What a wonderful afternoon at Newland's Secondary School, this was a first festival for some of our children this afternoon and what a credit to the school they really were, Miss Porter and myself were amazed at the excitedness of our children and they looked oh so smart in our new Competition polo shirts, we can literally spot our children wherever we go now as they look so smart...

We started the afternoon off with pushing the balls with the pillow polo sticks to get used to how to hold the sticks, this was a completely new festival for us to go to and the children got stuck into it quickly before they got caught by Olaf! They then went onto another station where they aimed at the goal area and cones and then in the last station they had to weave through the other players who were polar bears.

They then went onto play a game against St Marys and drew 0-0 and then went onto win against Furze Platt Junior School with a winning goal from Corey!!  Well done team.

Well done to Afsar, Emiko, Yusraa, Sahil, Corey, Killian, Abdul Raheem and Rameez, all children will receive a certificate and should be pleased with how they performed in the game situation.

What a fantastic morning of football and the quality of play was really good with a lot of the teams present really working  hard as a team!!  St Edmund Campian and Courthouse came first and second in the tournament and this was a first boys tournament that we have entered run by Maidenhead Magpies in the Community and it was so nice to see such good sportsmanship.

Thank you boys for being a real pleasure and joy to take to a tournament, not only did they look the part, they played the part well and have given us some things to think about further when we play our fixture on Thursday this week.

Well done to Murtaza (Captain), Amaan A, Azaan, Salman, Salahuddin, Eisa, Samriddh, Saqib and Bailey-Ray, some great goals from Azaan, Murtaza and Amaan A and some great saves from Salman and Azaan.

The results of the game were as follows...

Riverside v St Edmund Campian Lost 0-4

Riverside v All Saints Drew 1-1

Riverside v Courthouse 2  Lost 0-2

Riverside v Holyport Lost 0-2

Riverside v St Marys Won 2-1

Riverside v Courthouse 1 Lost 0-5

Riverside v Jennetts Park Lost 0-3

Well another amazing game played by the Netball team, another victory 10-2, the girls played really well  and demonstrated fantastic sportsmanship and honesty when they knocked the ball out of court and when they said three cheers at the end.  I am so proud of them they really have shown a maturity and an eagerness to improve.

Congratulations to Ezzah who was nominated Player of the Match and well done to Safia, Sumaiya, Hafsah, Vaania, Charlotte, Fahtima and Haleema, although this is our last game before half term we still have another week training so am looking forward to the Year 5 and 6's and Year 4 too!

Well another lovely game of netball was had by our team today and it is always so nice to have a home game, I think the children definitely showed they were in their comfort zone and really have shown great movement on court and some fast passing.

The first quarter was 6-0 to Riverside, followed by 10-1 in the second quarter.  On the third quarter, the score was 14-1 and the final quarter was 17-1, another outstanding victory to Riverside, Charlotte and Ezzah worked really well together and were helped out by the rest of the team, Vaania, Haleema, Sumaiya, Safia, Fahtima and superb defending from Amaan A and Hafsah.  Once again thanks to the parents that came and saw the rest of the match, I know the children loved having some support!

We have another match next week so watch this space for further details!!!

Let Ezzah and Charlotte tell you about their new shooting technique.  Well done Charlotte for Player of the Match and well done to Safia for being a great captain!