More Than Fun at Stake at Lower School Football Tournament

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Children in Years 2 and 3 brought their skills and passion to the pitches last weekend at the Lower School Chelsea Fun Football Tournament.

The players were split into teams, which this year were named after some of the world’s top club teams, including Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester United. This followed a similar naming convention of countries in 2016 and chocolate bars in 2015! Each team was made up of boys and girls of varying abilities.

Prior to the competition kicking off, all of the players spent half an hour with the wonderful Chelsea coaches and their expertise clearly paid off when the matches began. A huge thank you must go to the Chelsea coaches in attendance, who also refereed the matches.

There was some fantastic football on show and every match was very closely fought, right up until the final. It was just as pleasing to see a large contingent of parental support roaring their children on and giving so generously to the Cherry Trees charity in exchange for some very welcome bacon sandwiches!        

Congratulations to all of the children who took part, in particular those below who received a trophy or a medal. In the end, it was the Bayern Munich team who were the overall winners of the event, narrowly overcoming Manchester City in second and Manchester United in third.

• Year 2 Female Player of the Tournament – Mia Cunningham

• Year 2 Male Player of the Tournament – Leo Smith

• Year 3 Female Player of the Tournament – Keira Johnson

• Year 3 Male Player of the Tournament – Dilan Guganeswaran and Kosti Kemp-Pederson

• Year 2 Female Effort Award – Aurelia Behr

• Year 2 Male Effort Award – Danny Moore

• Year 3 Female Effort Award – Antonia Bednall

• Year 3 Male Effort Award – Max Vitou

• Year 2 Goalkeeping Award – Allegra Cesar

• Year 3 Goalkeeping Award – Benedict French

• Year 2 Good Sportsmanship Award Male / Female – Harry Peters

• Year 3 Good Sportsmanship Award Male / Female – Lola Chisholm

• Year 2 Top Goal Scorer Male / Female – George Mahoney and Joaquim Guevara Correa

• Year 3 Top Goal Scorer Male / Female – Beau Redknapp

• Team Effort Award (13 Medals) – Real Madrid

• Managers Award (Female) – Rose Jovanovich and Jacqui Birrell

• Managers Award (Male) – Josh Lando and Robbie Marshall