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Chandag Junior
School won the BANES 6-a-Side competition on Saturday, 16th
Oct 2004 winning the Final against a strong Paragon side
1-0.
From the first match against King
Edwards School, the team played some nice football and showed
they intended to do well in the competition. Goals were hard
to come by however and with only five minutes each way, it was
important to take chances when they came.
We played five matches in the league
stages, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing to WASPS 2-1. We
gained enough points to qualify for the knockout stages and
with the large pitches and tough conditions, needed all 10
players to contribute.
Our semi final was against St
Stephens - who we knew had two district side players and would
be tough. We had a fright when a shot from their side was
only half saved by keeper Jo Mason, but Sam Clarke was there
to clear it off the line - despite protestations from
the opposition that it was already over. Then Ryan Moore scored
what had to be the goal of the competition with a rasping shot
from about 15 yards out. We then had some defending to do but
managed to cling on.
The final was against Paragon who had
beaten Newbridge 1-0 in their semi. We had already met them in
the league and drew 0-0 so we knew we had a tough game ahead
of us. The game was played at a high tempo, despite the weary
legs of all involved. Chandag got the breakthrough with a good
build up involving Sam Sarre and a great finish from Jack Neil
to beat a very capable goalkeeper. We then managed to continue
to dominate the game and restrict Paragons chances with some
great defensive work from Sam Clarke.
The boys deserved to win by playing
some excellent football and can look forward to a great season
ahead of them.
The full winning squad were:
| Joseph |
Mason |
| Samuel |
Clarke |
| Anthony |
Sandison |
| Jack |
Neil |
| Samuel |
Sarre |
| Ryan |
Moore |
| Kenny |
Watts |
| Michael |
Woods |
| Andrew |
Minchin |
| Karl |
Harrison | |
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I haven't been in charge
of the boys long enough to take any credit for the way they
played but can see that there is a lot
of quality in this side and they should achieve a lot of success.
The player who stood out most for me was Sam Clarke, who constantly
mopped up any signs of danger at the back and completely surpassed my
expectations of him. All the boys deserve credit though and you
can see by the photo above, that they enjoyed
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