On Saturday 9th October, Island School entered 2 teams in the ESF C grade soccer tournament. The A 1st team was composed of mainly year nine and a 2nd team was a mixture of year eight and nine.
Players of the 2nd team were: Lucius Hatherley, Ben Sargant, Matthew Mortimer, James Chalkley, Kenji Ichikawa, Samir Mangharam, Kristian Dodds, Kristian Glemao, Henry Lee, Lewis Arboit, Aakarsh Bhatnagar, Rohit Daswani.
I was very impressed with efforts made by both teams. They played well in their opening games but didn't quite make the cup semi finals (on goal difference). It came down to Island School 1 v Island School 2 in the plate semi finals which went to penalties. Island School 1 missed but Kenji put his away and so Island School 2 were in the final where they met RCHK.
Again it went to penalties. Level pegging to the 4th. But they showed great determination. Rohit saved the RCHK shot and Ben put his away. It was a big achievement for the year eight boys.
IS D grade Boys win ESF Soccer Tournament
The following boys were part of the squad that won the Cup in the ESF soccer tournament at KGV on Saturday 9th October: Owen Turner, Chirag Bellani, Patrick McGillvray, Aaron Stanyard, Bill Beaves, Mark Swainston, Robbie Stamp, Rory Lonergan, Connor O'Hanlon, George Wyatt, Kurt Leimer.
In the group stages they beat South Island School 5-0 and then West Island School 3-0. They then lost their way against Shatin College losing 1-0. However they bounced back against KGV 2, winning 2-0. They came 2nd in the group and faced the pre-tournament favourites KGV1 in the semi finals. However the Island School team were not phased and trounced them 5-0.
The final against HKIS got off to bad start, and the IS team went a goal down, but the lads rallied, equalised and got a late winner. Victory was ours. The boys played magnificently but also in good spirit and we have the makings of a great team. Robbie, Rory and Aaron were outstanding. Owen was also very solid in goal. I would like to congratulate the boys!
Paul Chillingworth
