The Worthing College Sports Performance Programme have been celebrating individual successes after six of its members have made it through to the final British Colleges' squads in their respective sports. Hooker Dec Peake, lock Charlie Watts and scrum half Brad Parker made it into the final 25 man Rugby squad after being successful at their final trial in Gloucester. The trio will be taking on a Leicester as well as two away fixtures against Portugal. Parker was extremely happy with his call up saying "I felt the trials went well, even though I had a couple of niggling injuries. I'm really looking forward to gaining great experiences from this programme, especially playing the sides we will be taking on in 2012." Parker also praised his team mates as well as Performance Programme Coach Ben Coulson. "I'm so pleased for Dec and Charlie as they have worked extremely hard and performed well over the trials that we went through. I would also like to thank Ben for giving us this opportunity as well as the time and dedication he gives to the whole programme. I'm also looking forward to the rest of the season with the College and hope we progress far in the BCS National League and Cup as well as the County Cup."
The Women's Football Performance Programmes Lucy Somes made it through to her final squad, with the unfortunate Darcey James and Danielle Lane missing out. Performance Coach Mike Bridges was full of praise for all the girls saying "I'm delighted for Lucy as she has performed consistently for us over the last 18 months and this will be an experience that can only make her an even better player. I felt that Darcey also performed excellently in her trial, so I feel for her that she didn't quite make it along with Danielle, who had to pull out of the final trial through injury. Despite only Lucy being successful it shows that the programme has come a long way in such a short space of time and this should be something that the whole women's squad should be proud of." Somes will be attending a February half term training camp at West Brom before moving onto their 2012 fixture programme.
Mele Jackson of the Netball Performance Programme also made it through to the final British Colleges Squad. Jackson was delighted, yet surprised with her selection. "I'm really please to have made the squad as the final trial was so tough. All the girls were extremely talented, so it was a nice surprise when I got in." Performance Programme Coach Tina Price wasn't surprised by Jackson's reaction. "Mele is a really down to earth and is not one of these people who shout about their successes. Mele has performed to an extremely high standard whilst being with us at the college and this is a reward for all her dedication as well as consistency, especially this season." At the end of this month Jackson will be travelling with the squad to Scotland, where she will be taking on the Scottish Under 19's as well as the Scottish Universities sides.
Also in her role of Performance Programme Co-ordinator Price congratulated Worthing 1st Team Hockey player and Worthing College student Ellis Woolley on being the sixth student to gain National Representative honours this season. "As well as our success as teams these individual highlights show how far the Programme has come in just five years. We are now playing at some of the highest College levels for sport in the country, which can only develop the performance of all programme members. The individual success of these six students have been celebrated by all squads and will motivate all to work hard and make sure that 2012 can be a successful year." In addition to this Worthing College student Elliot Storey has tasted success in the recent qualification round of the British Colleges Trampolining Competition. Storey showed good form during his high tariff voluntary routine, which eventually gave him the scores to not only progress, but to win the qualifier. Storey will now compete in the regional heat and will be looking to book a place in the National competition later on in 2012.
Happy New Year to ALL players and staff and here is to a successful 2012,
Hallsy
Sunday, 1 January 2012
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy - Do it for Dan Edition
Despite all Worthing College Sports Performance Programmes taking part in high level and intensity matches the previous day, enthusiasm was extremely high for the Worthing College annual Charities morning, where sport was one of the main themes.
The Netball, Rugby and Women's Football programmes took part in a tri-team Netball tournament, which was played in extremely good spirit, with the Netball First team taking the honours, closely followed by the Rugby First team. Netball Performance Programme Coach Tina Price was pleased with how the tournament went; "All participants were extremely enthusiastic and put on a great show for all those watching, which maximised the amount of money raised on the day, which is what it is all about."
Once the tournament was completed spectators moved onto the College Field, where the fourth annual Rugby v Football at Football match took place and this too did not disappoint, with a strong 150 spectators watching an eventual close game with a late controversial penalty to make the final score 2-1 to the Football Programme. Football Performance Programme Coach Dave Hall felt the day was a total success; "this years match again didn't fail to disappoint with an ideal outcome for all parties, the Football team won and therefore saved face, but also the Rugby lads scored so it gave us all a chance to see their well rehearsed goal celebration. It's also great to see our students give something back to the community as they have a fantastic opportunity with us, so it's pleasing that they remember there are others that are less fortunate than they are."
The whole day itself raised over £2500 for the "Do it for Dan" Memorial Fund, which was put in place after the sad loss of Dan Hoare, a Worthing College student and former Golf Academy member.
In addition to Charities Day on the Wednesday before Christmas over 250 spectators watched a current Rugby Performance XV take on a former College Performance Programme XV at Worthing Rugby Club with again all proceeds going to the "Do it for Dan" Fund. Despite a strong start and a lot of territory from the current squad, strength and experience prevailed as the old boys ran out winners by three tries to one. Rugby Performance Programme Coach Ben Coulson was a proud man after the match prompting him to say; " this evening was so much better than what we all expected. The current crop of players really stood up to their experienced counterparts, but couldn't convert their territory into points. It was also good to see so many talented players on both sides and it was really good to catch up with so many of the old players, which shows that they enjoyed their time with us as they all wanted to play."
Top work from all involved,
Hallsy
The Netball, Rugby and Women's Football programmes took part in a tri-team Netball tournament, which was played in extremely good spirit, with the Netball First team taking the honours, closely followed by the Rugby First team. Netball Performance Programme Coach Tina Price was pleased with how the tournament went; "All participants were extremely enthusiastic and put on a great show for all those watching, which maximised the amount of money raised on the day, which is what it is all about."
Once the tournament was completed spectators moved onto the College Field, where the fourth annual Rugby v Football at Football match took place and this too did not disappoint, with a strong 150 spectators watching an eventual close game with a late controversial penalty to make the final score 2-1 to the Football Programme. Football Performance Programme Coach Dave Hall felt the day was a total success; "this years match again didn't fail to disappoint with an ideal outcome for all parties, the Football team won and therefore saved face, but also the Rugby lads scored so it gave us all a chance to see their well rehearsed goal celebration. It's also great to see our students give something back to the community as they have a fantastic opportunity with us, so it's pleasing that they remember there are others that are less fortunate than they are."
The whole day itself raised over £2500 for the "Do it for Dan" Memorial Fund, which was put in place after the sad loss of Dan Hoare, a Worthing College student and former Golf Academy member.
In addition to Charities Day on the Wednesday before Christmas over 250 spectators watched a current Rugby Performance XV take on a former College Performance Programme XV at Worthing Rugby Club with again all proceeds going to the "Do it for Dan" Fund. Despite a strong start and a lot of territory from the current squad, strength and experience prevailed as the old boys ran out winners by three tries to one. Rugby Performance Programme Coach Ben Coulson was a proud man after the match prompting him to say; " this evening was so much better than what we all expected. The current crop of players really stood up to their experienced counterparts, but couldn't convert their territory into points. It was also good to see so many talented players on both sides and it was really good to catch up with so many of the old players, which shows that they enjoyed their time with us as they all wanted to play."
Top work from all involved,
Hallsy
Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy - Christmas Edition 1
The Worthing College Rugby Performance Programme have set up a top of the table British Colleges’ Elite League clash on January 4th with SEEVIC (Essex) after comprehensively defeating Richmond College 48-0 in their last fixture before the Christmas break. Worthing put in an effective team performance and touched down eight times. Nick White (2), Harry Green, Pat White, Jack Roberts, Dec Peake, Brad Parker and Charlie Watts crossing the whitewash. The boot of Bart Pegg accounted for the remaining eight points. Performance Coach Ben Coulson is excited about the clash with SEEVIC; “The squad has been working extremely hard in training and its great to see a talented group of players putting all that is practiced into a pressured match situation. Hopefully the players will do themselves justice in the SEEVIC match and if they do this the match will be an extremely entertaining affair.”
The Worthing College Women’s Football Performance Programme entertained Bexhill College in the Sussex Schools FA County Cup Worthing needed to bounce back from their BCS Non Elite Cup exit and they did this by putting ten goals past their opponents with no reply. Sophie Frost (2), Aliss Pidduck (2), Naomi Robinson (2), Becky Simmonds, Amy Potkins, Kirsten MacGregor and Darcey James were on target with Pidduck and Frost being the stand out performers on the day.
After two weeks without a match the Men’s Football Performance Programme 1st XI travelled to Basildon to play a strong SEEVIC side in the ECFA National Premier League. After a close first period with both teams adapting to the conditions it was Worthing, who struck first. Ryan Fergany’s diagonal pass was met by fellow winger Lee Mottershead, who calmly lofted the ball over the advancing SEEVIC keeper. With both teams creating chances and Worthing standing firm defensively it looked like the points were heading to the south coast, however SEEVIC had other ideas and with five minutes remaining a 25 yard volley evaded keeper James Binfield for the points to be shared. Worthing are now joint top with Kingston College, but have a game in hand and will travel to Kingston at the end of the month, which will surely go a long way to decide Worthing’s fate in their first season at National League level. The 2nd XI were in British Colleges’ Performance League action at Merrist Wood College of Guildford. Worthing squandered chances, but still managed to come away with a 7-0 victory to cement 2nd place in the league going into the new year. Chris Potkins (2), Abdoulie Bah, Jared Rance, Francisco Vasquez, Ryan Hallett and Toko Moyo were on target. Performance Coach Dave Hall can’t praise the group highly enough going into their Christmas break. “Both sides have performed excellently since the start of the season. The desire to develop as individuals and within a team shape has been fantastic and this has been evident with results on the pitch. Both sides are doing well in the league as well as the County Cup, but we all know nothing is won in December, so there is still plenty of hard work to put in if this group are going to realise their potential this season.”
The Netball Performance Programme had a week off from competitive fixtures, however Performance Coach Tina Price still had the squad in training even though they will not play until the new year. “Its really important that we keep the continuity going even though there was no fixture on the Wednesday. There have been a couple of areas that have come up on the video analysis that we need to put right as we have big matches and tournaments coming up in 2012. The girls attitudes have been first class and I can’t wait to see what 2012 brings for this group of players.”
Happy Christmas to ALL!!
Hallsy
The Worthing College Women’s Football Performance Programme entertained Bexhill College in the Sussex Schools FA County Cup Worthing needed to bounce back from their BCS Non Elite Cup exit and they did this by putting ten goals past their opponents with no reply. Sophie Frost (2), Aliss Pidduck (2), Naomi Robinson (2), Becky Simmonds, Amy Potkins, Kirsten MacGregor and Darcey James were on target with Pidduck and Frost being the stand out performers on the day.
After two weeks without a match the Men’s Football Performance Programme 1st XI travelled to Basildon to play a strong SEEVIC side in the ECFA National Premier League. After a close first period with both teams adapting to the conditions it was Worthing, who struck first. Ryan Fergany’s diagonal pass was met by fellow winger Lee Mottershead, who calmly lofted the ball over the advancing SEEVIC keeper. With both teams creating chances and Worthing standing firm defensively it looked like the points were heading to the south coast, however SEEVIC had other ideas and with five minutes remaining a 25 yard volley evaded keeper James Binfield for the points to be shared. Worthing are now joint top with Kingston College, but have a game in hand and will travel to Kingston at the end of the month, which will surely go a long way to decide Worthing’s fate in their first season at National League level. The 2nd XI were in British Colleges’ Performance League action at Merrist Wood College of Guildford. Worthing squandered chances, but still managed to come away with a 7-0 victory to cement 2nd place in the league going into the new year. Chris Potkins (2), Abdoulie Bah, Jared Rance, Francisco Vasquez, Ryan Hallett and Toko Moyo were on target. Performance Coach Dave Hall can’t praise the group highly enough going into their Christmas break. “Both sides have performed excellently since the start of the season. The desire to develop as individuals and within a team shape has been fantastic and this has been evident with results on the pitch. Both sides are doing well in the league as well as the County Cup, but we all know nothing is won in December, so there is still plenty of hard work to put in if this group are going to realise their potential this season.”
The Netball Performance Programme had a week off from competitive fixtures, however Performance Coach Tina Price still had the squad in training even though they will not play until the new year. “Its really important that we keep the continuity going even though there was no fixture on the Wednesday. There have been a couple of areas that have come up on the video analysis that we need to put right as we have big matches and tournaments coming up in 2012. The girls attitudes have been first class and I can’t wait to see what 2012 brings for this group of players.”
Happy Christmas to ALL!!
Hallsy
Monday, 12 December 2011
Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy
The Worthing College Men's Football Performance Programme have both 1st and 2nd XI's in their respective County Cup Semi Finals after this week's fixtures. Whilst the 1st XI didn't have to kick a ball to progress after the withdrawal of Steyning, who failed to raise a side, the 2nd XI took on private school St Bedes at East Preston FC and came out 3-2 victors. Scorers on the day were Ryan Hallett with two and the winner came from skipper Adam Bardouleau's head. Debutant Paco Vasquez came out of the game with special praise from Programme coaches Danny Cullip and Dave Hall.
The Rugby Development Programme 2nd XV were in action this week against Steyning's 1st XV in the Sussex League and it was Worthing who dominated proceedings with Bart Pegg, Ed Cosgrove, Jack Ware, Dayle Bone, Declan Dixon, Josh Bath touching down along with Alex Baker picking up a hat trick. Pegg and Bath both kicked two conversions each to make the final score 53-7 to Worthing College. Programme Coach Ben Coulson was especially pleased with Worthing's clinical finishing and development when competing against a 1st XV.
The Women's Performance Programme had two fixtures this week, but had contrasting fortunes. The 1st XI comprehensively beat Peter Symonds College of Winchester in the England Schools Colleges' Cup last 16 6-0. Strikers Jade Widdows and Becky Simmonds put Worthing 2-0 up at half time and they continued their dominance in the second half with their high tempo passing game adding a further four goals. Widdows collected her hat trick, an Aliss Pidduck finish and Isabelle Burt scoring a goal of the season contender has now set up a quarter final tie at home to Filton College of Bristol, who Worthing have already beaten earlier in their British Colleges' Elite League Programme. On Friday a 1st XI/2nd XI mix squad took on Tauntons of Southampton in the BCS Non Elite Cup at Worthing College. Worthing never got going and after going behind in the first couple of minutes they didn't recover and ended up bowing out of the competition 3-0.
The Netball Performance Programme had a very productive week by extending their unbeaten run in the BMW Brighton League by defeating Fusion 51-23. Coach Tina Price earmarked the whole squad for their togetherness and high levels of performance. With the amount of games her squad have been playing recently Price played an entire first year squad in their Wednesday Hampshire League match against Havant. Again the squad all pulled together and put in an impressive performance to come out on top against a tall and physical team 36-23, which is extremely encouraging for the future of the programme.
The Basketball Performance Programme were in Sussex League action and played with confidence against Varndean, which showed by leading 28-7 after the first quarter. This level of performance continued and Worthing never let their opponents get into the game, outscoring Varndean is each quarter to make the final score 99-39. The points were shared around the squad with Elliott Trussler (23 points), Matt Sharp (19), Phil Hoy (14), Sam Gulla (12) & Jubril Olajire (10) being in double figures.
Onwards & Upwards,
Hallsy
The Rugby Development Programme 2nd XV were in action this week against Steyning's 1st XV in the Sussex League and it was Worthing who dominated proceedings with Bart Pegg, Ed Cosgrove, Jack Ware, Dayle Bone, Declan Dixon, Josh Bath touching down along with Alex Baker picking up a hat trick. Pegg and Bath both kicked two conversions each to make the final score 53-7 to Worthing College. Programme Coach Ben Coulson was especially pleased with Worthing's clinical finishing and development when competing against a 1st XV.
The Women's Performance Programme had two fixtures this week, but had contrasting fortunes. The 1st XI comprehensively beat Peter Symonds College of Winchester in the England Schools Colleges' Cup last 16 6-0. Strikers Jade Widdows and Becky Simmonds put Worthing 2-0 up at half time and they continued their dominance in the second half with their high tempo passing game adding a further four goals. Widdows collected her hat trick, an Aliss Pidduck finish and Isabelle Burt scoring a goal of the season contender has now set up a quarter final tie at home to Filton College of Bristol, who Worthing have already beaten earlier in their British Colleges' Elite League Programme. On Friday a 1st XI/2nd XI mix squad took on Tauntons of Southampton in the BCS Non Elite Cup at Worthing College. Worthing never got going and after going behind in the first couple of minutes they didn't recover and ended up bowing out of the competition 3-0.
The Netball Performance Programme had a very productive week by extending their unbeaten run in the BMW Brighton League by defeating Fusion 51-23. Coach Tina Price earmarked the whole squad for their togetherness and high levels of performance. With the amount of games her squad have been playing recently Price played an entire first year squad in their Wednesday Hampshire League match against Havant. Again the squad all pulled together and put in an impressive performance to come out on top against a tall and physical team 36-23, which is extremely encouraging for the future of the programme.
The Basketball Performance Programme were in Sussex League action and played with confidence against Varndean, which showed by leading 28-7 after the first quarter. This level of performance continued and Worthing never let their opponents get into the game, outscoring Varndean is each quarter to make the final score 99-39. The points were shared around the squad with Elliott Trussler (23 points), Matt Sharp (19), Phil Hoy (14), Sam Gulla (12) & Jubril Olajire (10) being in double figures.
Onwards & Upwards,
Hallsy
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy
Worthing College Netball Performance Programme coach Tina Price praised her squad after they defeated all before them in the Sussex Round of the National Schools Under 19 Netball Tournament, held at Roedean School. Price was extremely pleased with the team's consistently high performance levels throughout when saying "all the girls played their part across the whole day and it was great to see them all perform both individually and as a team, especially as the windy conditions were not ideal for free flowing netball." The tournament itself was a round robin format where 11 teams across the County battled it out for the top two places to move onto the Regional part of the competition. Worthing were taking on the best teams in the area, with a majority being from private schools. Worthing started off against one of the favourites to progress, Hurstpierpoint College, but Worthing tore up the form book to win 6-2. With this impressive win under their belts, Worthing went from strength to strength by beating the hosts, Roedean (13-1), Collyers (9-1), BHASVIC (3-2), Ardingly College (2-1), St Bedes (3-1), Imberhorne of East Grinstead (3-0), Moira House (W/O), Mayfield (10-2) and finally Brighton College (5-4). These set of results are even more impressive as Worthing were only behind once all day, which was in the last match against Brighton College. Worthing College qualified as the top team in Sussex with Hurstpierpoint College as runners up. Both sides will represent Sussex in the Regional Round of this competition at The G4S Netball Centre in East Grinstead on January 28th. Price concluded by saying "all players in the Performance Programme have worked hard to develop their performance technically, tactically and mentally. This is really bearing fruit at a local, regional and hopefully national level, which is something all of the girls in the programme should be proud of."
The Worthing College Sports Performance Programme could have up to 8 students representing their country this season. The 8 students are through to the final part of the British Colleges' selection process, which are training camps that will take place over the next 2-3 weekends. The Rugby Performance Programme have three students through to this stage. Dec Peake, Brad Parker and Charlie Watts impressed during their two trials matches, where they were all a major part of victories against the South West and the Midlands. Rugby Performance Programme coach Ben Coulson was "ecstatic" about the news, which broke on Wednesday; "these students, along with Elliott Luke & Pat White (who just missed out) represented themselves and the College impeccably and this should be something that the squad as a whole should take on as a great success to aid their own development." Coulson also singled out special praise for Pat White even though he just missed out, when saying "Pat is relatively new to Rugby as he only took the game up in Year 11. Even though he just missed out this shows that Pat has worked extremely hard to take advantage of the fantastic opportunity he has at the Sports Performance Programme and combined this with a natural talent to become a promising rugby player after his time with us. This is a fantastic story and should inspire others to get into schools or club rugby even in year 10/11 and work hard to develop their own performance and who knows where that could take them." In addition to these three students, three women footballers, Lucy Somes, Darcey James and Danielle Lane, netball player Mele Jackson and hockey player Ellis Woolley have also made it to this stage, which prompted Sports Performance Programme Co-ordinator Tina Price to say "these individual successes should be celebrated by all programme members and the College as a whole. The aim of the Sports Performance Programme is for students to develop their sporting performance and to combine this with their academic study and this is evident as all squads and individuals are showing that they can compete at a National level as well as performing well in the classroom. This has been an meteoric rise from the start of the programme 5 years ago and all involved are looking forward to developing talented sports performers for years to come."
Onwards & Upwards,
Hallsy
The Worthing College Sports Performance Programme could have up to 8 students representing their country this season. The 8 students are through to the final part of the British Colleges' selection process, which are training camps that will take place over the next 2-3 weekends. The Rugby Performance Programme have three students through to this stage. Dec Peake, Brad Parker and Charlie Watts impressed during their two trials matches, where they were all a major part of victories against the South West and the Midlands. Rugby Performance Programme coach Ben Coulson was "ecstatic" about the news, which broke on Wednesday; "these students, along with Elliott Luke & Pat White (who just missed out) represented themselves and the College impeccably and this should be something that the squad as a whole should take on as a great success to aid their own development." Coulson also singled out special praise for Pat White even though he just missed out, when saying "Pat is relatively new to Rugby as he only took the game up in Year 11. Even though he just missed out this shows that Pat has worked extremely hard to take advantage of the fantastic opportunity he has at the Sports Performance Programme and combined this with a natural talent to become a promising rugby player after his time with us. This is a fantastic story and should inspire others to get into schools or club rugby even in year 10/11 and work hard to develop their own performance and who knows where that could take them." In addition to these three students, three women footballers, Lucy Somes, Darcey James and Danielle Lane, netball player Mele Jackson and hockey player Ellis Woolley have also made it to this stage, which prompted Sports Performance Programme Co-ordinator Tina Price to say "these individual successes should be celebrated by all programme members and the College as a whole. The aim of the Sports Performance Programme is for students to develop their sporting performance and to combine this with their academic study and this is evident as all squads and individuals are showing that they can compete at a National level as well as performing well in the classroom. This has been an meteoric rise from the start of the programme 5 years ago and all involved are looking forward to developing talented sports performers for years to come."
Onwards & Upwards,
Hallsy
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Talk with Tina - National Schools Tournament - Sussex Round
Sussex Round of The National Schools U19 Netball Tournament held on at Roedean School
Worthing Colleges netball team took to the courts at Roedean on an extremely windy day, the conditions not helping quality netball. The U19 tournament was a round robin with the girls due to play 10 games, with the majority of entries coming from the private sector. The morning started with a game against Hurstpierpoint College where the girls won 6-2, this was a great start to the day as Hurst were one of the favourites. The second game was Roedean, who had the advantage of home venue, Worthing were absolutely on fire and trounced Roedean 13-1. By this point all 9 of the squad had played. Collyers were next opponents to be brushed aside as Worthing continued in magnificient form wining 9-1 – both the attack and defence playing well. Bhasvic were the next opponents and this game proved to be the toughest of the day. The wind had really got up and the shooters were finding conditions extremely difficult, with the ball just hanging in the air and not even touching the net. The girls hung in to win 3-2. Ardingly College were beaten 2-1 in conditions that made playing netball near on impossible. Moira House withdrew from the competition part way through the day so there was no game to play. St Bedes were the next opponents in the howling wind where the wind again made life so difficult however the girls came through 3-1 winners, Imberhorne from East Grinstead who prior to the game had only lost one proved to be quite tough opposition but their shooters failed to score and Worthing won 3-0.
The next game was interesting as Worthing College face Mayfield away in the semi final of the County Cup. The wind dropped slightly and the shooters had a chance, the defense was strong and centre court worked tirelessly Worthing won 10-2. By now we knew we had won the competition however Brighton College were still to be played. The girls wanted to win it with 100% record and Brighton wanted revenge for the County Cup defeat and for the first time in the tournament Worthing were behind in a game. Rallying call at half time and the girls won 5-4.
Worthing go to the Regional Championship on 28 Jan at The G4S Netball Centre at East Grinstead as Sussex Champions, Hurstpierpoint as runners up.
An excellent squad performance, everyone playing their part in the 9 man squad.
Team: Mele Jackson, Mele Stubbs, Vicky Bowles, Vikki Mayne, Sarah Uncles, Anna Van Eevelt, Katy Finlay, Katie Pearcy and Emily Begley.
Worthing Colleges netball team took to the courts at Roedean on an extremely windy day, the conditions not helping quality netball. The U19 tournament was a round robin with the girls due to play 10 games, with the majority of entries coming from the private sector. The morning started with a game against Hurstpierpoint College where the girls won 6-2, this was a great start to the day as Hurst were one of the favourites. The second game was Roedean, who had the advantage of home venue, Worthing were absolutely on fire and trounced Roedean 13-1. By this point all 9 of the squad had played. Collyers were next opponents to be brushed aside as Worthing continued in magnificient form wining 9-1 – both the attack and defence playing well. Bhasvic were the next opponents and this game proved to be the toughest of the day. The wind had really got up and the shooters were finding conditions extremely difficult, with the ball just hanging in the air and not even touching the net. The girls hung in to win 3-2. Ardingly College were beaten 2-1 in conditions that made playing netball near on impossible. Moira House withdrew from the competition part way through the day so there was no game to play. St Bedes were the next opponents in the howling wind where the wind again made life so difficult however the girls came through 3-1 winners, Imberhorne from East Grinstead who prior to the game had only lost one proved to be quite tough opposition but their shooters failed to score and Worthing won 3-0.
The next game was interesting as Worthing College face Mayfield away in the semi final of the County Cup. The wind dropped slightly and the shooters had a chance, the defense was strong and centre court worked tirelessly Worthing won 10-2. By now we knew we had won the competition however Brighton College were still to be played. The girls wanted to win it with 100% record and Brighton wanted revenge for the County Cup defeat and for the first time in the tournament Worthing were behind in a game. Rallying call at half time and the girls won 5-4.
Worthing go to the Regional Championship on 28 Jan at The G4S Netball Centre at East Grinstead as Sussex Champions, Hurstpierpoint as runners up.
An excellent squad performance, everyone playing their part in the 9 man squad.
Team: Mele Jackson, Mele Stubbs, Vicky Bowles, Vikki Mayne, Sarah Uncles, Anna Van Eevelt, Katy Finlay, Katie Pearcy and Emily Begley.
Monday, 28 November 2011
Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy
At the halfway stage of the England Colleges' Premier National League season the Men's Football Performance Programme 1st XI are still top by two points with a game in hand after a hard fought 2-0 win away at AFC Wimbledon. The match was played at Walton Casuals FC and after a scoreless first half the home side piled on the pressure and should have taken the lead, however Worthing stuck to their task and kept their shape well, which allowed them to counter attack effectively for Lee Mottershead to open the scoring. The win was secured through a Nathan Webster free kick with 10 minutes remaining. The 2nd XI were in BCS Performance League action and it was a top of the table clash against South Downs College of Portsmouth. Despite Worthing dominating possession they failed to convert the chances made, which South Downs capitalised on this to take the lead from a looping volley. Worthing continued to press, but to no avail and two individual mistakes when pushing for the equaliser cost Worthing dear, which resulted in a 3-0 scoreline to South Downs.
The Netball Performance Programme continued their excellent form in all competitions by progressing into the next round of the British Colleges' Sport Cup defeating Godalming College 50-36 at Worthing College. Coach Tina Price hailed her squads work ethic as mental toughness, which they would need to take into the County stage of the National Colleges' Netball Finals at Roedean.
The Women's Football Performance Programme had a mixed set of fortunes this week as the 1st XI seemed to have a hangover after their excellent win at Filton the previous week. Worthing came up against a very strong and physical Colchester United FC, who ended up 6-0 winners at the match played at Wick FC. The 2nd XI continued their excellent run of form with a comprehensive 4-0 win against local rivals Chichester College in the British Colleges' Sport League Division One at Worthing College.
The Rugby Performance Programme were in Friendly action this week for an Under 19's fixture away to Bicton Park College of Swanage. Despite a very even start to the match Worthing's quality eventually shone through to end up winning 48-5. Lewis Maslen and Barney Lyons both touched down twice, Charlie Spring, Dec Peake, Pat White and full pitch run by Sam Bath were also try scorers. Nick White kicked four conversions to complete the scoring. On Sunday Performance squad members Brad Parker, Charlie Watts, Dec Peake, Pat White and Elliott Luke all played and were a major part of the South East teams performance who defeated the Midlands 55-13 in the final British Colleges' selection match at Gloucester University on Sunday. They will learn their fate later on this week.
Onwards & Upwards,
Hallsy
The Netball Performance Programme continued their excellent form in all competitions by progressing into the next round of the British Colleges' Sport Cup defeating Godalming College 50-36 at Worthing College. Coach Tina Price hailed her squads work ethic as mental toughness, which they would need to take into the County stage of the National Colleges' Netball Finals at Roedean.
The Women's Football Performance Programme had a mixed set of fortunes this week as the 1st XI seemed to have a hangover after their excellent win at Filton the previous week. Worthing came up against a very strong and physical Colchester United FC, who ended up 6-0 winners at the match played at Wick FC. The 2nd XI continued their excellent run of form with a comprehensive 4-0 win against local rivals Chichester College in the British Colleges' Sport League Division One at Worthing College.
The Rugby Performance Programme were in Friendly action this week for an Under 19's fixture away to Bicton Park College of Swanage. Despite a very even start to the match Worthing's quality eventually shone through to end up winning 48-5. Lewis Maslen and Barney Lyons both touched down twice, Charlie Spring, Dec Peake, Pat White and full pitch run by Sam Bath were also try scorers. Nick White kicked four conversions to complete the scoring. On Sunday Performance squad members Brad Parker, Charlie Watts, Dec Peake, Pat White and Elliott Luke all played and were a major part of the South East teams performance who defeated the Midlands 55-13 in the final British Colleges' selection match at Gloucester University on Sunday. They will learn their fate later on this week.
Onwards & Upwards,
Hallsy
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy
All Worthing College Sport Performance Programmes contributed to "Golden Wednesday" with all squads being successful in their respective disciplines. Arguably the biggest result was from the Women's Football Performance Programme where they defeated the well renowned and National Champions for the last two seasons Filton College (Bristol Academy FC) 2-0 at Bristol. Filton boasted squad members who had played for Bristol, who were runners up in last seasons FA Cup, as well as having UEFA Women's Champions League experience. This did not daunt Worthing, who soaked up Filton's possession and broke effectively. Lucy Somes opened the scoring and the win was sealed with a Darcey James curling free kick, which found the top corner. Worthing Colleges' performance was described by coach Mike Bridges as "outstanding" and this was reinforced by the watch Bristol Academy (Women's Premier League) manager, who praised Worthing for their team ethic and whole performance over the 90 minutes.
The Men's Football Performance Programme 1st XI were back in action at Arundel FC as they entertained Lancing College in a re-arranged County Cup last 16 fixture. Worthing took a foothold in the game as early as the first minute, with Joe Warner opening the scoring after a Dave O'Callaghan through ball. Two more goals were added before half time. Ryan Quirke cross was converted by a covering defender and a Jon Watkins header took the tie out of the visitors reach. The second half only saw one more goal, which came from a well worked corner, converted by defender Dan Heward making the final score 4-0. This now sets up a quarter final tie against Steyning on December 7th. The 2nd XI continued their fine BCS Performance League form with an impressive 2-0 away win against Merrist Wood's 1st XI. The goals came from Matt Hardman & Jared Rance. This now pushes Worthing into second place in the league with a top of the table clash against South Downs College of Portsmouth coming up next.
The Rugby Development Programme were also away to Merrist Wood College and they too came away with a win. Tries from Ryan Mullen (2), Nick White, Ed Cosgrove, Gage Pestridge and Declan Dixon, with White kicking four conversions made the final score 38-21 to Worthing.
With no Brighton League or 1st team fixtures the Netball Performance Programme's 2nd team took on Sussex Downs of Lewes in the last 16 of the County Cup. Worthing really stepped up their game in the 2nd and 3rd quarters with some solid defending and ruthless shooting, which led to a final score of 26-15 to Worthing, who will now take on Hurstpierpoint 1st team in the quarter finals prompting coach Tina Price to say that "this match will be a test to show how far the girls have developed this season."
The Basketball Performance Programme were again in Sussex League action this week and they were looking to add to their impressive victory the week before when taking on Buckswood School. Worthing really took the game to their opponents after a tense first quarter, but in the end were comfortable 80-45 winners. Harry Melvin top scored for Worthing with 19 points on the day.
In addition to this weeks league and cup fixtures some of the Performance Programmes took part in the British Colleges' Regional Tournaments. The Netball Performance Programme just missed out on qualifying for their finals after narrowly losing out to Barton Pevril College 16-12 in their final match at the Surrey Sports Park. Both Men's and Women's Football Performance Programmes took part in their respective 5-a-side tournaments at the Southampton Goals Centre. The Women's Performance Programme got to the semi finals, where they were narrowly defeated by eventual winners Kingston College 2-1. The Men's Performance Programme were superb all day. After getting through their group they defeated Chichester College (2-1) in the Round of 16, they comprehensively beat Brockenhurst College (5-1) in the last 8. This set up a semi final against a very strong Tauntons College from Southampton. The tie ended 0-0, so penalty kicks were to decide the finalists. Worthing came through 2-1. In the final the against Itchen College of Southampton the quality of the play was high and again it went to penalties after a 1-1 scoreline. Unfortunately it was Worthing's turn to lose out in sudden death 4-3 on penalties. Despite defeat at the last hurdle coach Dave Hall was "extremely proud of the players efforts, who were all superb on the day, even though losing on penalties is agonising the players thoroughly enjoyed expressing themselves in the smaller version of the game."
Onwards & Upwards,
Hallsy
The Men's Football Performance Programme 1st XI were back in action at Arundel FC as they entertained Lancing College in a re-arranged County Cup last 16 fixture. Worthing took a foothold in the game as early as the first minute, with Joe Warner opening the scoring after a Dave O'Callaghan through ball. Two more goals were added before half time. Ryan Quirke cross was converted by a covering defender and a Jon Watkins header took the tie out of the visitors reach. The second half only saw one more goal, which came from a well worked corner, converted by defender Dan Heward making the final score 4-0. This now sets up a quarter final tie against Steyning on December 7th. The 2nd XI continued their fine BCS Performance League form with an impressive 2-0 away win against Merrist Wood's 1st XI. The goals came from Matt Hardman & Jared Rance. This now pushes Worthing into second place in the league with a top of the table clash against South Downs College of Portsmouth coming up next.
The Rugby Development Programme were also away to Merrist Wood College and they too came away with a win. Tries from Ryan Mullen (2), Nick White, Ed Cosgrove, Gage Pestridge and Declan Dixon, with White kicking four conversions made the final score 38-21 to Worthing.
With no Brighton League or 1st team fixtures the Netball Performance Programme's 2nd team took on Sussex Downs of Lewes in the last 16 of the County Cup. Worthing really stepped up their game in the 2nd and 3rd quarters with some solid defending and ruthless shooting, which led to a final score of 26-15 to Worthing, who will now take on Hurstpierpoint 1st team in the quarter finals prompting coach Tina Price to say that "this match will be a test to show how far the girls have developed this season."
The Basketball Performance Programme were again in Sussex League action this week and they were looking to add to their impressive victory the week before when taking on Buckswood School. Worthing really took the game to their opponents after a tense first quarter, but in the end were comfortable 80-45 winners. Harry Melvin top scored for Worthing with 19 points on the day.
In addition to this weeks league and cup fixtures some of the Performance Programmes took part in the British Colleges' Regional Tournaments. The Netball Performance Programme just missed out on qualifying for their finals after narrowly losing out to Barton Pevril College 16-12 in their final match at the Surrey Sports Park. Both Men's and Women's Football Performance Programmes took part in their respective 5-a-side tournaments at the Southampton Goals Centre. The Women's Performance Programme got to the semi finals, where they were narrowly defeated by eventual winners Kingston College 2-1. The Men's Performance Programme were superb all day. After getting through their group they defeated Chichester College (2-1) in the Round of 16, they comprehensively beat Brockenhurst College (5-1) in the last 8. This set up a semi final against a very strong Tauntons College from Southampton. The tie ended 0-0, so penalty kicks were to decide the finalists. Worthing came through 2-1. In the final the against Itchen College of Southampton the quality of the play was high and again it went to penalties after a 1-1 scoreline. Unfortunately it was Worthing's turn to lose out in sudden death 4-3 on penalties. Despite defeat at the last hurdle coach Dave Hall was "extremely proud of the players efforts, who were all superb on the day, even though losing on penalties is agonising the players thoroughly enjoyed expressing themselves in the smaller version of the game."
Onwards & Upwards,
Hallsy
Banter wit Bridges - British Colleges' Elite Women's Football League vs. Filton College (Bristol Academy FC)
Filton College 0-2 Worthing College
Worthing travelled to Filton College the National Champions for the past 2 years to play a side that contained two players with FA Cup Losing medals and experience of playing in the UEFA Champions League for Bristol Academy’s 1st team. Both of these players where matched directly against Lucy Somes and Darcey James Worthing’s two Centre Midfielders who have recently been called into the last 33 of the England College trials. This was to be the battle that would decide the game.
The game started at a fast pace with Filton immediately taking control of possession, and Worthing taking up strong defensive positions. The 1st 25 minutes continued on in this vein with Filton having the majority of possession and Worthing breaking quickly when they won possession. As the game went on Worthing gained in confidence and started to retain the ball for longer periods, creating more chances than Filton. Chloe Debaes having two chances in two minutes both times testing the Filton keeper who was up to the test on both occasions.
Meg Cave and Danielle Lane where keeping the lively Filton forwards in check until Filton managed to break Worthing down with a well working moved down the left that saw the Filton number 10 go clean through on goal with only Natalie Woolven to beat who was up to the task with a full stretch diving save deflecting the ball out wide for Millie York to come on and clear the danger.
This then saw Worthing break away again with James breaking from midfield and striking a shot from distance that the Filton keeper had to save down at her near post. The half drew to a close with a stalemate and both side keeping the ball for periods of time.
Half Time 0-0
The 2nd half started with Worthing keeping possession well moving the ball across the back line and into midfield well. The midfield battle was starting to heat up with tackles flying in from both sides James, Somes and Sophie Frost were staring to gain the upper hand and get up the skins of the talented Filton midfield. A heart stopping moment then came for Worthing to remind them of the quality of Filton when Ellie Curson Filton’s Captain, and a scorer in the European Champions League, struck the bar with a rasping drive from 35 yards out.
Worthing won a free kick 25 yards out in a central position, Somes stepped up and struck the Filton bar with the goalkeeper all but beaten. This seemed to give Worthing the extra belief they needed to take control of the game. The breakthrough came with 20 minutes to go when a long ball from Lane into the Filton penalty area caused a mix up in the defence leaving Somes an easy tap in from 12 yards into an empty net. 1-0 Worthing with 20 minutes to go, this left Filton bickering demanding more from one another. The next 20 minutes would see Filton banging on the door to get the equalizer the Worthing defnce stood strong making important blocks on the edge of the area with Filton unable to break the defence down and so being reduced to shots from distance.
Worthing broke away with Jade Widdows going clean through on goal and the Filton keeping making a brave stop to put the ball out for a corner. The following corner saw a goal mouth scrambled with 16 bodies inside the 6 yard box and 3 clearances off the Filton goal line and a penalty claim for hand ball, final Filton scrambled the ball to the edge of the area where James was fouled trying to strike on goal. Free kick to Worthing on the edge of the area, James herself stepped up and put the free kick in the top corner beyond the reach of the desperate Filton keeper. 5 minutes to go 2-0 Worthing and Filton finally becoming more desperate to get themselves into a game that all but seemed beyond them.
The final whistle went on a hard fought game that Worthing thoroughly deserved to win with the Bristol Academy 1st team manager who had been watching on coming over to praise the Worthing team on their performance through out the 90 minutes.
Goals: Lucy Somes and Darcey James
Player of the match: Danielle Lane – Marshalling the back 4 brilliantly, making some great blocks and challenges.
Mike
Worthing travelled to Filton College the National Champions for the past 2 years to play a side that contained two players with FA Cup Losing medals and experience of playing in the UEFA Champions League for Bristol Academy’s 1st team. Both of these players where matched directly against Lucy Somes and Darcey James Worthing’s two Centre Midfielders who have recently been called into the last 33 of the England College trials. This was to be the battle that would decide the game.
The game started at a fast pace with Filton immediately taking control of possession, and Worthing taking up strong defensive positions. The 1st 25 minutes continued on in this vein with Filton having the majority of possession and Worthing breaking quickly when they won possession. As the game went on Worthing gained in confidence and started to retain the ball for longer periods, creating more chances than Filton. Chloe Debaes having two chances in two minutes both times testing the Filton keeper who was up to the test on both occasions.
Meg Cave and Danielle Lane where keeping the lively Filton forwards in check until Filton managed to break Worthing down with a well working moved down the left that saw the Filton number 10 go clean through on goal with only Natalie Woolven to beat who was up to the task with a full stretch diving save deflecting the ball out wide for Millie York to come on and clear the danger.
This then saw Worthing break away again with James breaking from midfield and striking a shot from distance that the Filton keeper had to save down at her near post. The half drew to a close with a stalemate and both side keeping the ball for periods of time.
Half Time 0-0
The 2nd half started with Worthing keeping possession well moving the ball across the back line and into midfield well. The midfield battle was starting to heat up with tackles flying in from both sides James, Somes and Sophie Frost were staring to gain the upper hand and get up the skins of the talented Filton midfield. A heart stopping moment then came for Worthing to remind them of the quality of Filton when Ellie Curson Filton’s Captain, and a scorer in the European Champions League, struck the bar with a rasping drive from 35 yards out.
Worthing won a free kick 25 yards out in a central position, Somes stepped up and struck the Filton bar with the goalkeeper all but beaten. This seemed to give Worthing the extra belief they needed to take control of the game. The breakthrough came with 20 minutes to go when a long ball from Lane into the Filton penalty area caused a mix up in the defence leaving Somes an easy tap in from 12 yards into an empty net. 1-0 Worthing with 20 minutes to go, this left Filton bickering demanding more from one another. The next 20 minutes would see Filton banging on the door to get the equalizer the Worthing defnce stood strong making important blocks on the edge of the area with Filton unable to break the defence down and so being reduced to shots from distance.
Worthing broke away with Jade Widdows going clean through on goal and the Filton keeping making a brave stop to put the ball out for a corner. The following corner saw a goal mouth scrambled with 16 bodies inside the 6 yard box and 3 clearances off the Filton goal line and a penalty claim for hand ball, final Filton scrambled the ball to the edge of the area where James was fouled trying to strike on goal. Free kick to Worthing on the edge of the area, James herself stepped up and put the free kick in the top corner beyond the reach of the desperate Filton keeper. 5 minutes to go 2-0 Worthing and Filton finally becoming more desperate to get themselves into a game that all but seemed beyond them.
The final whistle went on a hard fought game that Worthing thoroughly deserved to win with the Bristol Academy 1st team manager who had been watching on coming over to praise the Worthing team on their performance through out the 90 minutes.
Goals: Lucy Somes and Darcey James
Player of the match: Danielle Lane – Marshalling the back 4 brilliantly, making some great blocks and challenges.
Mike
Talk with Tina - BCS Regional Championships & County Cup Last 16 Round Up
BCS Regional Champs – Surrey Sports Park – Tuesday 15 Nov 2011
An early start of 7.15am saw the netballers, together with April and Sophi who were representing the College in the Cross Country Event and Chris O’Neil who was representing the College in Squash, leave for the BCS Regional Netball Championship in Surrey. The journey was a quiet one, given the time of the morning, with no arguments about the music in the mini bus.
We arrived to find that one of the colleges, Esher, who were in our pool had withdrawn leaving a major change to the tournament, no longer was there an opportunity for the best runner up to progress to the semi final, the decision was taken to that the final would consist of a 3 team play off. This meant you had to win all the pool games. We started against QMC and although winning the game, we were not at our best. The 2nd game against Itchen College again started poorly with Worthing 9-4 down at half time. The team pulled it together at half time and scored the next 6 goals taking a 10-9 lead, the game then went goal for goal and ended 17-17. Itchen had lost to Barton Peveril, the pool favourite, so all was not lost – a win against Barton would see us through. The game against Barton started well with Worthing taking an early lead which they held onto with the half time score 7-6 Worthing. Worthing pushed on but unfortunately crucial shots were missed and Barton took the lead with 9 mins to go and never looked back beating Worthing 16 -12. Good effort but not quite good enough. We never achieved the standard of play seen at Brighton College the week before.
2nd Team V Sussex Downs Lewes County Cup
Wednesday saw the 2nd team squad take on the 2nd team from Sussex Downs Lewes in the cup. The girls started slowly and were 2 down after 8 mins, however we started to play some good netball and went in 8 -5 up at quarter time. The girls really performed in the 2nd quarter with some great play from Lara at WA and shooting from Louisa and Abi, whilst everyone on the court defended and the end of 2nd quarter was 16 -6 lead to Worthing. Changes were made at half time with Sophi coming on at GK and Ellie at GS, it took a while to settle the players in and we leaked a few goals but the general play was good and the quarter ended 22-11. Sadly just into the 4th quarter Lara turned her ankle and had to be taken to hospital ( bad ligament damage). The side readjusted and ended the game 26-15 to set up a tie against Hurstpierpoint A team in the quarter final.
Thanks to Emily, Mele, Mele, Sarah and Jodie who came out to support the 2nd team and help Lara.
Tina
An early start of 7.15am saw the netballers, together with April and Sophi who were representing the College in the Cross Country Event and Chris O’Neil who was representing the College in Squash, leave for the BCS Regional Netball Championship in Surrey. The journey was a quiet one, given the time of the morning, with no arguments about the music in the mini bus.
We arrived to find that one of the colleges, Esher, who were in our pool had withdrawn leaving a major change to the tournament, no longer was there an opportunity for the best runner up to progress to the semi final, the decision was taken to that the final would consist of a 3 team play off. This meant you had to win all the pool games. We started against QMC and although winning the game, we were not at our best. The 2nd game against Itchen College again started poorly with Worthing 9-4 down at half time. The team pulled it together at half time and scored the next 6 goals taking a 10-9 lead, the game then went goal for goal and ended 17-17. Itchen had lost to Barton Peveril, the pool favourite, so all was not lost – a win against Barton would see us through. The game against Barton started well with Worthing taking an early lead which they held onto with the half time score 7-6 Worthing. Worthing pushed on but unfortunately crucial shots were missed and Barton took the lead with 9 mins to go and never looked back beating Worthing 16 -12. Good effort but not quite good enough. We never achieved the standard of play seen at Brighton College the week before.
2nd Team V Sussex Downs Lewes County Cup
Wednesday saw the 2nd team squad take on the 2nd team from Sussex Downs Lewes in the cup. The girls started slowly and were 2 down after 8 mins, however we started to play some good netball and went in 8 -5 up at quarter time. The girls really performed in the 2nd quarter with some great play from Lara at WA and shooting from Louisa and Abi, whilst everyone on the court defended and the end of 2nd quarter was 16 -6 lead to Worthing. Changes were made at half time with Sophi coming on at GK and Ellie at GS, it took a while to settle the players in and we leaked a few goals but the general play was good and the quarter ended 22-11. Sadly just into the 4th quarter Lara turned her ankle and had to be taken to hospital ( bad ligament damage). The side readjusted and ended the game 26-15 to set up a tie against Hurstpierpoint A team in the quarter final.
Thanks to Emily, Mele, Mele, Sarah and Jodie who came out to support the 2nd team and help Lara.
Tina
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