And now we go over to the sports desk where Jimmy has our latest news from the local fixtures.
Thank you, James. Welcome to Sports Report!
Starting with the football, there was an exciting and very positive weekend of end of season action. Collingham Eagles got their revenge for last year’s cup final defeat by beating Wheldrake 5-2 in their third place playoff. Year 6s Thomas, Jack, Elliot and I play for them. Jack put the cherry on his birthday cake by scoring a goal and Collingham ended their season with the bronze medal.
Kyan in year 4 grabbed 2 assists in Bradford U9s’ 8-5 victory over Burnley U9s. Bradford put on a great display and fully deserved their victory. In Garforth Villa U11s’ match, they won 2-0. Gene and Tommy in year 6 play for them. Tommy was annoyed to be denied by the post but the same post offered him a helping hand when his goal went in off it. Staying with Garforth Villa but moving down 3 years, the U8s drew 8-8 (that was a mouthful!) in a very eventful game. Max, Freddie, Joseph, Charlie and Oscar in year 3 play for them. Max scored a great goal which went into the top corner but was also angry when he got distracted taking a penalty that ended up hitting the post.
York City U9s thrashed Harrogate U9s 7-0. Caleb in year 4 scored and got a hat-trick of assists. In tennis, Lily in year 6 had a tournament in which she played 4 matches, winning 3 of them by the score-line 10-9 and then losing one 7-10. The tournament went very well for Lily as she took the gold
medal.
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that in cricket, Barwick Thunder and Barwick Lightning’s matches were called off due to an electrical storm. Whilst Thunder’s game was a total washout, Lightning managed to get 6 overs of play in. Elliot in year 6 was the captain and Archie in year 5 was also
playing, but I was annoyed as my career best figures of 3 wickets for 10 runs were scratched from the record books due to the abandonment. The coach joked that next year the team should be called Barwick Warm Sun with a Gentle Breeze!
Earlier in the week, a combined Barwick team progressed through to the second round of the cup by beating Church Fenton by 90 runs. Thomas, Noah and I made valuable contributions with bat and ball, each picking up a wicket and scoring runs to help the team over the line.