Ms Abdalla’s PE Blog

ETC 11 SEAFORD 0
OMAR 4, BLUNDELL 2, ROBINSON 2, TRAINER 1, OLUSANYA 1, FRENCH 1.

Despite a fairly rocky start ETC soon found their feet and eased their way into the game. Having had 1 trial earlier in the week, lost some players of last season, and gained new squad members. ETCs key players pulled the team together for a strong start to the season.During the 1st 5-10 minutes Seaford put a lot of pressure on our defence, we soaked it up well and broke 3 times for Shantelle Omar, Immy Robinson and Kez trainer to score some well taken goals.Having now found our feet ETC started to play the ball around comfortably and with confidence. Sam McDonnell and Rachel Gunn looked promising in their new roles in the centre of defence, with great debuts from Becky French (right back) and Sophie Boast (left back). Hannah Blundell and Lauren Hughes started picking out their passes to the wings, which allowed us to take full advantage of Lolas pace a crossing ability down the right. ETC came in at half time 5-0 up with goals another 2 goals from Omar and Robinson. ETC came out fast in the 2nd half, it didn’t take Hannah Blundell long to get on the score sheet, which was well deserved having worked so hard in the first half, followed by a goal from French having over lapped down the left to finish well from a pass from Lauren Hughes.The girls were in full flow now, with subs Kerrie McEwan, Tanya Gregory, and Vicky Davies coming on and working hard for the team. Another 2 goals for Shantelle from Hannah and Lolas passes. A deserved goal for Lola who had an outstanding game, followed by a 2nd goal for Hannah finishing a deep cross from Lauren Hughes. A special mention must be for Charleigh Crotty, who managed to maintain concentration in goal for the full 60 minutes.Good performance all round, but we will face stronger teams!

MOM- HANNAH BLUNDELL “Drove the team forward with clinical passes from the centre” and LOLA OLUSANYA “powerful runs down the wings, resulting in crosses”

ETC 3 BISHOP BELL 2

MULHERN 1, FLAHERTY 1, MARODZA 1.

ETC deservedly grabbed 3 points despite a great performance by the Bishop Bell goal keeper. Despite good attempts by Billy Alsop, Jake Wallis and Ollie Nealey, the score was 0-0 at half time.Immediately after the interval, Bishop Bell took the lead against the run of play. However, Matt Mulhern equalised with a great run and shot. Bishop Bell responded immediately, and regained the lead after poor defending. It was left to JJ Flaherty to equalise for the 2nd time after a corner was cleared to the edge of the box where Flaherty struck into the bottom corner. With Just 3 minutes remaining, Joe Marodza scored the winner after reaching first when the ball rebounded back off the crossbar.
MOM- MATT MULHERN

HAILSHAM 0 ETC 6
RODFORD 2, WEATHERBY 2, JAMES 1, FRANCIS 1.
The year 7s got their first win of the season. The defence was far tighter than in the 1st game, due to Craig Dell playing sweeper. Danny Rodford used his pace up front and finished clinically. Captain Paul Weatherby was again the driving force behind the ETC attacks. Alex Hughes impressed from centre midfield.A good performance, but we will face stronger teams this season.MOM- DANNY RODFORD “A threat upfront” and PAUL WEATHERBY “2 great strikes from outside the box”.

ETC 5 CAUSEWAY 6
PAUL WEATHERBY 2, PARTICK JAMES 2, ISAAC FRANCIS 1.
After only a 1 hour trial, the New Year 7 squad took to the field. It always takes time to find positions for players and getting our strongest line up.We were very unlucky to lose this game; we had the majority of the play, but kept getting caught on the counter attack.Paul Weatherby was outstanding, Jake Modestou crossed the ball with no one getting on the end of them. Striker Pat James converted 2 of his chances.We had at least 15 chances in this game and tired in the 2nd half. All must learn from this performance.Man of the match (MOM) – PAUL WEATHERBY “A driving force!”