Ms Abdalla’s PE Blog

CAUSEWAY 0 ETC 6
SCORERS: SHANTELLE OMAR AND ERI SALISBURY

A solid performance from the year 9 team. On the attack we showed a lot of movement off the ball, and some defence splitting passes came from Lola Olusanya (GD) that often found Shantelle Omar (GA) or Eri Salisbury (GS). A couple of times Causeway did manage to find a way through to the shooting D, but Tash Guthrie (GK) used her height well to cause an off target shot. Lauren Annets had an impressive debut as WD, Emily Gillam (WA) always made herself available as a passing option, and April Marshall (C) worked hard to link play between the defenders and attackers. Overall a very strong and confident looking performance.MVP1: LOLA OLUSANYA “Great interceptions, work rate high as always, intelligent passing”MVP2: SHANTELLE OMAR “Fast, agile, clever movements off the ball”

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CAUSEWAY 4 ETC 2
SCORER: VIKKI TRIGWELL
A better performance from the year 8s, all players worked hard in building attacking chances, and battled well to keep the score line down. I would say it was an equally contested game, and a draw would have been a fair result. However Causeway had greater success when shooting. Strong performances again came from Dani Guthrie and Elysia Cosma.

MVP: DANI GUTHRIE- “Kept Causeways score line down, and was quick to take backline restarts”.

ETC 1 CAVENDISH 16

A tough game for the girls, Cavendish had 4 very experienced netballers that dictated the game from the start. We worked hard, but Cavendish were first to everything. A few glimmers of good play came from ETC on the attack, but Cavendish were quick to recover and regain possession.

MVP: ELYSIA COSMA- “Competed well with Cavendish, and showed Sharp passing throughout”.

NETBALLETC 1 CAVEDISH 1
SCORER: YASMINE SCOTT

Finally a breakthrough for the year 7 girls, we started strong and the training that the girls have been doing each week has clearly started to pay off. We looked the sharper team and had moments of brilliance when we passed and moved. Some exceptional performances came from Holly Marshall, Kayla McCarthy, Abbie Sanders, and Yasmine Scott who are starting to show great potential for future. ETC had all the possession in the first half, all players showed good movement off the ball and an understanding in the game. A good passing move that started with Abbie at the back came to Kayla who passed from defence out wide to Eve Drummond, who was playing WA. Eve then found Hollie Marshall who then switched the play to Hollie Carter. Scott came deep to collect the ball from Carter, with Rhianna Hagger in support. Hagger played a nice 1 2 with Scott who then had a shot and scored! It was half time and ETC were in the lead!The second half came and with good performances from replacements Mel Kelly and Charlotte Freeman, ETC still had all possession but could not seem to score. Cavendish then found an opening on the counter attack and managed to equalise with minutes to go. Fantastic performance by all involved!!

MVP- HOLLY MARSHALL “she supported well during both defending and attacking phases of play. A good all round performance”.

Year 7 football team entered the annual 7-a-side tournament held at Park College on Monday. Unfortunately, the team were let down by several players not turning up, so they only had the bare 7 players.ETC were drawn in a tough looking Group A alongside Cavendish, Bishop Bell and Ratton.Unfortunately, despite all players trying their best ETC finished 4th in the group with the following results:
ETC 0-1 Bishop Bell
ETC 0-0 Ratton
ETC 0-1 Cavendish

ETC 2 CAVENDISH 2
BAXTER-SMITH 1, ELLINGSWORTH 1.

On Wednesday 22nd November ETC’s year 9 B team took on Cavendish school. They had a late kick off as there was some confusion with the pitches. Despite this, Cavendish were on form and went ahead with two early goals within the first 15 minutes. ETC replied five minutes before the break when Beau Baxter-Smith came up with a spectacular volley. This really gave the ETC team hope for the second half. ETC started the half strongly but ten minutes passed with no further goals. This soon changed when Harry Ellingsworth whipped in a vicious shot that curled into the top corner. A tense final 5 minutes ended with a 2 – 2 draw, a great game and a fair result.

MOM: Stuart ‘the cat’ Cornford (GK) – “vital point blank stops kept ETC in it”.

ETC 3 CAVENDISH 1

NEWMAN 2, CLEVELAND 1.

A good team performance, that gave ETC a comfortable win. Well done!!

MOM: JYFF REFLIX “Good tackling, a midfield dynamo”.

Congratulations to the following boys that have now competed in their first game of competitive football for the school; Kerron Alsop, Haydyn Edwards, Andrew Fryers, Lord Gregor, Daniel Hollobone, Kyle Less-Parker, Adam McGowan, Daniel Stevens, Adam Waldoch, Ellis Waterhouse, Steven Griddle, Jordan Spooner. The boys worked hard and gave the best they could in the game.
MOM: DANIEL STEVENS- “Showed good understanding at the back”.

HAILSHAM 0 ETC 3
Shantelle Omar 2, Emily Gillam 1

ETC travelled to Hailsham for their 4th game of the season with 9 players. With 4 key players out and having not enough to field a starting 11, the odds were not on our side. The first 10 minutes of the half saw the ETC girls completely take charge of the game; Hailsham looked more like the team that only had 10 players on the pitch. Experienced players really stepped up to the mark and showed Great Spirit in setting the standard for the game.We came close to taking the lead on several occasions with shots coming from Shantelle Omar, Lola Olusanya, and Emily Gillam. Accurate and pacey passing from Rachel Gunn and Shantelle finally found Lola, who again took the ball down the right wing; crossed a deadly ball into the box which Hailsham defence found hard to clear; which resulted in Shantelle controlling and hitting the ball into the bottom right hand corner to make it 1-0 ETC!!Now filled with even more confidence, we started to really press Hailsham. Charleigh Crotty pushing up from defence to create more chances for us, Jasmine Izzard in defence looking like she was what England missed in the 3-2 defeat to Croatia, Shantelle Omar actually defending, Rachel Gunn spraying the ball left and right from the centre of midfield, Emily and Lola taking defenders on down the wings, Bekki French getting a foot in when needed, Vicky Davies battling hard up front, and Sophie Boast getting her body behind the ball and playing like n experienced keeper.Again ETC broke down the right with Lola crossing for Emily Gillam to make a late run to the far post for a tap in finish.Just before half time ETC broke again with a long ball from defence, Rachel Gunn got on the end of it and drove forward to the goal, a late challenge then flew in from Hailsham catching Gunns foot taking her out for the rest of the game. A big blow for ETC as Gunn had a superb first half, and we were now down to 8 players with another half to go.The second half saw ETC completely dominating the game, some fantastic passing led to a shot that hit the crossbar from Lola. In the closing stages of the game, a good passing move that again started in defence found Shantelle; who converted to make it 3-0. A truly magnificent performance from the girls, if only there were more people to witness the event.

MOM- JASMIN IZZARD “a startling performance!! A rock at the back of our 3 man defence”.

ETC 36 HOLY TRINITY 46

Our second Nationals game was very disappointing. The Holy Trinity team were not as strong as Angmering, but we performed well below par. From the outset we looked nervous, and turned the ball over many times in the 1st quarter. We never came close until the 4th quarter, when Trinity ran their bench and we reduced the deficit to 6 points. As in our 1st game we missed too many open lay ups, and we were made to pay.Trinity were a better side then us on the day, and this means qualification is impossible for us. We’ve got 2 games next week to try and restore some pride.

MVP- Not awarded.