Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy - Make or Break...

It was a make or break week for both Worthing Colleges' Men's Football and Rugby sides as they took on top quality opponents in their respective National Leagues. The Rugby Performance Programme took on SEEVIC (Essex) in a double header, which would see the victors progress in the BCS Elite Cup as well as take command on the South East BCS Elite League. Worthing were out for revenge after SEEVIC defeated Worthing in the corresponding fixture back in October and were clearly up for this match in front of a healthy crowd at Worthing Leisure Centre. Worthing ran out 19-8 winners. Kieron Leeming touched down on his return to the side and this was added to by Brad Parker and a catch and drive try from Elliott Luke. The trusted boot of Bart Pegg scored the extras. Performance Programme Coach Ben Coulson was delighted with his players "Upon reflection the boys were superb and showed the correct work ethic, which was combined with their technical abilities. However the boys need to refocus to ensure that this excellent result is not wasted and that we continue at this level of performance for the rest of the season."

Men's Football Coaches Dave Hall and Danny Cullip were in the same frame of mind after an excellent away day result against Kingston College, who have dominated each opponent at their home ground for the last 2 seasons. In this top of the table ECFA National League clash Worthing College 1st XI took at 2-0 lead before half time, with Joe Warner grabbing his 13th goal of the season and Dave O'Callaghan's long range deflected effort. Worthing also spurned many chances to increase their lead and Kingston's goalkeeper was also in fine form, which could have come back to haunt Worthing, especially after Kingston pulled one back, but this was in vein and Worthing ended up 2-1 victors. This now puts Worthing three points clear of Kingston with a game in hand and in addition to this Worthing also have the last 16 of the ECFA National Premier Cup and both 1st and 2nd XI's in their respective County Cup Semi Finals, so there is still plenty to play for during this final three months of the season.

The Women's Football Performance Programme were also in BCS Elite League action against the Chelsea Academy at Chelsea's Cobham training ground. Worthing battled hard and ran their opponents close, but in the end Chelsea were just too strong for their opponents and ended up 2-0 victors. Coach Mike Bridges was still extremely proud of his players and knows that this group of players will learn so much more from this defeat rather than in some of the straight forward victories that this squad has had this season.

Onwards & Upwards,

Hallsy

Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy

Worthing College Men's Football Performance Programme 1st XI progressed to the last 16 of the ECFA National Premier Cup after a tight cup tie, beating SEEVIC (Essex) 1-0 at the Basildon Sports Village. Lee Mottershead's diagonal pass was latched onto by fellow winger Ryan Fergany, who lobbed the ball over the advancing keeper and took a clattering in the process. The 2nd XI played Strodes in the BCS Performance League and were narrowly defeated 1-0 despite playing all the attractive football. Performance Programme Coach Dave Hall is looking forward to the upcoming fixtures as well as the future of the programme "Both teams this week performed admirably and I'm really looking forward to the next few weeks with league deciders and both County and National Cup matches still to be played. Its a delight to watch both teams playing attractive football and developing as individuals as well as a team, which is what this programme should all be about."

The Women's Performance Programme took on rivals South Downs College of Havant in the BCS Elite League and Worthing turned in an excellent performance to come out 11-3 winners. Sophie Frost, Aliss Pidduck both hit hat tricks, Darcey James and Kirstin McGregor also scored. The remaining three goals were scored by Lucy Somes, who scored these goals in the ten minutes she was on the field of play. Performance Coach Mike Bridges was extremely please with the performance of the whole squad, however special praise was saved for McGregor, who put in a very strong performance in the middle of the park.

The Rugby Performance Programme 1st XV warmed up well for their winner takes all match vs. SEEVIC next week by defeating Godalming College 38-8 in the BCS Elite League. Scorers on the day were Sam Bath, Lewis Maslen, Dec Peake, Sam Cook, Jack Roberts, Harry Green with Barney Lyons adding the extras. The 2nd XV learnt some valuable lessons against Chichester Colleges' 1st XV narrowly losing out 22-17. Josh Bath, Gage Pestridge and Rhys Thompson scored the tries with Gordon Coree adding the extras.

This week the Netball Performance Programme 1st team defeated Sussex Downs of Lewes 30-18 in the Sussex League, a match that Tina Price used her squad to the full as a few squad members were carrying injuries with Amelia Stubbs' ankle injury being a cause for concern with upcoming big fixtures to play in both locally and nationally.

Onwards & Upwards,

Hallsy

Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy

Worthing College Performance Programme Women's Football Coach Mike Bridges was full of praise for his 1st XI squad even though they just lost out to reigning ESFA National Cup winners Filton College of Bristol in the last 8 on Wednesday at Wick FC. Worthing came from 2-0 down with goals from Jade Widdows and Becky Simmonds to send the tie into an exciting extra time period. Despite Worthing hitting the bar it was Filton who struck first with 5 minutes to go to lead once again. However with two minutes remaining Jade Widdows converted a penalty to send the tie into the lottery that is penalty kicks, which Worthing eventually lost 4-3. "The girls gave it their all today, leaving everything on the pitch and came extremely close to knocking out a side that have been National Cup winners for the last three years, so there are so many positives to come out of this performance, which I'm sure the girls will for the remainder of their BCS Elite League and County Cup campaign." Bridges commented after the final whistle.

The Rugby Performance Programme had a great start to 2012 with a convincing 56-0 victory at East Berkshire College in the BCS Elite League. East Berkshire are a new team to the league, who brought some physicality to this match up, however Worthing's quality on the ball eventually won through. Try scorers were Dec Peake (2), Josh Mitchell (2), Sam Bath, Henry Birch, Brad Parker, Barney Lyons, Farhad Al-Dahimi with Parker kicking the remaining points.

Both Netball Performance Programme teams were in Hampshire League action and they both took on a strong Brockenhurst College at home. The 1st team continued their fine run of form with a 53-24 win, whilst the 2nd team pushed their opponents hard, but were eventually defeated 40-27. These results still leave both sides relatively high up in their respective leagues and this will be something that coach Tina Price will be extremely happy with as the players are competing against high quality opponents, which can only put them in good stead for their upcoming County and National events.

The Men's Football Performance Programme were both in league action this week looking to build upon their solid 2011 form. The 1st XI took on Boreham Wood at Arundel FC and eventually came out 4-1 winners. Joe Warner (2) and two excellent long range efforts from Lee Mottershead and substitute Nathan Webster sealed the points with Worthing still joint top of the ECFA National League with Kingston, who Worthing have a game in hand. Performance Coach Dave Hall was relatively happy with the first performance of 2012. "The lads worked extremely hard to get back to their sharpness levels after the Christmas break and at times played some superb football on a heavy surface. Another positive is that the players are creating chances and this will set them up nicely for a difficult month ahead. If we are still in this position come the middle of February then we will look to change our targets again towards finishing up the National League as high as we can in our first season, but at this point the players still need to keep their feet firmly on the ground." The 2nd XI cemented their second place in the BCS Performance League with a solid 1-0 away win at the City of Westminster College. Chris Potkins netted his third goal in two matches after following up a Ryan Hallett free kick.

Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy - New Year Edition

The Worthing College Sports Performance Programme saw two squads in competitive action this week. Whilst Men's Football, Rugby and Basketball took part in extensive training sessions back at Worthing College the Women's Football Performance Programme travelled to local rivals BHASVIC in the BCS Non-Elite league. This gave Performance coach Mike Bridges an opportunity to see the younger members of the squad in action, possibly looking for future starters in the Elite League. It also gave an opportunity for those coming back from injury a chance to get in some all important game time. In a relatively close affair in the end Worthing's quality shone through in a 3-1 winning scoreline. The goals came from players coming back from injury. Dannielle Lane put the missing out of the final British Colleges' trial behind her with a brace and striker Chloe Debaes netted the third for Worthing.

The Netball Performance Programme took 14 players for both their 1st and 2nd team matches when they travelled to Basingstoke to take on Queen Mary's College, with the emphasis being on all players getting competitive minutes. Worthing left 1st team members Anna Van Eetvelt and Mele Jackson back home to rest, but this did not seem to affect both sides who performed excellently despite their two week layoff over the Christmas period. The 1st team won 42-26 and the 2nd team ran out 38-17 victors. Performance Coach Tina Price was pleased with the afternoon's work "This has been an ideal start to 2012. Today has given all the girls a chance to get all important court time and allow myself to look at the whole squad to see who will be taking their places in the important County Cup and National competition matches later this month. Great credit to all involved as their attitude throughout was excellent."

I would like to wish a happy and productive 2012 to all readers and performance programme players and staff,

Hallsy

Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy - British Colleges Call Ups

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

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

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

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

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

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.