WIMS Football

On Tuesday was meant to be the WIMS football day, but it was cancelled because of all the rain, so it was on Thursday. The two teams ( one boys, one girls ), had to be at school at 7:30 to get our tracksuits, and then leave by 7:45 for a 8:45 briefing and a 9:00 start. I went straight to Jansen Park in Hamilton, which was where it was held. The fields were muddy but not to wet. We had our first game at 9:00 against Cambridge. We were both good teams and the scoreline was 0 - 0 at half time. The halves were only 10 minutes long. In the second half the Cambridge forwards slipped past our defence thanks to some great passing. They scored, followed by another one closely after. We managed to score a goal with about three minutes to go, with a pinpoint corner from me, ending up with an own goal from a header from one of Cambridge's players. They scored another quick goal just before full time. The final score was unfortunately 3 - 1 to Cambridge. We had a quick break while the girls were playing. Our next game was against Maeroa. They were a great team as well, hitting the crossbar a few times thanks to some good goal keeping by Quin. They eventually scored, and again in the second half. The final score was another loss: 0 - 2 to Maeroa. We had another break before another game against Rototuna. They weren't as good as the teams we had played before and we should of won. We had quite a few chances in the first half although we couldn't quite score. Rototuna caught us off guard as we were playing most of our players forward and they scored an unlucky goal where Quin slipped in the mud and the ball slipped past into the goal. That gave them the confidence to score another goal. The final score was 2 - 0 to Rototuna. We had a bye, which is where we don't play a game. We had our last pool game against Berkley. They were a very rough team and kept pushing us around. The referee unfortunately didn't call them, so they scored two quick goals to win 2 - 0. We had one last game for 9th and 10th against Morrinsville. They hadn't won a game either, but we had scored a goal and they hadn't scored one. We won 2 - 0. Our goalscorers were me and Thomas. We ended up ninth. The girls came third overall.