Ms Abdalla’s PE Blog

Thursday 1st May:  SUSSEX AREA YEAR 9 RUGBY FINALS
The year 9 rugby team reached the final of this for the first time in their history.
Their first game was against the Eastern Area Winners Claverham (Battle), they started the game well with Billy Alsop scoring a solo try; sadly he did not succeed with the kick.  ETC held out to the last minute with excellent defending from skipper Jake Wallis and Kieran Farnes. Unfortunately however after all of the ETC boys hard work Claverham scored right in the dying seconds of the game; also converting their kick leaving ETC trailing by 2 points.
The second game against Priory school Lewes (last years winners) was also a close game, ETC struggled at times with the teams main scorer Tyrell Berry out injured, and the power in the scrum Chris Bennett also out.  New players Reece Mewitt and Steven Maryan played extremely well, with Maryan pulling off some fantastic tackles.  At the end of the game ETC went down by two tries.
The third and final game was against Northern area winners Uckfield who were a bigger and stronger team then us.  ETC were over run and lost by 3 tries.  Joe Marodza, Matt Mulhern and Christos Misirlis all played well.
In summary ETC have great potential next year, and with a full team we could well win this tournament.
My thanks go to the PE staff, Mr Upton and the South Downs sports partnership.
TEAM:  JAKE WALLIS, BILLY ALSOP, SEAN DUNNE (1 match only), KIERAN FARNES, MICHEAL PARSONS, BOB OLUSANYA, JOE MARODZA, ASTON HOLYOAKE, REECE MEWITT, STEVEN MARYAN, LEWIS OLIVER, MATT MULHERN, CHRISTOS MISIRLIS, KIERAN WOOD.
MAN OF THE MATCH:  JAKE WALLIS “Excellent”
INSPIRATIONAL CAPTAIN:  BILLY ALSOP “Never gave up”.