Dance and Music Celebration July 1 2010

As we near the end of the 2009/10 academic year the final performance evening of the calendar was held at Worthing College to showcase the considerable work of the Dance and Music students. The Dance Company was well represented and a number of our highly talented students performed their work to a large audience.

 

A number of Dance Company students were also presented with their Bronze Arts Awards that they have worked hard to achieve during the Dance Company programme. Visit our Flickr site to see the photo gallery from the event.

 

 

 

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Chichester Uni 2-4 Worthing College

Worthing College Women’s Football travelled to Chichester Uni who have just been promoted to the top league in University football and came away with an impressive win. This was the most impressive performance of the year from the girls with Chloe Debaes scoring a hat-trick and Sofia Bouyi also getting on the score sheet.

In front of a decent crowd Worthing played much the better football playing the ball from side to side at pace and getting joy through the middle as well.

With only 5 players leaving the signs are looking bright for the squad for next year.

Player of the match Chloe Debaes

Goal scorers: Chloe Debaes x 3 and Sofia Bouyi

 

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Latest Academy Photos

The latest Academy action and celebratory photos have now been put on line. Please take a couple of minutes to look through the Academy of Sport Flickr site, which can be located on the right hand side of this blog.

You have to agree that this season has been another successful one at the Academy, especially with more Academies gaining the National recognition that they truly deserve.

Thanks to all the players for their hard work and dedication this year.

Roll on next year.

Onwards and Upwards,

Hallsy

Hallsy's Academy Report - Cup Final Edition

After a well earned week's rest both Academy sides were in action. The 1st XI's kick off was moved forward to an 11am kick off so that the Sky Cameras could be at Sussex County HQ, Lancing FC to see the 2nd XI take on Hazelwick School of Crawley in the 2nd XI County Cup Final.

As the season draws to a close all players are starting to feel the strain, which is totally understandable, but credit to all Academy players they are digging in and still looking to play football the right way, which is free flowing passing football that is attractive on the eye. The 1st XI wanted to avenge their early season defeat to Central Sussex and took to the "Home of Football" Worthing United with confidence after their previous 4 game unbeaten run. However Central Sussex were there to spoil the party with at times ugly, yet effective football and with this raced into a two goal lead, which were both down to defensive lapses. 2-0 was the score at half time.

With Worthing looking predictable lethargic in the first half they needed to come out with a spring in their step and spring they did! Worthing were first to everything and were now totally outclassing the Central Sussex midfield with their manager getting more and more irate with every passing minute. Worthing's dominance paid off midway through the second half with a sublime diag from Ali Giammattei finding substitute Chris Churchill, who buried his shot under the advancing goalkeeper. 2-1.

Whilst Worthing were on top they still needed to keep their wits about them and special mention must go to Alex Staines and Andy Heward, who defended excellently often in a two on two situation. Worthing's pressure almost paid off to gain a deserved point when Sam Mannings was adjudged to be in an offside position. Mannings finished a aplomb, but the linesman was there to spoil his moment.

Alas the game finished in favour of the visitors, however I cannot praise the players highly enough for their attitude, work rate and abilities even under extreme physical fatigue with at least half of the squad playing between 40-60 games this season, which surely needs to be looked at in the future to ensure that performance is concentrated into less games, but I admire their love for "playing the game".

Fast forward three hours, with the cameras and crowd in focus it was the turn of Danny Cullip's 2nd XI side to shine in the 2nd XI County Cup Final vs Hazelwick School of Crawley. Preparations for the final were affected slightly with the kick off being brought forward, which stopped the Academy "firm" from getting into the ground until after kick off. The players however were not affected and warmed up looking sharp and focused.

So to the first half. The pitch itself resembled a dust bowl, which definitely affected Worthing's smooth passing style, however the team took the game to their opponents creating the best opportunity of the half, with Thom Taylor's header being well saved by the visiting goalkeeper. 0-0 at the half.

For Worthing to secure their first piece of silverware since Dave Hall's first full year in charge (2007) the players needed to take the game to their opponents with a quicker tempo and possibly a more direct approach. However it was the Crawley based team who began the half sharper and goalkeeper Kieron Gillard, who had been a virtual spectator in the first half was beginning to see more of the ball.

Injuries and nerves were beginning to creep into the Worthing squad with Jack Buchanan being replaced by Paul Jackson and with this reverting to a 4-4-2 formation. This in theory should have put Worthing back into ascendency, but this was quite far from the truth. Step forward Kieron Gillard. The Worthing stopper had to deny Hazelwick twice and with this the game certainly turned. The first save was excellent with his legs after seeming to be wrong footed. However the second was right out of the top drawer. A full stretch save to stop a bullet of a strike finding its way into the top corner, which I had certainly thought was hitting nothing but net.

This seemed to wake up Worthing and the introduction of Andy Herrington to replace the injured Nick Colwell freed up Matt Dodd into his natural central midfield role and with this Worthing broke up the other end and with the pace of front men Paul Jackson and Phil Charman they began to trouble the opposing defenders. Now for the match winner, step forward "sick note" Paul Jackson, who was wrapped up in cotton wool for this game. Charman freed himself down the right, took on the full back and played the ball into the area. Jackson attempted a Cruyff turn, which did its job and beat his defender. As the turn was not clean it fell between Jackson and the goalkeeper, with Jackson reacting the quicker to poke the ball into the corner. 1-0. One that will not trouble the "goal of the month" panel on match of the day, but was extremely important in this tie.

As time wore on nerves were beginning to jangle and a scrappy affair became even scrappier, however as the final whistle blew all the hard work had paid off with Worthing being crowned County Champions at 2nd XI level!

Even though the game was not one for the neutral, the result is what matters and Worthing were deserving of this. I cannot stress enough how proud Danny and myself are of both teams and we are delighted that all your hard work has bared fruit in terms of both National and now County wide recognition.

Action shots can be seen on the Football Academy Facebook site, which is Dave Hall-Football. For a Hazelwick point of view more images can be seen at the following link; http://picasaweb.google.com/baz.holder/6thFormFootball#

Onwards and Upwards,

Hallsy

Netball Fastnet Tournement

7.30am saw 10 players from the Netball Academy embark on a journey to Southampton Netball Centre to take part in the first ever BCS Netball Fastnet Tournament.

 

This is a new game, developed for the TV, like 20/20 cricket – the main differences being that the shooters can shot from outside the circle and score double goals, you have a power play quarter where all goals scored count double, rolling subs and the centre pass always taken by the team not scoring the goal.

 

Unfortunately 5 college teams failed to show, however for those that did it was an excellent day.

 

We played Farnborough in our first game and got off to flying start winning 19-10 – all 10 players playing their part and the coach getting the power play quarter correct (2^nd)

 

2^nd game Portsmouth Grammer – we were on fire again – winning 21-11 again all 10 players getting some action.

 

3^rd game Richmond – we excelled during this game 29- 7

 

Into the lunchtime break where we went into the cup competition

 

4^th game Godalming – at the end of the first quarter the score was 3-1 worthing – power play 2^nd quarter as we had done all day – godalming played theirs too – bad move on their part – they did not score at all – we went to 17 – game over with 10 mins to play – everyone played and we did only score 2 in the remaining 10 mins but game ended 19-1

 

5^th game Tautons – this was going to be a more difficult game and at the end of the first quarter Worthing led 3-2, flag raised for the 2^nd and once again Amber and Lucy did the business taking the score to 13-3, tautons chose not to use their power play till the 4^th quarter by which time the game was over Worthing winning 20-8

 

6^th game Brockenhurst – once again we faced the mighty brock, however we were not daunted as we had probably played the best netball of the season all day, used our subs wisely and were feeling confident. The first quarter ended 3-3, I decided to power play 2^nd quarter as we had done all day- sadly we only scored twice and the 2^nd quarter ended 8-7 in our favour. Third quarter went goal for goal and ended 11-10 worthing. Brock used the powerplay 4^th quarter and won the game 22-16.

 

An outstanding tournament, everyone played their part, thankyou to Lucy Uncles for coming with us and the girls voted it the best ever. The weather was great and we all game back with a sun tan.

 

Thanks girls for a great day.

 

Tina   

Worthing 25 Hartpury 25

 

The winter has come and gone, the season drawn to an end,

Worthing College rugby squad honour to still defend.

As from the west a mighty foe from nations far and wide,

Descend upon the field of dreams a place nowhere to hide.

For battle day was bestowed unto the warriors of this place,

A victory desired hearts and souls fired conflict with most haste.

 

A start so fine that from the line the Bush did cross to score,

To help him out with extra true Metters did strike two more.

From this point collisions were rough warriors one and all,

Alas the lead Worthing had eroded to none, too small.

The invading hoards bestowed their fury to all that did purvey,

A scene of collisions robust, magnificent this day.

 

Lead dwindled and gone, stolen from slipping grasp,

Until the end of first half where light was thrown at last.

Upon the plight of Worthing proud players coach and crowd,

As in the far reach of the field the visitors did yield.

Points of five for the try that Sercombe did present,

Unfortunate as touch judges two points did not consent.

 

The second act was underway and the battle lay to close,

For all that watched the game develop into a win or loss.

Parry, thrust counter and strike nothing left untouched,

It was feared the visitors had much too much for us.

Stones a plenty Worthing showed on D and in attack,

But while conflicts end did draw near could we strike back?

 

A Dowglass try and Metters kicks got Worthing level best,

As later on the game progressed but could we meet the ultimate test?

In fact yes, no and may be all possibly fitting the bill,

Four trys to three at games conclusion leaving Worthing ill.

More trys they scored and so it was that Worthing lost the match,

More effort impossible no more chances left to catch.

 

The final tally from the encounter grand,

With people bewildered whilst they stand.

Was Worthing 25 with which Hartpury drew,

Unable to split all the way through.

A draw in name but loss in fact,

We will have forever to live with that.

 

To reflect upon the event so near yet unreached,

Boys to men my pleasure it’s been to teach.

Two years for some three for more the end now begins,

Children to students while citizens grow men surly lay within,

Thanks to all for efforts made and time invested to train,

In years to come I shall reflect with fondness on this time.

 

 

A big thank you to all of the players throughout the rugby squad, congratulations on all your efforts for the season.

Hallsy's Academy Report - Late Easter Edition

My sincere apologies that the report for the 2nd XI's game at East Berkshire had not been reported sooner, but alas I was out of the country seeking my fortunes in a far away land. Never fear as goalscoring hero Iain "Luke Haggert" Haggart takes up the action from this pre Chocolate Egg bonanza match up...

This week saw the 2^nd team play away against East Berkshire. Confidence was high after last week’s 6-0 thrashing of Uxbridge in a game which was totally dominated by Worthing and the team playing back to their usual fluent selves. The venue was changed from grass to artificial at the last minute due to wet weather but upon arriving we found it to be flat and smooth which suits our passing game.

The squad was back to normal strength apart from Nick Colwell and Phil Charman who pulled out ill on the day. The game began at a fast pace with Worthing having most of the possession and passing the ball about comfortably creating chances. However the through balls, which on grass would have held up on the surface, just ran out of the reach of the wingers and strikers. The best chance in the first 20 minutes was for Worthing. Matt Dodd won the ball in the middle of the field played a one two with Thom Taylor and unleashed a powerful shot towards the goal. Everyone though the ball was sailing in past the stranded keeper, unfortunately the ball crashed against the bar and would have been a deserved opening goal to Worthing. The horrible nature of the game then struck. Worthing who had comfortably controlled the opening game conceded the first goal. A long ball down the left was not dealt with and their right winger chipped the ball past the onrushing keeper Gillard. This then meant Worthing had to up the ante for the rest of the half because this team are probably the strongest team we have played this season. We continued to press with Ezio and Tomas causing plenty of problems up front with pace and power. Towards the end of the half Worthing won a corner after great work from the whole right hand side and then a splendid double save from the keeper. At first the corner looked to have been wasted, but the resulting clearance was crossed back in to the box where Ezio was conveniently placed in front of the keeper. The keeper fumbled the ball to the most unlikely person Iain Haggart who tapped the ball into an empty net to score his first goal for the academy. (Thank You Ezio!!)

1-1 at half time.

The second half Worthing continued on the same foot and dominated again, creating plenty of chances. However as I have said football can be horrible and Worthing conceded again after outplaying the opposition. A ball down the left again wasn’t dealt with and somehow their player managed to score past Kieron at the near post from the by line. Worthing then had a fight back on our hands although the team knew we could do it even against a strong opposition. The boys continued to cause problems for the opposition throughout the half. It was until about 25 minutes left when Paul Jackson came on for Tomas Nemeth when Worthing found an equaliser. The impressive Des O’Connor floated the ball into the back post towards Thom Taylor who was running in. In my opinion this is easily goal of the season and it’s quite hard to describe. It’s a lot like Bolo Zenden’s goal for Sunderland at the weekend but on his right foot and back peddling from the edge of the box. Whoever saw that goal will have a brief image of what this goal was like. If you need to know in more detail just ask Thom to tell you! Worthing continued to press and moments later Paul pounced on a scuffed kick by the keeper to tap the ball into the empty net. 3-2. Worthing then defended excellently for the last 15 minutes and the game ended 3-2.

An excellent team performance by everyone in the team and we deserved to win. A perfect result leading up to the county cup final and we should go into the end of the season full of confidence.

So to conclude another fantastic performance from the 2nd XI as their season goes from strength to strength. With a Cup Final on the horizon all must not take their "eyes off the prize" to ensure that they get a starting berth when the big day arrives.

Onwards and Upwards,

Hallsy

Filton Photo Gallery Now Online

Visit our Flickr site (navigation on the right of this page) to see the gallery from this weeks game. Our thanks to Charlie Crowhurst for the pictures, Charlie is a very talented ex student of the college and some more examples of his work can be found at http://www.charliecrowhurst.com/

 

Worthing College IXV 17 v Filton IXV 37 (H)

Worthing College were beaten by a strong Filton side in yesterday’s British Colleges Elite Cup Semi Final. Playing conditions were far from ideal as the heavy rain had resulted in the pitch becoming very heavy and a strong coastal wind affected the game throughout. Filton started strongly with a period of sustained possession in the Worthing half; the Worthing defence was over eager during the early exchanges and gave away a number of soft penalties. Filton punished these mistakes with field possession which after a number of phases resulted in Filton scoring from close range 0-5. From the kick off Worthing responded physically turning possession over in midfield and after a number of phases Worthing were themselves awarded a penalty which was kicked to the corner for the Worthing forwards. From the lineout the catch and drive was direct and powerful resulting in Worthing’s first try scored by Tom Walker, the kick was missed 5-5.

 

Worthing now started to believe they could compete against a team of Filton’s national standard and started to play as they are capable of doing. The Worthing forwards and backs combined well and despite difficult conditions some fantastic levels of skill were on display. However Worthing were guilty of playing too much rugby in the wrong areas where with a strong wind at their backs and a dominant lineout the deep kick to turn the opposition back three would have put the visitors under significant pressure. The Filton back row were combining well and contesting possession with power and skill, from a turnover at the breakdown the excellent Filton 10 saw an opportunity to attack from turnover ball and this resulted in Filton’s second try. The kick was again missed 5-10. Worthing then responded with their best period of play in the whole match which really tested the visitors. Worthing ran directly and increased their intensity at the breakdown and as a result gained great field position. The Filton defence was tested again and again and this pressure resulted in an attacking lineout which from a well worked move Steve Brown went over the line to level the score, Jack Metters converted the kick 12-10.

 

Worthing continued their period of pressure and high tempo rugby and with Josh Mills and Jack Metters combining well at half back the Worthing attack was looking dangerous. Shortly before half time the Filton 7 was yellow carded for persistent infringements and despite having a number of great scoring opportunities in the final few minutes of the first half the score would remain at 12-10 at half time.

 

The second half started with Filton playing with a great deal of control and building territory. This territorial advantage would build pressure on the Worthing defence that would eventually be the difference between the two sides. As the Worthing defence tired the strong Filton runners started to have a bigger impact on the game which freed up space and quality possession for the very talented Filton backline. Filton scored four high quality try’s in the second half outscoring Worthing four try’s to one (Sam Pitchford). Filton now advance to the Elite Cup Final and we wish them well for the remainder of their season.

 

The result was a fair reflection of the standard of both teams and Worthing can be more than proud of their efforts. We hope to be rested, repaired and at full strength for the forthcoming home League Play Off Semi Final v Hartpury on April 21 (KO at 1415).

Rugby National Elite League Play Off Semi Final v Hartpury College (Home)

Confirmed for Wednesday 21 April 1415 at Worthing Leisure Centre. Hartpury College are partners with Gloucester RFC and we are looking forward to the fixture after the Easter holidays (visit their website and view their results). For more details contact the college on 01903 243389 or by email at info@worthing.ac.uk.