Miss Abdalla's ETC Sports Blog

KS3 INTER COMMUNITY CHALLENGE RESULTS TERM 4

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CHAMPIONS ** SOMERVILLE (913) **
2nd PLACE FARADAY (863)
3rd PLACE BRUNEL (823)
4th PLACE TURIN (671)

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FRIDAY 28TH MARCH 2008: STAFF versus YEAR 11

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STAFF-1 YEAR 11-3

The long awaited ‘Fabulous Friday’ Game of the Season took place on Friday at ETC – The annual Staff Vs Year 11 football match.

The Staff team were missing Mr. Raybould (Injured) and Mr. Stewart (Late – Don’t worry, he received a detention), but otherwise were at full strength. The Year 11 fielded the A team, plus Danni Chapman and Chelsea Walder from the successful girls football team.

The opening exchanges were even, with some strong, but fair tackles being made, especially Mr. Moore’s ‘Reducer’ on Walder. The Staff team could only muster some long range efforts on goal as the game was very scrappy in the early stages. The Year 11 team made the breakthrough after 10 minutes, when a good through ball by Fred Pope caught the staff back four too high up the pitch, which let the unmarked Ben Clarke run clean through and slot the ball past Mr.Hobbs with a fine finish with his shin. The staff team were shocked by this unexpected score line and Clarke should have scored a second when put through just minutes later in an identical situation.

The Staff gradually started to put some moves together and Mr. Turner, Mr. Ellis and Mr. Moore all had opportunities to equalise, but they could not find the target.

At half time, several changes were made to both teams, and the game opened up with more chances being made. Mr. Stewart should have scored in the first minute of the half, but could only kick clean air. The turning point of the game happened 10 minutes into the second half when a great run by Mr. Moore was cynically ended in the penalty box by a crude tackle by Chapman. Miss Abdalla had no option but to award a penalty. Some expected a red card, as she was denying a clear goal scoring opportunity, but it was not forthcoming. Mr. Moore stepped up to take the penalty, but he smashed it against the bar and the ball rebounded away to safety. Further chances for Mr. Moore and Mr. Ellis came and went, and Luke Gower made a great save from Mr. Sams. The Staff were getting frustrated and the petulant Mr. Bowles was booked for arguing with the referee.

Against the run of play, a corner from Barney Feek was headed in by the unmarked Fred Pope to make it 2-0. It was soon 3-0 when Mr.Hobbs fumbled a long range effort and Cory Godwin followed up like a young Kevin Davies to score from one inch. Feek had a great chance to make it 4-0, but Hobbs made
a great save at his feet.

The staff team continued to press for a goal, but the ball just would not break. With 2 minutes left, the staff grabbed a deserved goal when Mr. Bowles beat 8 players and rounded the goalkeeper 3 times before getting down on his knees and heading the ball into the net. (This is what he said happened anyway).

The game finished 3-1, which was played in a great spirit for the whole match.

The staff have learnt a lot in this defeat – We now know how it feels like to be Arsenal – We dominate the game and don’t get a suitable reward.

Man of the Match: JACK SALT “Solid in defence and some good balls forward.”
Mr. Moore.

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Wednesday 19th March: YEAR 8 GIRLS FOOTBALLETC 0 WILLINGDON 1

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We were unlucky in this game as we had a lot of the possession, but couldn’t seem to hit the ball on target. We had many powerful runs coming from Immy Robinson and Rachel Gunn, however unfortunately the ball would not drop for us to have a real crack at goal. Tanya Gregory came on as super sub and nearly scored with her first touch, only to see her effort fly wide of the left post.Willingdon won a free kick near the edge of the D and switched on before any of the ETC girls, took an early shot and caught the ETC defence and keeper off guard to score. Despite many efforts ETC could not equalise.

MOM: RACHEL GUNN: “Strong in goal during the first half, effective passing when on pitch; unlucky not to score”.

Wednesday 19th March: YEAR 7/8 GIRLS FOOTBALLETC 0 WILLINGDON 8

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Despite an enthusiastic approach to the game from the girls, we were outplayed in every position. Willingdon had some very strong experienced players that play regularly outside of school, which made it near on impossible for us to settle on the ball. Some good saves came from Jordanna Quinnel, but Willingdon were just too strong for us. Holly Marshal and Vicky Davies battled well going forward but we never got a clear chance to shot. Great effort from all involved.

MOM: VICKY DAVIES: “Did not shy away from any tackle and showed great strength and determination”

Friday 14th March: SPORTS RELIEF RUN A MILE

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The PE department kicked off sports relief weekend with a sponsored mile run around the school field.

Students and staff were asked to contribute £2 and run/walk/skip/ 3 legged race whatever they could do to complete the mile circuit.
The atmosphere was good and students who took part really embraced the idea of harnessing sport to give a very powerful message about the lives of less fortunate children around the world, and raise money at the same time.

The Elite group was won by Year 9 Billy Alsop, and a special mention goes to the girls that ran a 3 legged race in fancy dress; Zoe Drummond, Eve Drummond and Amy Hylands.

£150 was raised and will be sent to the sport relief fund.
The PE department would like to say a big thank you for the efforts of every student
that took part, and to Lorraine Lynch for organising the event.

17th March Sport's roundup

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Tuesday 4th March: YEAR 8/9 RUGBY TOURNAMENT

ETC entered the Eastbourne and inter-partnership schools rugby tournament held at Eastbourne RFC. The first game was against Ratton who caught us cold, poor defensive play and a lack of effective tackling by ETC lead Ratton to a victory that they did not deserve. Match 2 saw ETC play Cavendish who were technically the best team there, but ETC have Ty Berry, and Billy Alsop whose exciting runs kept the crowds warm. ETC turned out winners in a close fought game.Match 3 saw Willingdon push ETC to the limit, excellent defensive play by Jo Marodza, Dale Parsons and the man of the match and indeed the tournament captain Jake Wallis playing on despite an ankle injury (Dunkirk Spirit!); good support from the year 8 students who played their hearts out; and hopefully learnt something from the experience. In the end ETC won by 2 clear tries, and indeed going onto win the tournament on points. The team go on now to represent the Eastbourne area in a county tournament, for the 1st time.

Wednesday 5th March: Year 9, 10 and 11 RUGBY MATCH (Friendly)

The next day ETC played in a friendly against Mr Turners old school Lewes Old Grammar, despite great tries from captain Fred Pope (who led by example) and the pacey Ty Berry, Lewes Old Grammar school proved to strong. Man of the Match was Cory Goodwin whose excellent tackling is what all the team must do to progress further. Lewes Old Grammar school had 2 Sussex schools players and 1 English schools player in their squad. The match was played in an excellent spirit, and was a great example of school boys’ rugby at its best. Hopefully ETC will have learnt something from it.Many thanks to Mr Ellis, Mr Turner, Mr Upton, Mrs Sturgess, all PE staff, and the boys and girls from year 9 for their support in the tournament.

Monday 10th March: TABLE TENNIS

Hannah Blundell, Charleigh Crotty, Grace Costello and Chelsea Walder all travelled to Bishop Bell for ETC’s first ever girls table tennis match.They each took on two players from Bishop Bell in a best of 3 sets matches. The girls were a resounding success, with Walder, Costello and Crotty winning both games and Blundell winning one and losing the other.The Year 9 girls then took on the Bishop Bell team in a doubles match and won 2-0. Congratulations to the girls on a successful night. Mr. Moore

ROUND UP OF THE GIRLS BASKETBALL:
YEAR 7 TEAM

Monday 14th Jan: CAVENDISH 12 ETC 12

Tuesday 15th Jan: BISHOP BELL 28 ETC 30

Monday 4th Feb: HAILSHAM TOURNAMENT WINNERS

Wednesday 13th Feb: WILLINGDON 14 ETC 24

Players

KaylaMcCarthy

HollyMarshall

HollyCarter

PaigeMoss

YasmineScott

EveDrummond

AbbieSanders

Congratulations to the unbeaten year 7 league winners for such a successful basketball season. Hard work and commitment has really paid off for them and I hope we can continue with this success over the next few years.Well done all, you have been a joy to work with.

YEAR 8/9 TEAM

Thurs 10th Jan: BISHOP BELL 20 ETC 22

Tues 29th Jan: RATTON 10 ETC 65

Tues 5th Feb: HAILSHAM TOURNAMENT: 2nd PLACE (YEAR 8s Only)

Weds 6th Feb: HAILSHAM TOURNAMENT WINNERS (YEAR 9s Only)

Weds 13th Feb: WILLINGDON 6 ETC 22 (Year 8s only)

Thurs 15th Feb: ETC 60 WILLINGDON 2 (year 9s only)

Tues 4th March: CAVENDISH 6 ETC 54

Year8 Players

Immy Robinson

Sapphire Haydes

Chloe Baker

Kirsty Timms

Mel Albrow

RachelGunn

Year 9 Players

HannahBlundell

CharleighCrotty

ShantelleOmar

JessGouviea

EmilyGillam

LolaOlusanya

Jaz Izzard

Congratulations again to the year 8/9 squad for another successful basketball season.

Unbeaten this season and beating local favourites Bishop Bell, the girls have now become a confident; well established team with great potential. An exciting squad with some phenomenal individual talents, I look forward to seeing how far their talents will take them in the next 2 years.

Well done Girls.

The year 7 Basketball team:

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Unbeaten this year in the league and also won the annual Basketball tournament held at Hailsham sports college.

The year 8/9 team basketball team:

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Unbeaten this season, League Winners, and winners of the Hailsham Tournament.

ACTIVE KIDS 08

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Thursday 14th February: YEAR 8 BOYS BASKETBALL

2008-03-02T12:36:00.001-08:00

WILLINGDON 41 ETC 29

TC were winning after the 1st and 2nd quarters, the end of the 3rd quarter saw them go in 1 point down; the final score finished 41-29 to Willingdon.Fitness was a major problem as we only had 5 players compared to Willingdon’s squad of 10.Lewis Oliver as ball handler played well, he went past his players on numerous occasions then looks to pass or shoot. Connor Bridger played well throughout the whole match.

MVP: LEWIS OLIVER “stepped up to the mark as we had a lot of injuries, and played very well.”

Thursday 14th February: YEAR 9 GIRLS BASKETBALL

2008-03-02T12:34:00.000-08:00

ETC 60 WILLINGDON 2

CHARLEIGH CROTTY 14, HANNAH BLUNDELL 12, SHANTELLE OMAR 12, JESS GOUVEIA 12, LOLA OLUSANYA 8, JAZ IZZARD 2.As was expected the year 9 girls went on to continue in their unbeaten run this season, with a spectacular and professional job against Willingdon.Playing at home for the first time this season, the girls moved the ball around rapidly and with precision; making it near on impossible for Willingdon to even gain possession. Their offensive play was phenomenal; with some adventurous and entertaining breaks that were great to watch from the sideline. All girls involved demonstrated high class performances. Charleigh Crotty strong defensively, picked out some defence splitting passes on the attack. Hannah Blundell and Shantelle Omar both demonstrating admirable ball handling skills that would leave their markers tied up in knots. Jess Gouveia, a rock defensively as always showing great skills and disguise on the ball, Lola Olusanya played with great athleticism when rebounding and worked hard around the court. Jaz Izzard made powerful runs forward with the ball, and showed good speed around the court.An overpowering performance from the team, with Willingdon getting a consolation basket on the final whistle, final score ETC 60; Willingdon 4. (2 or 4?)

MVP: CHARLEIGH CROTTY “Outstanding vision when passing, a ‘complete’ player, demonstrating all the qualities you would want in a player”.

Wednesday 13th February: YEAR 9 BOYS BASKETBALL

2008-03-02T12:33:00.000-08:00

ETC 88 BISHOP BELL 6

Bishop Bell brought half a year 8 and 9 team to this year 9 fixture. The convincing win has now taken the ETC boys through to the Inter-partnership finals against Dorothy Stringer in Hastings the first Tuesday back from half term (26th). Look out in next weeks newsletter for the match report and result.

MVP: TYRELL BERRY “Needs to join a local basketball club ASAP!!”

Wednesday 13th February: YEAR 8 GIRLS BASKETBALL

2008-03-02T12:32:00.000-08:00

WILLINGDON 6 ETC 22
CHLOE BAKER 6, SAPPHIRA HAYDES 6, RACHEL GUNN 6, IMMY ROBINSON 2, MEL ALBROW 2.

A solid performance from the year 8 team away to Willingdon, although the girls are used to a lot of space on court because of the size of our sports hall; they managed to adjust quickly to the small gym used at Willingdon. Willingdon started well with the advantage of being at Home, but it didn’t take long for key players such as Immy Robinson to turn on the style, with offensive drives and good Defence.All girls were strong in attack, and managed to go forward with great fluidity. Baskets were coming from all players on court and it proved to be a great team performance. Sapphira Haydes and Rachel Gunn demonstrated a strong physical presence when rebounding, winning about 80% defensive/offensive rebounds which is why they scored 6 points each. Immy Robinson was the engine of the team and worked at an extremely high level throughout, Mel Albrow passed and moved well to support, improving her defensive play in the second half of the game. Whilst Chloe Baker had an outstanding game, and drove the team forward shattering the Willingdon defence with her powerful lay-ups.

A convincing performance all round left the score 22-6 to ETC.

MVP: CHLOE BAKER “Superb Driving forwards and a self assured performance that set the benchmark for the ETC attacks”.

Basketball roundup 5th -12th Feb

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Tuesday 12th February: YEAR 7 BOYS BASKETBALL
ETC 44 WILLINGDON 8
CANE BRUCE ALEX CHAKABVA JOE CHAPMAN CALLUM DELL CRAIG DELL SAM DERRICK MICHAEL VILLEGAS DANNY RODFORD PAUL WEATHERBY

The year 7 basketball team put in a dominant performance against Willingdon to end the seasons fixtures with another win. This result means that the boys still remain unbeaten in their division which is a magnificent achievement. Playing infront of the television cameras for the first time, the boys showed no nerves and soon got into their stride and quickly put points onto the board. Cane Bruce and Callum Dell provided the strength and power early in the game to pick up any offensive or defensive rebounds which drove ETC into a healthy lead that they never looked like losing. Paul Weatherby again showed tremendous drive as a point guard, and led the team well in his first game as captain.Throughout the game, the team constantly put pressure onto the opposition which resulted in a number of turnovers in ETCs favour, from which they were able to fast break and score. Sam Derrick scored his first points for ETC with a long range effort which got his team mates on the bench onto their feet with excitement and rapturous applause. Well done Sam.The game also allowed Craig Dell and Danny Rodford the opportunity to try their hand at point guard which they both did exquisitely and scored some fine baskets from their burst up the court.

PLAYER ANALYSIS: Cain Bruce: Always determined and looking for the ball in attack. A tower of strength. Alex Chakabva: Improving game by game. Came close to scoring a number of times and showed better understanding of the game. Joe Chapman: His bets game so far. Score some nice baskets and demonstrated good defensive play. Callum Dell: Exhibited good technique throughout on his shots and drove the team on with his overall play.

Craig Dell: His best game so far. Slotted easily into his role as point guard and now gives Mr Raybould even more options for his team.

Sam Derrick: Scored his first points for ETC. Demonstrated better understanding of the game, selecting the correct passes according to the situation.

Michael Villegas: A constant menace to any team. Fully involved in his duties as forward.

Danny Rodford: Looked like he had been playing as point guard all his life. Adapted easily to his new role when asked to and scored a delightful lay-up.

Paul Weatherby: The drive behind the team. The opposition could get nowhere near him when he had the ball.

MVP: CRAIG DELL “for his adaptability to his role as point guard, and quick dribbling skills.” However Mr Raybould would like to congratulate

JOE CHAPMAN who had his best game for ETC so far and ran a close second to Craig. Well done Joe. That’s it boys, no more arranged fixtures. You have all improved so much since the beginning of the year and you should all be proud of your achievements. Keep practicing your skills. The NBA awaits you. Mr Raybould

Tuesday 12th February: Year 8 BOYS BASKETBALL

Bishop Bell 61 ETC 34
DUNNE 16, SHOLL 8, HYDE 6, OLIVER 2, FROST 2

ETC faced a tough start to the season, away at Bishop Bell. Things did not start well with 5 regular players missing from the squad for varying (poor) reasons.After the first two quarters, the game was out of reach due to poor marking and bad decisions in attack. However, some strong words at half time and extra determination and concentration led to ETC winning the third quarter and losing the fourth by only two points.This was some player’s first match for the school, so if they can learn from this defeat, then a win will be just around the corner.
MVP – JACK SHOLL – “Listened well, good attitude and played a number of positions well.”

Monday 11th February:
YEAR 11 BOYS BASKETBALLETC 2 HAILSHAM 6
ETC 6 BISHOP BELL 16
ETC 6 CAVENDISH 8
ETC 6 PEACEHAVEN 10
ETC 4 RATTON 6

KYLE ANDERSON, TYRONE HAYDES, FRED POPE, MATT ANNETS

A disappointing 3 v 3 tournament by the year 11 boys, they Battled well against some strong opposition.

Thursday 7th February: YEAR 10 BOYS BASKETBALL
The Year 10 team were drawn in a tough group, but managed to gain some respectable results:
ETC 4 – 4 Cavendish
ETC 14 – 0 Peacehaven
ETC 2 – 8 Bishop Bell

In the first match, it was a very even game against Cavendish which could have gone either way. Seb Dell and Tendayi Mtambara scored baskets to put ETC in the lead, but Cavendish equalised on two occasions. ETC thrashed a poor Peacehaven team in the second match, with Mtambara scoring 3, Aaron Norwood 2 and Joe Tingley 2.
In the final group match, ETC struggled defensively against a massive Bishop Bell team. Despite Mtambara playing superbly and scoring ETC’s only basket, ETC missed several good shooting opportunities and ended up finishing 2nd in the group. ETC faced Lewes in the 3rd/4th play-off match. ETC should have scored more points, but lacked the finishing touch to some good moves. In fact, it was left to Dell to score to make it 2-2 with seconds to spare to take the game to the free throw line.ETC held their nerve to win 1-0, with Mtambara scoring the only basket.
MVP: TENDAYI MTAMBARA “good rebounding defensively and offensively”.

Wednesday 6th February: YEAR 9 BOYS BASKETBALL

As expected our strongest team in the school took the tournament by storm. Joe Marodza, Billy Alsop, Ty Berry and Big Bob Olusanya did a professional job and won every group game; and convincingly beat Bishop Bell 10-2 in the final.MVP: BIG BOB “stepped up to this level and looked at home.”

Wednesday 6th February: YEAR 9 GIRLS BASKETBALL

ETC 8 HAILSHAM 4
ETC 16 PEACEHAVEN 4
ETC 8 RATTON 0
ETC 14 LEWES PRIORY 2
ETC 10 BISHOP BELL 2 (1st and 2nd PLAY OFF)
PLAYERS POINTS: SHANTELL OMAR (18), JESS GOUVIEA (18), CHARLIE CROTTY (14), HANNAH BLUNDELL (6).
A first-class performance from the year 9s. Sharp passing, fast breaks and incredible lay ups from all four that were involved.The girls looked a different class at the tournament held at Hailsham. They blew away the opposition to win the group; that set them up for a show down with Bishop Bell for 1st place.The final saw the girls step their games up yet another level, with Hannah Blundell and Shantelle Omar both very quick on the break and showing great skill on the ball; Jess Gouviea defensively very strong and kept Bishop Bells biggest threat quiet for us, and Charleigh Crotty again rising to the challenge, driving into the basket aggressively and scoring well deserved points for us. The girls beat BISHOP BELL in the final 10-2, ranking them number 1 out of the 10 teams participating.
MVP: CHARLEIGH CROTTY, HANNAH BLUNDELL, JESS GOUVEIA and SHANTELLE OMAR “great hustle and some explosive attacking play; great attitudes and a good team performance”.

Tuesday 5th February: YEAR 8 BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
ETC 6 CAVENDISH 2
ETC 4 WILLINGDON 4
ETC 0 BISHOP BELL 10
ETC 0 WILLINGDON 6
ETC 4 HAILSHAM 6 (7th and 8th PLAY OFF)

LEWIS, ASTON, CONNOR, NATHAN.

The boys finished 8th in the tournament.

Tuesday 5th February: YEAR 8 GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

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ETC 8 WILLINGDON 2
ETC 8 CAVENDISH 2
ETC 8 PEACEHAVEN 6
ETC 2 BISHOP BELL 12 (1st and 2nd PLAY OFF)
IMOGEN ROBINSON 12, SAPPHIRA HAYDES 6, CHLOE BAKER 4, KIRSTY TIMMS 4.

ETC topped their group convincingly having won 4 out of 4 games. Imogen Robinson really drove the team forward and worked hard all around the court. Sapphire Haydes and Chloe Baker demonstrated strong defensive plays when needed; whilst Kirsty Timms displayed a marked improvement in her attacking plays, particularly her lay-up.Bishop Bell proved to be too strong for ETC in the final, with two very tall girls that rebounded any lose ball; making it hard for us to keep any possession. The game finished 12-2 Bishop Bell, leaving ETC to take 2nd place in the tournament; out of 10 teams.

A great team performance. Well done to all involved!!

MVP: IMOGEN ROBINSON “Showed great determination in driving us forward, some amazing lay-ups scored; and did not stop working for the team”.

Monday 4th February: YEAR 7 BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

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ETC 3 RATTON 4
ETC 5 CAVENDISH 0
ETC 3 WILLINGDON 2
ETC 6 BISHOP BELL 2
ETC 7 TIDEWAY 0 (3rd and 4th PLAY OFF)
CALLUM DELL, PAUL WEATHERBY, CANE BRUCE, BEN HANSON.

A good battling performance from the year 7 boys to finish 3rd overall, well done!!
Mr Raybould

Monday 4th February: YEAR 7 GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMNET

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ETC 6 WILLINGDON 4
ETC 4 CAVENDISH 6
ETC 14 RATTON 0
ETC 6 LEWES 0
ETC 12 SEAFORD 0 (1st and 2nd PLAY OFF)ABBIE SANDERS 22, KAYLA McCARTHY 10, HOLLY MARSHALL 10.
Having won 3 and lost 1 the girls won their group and made it to the 1st and 2nd place play off. Holly Marshall and Kayla McCarthy both showed great ability on the ball when attacking the basket, and wowed crowds with their lay-ups; with Abbie Sanders winning anything defensive in the air and generously distributing the ball to her team mates on numerous occasions.

MVP: ABBIE SANDERS “Phenomenal in the final, won 100% rebounded balls, and all shots were on target and successful”

Friday 1st February: STAFF BASKETBALL

2008-02-09T07:38:00.000-08:00

ETC 39 WILLINGDON 17
MR BOWLES 19 MISS ABDALLA 6 MR MOORE 6 MR M JONES 4 MR STEWART 2 MR BOOTH 2 MR WEBLIN MR TURNER

A convincing start to the staffs’ season at home to Willingdon, a strong team performance with some well organised zone defence, forcing Willingdon to shoot the long ball. Mr Booth and Mr Jones were strong when rebounding, which helped us keep possession and create many offensive breaks.

MVP: BEN BOWLES “How he has never played professionally is beyond me, this week Hampden Park; next week NBA!!!”

Thursday 31st January: YEAR 9/10 GIRLS FOOTBALL 5-a-side

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ETC 8 WILLINGDON 2
HANNAH BLUNDELL 2 CHARLEIGFH CROTTY 1SHANTELLE OMAR 3 JASMINE IZZARDLOLA OLUSANYA EMILY GILLAMLAUREN HUGHES 2 BEKKI FRENCH

The year 9 girls played host to the Willingdon year 10 team in this late league fixture that was to be held indoors. A bit of a slow start for the girls with no one really getting stuck in, allowed Willingdon to have a confident look at the beginning of the game. ETC gave away a lot of free kicks in the first few minutes that gave Willingdon the opportunity to strike at goal, Shantelle Omar however made some good saves to keep the game at 0-0.Finally a break through came when Hannah Blundell and Lauren Hughes worked the ball up the pitch for Hannah to finish, making it 1-0 ETC. Willingdon however responded with a great strike to even things up. Still ETC had a lot of possession but failed to pass the Willingdon keeper. The closing stages saw us keeping possession well to create openings, strikes from Lauren Hughes and Charleigh Crotty made the score 3-1 at half time.The second half started as the first ended, the only difference being a change in goal keeper, Charleigh Crotty kindly allowed Shantelle Omar to have a go on pitch. The score soon went to 4-1 with Blundell getting her second strike of the game; Omar was also quick to get herself onto the score sheet taking it to five for ETC. Lola Olusanya, and Bekkie French weren’t shy in getting stuck in and Emily Gillam had a couple of good shots saved. Again Willingdons striker netted herself a second fantastic goal with a strike of precision and power making it 5-2. Lauren Hughes answered by finishing a well worked team goal. Jazmine Izzard was strong as always in defence and Willingdon struggled to get anywhere near our goal in the closing stages of the game.Some great passing moves lead to 2 more strikes for Shantelle Omar, finishing the game ETC 8; Wllingdon 2; a first-class performance by the year 9s.

MOM: Shantelle Omar “made some fantastic stops in the opening stages of the game, and netted herself a hatrick.

Tuesday 29th January: YEAR 8/9 GIRLS BASKETBALL

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RATTON 10 ETC 65
Hannah Blundell 21, Charleigh Crotty 16, Shantelle Omar 14, Jess Gouviea 8, Kirsty Timm 2, Chloe Baker 2, Saphirre Haydes 2.

A fantastic performance from the squad, having not had a game since the BISHOP BELL title clash, ETC played well but not to their potential in the 1st quarter. It took until the second quarter for them to really start turning on the style, the defending was tight; and our turn over of the ball was outstanding. The offensive breaks were aggressive, each player showed great momentum on the attack. Some great vision and early passing allowed the girls through for some low pressure lay-ups. Some very high quality moments in the game, that made the girls look a different class. Hannah Blundell pacey on the attack, putting away many lay-ups and scoring a great 3 pointer. Charleigh Crotty again showing great strength in defending, and picked out some defence breaking early passes for one of her team mates to go on to score. Shantell Omar working hard for the team, a really determined performance with basket assists, and demonstrating intelligent play by using the legal block. Jess Gouviea as always was a defensive rock, making it hard for Ratton to get any shots away, showing great strength when rebounding, and thinks ahead in the game when passing. Emily Gillam worked extremely hard when marking her player to deny any space, so close to scoring a basket this week.We started the 3rd quarter 31-4 up with the year 8 girls in the starting 5 (Immy Robinson, Sapphire Haydes, Chloe Baker, Kirsty Timms). The girls were great in the attack but at times lacked some awareness when defending. Still the girls proved to be too much for Ratton, with Kirsty, Sapphire and Chloe all managing to score a basket, finishing the quarter 37-10.The final quarter saw the return of the year 9s from squad. Having rested and rehydrated the girls were full of energy and showed no easing up in the assault on Rattons basket, the passing was incredible and the movement off the ball was exceptional; finishing the game 65-10.Well done girls and a great team performance.

MVP: Hannah Blundell “high number of assists, scored some impressive lay ups and a 3 pointer.”

Thursday 24th January: YEAR 9 BOYS BASKETBALL

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ETC 76 WILLINGDON 8

MVP: JAMES SIBOUNHEUANG “12 POINTS AND DOUBLE FIGURE ASSISTS. His best game for the school.”

Wednesday 23rd January: YEAR 11 BOYS BASKETBALL

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ETC 42 CAVENDISH 39

MVP: KYLE ANDERSON “Clutch 3 pointer and free throws to win the game.”

Thursday 24th January: YEAR 7 BOYS BASKETBALL

2008-02-01T14:09:00.000-08:00

TIDEWAY 12 ETC 34

KANE BRUCE ALEX CHAKABUAJOE CHAPMAN CALLUM DELLCRAIG DELL SAM DERRICKBEN HANSON MICHAEL VILLEGAS DANNY RODFORD PAUL WEATHERBY

The year 7 boys’ basketball team played their third fixture of the season away at Tideway. After the long minibus drive to the fixture the boys started slowly and soon found themselves 6-0 down in the first few minutes. The ETC boys were yet to get into their stride and a change in the line up was needed. Kane Bruce was brought off the bench and gave ETC added strength in height in offence and defence. ETC soon levelled the score, and from then on did not look back. The team stood firm throughout the game in a fiercely competitive match. The team as a whole committed less fouls throughout the game, compared to the previous game against Bishop Bell. This was very encouraging to see. From the second quarter onwards the team played some amazing basketball showing great awareness and ever improving understanding of the game. There were a number of highlights throughout the game; a wonderful three pointer came from Ben Hanson which drew a rapture of applause from his fellow teammates. Kane Bruce, Michael Villegas, and Callum Dell again showed tremendous physical strength and determination in Offensive and defensive rebounds. They were supported by Alex Chakabva who played his best game so far for ETC, Alex also scored his first points for the team. Paul Weatherby drove the team forward at every opportunity as point guard, and scored some valuable points for the team. Each player should be very pleased with their individual performance. Their shots and lay-ups were executed with good technique, and their knowledge and understanding is improving game by game. Most pleasing of all, the boys have developed a great team spirit and exemplified good sportsmanship throughout. Mr Raybould would like to make a special award for ‘most improved player’ to Alex Chakabva. Alex scored his first points for the team and gave a good all round performance.

MVP: Callum Dell “sound technique when shooting and his rebound skills kept Tideway at bay.”Keep it going boys, you’re all doing so well.
Mr Raybould

Tuesday 22nd January: Year 9 B TEAM BOYS BASKETBALL

2008-01-25T14:03:00.001-08:00

The year 9 B-team took part in the ‘B league’ tournament against 3 other A-teams from Hailsham, Lewes Priory, and Cavendish. In any other school our squad of 8 players would make up an A-team.

Each school put forward 2 teams, our A-team won the tournament, winning 6 games and drawing 1. Jon Reed top scored in the whole tournament, Ashlee Ford, Beau Baxter Smith, and Jake Taylor made up the winning team. Our B-team finished 2nd in the tournament, only losing 2 matches. Chris Bennett, Tanaka Shoniwa, Tey Franco, and Ricky Cummings performed well under pressure.

It was great that our B-team finished higher then 3 other schools A-teams in the tournament.

MVP: Jon Reed “top rebounder and scorer in the tournament, the A-team is beckoning”

Monday 21st January: YEAR 10/11 BOYS BASKETBALL

2008-01-25T14:02:00.000-08:00

ETC 32 TIDEWAY 36

A very disappointing start to the season with an unexpected loss. We were missing key players such as Tyrone Haydes, but also missed too many lay-ups and 14 free throws.
A very poor start to the ‘A’ league season, hopefully things will improve.

MVP: Not awarded