Colchester tournament - Kelvedon qualify for finals
On October 10th 2019, Kelvedon travelled to Shrub
End to attempt to qualify for the Colchester Football Finals. Alfie (the
captain), Joe, Jamie, Nathan, Finley, Emilio, Alex and Felix were the talented footballers
who accompanied Mr Faithfull and Mr Barnes to this tournament. Kelvedon played
5 matches to qualify. The first match was against Wentworth. After a good first
half, Kelvedon found themselves 1-0 up. At full time, Kelvedon had doubled
their lead giving them a good start. The next challenge was against St Johns in
which Kelvedon scored 3 great goals including a penalty (which occurred when a
defender knocked Alfie off of his feet) which Emilio belted into the top
corner. In the next game, St Teresa battled hard and it was a reasonably even
game until Kelvedon finally found the goal they needed late in the second half
ending the game with a 1-0 victory. Another hard game presented it’s self when
Kelvedon came up against St Luke’s. This game was another 1-0 triumph to
Kelvedon –the goal this time presenting its self at the end of the first half. The
next competition was against Chapel and this was the game that Kelvedon were
finally beaten. After a disappointing performance from Kelvedon and a good
performance from Chapel, at half time, Kelvedon found themselves 2-0 down.
However, after a talk for their manager, Kelvedon raised their game and fought
back to bag themselves a goal. Kelvedon had some more decent chances but the
Chapel keeper denied them time and time again. When the full time whistle blew,
Kelvedon were 2-1 down- their first loss of the tournament and their season. Fortunately,
the earlier results were enough to see Kelvedon top their group and qualify for
the next round.
Tournament report written by Joe and Alfie.
