Hallsy's Academy Report - Week 12

"Snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory" was the quote of the day from coach Dave Hall after the 1st XI unexplicably gave away a comfortable lead to lose 5-3 to local rivals Chichester College. Worthing started the game in positive mood and took to the diffuclt playing conditions better than their local opponents, by again playing the more attractive football but just missing out on the final piece of the jigsaw (goals). The opener came after defender George Dowell took it upon himself to shoot and shoot he did after beating a couple of opponents. 1-0.

Worthing began to dominate and looked relatively comfortable and at times played some excellent passing football, for which we have become renound for. However warning shots were fired with the home defence again being beaten by one ball only for James Fernandes to deny the Chichester striker not once, but twice. As the half grew Chichester became more confident and against the run of play equalised. From an outswinging corner the ball was only half cleared and the ball was returned with interest into the top corner (with a little bit of slice!). 1-1.

The response was first rate. Worthing seemed to go straight down the other end and restore their lead. Jordan Clark's shot was only parried for the returning Luke Jearum to knock the ball past the desparing keeper. 2-1. That was how it stayed until half time.

Surely now Worthing's only enemy is conplacency? Was it going to rear its ugly head?? The answer to that question is coming up...

Chichester started the half brightly and quicker restored parity. A long throw in was poorly defended and ended up with the ball finishing up in the top corner of the net. 2-2. Again Worthing responded well and played some exicitng football, but lacking clinical finishing Worthing couldn't put light between themselves and their visitors. Worthing did however scored an exceptional third goal with Dowell playing a short free kick to winger Ben Standing, who put in a tantilising cross for top scorer Alex Staines to notch his 11th goal of the season. 3-2.

From this point on until 8 minutes from time Worthing were extremely comfortable and could have extended their lead, however they ended up giving an experts guide to "how to lose a game in 8 minutes". However in conclusion this could be a positive indicator as to ensure that all players are grounded and not having the attitude of "thinking you are better that you actually are" and I'm hopeful that the ideal time to put this right is tomorrow in the ECFA National Cup.

Within Hallsy's Academy Report guest writers now have the opportunity to report on the 2nd XI team action. This week its the turn of defender Iain Haggart.

The 2nd 11 took on East Berkshire this week.
The squad was weakened due to injuries to Thom Taylor, Matt Dodd was called up to the 1st team and Zaki Rahman had an exam. Due to this problem we sorted the situation out by playing captain for the game Iain Haggart in midfield with Tomas Nemeth, Des O’Connor and Phil Charman.

The game was originally scheduled to be played at the fortress Worthing United but an hour before the meet time the game was moved to the back of the leisure centre due to United not wanting us to ruin their pitch before the weekend.
East Berkshire weren’t impressed with this due to the fact they had drove to United only to find out they were playing at the leisure centre. When they arrived at the leisure centre quite a large amount of the players looked awfully familiar to us. The reason was because they decided to bring down at least half of their 1st team ,(including Kenwyne Jones) who our 1st team beat in the national cup earlier this season.

The game began on a rather sloppy start for both teams possibly due to the heavy, boggy pitch conditions which made it hard to find a killer pass or get enough of a foothold in the pitch to make the breaks.
The first goal was scored around the mid point of the half and went to the away team. The ball was chipped over the top to the striker and he was allowed to turn on the edge of the box and shot scoring off the inside of the post.
This brought Worthing to life and once Iain and Tomas started getting the ball wide to Des and Phil there was more threat to the away goal, with Phil, Ezio, and Paul all came close to scoring. But towards the end of the half we got caught again letting the striker have too much room on the edge of the box and he scored in the bottom left of the goal just out of the reach of keeper Gillard.
Worthing continued to press for the final 10 minutes of the half and almost had an equaliser just on half time via a thumping header by Haggart from a corner but the keeper, who was their 1st team keeper, pulled of a world class save to his left to deny the goal after Haggart had rose excellently amongst a crowd of players, another day or another keeper and it would have been 2-1 at halftime.

The 2nd half began on a bad note with us conceding straight from kick off. A long ball over the top wasn’t dealt with and allowed the striker to have an easy finish. Worthing though after this dominated the rest of the match after that early goal and a new formation of 4-3-3 helped prevent any more chances for the away team allowing us to be more attacking up front. Chances continued to come but the ball wouldn’t fall in the correct position or go the correct side of the post and you thought it just wasn’t going to be our day.
This was until the yet again impressive Tomas Nemeth played a long ball towards the corner for Paul Jackson. It looked impossible for him to get anywhere seeing as he had two defenders closing in on him but after seeing Nani at the weekend replicated
one of his tricks by nut megging one defender and running round the other defender and shot past the keeper to make it 3-1.
However this was the last real piece of action in the game and the away side shut the game down and ended up losing 3-1. However on a positive note with the squad we had and the way we played in the 2nd half we can be happy with the performance against the best team we have played this season and with a full strength squad I believe the result would have gone our way.

So onwards and upwards to all and thanks to Iain for his report.

Cheers,

Hallsy

basketball match report 3/2/10

Worthing college V Canterbury college

coming into the game we knew we would have a tough challenge on our hands. last time we played Canterbury the game was abandoned after a serious neck injury to our point guard josh mountifield it was a close contest & we had seen their many strengths. we would have to bring our A game to come out on top.

before the start we stressed tough defense & aggressive offense we had to take it to them.

from the tip we seemed focused. a changed starting 5 for us (due to exams) came together well & gio corpuz got us off to a good start speedily getting to their hoop! Canterbury settled & let the game come to them, a spread offensive set got them some easy scores! they went on a mini scoring run & we found ourselves down 15-7 early in the quarter. but sparked from an ian marshall 3-pointer we clawed ourselves back into the game! 2 big scores from jack ryan & a tough inside hoop from tom wyatt finished the scoring for the 1st & brought us to within a point, down 19-18 after the opening 10 minutes a good start!

the 2nd quarter saw us come out the aggressor. ian marshall driving to the hoop drawing a foul & getting to the free throw line, followed by baskets from tom wyatt & mutalib 'mimo' habib (fresh off the bench) to give us a 23-19 lead ( sadly this was our only lead of the game!) Canterbury answered & erupted with a 10 point scoring run. we stopped this with 2 hoops, 1 from louis harris & the other a great outside jump shot from ollie hunt! again Canterbury answered with smart basketball plays getting inside our defense. a buzzer beating 3 pointer from jack ryan kept us in contention going into the half down 32-30! ( we had been outscored 13-12 in the 2nd period )

at the half we heard their coach going mad at them as we had got them out of their sets with some tough defense, we had them somewhat rattled & had to keep in their faces! we had played a great half we had to now step it up a gear.

the 3rd quarter started & Canterbury went on a tear, they stepped up the intensity & went on a scoring run! we called time out! they had the momentum & we weren't being aggressive enough at both ends! we attacked their hoop after the time out & got to the line but couldn't connect & found ourselves down 44-31!  scores from louis harris, ian marshall & tanaka mujeri brought us closer but were answered by dagger 3 pointers from Canterbury! 2 more hoops from ian marshall made the score 49-41 to Canterbury heading into the final stanza! ( we had been outscored 17-11 in the 3rd )

we had to chase the game, up the pressure & play harder than them in the final 10 minutes! 

as the 4th quarter started it looked as if we had ran out of gas! Canterbury went to their big man & he seemed to score at will (10 points in the final period alone ) we couldn't stop him & the game slipped away from us! we never gave up & kept fighting, matt sharp hit a big 3 pointer to close the gap to 10 but that was as close as we got as Canterbury ran away with the game! we were outscored 20-12 in the 4th quarter! making the final score 69-55 to Canterbury! a tough loss but hats off to a better side on the day!

scorers;

ollie hunt - 2 points

tanaka munjeri- 2 points

matt sharp- 3 points

gio corpuz- 4 points

mutalib 'mimo' habib- 4 points

tom wyatt- 9 points

louis harris- 9 points

jack ryan- 9 points

ian marshall- 13 points

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Hallsy's Academy Report - New Year Special (Late!)

This week the match report has been completed by quest writer and Academy left winger, Zaki Rahman.

Worthing started the game well, getting amongst Lewisham early doors, and were rewarded through an Ezio D’Ercole goal after 10 minutes. 1:0 Worthing
Worthing continued to press but were caught napping in defence to let in the Lewisham centre-forward for an unexpected equalizer.
Worthing usually bounce back well but a deep cross to the back post evaded the Worthing keeper and left an easy tap in – 2:1 Lewisham.
The big Lewisham centre midfielder began to dominate the middle of the park, and a well worked third goal came just before the half time break. Half time 3:1 Lewisham.
Worthing knew they had to step up their game and a second half change to a 4-3-3 formation proved inspirational. Immediately after half-time, the Lewisham left back darted into the area and was left to finish easily, with Worthing making the worst possible start to the second half. 4:1 Lewisham.
Straight from centre, Worthing were awarded a free-kick which was exquisitely converted by Tomas Nemeth. 4:2 Lewisham.
Worthing started to push harder and put pressure on a fragile Lewisham defence and a smart move from Worthing midfield saw Thom Taylor one on one with the Lewisham keeper, finishing at the second attempt. 4:3 Lewisham.
A moment later Worthing made it 3 goals in 3 minutes with makeshift centre midfielder, Zaki Rahman, catching the keeper out from 25 yards – a generous goal to concede. 4:4.
Worthing’s new formation continued to dominate midfield and the three strikers formed a good combination, pulling the Lewisham defence apart.
Man of the match, Tomas Nemeth, opened up the Lewisham defence with a darting run and a killer reverse pass, leaving Liam “Des” O’Connor to put Worthing in the lead for the second time in the match. 5:4 Worthing.
Lewisham will feel hard done by squandering a handful of chances to level the game – the closest being an edge of the area strike that hit the upright just before the final whistle.
Worthing showed great spirit to fight back against second in the table Lewisham who claimed it was the “easiest” game they’d played this season – but that just goes to prove football’s a game of two halves!

Cheers Zaki for producing such a good and hopefully accurate report,

Hallsy

Hockey Men Cup Worthing 8 Beacon College 5

 

 

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From: Robert Warner [mailto:robwarner@hotmail.co.uk]
Sent: 31 January 2010 17:50
To: Price, Tina
Subject: Cup match verses Beacon

 

                               BEACON COLLEGE 5 WORTHING COLLEGE 8                                
      SCORERS; RICHARDSON X3, HELMER X2, SYMONS X1LOCKWOOD X1, COOK X1
                                     M.O.M. SCOTT RICHARDSON.
                                  " A TALE OF TWO HALVES "
 
A team that goes 4 nil down after 12 minutes is a team that usually does not recover and win the match, but Worthing decided not to lie down and roll over and did just that.
Travelling to deepest ,darkest Sussex with only 10 men would prove to be a tough mission, which within the first 12 minutes was proved to be, the players were having to play out of normal positions and with poor marking Tom Gill,in goal could do little to stop a 4-0 scorline being achieved by the home side. A team going 4-0 up after such a short time will either go on and win the match convincingly, or will mentally think the game is already won and switch off, luckily the latter happened this afternoon and our cunning plan to go 4-0 down and then go on to win the game worked, Worthing managed to reply with 2 goals before half-time....game on!
It was pointed out at the half time team talk that Beacon had a couple off weak links in their defence, so we decided to target them and low and behold free hits and short corners were conceded by the hapless Beacon weak links, within 20 minutes of the re-start we went 6-4 up much to the annoyance of the Beacon supporters, then Beacon scored once again to make the match a nail biting one! Worthing did not loose discipline and shape and easily went on to score 2 more goals and win the match 8-5.
This was a fantastic achievement by the players and proved that they have got a great level of determination and effort and that they can achieve the impossible, bring on Eastbourne!

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Worthing College

Information Evenings

11th March 2010

1730 - 1930

Mens hocky PETER SYMONS 2 WORTHING COLLEGE 1

               PETER SYMONS 2 WORTHING COLLEGE 1 JANUARY 27TH 2010
                   SCORER STEVE LOCKWOOD M.O.M. JACK SYNMONS
 
                                     "THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
With Peter Synoms scoring the winning goal in the dying seconds of the game it made a long journey back from a cold Southampton Leisure Centre, Worthing deserved at least a point from this encounter but it was not meant to be. Traveling away with the bare eleven would mean that it was always going to be a tough match, but Worthing rose to the challenge and played some of their best hockey to date.
Matches against Peter Symons are traditionally a bad tempered, feisty affair, but not so today, the match was played in a tough, though respectful spirit both sides playing some great quality hockey. Last time we played Peter Symons at home we lost 12-1 so a 2-1 lose away was not a massive disappointment, we are improving as an Academy side and this result is proof that our Hockey is going in the right direction, who knows a Worthing victory in our next encounter ! Well done guys you played some awesome hockey, hopefully we can take that into our cup match against Beacon on Friday                                                                                                        

basketball match report 27/1/10

Worthing college V Angmering

we came into todays game expecting a very tough challenge facing a very talented Angmering side. we had to be focused for 40 minutes to steal a win!

from the opening tip the game was very tight. louis harris opened the scoring for us with a smooth score inside. ian marshall was aggressively attacking their hoop & scored some tough baskets but Angmering answered. both teams struggled to break loose in the first quarter. Angmering were ahead 3 points after the opening 10 minutes 22-19

going into the 2nd quarter we stressed tough defense & the game plan was to get to the basket. our defense stepped up & was sparked by lucy uncles & matt sharp off the bench forcing Angmering to take outside jumpshots that we rebounded well. 2 big 3 pointers from louis harris kept us going & we outscored Angmering 14-12 in the 2nd but they were still ahead 34-33 at the half!

we were in a fight & needed to step up our intensity at both ends!

as the 3rd quarter started Angmering stepped up the pressure & began to press. we didn't react well to this & coughed up the ball. our plan was to force the game inside but we settled for outside shots & were not hitting! Angmering took advantage & outscored us 18-16 in the 3rd. josh mountifield showed signs after 2 great takes to the hoop nearing the end of the period as we found ourselves down 52-49 going into the 4th!

heading into the final stanza i told the guys it would come down to who wanted it more go out & take it to them we needed to play harder & get fired up

Angmering took the early lead on the back of some great scoring drives. our defense was soft & we needed to up the pressure. each time we scored it was answered by Angmering we couldn't quite claw our way back into the game always down 2 or 4 points & time was running out! but then we found a spark, josh mountifield relentlessly attacked their hoop & scored 13 big points for us in the quarter! we didn't give up & after an amazing rebound put-back from jack ryan we found ourselves in a tied game with 22 seconds remaining! 74-74! Angmering called a time out. we needed to play some tough defense as we knew they would run a set play for a last second shot.. out of the time out Angmering did just that, ran a play for their shooter, we matched up & forced them into a tough shot that they hit! 76-74 Angmering. we called a time out of our own, 6 seconds remaining! we drew up a play for ian marshall to drive to the hoop! we needed a score to tie, or a 3 to win but sadly our play was rushed & i feel that fouls weren't called on the driving ian marshall or louis harris whom ian kicked the ball to for the final shot! sadly time ran out.the buzzer sounded & we were unable to fire up a shot! game Angmering 76-74! we let this one slip away, we had played with great fire & intensity in the final minutes of the game but we needed to bring it for the full 40! we must take that attitude into our next game. hats off to a very talented Angmering team. 

scorers;

tom wyatt- 2 points

gio corpuz- 2 points

lucy uncles- 2 points

tanaka munjeri- 2 points

ollie hunt- 3 points

jack ryan- 4 points

richard bell- 7 points

louis harris- 11 points

josh mountifield- 20 points (man of the match)

ian marshall- 21 points 

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Netball Worthing 26 Hurstpierpoint 43

Quarter Finals – County Cup

 

On a bitterly cold afternoon, the netball team took on Hurstpierpoint in the County Cup, I always thought it would be a close game, having played them in the Nationals Knock Out competition and lost by 1. Unfortunately this was not to be the case.

 

Hurst always looked like the team that wanted to win, they started stronger, were first to every ball, we appeared stationery and at times uninterested. Shooting was poor and despite their defense being smaller than our attack, they collected all the rebounds. The first quarter ended 17-5 in their favour.

 

Changes were made but sadly this had little effect on the game, although we conceded less goals, 9 we only scored 5 – the score at the end of the second quarter was 24-10.

 

A further change was made at half time and during the third quarter, Worthing College started to play netball, we went on a roll scoring 8 goals without response and started to believe in ourselves, this rattled the opposition and they started missing shots and throwing balls away. Sadly Caitlin collided with the goal post, splitting her lip and inside of her mouth and with blood pouring everywhere, she had to leave the court. This meant the team had to be reshuffled again and we won that quarter 11-7.

 

Going into the last quarter 31-21 down was hard but 10 goals in netball is never too much and if we had started the 4^th quarter as we started the 3^rd we would have been in with a chance. Sadly we did not and the final score was 43-26.

 

A massive disappointment for me, as although on the night the best team won, sadly the Worthing College team did not turn up and play, apart from 10 mins.

 

We have some footage of the horror show which we will look at in depth and try and establish what went so badly wrong and why before we go and face Brockenhurst next Wed in the BCS Cup.      

 

basketball match report 20/1/10

Worthing V Varndean

having beaten Varndean once already we knew we had to come in & take care of business from the opening tip

we won the tip & got straight to work. Ian Marshall opened the scoring & we were away. scores from Tom Wyatt & Louis Harris kept us rolling & we got away from our opponent outscoring them 17-8 in the 1st quarter!

as the 2nd quarter started we made some changes & ran the bench. everybody contributed well & our defence was sparked by Lucy Uncles & Mutalib 'MIMO' Habib forcing Varndean into turnovers & missed shots! a great score & a foul shot from Ollie Hunt finished the score & going into halftime we led 42-17 ( we outscored Varndean 25-9 in the period )

the game was in the bag as we were playing well together so we just had to finish strong & stay focused to close it out.

as the 3rd quarter started Tom Wyatt went on a scoring run of his own netting the first 7 points of the period! followed by a Louis Harris 3 pointer from deep! again we freely substituted & again saw great contributions from our bench! we had played some awesome 'D' & held Varndean to only 6 points in the 3rd, scoring 22 points ourselves! we had a convincing 64-23 lead heading to the final stanza!

i changed the whole line up going into the 4th to give our reserves some much needed court time. Varndean kept playing hard & scored the first 6 points of the 4th! our guys rallied & came back fighting showing great character & team work with some great scores from Tanaka Munjeri Varndean had outscored us in the 4th quarter 22-13 but the game had been in the cooler before the final 10 minutes a great all round performance from worthing securing the 77-45 win!

scorers;

Stuart Nayer- 2 points

Matt Sharp- 2 points

Lucy Uncles- 3 points

Jack Ryan- 4 points

Josh Mountifield- 5 points

Mutalib 'Mimo' Habib- 6 points

Tanaka Munjeri- 6 points

Ian Marshall- 10 points

Ollie Hunt- 10 points

Tom Wyatt- 11 points

Louis Harris- 18 points

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Sussex Uni Netball 24Worthing College 33

After weeks of no games, the Netball Academy 1^st Team took up the offer of a “friendly” against Sussex Uni 1^st and 2^nd Teams. A depleted squad of 8 players made the

snowy journey to Brighton to thankfully play indoors !

 

With no Nicky Gatland and Briony Short, it was a new centre court formation with Lizzy Northeast, Laura Finlay and Caitlin Kay. The opposition appeared older and bigger but we were not daunted and got off to a flying start taking the lead right from the start with excellent shooting from Amber O’brien. The centre court trio were outstanding, probably the best game Lizzy has ever had and Caitlin used all the work we have been doing with timing interceptions to great effect – I lost count of the number of balls she intercepted.

Always a pleasure for a coach when what is worked on it training comes through into the game.

 

The first quarter ended 12 -7 to Worthing. Sussex Uni were clearly stunned and several changes were made to their team – with only one sub – we made one change with Emma Mountford coming on at GA, Georgia moving to WA and Laura going to C. This had little effect on the game as we continued where we left off, excellent defense work from all players and strong attack, 2^nd quarter ended 23 – 14 to Worthing.

 

Again Sussex used more players – my players fitness levels were excellent – all the circuits and spinning classes over the last few weeks certainly paid off. Lizzie came back on at C and continued where she had left off, Sussex came back at us at the start of this quarter but we maintained our composure and despite a few wobbles in the shooting dept, ended the third quarter 30-20 to Worthing.

 

By this time, the girls were complaining it was too hot (rugby boys please take note !!). Laura Finlay was unable to continue due to a foot injury, Lizzie manfully continued despite a sore throat. This was our poorest quarter but to be fair, they had a squad of around 20 players to our 8. We lost this quarter by 1 but were never in danger of losing the game.

 

Excellent team performance, if we take this into Tuesdays Sussex K/O Cup game against Hurstpierpoint we will be fine.

 

I would also like to thank my guiders who manager to secure the side door of the mini bus which would not shut to enable us to get home safely, those knots were something else.

 

Thanks girls – it was a pleasure

 

Tina      

 

Man of the Match – Lizzy Northeast    

     

Worthing 51- BHASVIC 5

Worthing made a comprehensive winning start to their 2010 campaign. 24 players got pitch time showing good skills and high levels of fitness in the cold wet and windy conditions at the home of Worthing College Rugby ‘Worthing Leisure Centre’. Staying off the pitch during the inclement weather conditions of the past few weeks had allowed the game to go ahead although standing water was evident in some of the more horizontally challenged parts of the field.

 

Nevertheless come 2pm chocks away, stick it in the mixer, up the anti, pass out the ammunition lets go to war its ‘Game On’. Early signs were good with the players dismissing the rain from mind and even if temperatures were low the skill level was high. Worthing heated up the chilly proceedings very early in the match with excellent running lines, quick ball and offloading that even the best of professional players would have been proud of. While the opposition were putting up an excellent defensive display there are only so many tackles that can be made before it T-R-Y time. All of a sudden the flood gates were open and Worthing hit for a 5pointer, Hills must have spent a few notes on the kicking boots because they were top of the range, he hit all but one of his shots in the worst of kicking conditions. At one stage a delusional member of the crowd suggested he was as good as me. Come on people, this is the non-fiction section, www.really?.com is where that supporter needs to visit, but thanks for attending though.

 

Onwards and wave after wave bashed crashed and penetrated the defensive line of the visitors with all players playing their part in keeping the massed onlookers happy at missing ‘Doctors’ ‘Bargain Hunt’ and ‘Cash in the Attic’. BHASVIC were manful in their efforts and managed to score mid way through the half after a slight misunderstanding between the Worthing back three (Nice Kick Bobbiieeee!). This was the lowest point of the entire day for the home team but not for Conroy-Smith as the entire team patted him on the back and told him to forget the mistake, nothing better for trying to forget than everyone reminding you.

 

A few changes at the half for the home side and sure as bears utilise the great outdoors for number twos the game went on with the visitors playing some good rugby with ball in hand. Unfortunately missing some of their more influential players meaning anything near respectability would suffice in the second instalment. Although the score line would not tell that story the on field efforts need mentioning in a positive light as rain, mud, puddles and a completely dominant opposition could not break their spirits. Worthing continued where they had left off the first period and new players trying to make a mark on proceedings showed the depth of talent throughout the playing group.

 

More tries, kicks and tackles followed Worthing getting the better of most confrontations and collisions. Eventually this took its toll with the visitors going down to 14 players having no bench the injury finally taking the determined 13 off after playing hurt for 30mins (man points). The extra man the home side now enjoyed made the defensive task even greater culminating with Dowglass crossing the line after some very good play by the entire side. It was fitting that MOM Hills nudged the extras and the Referee called Neither Side early.

 

The 6 week gap between games was worth the wait as an indifferent training week was completed with a strong performance. It is apparent that there is still work to be done if this group of players are to reach the standards some already believe themselves to achieved. Winning is a habit and a good one, some one has to come first so why not us, but that does not happen at the expense of manners, humility and endeavour, areas at this stage I am unsure we fully appreciate as a squad…. I may be wrong?

 

A big week to come with a possible county cup ¼ final being the next game, I think a few players have forcefully thrown their hats in to the ring, so good on you.