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2006 REPORT

The 2006 finals were as good a day as we have had enjoyed in the era of RAF sponsorship with glorious fine weather, competitive and closely contested matches and a surfeit of umpires! Tribute was paid to Glyn Davies who had instigated the competition in the mid 1970s and who had organised the North Wales qualifying stages until his death last year.

The Under 12s was a nail-biting affair that was won by Fitzalan School from Cardiff who narrowly beat Connah’s Quay (2-1) from North Wales, Ysgol Tywyn from West Wales (2-0) and then their Cardiff rivals, Ysgol Glan Taf (2-1) with Glan Taf missing the chance to equalise from the penalty spot with just seconds to go! However, Glan Taf deservedly picked up the runners-up spot with Ysgol Tywyn acquitting themselves well on their first appearance at Finals Day. Dale Hutchinson from Fitzalan was the player of the day and had a large influence on his team’s eventual victory.

The Under 14 competition again saw the South Wales teams from Ysgol Glan Taf, Cardiff and Brynteg, Bridgend, overcome their north Walian opponents from Eirias School, Colwyn Bay and Rhyl. However, there were some talented hockey players on view, notably Michael Pennington from Rhyl who ensured that his team defeated Eirias for 3rd place. Sam Bailey from Brynteg had just returned from Belgium and France where he had played with distinction in Wales’ Under 16 team and he had a tremendous influence in securing the runners-up spot for his team, Brynteg. However, pride of place went to Ysgol Glan Taf who’s firepower was just too much for their opponents – Rhys Gowman, Tom Harries and Oliver Rendle had outstanding cup final matches and their team deservedly won the trophy.

In the Under 16 competition, Whitchurch were run extremely close by Ysgol Creuddyn from Colwyn Bay. Although Whitchurch went into the lead, Creuddyn’s captain, Jack Dennis, netted a superb short corner strike to level the scores by half-time. Whitchurch then retook the lead and held this precariously at times, until two late goa in the last 2 minutes brought them a 4-1 victory.

Whitchurch also lifted the Under 18 trophy by defeating Eirias School from Colwyn Bay by 4 goals to 0 although Emlyn Jones and Joshua Williams had notable games for Eirias and did much to make this a good contest. However, the trophy was lifted by Welsh international, Chris Fido who paid tribute to his team’s overall performance.

At one point during the day, there was a low fly-past by some fighter jets, presumably the RAF just popping over to see how their event was going!

Chris Despres (Welsh Schools Organiser)
 

UNDER 12s

	CONN’S QUAY	FITZ- ALAN	GLAN TAF	TYWYN	Goals for	Goals against	Goal diff'	Pts	Pos'
CONNAH’S QUAY		1 – 2	1 – 1	0 – 2	2	5	-3	1	4
FITZALAN	2 – 1		2 – 1	2 – 0	6	2	4	9	1
GLAN TAF	1 – 1	1 – 2		3 – 1	5	4	1	4	2
TYWYN	2 – 0	0 – 2	1 – 3		3	5	-2	3	3

U-14s

	BRNTG	EIRIAS	GLAN TAF	RHYL	Goals for	Goals against	Goal diff'	Pts	Pos'
BRYNTEG		3 – 2	2 – 2	2 – 2	7	6	1	5	2
EIRIAS	2 – 3		1 – 2	0 – 1	3	6	-3	0	4
GLAN TAF	2 – 2	2 – 1		1 – 0	5	3	1	7	1
RHYL	2 – 2	1 – 0	0 – 1		3	3	0	4	3

U-16s

Y Creuddyn (N Wales)	1	Whitchurch HS (S Wales)	4

U-18s

Eirias (N Wales)	0	Whitchurch HS (S Wales)	4

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