World Cup Fever takes hold at football competition

Inspired by World Cup fever the South Cambs School Sports Partnership recently hosted a fun afternoon of football at Linton Village College for children in Years 3&4. Sixteen teams took part in the competition which was aimed at introducing new players to the game of football and giving them the opportunity to represent their school in a fun and friendly competition.

Matches were 7-a-side with roll on, roll off subs with teams getting to play against lots of different schools in quick 7min matches which were expertly refereed by sports leaders from the Village College.

The schools taking part included Histon & Impington Brook, University of Cambridge, Pendragon, Petersfield, Dry Drayton, Barrington, Elsworth, Foxton, Harston & Newton, Linton Heights, Great Abington, Meldreth, Hatton Park, The Meadow and Trumpington Park Primary Schools.

With the focus of the event being on providing an introduction to competitive football in a really positive and fun environment the results of the matches were not recorded instead teams were asked to score their opposition based on their teamwork, sportsmanship and their team/individual skill. These scores were then collated and at the end of the afternoon awards were presented to the following teams

Teamwork Award                 -Barrington & Dry Drayton

Sportsmanship Award         -Linton Heights & Uni of Cambridge

Skill Award                            -Trumpington Park & Harston & Newton

The winning schools received a bag of multi sports equipment courtesy of Cambridge United Community Trust.

Individual awards were also given out to Arashi from Harston & Newton, Mason from Foxton & Mateo from Pendragon for showing great teamwork and sportsmanship throughout the competition. These awards were nominated by the sports leaders with the winners receiving a complimentary family ticket to a forthcoming Cambridge United match.

Claire McDonnell, South Cambs SSP Partnership Manager said, “It was the first time we have held an event such as this and we were really pleased with how it went. It was great to be able to introduce new players to the game of football and to give them their first competitive experience in a really positive environment. The children were so excited and proud to be representing their schools”.