Webster's High School Holland Tour 2007

Wednesday, 24 October 2007

Glorious Girl's Victory

On arrival the team were amazed to discover the size of the community team S.V. Scheveningen and magnificent facilities with numerous all weather tennis courts, football pitches (under floodlight) and an indoor sports centre with a 500 seat stadium which catered for a variety of other sports. All of these facilities were of the highest standard and appeared to have full participation from the local community.

Numerous chances were created in the opening ten minute spell with the opposition keeper producing many fine saves. The deadlock was broken after good build up between Winter, Dutch and Kilcoyne allowed Hamilton to blast home from ten yards. Shortly afterwards Winter and Hamilton’s superbly struck shots were unlucky to hit the post. Webster’s lead was doubled when the ever alert Winter blasted home from the tightest of angles. S.V. Scheveningen looked dangerous on the break but the Webster’s defence of Hart-Winks, Burke, Taylor and Jacobsen always looked rock solid. At half time Webster’s retired the dressing room with a well worked

2 – 0 lead.

The second half was totally dominated by a very strong Webster’s performance and it was no surprise when “sniffer which weather tennis courts, football pitches (under floodlight) a supreme” Kilcoyne bagged 2 well taken goals. The Midfield of Smith, Winter, Hamilton and Dutch were completely dictating the game and the opposition were forced to defend for lengthy periods. It was very encouraging to have strong performances by newcomers Laing and Campbell.

P.O.M. Jill Hamilton.

Most improved players were Sam Jacobsen and Amy Taylor

Score 4 - 0

Half time 2 - 0

(Goal Scorers)

Cheryl Kilcoyne 2
Jill Hamilton 1
Zoë Winter 1

The training from the Master class coach – Rob
Gave the girls a massive confidence boost and Phil commented “If we had a full week of this type of coaching with a tournament at the end, we would have a better idea if the training was working effectively."

Tuesday, 23 October 2007

Watson's Winners, Mr Herrons Match Report

With a slightly shorter commute the senior team was hosted by Vitesse Delft some 45 minutes bus journey from Noordvijk. From departure it was clear the team was well up for this fixture and they did not disappoint. Mike the lad's coach for the week kept us company on our journey and inspired the team pre-match. This match was always going to require a big performance to get the campaign off to a good start and the lads certainly didn't disappoint from the first kick. Webster's quickly established a stranglehold on the game and never let this go.

Oozing confidence and demonstrating dazzling skill and total football the lads quickly opened their account through Stuart Reid who scored a predatory goal capitalising on a very good parried save by their keeper. This was followed by 3 very quick scores and yet more flamboyant play. Smart and Al-Ansari provided pace and made life extremely difficult and caused numerous problems with slick play and good support through their wide positions. MacDonald and Day were like the great wall of China in defence and provided an option for attack from depth and the maintenance of possession rather than cover at the back.

At full back positions Farquharson and Brough made excellent overlapping runs with the midfield and regularly got forward and made a menace of themselves. Up front Reid and Cameron were uncontrollable for the hosts. In the middle Watson and Ferguson commanded their troops and controlled the game from start to finish. Dobbie prowled his box and barked orders but only saw the ball once and it was more a case of staying warm.

Thomson, Tinker and Basford injected pace and fresh legs after 15 minutes and outstanding link up play by Thomson and hard graft was evident from his introduction. Basford and Tinker stepped in at centre back positions and continued on as MacDonald and Day had done previously. Basford played with much improved confidence and this meant he was heavily involved in build up play. Tinker sprayed pinpoint accurate passes and took a well deserved goal. At half time the score was 7 - 0.

The second half continued much as the first had and Dobbie came outfield to right back and MacDonald took over as keeper. Webster's ran out final winners 11 - 0 with goals from: Day x 5, Tinker x 1, Ferguson x 1, Reid x 2, Thomson x 1 and Watson x 1. Such a strong performance meant techniques and skills learned in training could be put into action in the game situation. Furthermore, players positions could also be rotated and explored to provide strength and depth for future games. Mike who is the lads coach travelled along and was very impressed by the standard of play.

After match discussion meant a very tough choice for the man of the match award. However, with a captains performance and strong leadership Watson was awarded M.O.M. Most improved player was Basford. Big thanks to Mum and Dad for the new boots! An outstanding result, here's hoping for tomorrow night's game and the tournament on Thursday.

Pictured here are the 2 top men

Hi 5 for the Goals he scored.

Captain and Top Man for the day.

Scott day with the 5 Goals and Captain Watson with the M.O.M award.

The team are also in the pictured above due to a superb performance.

"Sorry for the delay due to technical issues"

Mr Jenkins team report

GDA F.C. was the destination for the junior team, where a 2 hour journey did no favours for the result, the team ended up losing 3 goals in quick succession from kick off, however, they played their hearts out in the second half to only lose 1 other goal, near misses and decisions against for offside led to an unfortunate loss 4-0. The team performance deserved a lot more, as they look forward to their masterclass session tomorrow.

On the way back to the Hotel the team decided to figure out what GDA stood for. As you can see from their back row, a team decision was made and GIANT Dutch actors was voted in.

A great result considering the team dynamics and mixed ability versus the oppositions size and strength.

The photo above demonstrates the team spirit as they were all considered worthy of men of the match.

Match reports and scores from this evenings games 23/10/07

3 games were played around 2 hours drive from the Hotels, with mixed fortunes.

The Girls team played Woerden F.C. (VEP) and did a fantastic job, coming away with a draw at 2-2 they rallied round and gave a massive team performance, however their was one clear winner of the player of the match award - Zoe Winter who lead by example as the team captain. 2 goals came from Cheryl Kilcoyne that earned the team a very well fought out draw.

Pictured here is Zoe - Captain and Player of the match

, however the team are added above due to their outstanding ability and support play. Well Done Girls!!

Teams before the training - Weather Freezing - Wish you were here?

Goalkeeping from the experts, the grounds soft now as they are put to the test.

Hi Mum, this is cold

The Team before the training

To be continued tonight --------KEEP BLOGGING_________

Football Masterclass - NEWEST RANGE OF BOOTS

Oh look! folks its me in the middle, as requested.

Larger Image here

Callum bought one for the office "Mum" so that you can keep all the ideas for your own Blog, he suggested you call it "The Office" but said their may be issues with copyright.

Best wishes to everyone back at work from all the staff and pupils.

Scott Shouted "YES!" very loudly in the middle of pancake palace, when asked about the outburst he replied "I'm missing double Maths just now Mr R"

Steve C Before the contest: Can I get all of this in my mouth?

And After

Well did I win

Masterclass Football has started at last

The training and games have started today - We had an early curfew, after our Quiz Night in the Hotel. This morning weary players arose to the sound of crisp frost being scraped from cars in the street, Definatly not sunglass and hat weather, however, everyone on form and biting at the bit to get a football at their feet.

Here are some photos from training.

I will attempt to get the team games results uploaded and site edited as quickly as possible.

It is getting harder to get the internet access each day, as wirless is protected and I am counting on places to give me permission to use their wireless signal and key password.

It is very rushed therefore if errors appear or specifically you want to see someone apear on the Blog, keep the comments coming. The Kids will be able to access the site on Thursday from Amsterdam after the tour of Ajax Stadium.

Gillian joins in, not for the skill aquisition, just for the heat!!!