shalfleet however before Joey scored the goal of the game to make the final score 3-1. Shalfleet were presented with the new Federation Cup for their win.
Well done everyone!

The U11s rugby competition was held at Barton school on Wednesday, a mixed team took part and performed very well. Playing Barton in the first match, we gained a 3-3 draw with Summer scoring tries. 
Games against Wootton, Newport, Shalfleet and Hunnyhill followed with results which didn’t go our way, despite Scarlett and Rosie scoring further tries.
The team improved throughout scoring tries in all games against strong opposition. With six girls playing in our team which far outnumbered any other teams’ representation, the team have gained valuable experience from the competition.

On Wednesday 14th June Freshwater & Yarmouth U11’s was involved in a cricket competition at Lanesend Primary School. The team played in a round robin competition with Lanesend, St Saviours and St Thomas of Canterbury. The team hadn’t previously played any cricket and were first to play Lanesend, the game was very close and with good performances throughout the team. They were narrowly defeated.
In the second game St Thomas of Canterbury were the opponents and with good batting throughout the team, particularly from Archie, the team came out as winners. The last match saw us take on St Saviours who had already won their first two matches. Batting first, Freshwater & Yarmouth set a score that was to prove competitive, the team bowled really well and against a good team were only defeated by 5 runs.
A great afternoon in the sun where all teams had fun.

On Friday 5th of May, Freshwater & Yarmouth travelled to Cowes Cricket Club for a cricket skills day delivered by coaches from the Chance to Shine cricket programme. The team of 11 were firstly spoken to by Andy Day the lead coach about how the day was going to look.
There were ten different skill based games that the group were able to have a try at including throwing/batting/bowling and catching, all of the skills required to play cricket. The day ended with some games of diamond cricket against the other schools that attended.

Yarmouth U11’s travelled to Shalfleet for the next stage of their football season, the league format has finished and by finishing top of their respective league the team qualified for the quarter finals.
The team started well and quickly went two goals up, Malachi causing problems for the oppositions defence alongside Archie who both had several other shots on target. Ronnie
added a goal to take the team in at half time 3-0.
The team as a whole played very well and whilst having the better of the game they also defended nicely when needed, a fourth goal came and the game ended 4-0. Onto the
semifinals where we await our opponents. Well done Boys and good luck for the next match!

Yarmouth U11s girls travelled to play the Priory school on Friday for a football fixture, it was the girls first ever match on an Astroturf pitch. The Priory started well and scored quite early in the match with a lovely goal, the girls recovered from this and played well for the remainder of the half. After a tactical team talk at half time including a goalkeeper change the girls started well, the girls scored through Daisy which was her fourth goal in the last two games. Despite playing very well and
being very organised for the second half The Priory added a further two goals to win the match 3-1.
The improvement within the players in the last two
matches is clear and the future looks encouraging.
Well done Girls!

Yarmouth U9s played two football matches this week, playing Shalfleet away and Northwood away.

Yarmouth played very well against Shalfleet winning 6-0, George, Olly and Nina amongst the scorers.

In the fixture against Northwood away, the team were up against a very good side, Northwood scored four first half goals playing down the hill.
Charlie in goal had an excellent game saving his team on several occasions and
although Yarmouth created chances to score the result ended 4-0 to Northwood.

Well done to all the teams that have represented Yarmouth this term!

The girls U11s football team had a fixture
on 22/11/22 against St Thomas school. The match was played at Shalfleet. The girls had only played one fixture prior to this match and were beaten by a very good Holy Cross team. The girls started very well and went into a 2-0 lead with goals from Daisy.
St Thomas then scored before half time to make it 2-1. After a quick team talk, the team started the second half well and further goals from Daisy and Sienna secured a 4-1 win. The girls really enjoyed the match and thoroughly deserved their win.

On Monday 3rd October the U11’s football team played against Wroxall at Shalfleet school in a league game.
We won 3-2 with Ronnie scoring two goals and Malachi scoring one. It was a team effort with all the boys playing really well. We look forward to our next game.
WELL DONE TEAM

Sports Report
Written by Summer & Harrison

On Wednesday 15th June, Yarmouth year 4 played cricket against Shalfleet & Brighstone. The 1st pair were Summer & Harrison. Summer & Harrison lost 3 wickets & had 4 runs. The next pair was Dylan & Nina, they lost 0 wickets & gained 8 runs. The final pair was Harry & Rileigh,
they lost 4 wickets & got 8 runs. Sadly, we lost, the score was 241 – 210.
Our next match was against Brighstone. The first pair was Harry & Harrison. They lost 2 wickets & had 4 runs. The next pair was Summer & Nina. They lost 0 wickets & got 4 runs.
The last pair was Dylan & Rileigh, they lost 0 wickets & gained 8 runs.
When we were fielding, Nina & Summer bowled 2 people out!

Team: Summer, Harrison, Harry, Dylan, Nina & Rileigh

Sports Report
Written by Kaden, Year 5
THE FIRST TEAM WE PLAYED WAS LANES END. LANES END WON THE TOSS AND CHOSE TO BOWL FIRST.
THE FIRST PAIR TO BAT WAS TOBY AND KADEN. WE DID SOME GOOD SHOTS BUT LANES END BOWLING WAS VERY GOOD. SECOND PAIR WAS MALACHI AND HARRISON MALACHI HIT THE FIRST 6 OF THE MATCH AND HE GOT SOME 4’S. THIRD PAIR WAS ARCHIE AND SUMMER ARCHIE’S BATTING WAS VERY IMPRESIVE AND SUMMER DID WELL. FINAL PAIR WAS RONNIE AND LOUIE RONNIE HIT SOME FOURS AND LOUIE HIT SOME RUNS. THEN WE BOWLED, MALACHI BOWLED THE FIRST OVER HE DID GOOD BUT LANES END BATTING WAS VERY GOOD. WE WERE VERY HOPEFUL THAT OUR BOWLING WAS GOOD BUT LANES END HAD GOOD BATTING SKILLS. WHEN SUMMER BOWLED SHE BOWLED FOUR WICKETS AND KADEN HIT ONE OUT, THAT BROUGHT THE GAP DOWN BUT SADLY LANES END WON ON 247 RUNS AND WE AMAZINGLY GOT 240 RUNS. GOOD RESULT BUT WE STILL HAD TO PLAY SHALFLEET THE NEXT DAY.

We are delighted to receive sponsorship for our new football kits from Spence Willard. The children are going to look extremely smart in their brightly coloured kits with the Yarmouth C.E. Primary School and Spence Willard logos. We are very grateful to Spence Willard for their contribution and we know the children will get a huge amount out of their football this year. It is lovely to be part of the community and to create links with local businesses. All we need now is to win some matches!

On Thursday afternoon Yarmouth took part in the heats of the island tag rugby competition. We played 4 games, winning one and narrowly losing the other 3. The team did a great job at listening and learning on the job, scoring some great tries, from Malachi, Archie and Ronnie in particular. The children were all a credit to the school and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Huge thanks to all the parents and family members who gave lifts and supported the team.
Team. Oli, Malachi, Jenson, Archie, Reece, Ronnie, Ryleigh, Daisy, Neve, Theo
Official team photographer, Rosie.