April 18, 2007

Town Team Represent In Jersey

The Felling Gateshead East Primary Town football squad has just returned from playing in the English Schools FA festival at Jersey.

Six matches were played over a six day period with two other days being used for travelling. The results were as follows:

8/4/07 – Felling Gateshead East 1 Barking 1

Scorer- Connor Halpin

9/4/07 – Jersey 2 Felling Gateshead East 2

Scorers- Connor Halpin (pen) & Greg Olley

10/4/07 – Felling Gateshead East 6 Mondeville Normandy 1

Scorers- Connor Halpin 2, Michael McGill 2 & Adam Ingram 2

11/4/07 -Felling Gateshead East 2 Sutton Coldfield 2

Scorers- Mitchell Galloway & Luke Day

12/4/07 – Thurrock 1 Felling Gateshead East 0

13/4/07 – Felling Gateshead East 3 Newbury 0

Scorers- Mitchell Galloway, Michael McGill & Connor Halpin.

THe results at the halfway stage meant that we won our group after the first stage.

Our squad was made up from children from the following schools - Lingey House (3 players), Bill Quay (2 players), Brighton Avenue, St. Peters, Kells Lane, Roman Road, Windy Nook, Oakfield & South Street.

All the squads were based in the same St. Helier hotel which enabled lots of contacts and friendships to be made. The squad shared a corridor with Bishop Auckland (who also play in the Durham County league) and each group supported each other in their matches.

When not playing, the squad took part in various leisure activities. One of these involved us travelling in twenty four degree heat to a very up market minature golf course called Living Legends. Players from Gloucester PSFA and ours were sorted into teams and played out competitions. When the overall totals were released, Gloucester were the winners. On returning to the hotel, both squads escaped into the indoor pool for a water polo match.

Further details can be found on Gloucester's website - www.gpsfa.com or our website www.fellingschoolsfa.co.uk

The squad really enjoyed themselves and didn't want to come back. Hopefully next years Primary squad will have an even better time.

The Association continues to go from stength to strength in its two main areas - school football and Town Team football. Various different events are coming up including a couple of days away at Gloucester.

New teachers to work within the Town Team setup are desperately needed. This does not need to be for a weekly commitment. Coaching, fundraising, event organisation, press are all areas where help is needed. Anyone who is interested, should contact me at Roman Road Primary School.

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May 27, 2005

Girls Football

Sixteen Year 6 girls at Kells Lane Primary School are currently undergoing a series of 10 football training sessions, under the supervision of coach, Robbie Pringle. These sessions are proving to be extremely popular and the girls are showing great improvement in their skills and techniques. These will be put to the test in the forthcoming tournament in June.
We are also looking forward to the completion of our new ball court, which will enable us to have much better facilities to enable our children to experience a wide range of sports in a safer environment.

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