Tonight, our boys represented not only Christopher Pickering, but the city of Hull at the Humberside 7 aside county finals. Four teams from Hull (CP, Eastfield, Ings and Thanet) represented Hull, and four teams from the East Riding, North East Lincs and North West Lincs in a tournament to find the regions best U11 7 aside team.

Our group was very close. CP’s first game was against old rivals Eastfield and this game ended 0-0. The next two games from the rest of the group were also 0-0 draws. Our second game against Signhilsl was a strong performance with two goals coming in quick succession. A last minute concession saw the game finish 2-1 but out boys were confident. Our last group game was against St Nicks Beverley. This team had also had a 0-0 draw but only beaten Signhills 1-0. This meant our boys would win the group even with a draw. The game was incredibly tight, but our boys were moving the ball well, defending strongly but were struggling to finish their attacks. Sadly, a well worked goal in the last minute put St. Nicks ahead 1-0 and before we could regather, time ran out.

However, our boys came off to s surprise hot chocolate kindly bought for them by one of our parents – thank you so much for this kind gesture, it really helped lift the boys spirits after such a disappointing end to the night. Well done boys, you did yourselves, the school and Hull proud tonight and have learnt a lot to take into future games.

Disappointed but enjoying their post-game hot chocolate. 

Tonight’s man of the match chosen by Mr Moy – Harley. He had a great attitude, made very few errors and worked hard throughout every game. (No award for this so he was presented his hot chocolate!!)