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The Cotswold Floorball League's 'B' Team qualifying pool is almost complete, yet the two remaining matches (Sedgeberrow v St James & Ebrington 'B' and Sedgeberrow v Blockley) are still needed to decide which teams will contest the final.
St James & Ebrington B team had a great chance of sealing their place in that final if they could beat both their opponents on the night. An Oliver Beale hat trick gave them a 3-0 win over Ilmington, the last of these a beautiful flick to the roof of the net from a long way out. Unfortunately, Dormer House were also in line to reach the final and scored two early goals through William Droy. With a minute to go Finlay Holland-Bird made a point blank save to deny Saints. With only seconds remaining he was finally beaten by Oliver Haydon, but had done enough to preserve a 2-1 win.
Dormer House continued their good form against both Willersey and Blockley, defeating both 2-0. Droy scored three of these four goals, Logan Drysdale Mills being 'odd man out' with his goal against Blockley. This puts Dormer into a semi final at the worst, although results may yet go their way to enable direct entry to the final. St James & Ebrington 'B' are in a similar position, but can get direct to the final by beating Sedgeberrow in two week's time.
Blockley overcame Ilmington 2-0, Max Spodafora netting both. Ilmington started well against Willersey, Rory Rowan scoring early on. The defence held out well, but could not hope to stop Theo Beale's equaliser. Willersey again showed good positional play and inter passing, but could not find the finishing touches they craved.
St James & Ebrington B 1-2 Dormer House
St James & Ebrington C 3-0 Ilmington
Dormer House 2-0 Willersey
Ilmington 0-2 Blockley
Dormer House 2-0 Blockley
Willersey 1-1 Ilmington
Next week, 6th March 2018, St James & Ebrington, North Cotswold SF, Temple Guiting, Ilmington, St Catharines and Dormer House meet to decide the finalists of the 'A' Team competition.
The Cotswold Floorball League's 'B' Team qualifying pool took another major step to completion, although eight more matches are needed to decide which teams will contest the final.
St James & Ebrington B team had just one match, but a 3-0 win over North Cotswold (NCSF) sent them to the top of the table for the time being at least. Oliver Haydon's hat trick sealed the result.
St James & Ebrington C were also in action, playing a 0-0 draw against NCSF and losing 0-2 to Blockley. Max Spodafora and Andre Jeffrey scored. Spodafora was also on target against NCSF when he made good use of a delayed penalty to equalise the Federation's earlier goal by George Gilder.
Willersey had a single match in which they hoped to jump into a possible qualifying spot. They played probably the best floorball of the night, with neat passes and clean tackling, but could not control the final pass quickly enough to make a shot. Against the run of play, Sidney Beckett-Green had one chance to shoot and scored the winner for the Federation.
Temple Guiting had a good evening, with two wins in very close matches. A single long throw from goalkeeper Richard Upton found Harry Keighley unmarked and he scored the winner against NCSF. Temple Guiting's match against Blockley was the best of the night. Patrick Upton gave Guiting an early 2-0 lead only for Spodafora and Jeffrey to level scores late in the game. With only seconds left Blockley had a player sent to the penalty box and this power play was enough for Patrick Upton to net the winner.
Whilst St James & Ebrington B are in pole position, Sedgeberrow and Dormer House are close behind. Willersey and Blockley have an outside chance of getting to a possible semi final.
St James & Ebrington B 3-0 NCSF
St James & Ebrington C 0-2 Blockley
St James & Ebrington C 0-0 NCSF
Temple Guiting 1-0 NCSF
Temple Guiting 3-2 Blockley
NCSF 1-1 Blockley
Willersey 0-1 NCSF
Next week, 27th February 2018, St James & Ebrington B, Blockley, Willersey, Ilmington and Dormer House meet in the next round of 'B' Team matches.
Friendship
Friendship is vital in sports, everyone needs a smiling face to support and cheer them on and when things get tough a good friend can really make all the difference! Congratulations to Evie and Maddie Hooper who both showed relentless support and friendship to all the JC2 children in preparing them for their inter-schools dance competition. On top of this they both poured endless praises upon the children as they sat at the dance competition judges table, this really did make so many children smile. The School thanks you for your superb friendship!
The Cotswold Floorball League's Girls' Team qualifying pool was to have been completed tonight, but only three matches were played. Three more games need to be played before the finalist will be known. Temple Guiting and Dormer House are now locked at the top, guaranteed at least a semi final place, but can be overtaken by either St James & Ebrington or Mickleton who are yet to play.
Georgia Wasdell's early goal looked set to give Dormer House victory against St JEB, only for Edie Buckham to equalise very late. St JEB then played table topping Temple Guiting. The latter did get the ball in the net, but the shot was rightly denied for high sticks. That proved to be the only chance in a 0-0 draw. Having dropped four points, St JEB were now desperate for the win. Evie Hall for Saints and Tilly Kinchin for Ilmington were both in fine form, keeping their respective teams in the game. Eventually it was Kinchin who had to give way when Buckham used her soccer skills in a single move to control the ball and flick it to one side before striking home.
With so much time left in the session, Temple Guiting defeated Dormer House 3-0 in a friendly, which may yet be repeated as a much longer semi final, or the final, if the remaining league matches work out that way. Millie von Wedel (2) and Lettice Tilley-Loughrey were the scorers.
A highlight of the evening was the half-hour friendly between St James & Ebrington and Ilmington, each side bolstered by teacher, parent or CCS referee. Ilmington eventually won 9-6, the scores being level at 2-2, 3-3, and 4-4 before they pulled away. Miia Lord, Axel Lord (2), Chloe Angus, Ella Feeney and Josh Rushby (4) scored for the winners, Isla Weeks-Coleman (4) and Mr Daldry (2) for StJEB.
Ilmington 0-1 St James & Ebrington
Dormer House 1-1 St James & Ebrington C
St James & Ebrington 0-0 Temple Guiting
In the first week after the half term break, 20th February 2018, St James & Ebrington B, St James & Ebrington C, Blockley, Willersey, North Cotswold SF and Temple Guiting meet in the next round of 'B' Team matches.
The Cotswold Floorball League's 'B' Team competition still has a long way to go. St James & Ebrington 'B', Dormer House and Willersey are still in a position to challenge for a place in the final. However, the holders, Sedgeberrow, are now in pole position after two good wins. Three quick fire goals by Ryan Baines, Jamie Cape and Tom Crawford gave them a lead over Temple Guiting, who did well to prevent any further scores for the majority of the game. Baines and Crawford again scored in a 2-0 win over St James & Ebrington C. This was the C Team's best performance so far, being denied on several occasions by goalkeeper Zak Freeman. The second goal was the best of the night, combining a save by Freeman, a defensive clearance, inter-passing between Baines, Alfie Vickery and a simple finish from Crawford.
Temple Guiting and Ilmington fought out a goal less draw, despite both teams having several chances. Ilmington were in defensive mode against the C Team, which was kept at bay by goalie Louis Adcock. Not even he could stop the one goal such pressure must produce, which took a wicked bounce on being struck and looped high over his head.
The evening rounded off with a couple of extended friendlies, Reds/Whites (Ilmington and St James & Ebrington) defeated Blues (Sedgeberrow and Temple Guiting) 3-1. Reds and Whites then went on to play a 0-0 draw.
Dormer House beat the C Team with goals from Will Droy and Logan Drysdale Mills. Going on to play Temple Guiting, Droy again opened the scoring before Richard Upton started to command his goal area and set up attacks with his throws. One of these went through to Harry Keighley who levelled the scores and earned his team a point.
Ilmington 0-0 Temple Guiting
Ilmington 0-1 St James & Ebrington C
Dormer House 2-0 St James & Ebrington C
Dormer House 1-1 Temple Guiting
Temple Guiting 0-3 Sedgeberrow
St James & Ebrington C 0-2 Sedgeberrow
Next week, 6th February 2018, St James & Ebrington C, Dormer House, Ilmington, Mickleton, St Catharines, St Davids and Temple Guiting meet in the next round of Girls' Team matches, when the finalists will be decided.
Our annual game against Bourton on the Water Primary was another fantastic display of skill and resilience from the children. Mothers cheering support for the school could be heard in Campden town centre as the B team won 6 – 0 with a hat-trick from Oliver Beale. The C team never gave up and showed great sportsmanship at the end of the game after losing 4-0. Some fantastic school debutes with a Y2 boy making an appearance, making him the youngest player to ever wear the school strip. Wow!