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.