U13 Girls Football
End of Season Football Tournament Hosted by SSIS @ SSIS
After a long break with Xmas and TET the girls were excited to play Football. The team consisted of 12 girls selected from the SISAC and the Fobisia team. These girls had never played together, however, they were supporting one another and reminding each other of the plays learnt in training. It was a very hot day in district 7, but we had a squad of 12 so the girls worked hard and regular subs were made. There was a fantastic buzz in the crowd with lots of parents spectating supporting the students.
BIS were first up against ISHCMC. The SISAC team had already come up against the school in the league and beat them 2-0 so they were hoping for another victory. At half time the girls were up 2-0 with the striker Molly scoring 2 goals. In the second half our goal keeper Tu Anh made a fantastic save pushing the ball out for a corner. Final score ended 2-0 to BIS again.
Our final game was against SSIS. The girls demonstrated much better understanding for the plays in this game finishing the first half 6-0, with Kimberley supporting in defence not letting anything past her so no shots for the opposing team on goal. Second half the girls demonstrated great sportsmanship and finished the game winning 8-0, with Phuong Anh becoming our top goal scorer.
The girls took home the trophy and outlined being the best team in the city. Congratulations girls! The Fobisia girls will continue to train hard and focus more on the plays, we wish them luck in Thailand.
Kelly Mason
U15 Boys Football
End of Season Football Tournament Hosted by BIS @ BIS
From the first whistle in the first game to the last whistle of the final, the U15 boys really showcased their class of football.
We won our first game 3-0 against TAS. We continuously played out from the back comfortably and professionally and that came down to our two fantastic centre backs; Lewis and Subin. They drove us up the field to get our 3 goals and secure the win and keep a clean sheet.
Our second game was much of the same against a tougher opponent in RISS. By this time it was getting very hot so the coach rotated lots of players throughout the game and every single person played a massive part in securing the 3-0 win. Yuto was unstoppable and was up and down the field. Defending at one end, scoring at the other. A great game and on to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals are always difficult games, and for us, in the heat, we didn't start the game how we would have liked and BIS went 1-0 down after a few minutes. Our captain really showed everyone around why he is our skipper, Seb De Geer dug deep and lifted everyone’s head and spirit with his positive words and encouragement. He also led by example with the ball at his feet and he got the boys over the line with a fantastic comeback 4-1 victory. Bring on the final!
It had been a long and very hot day and all teams had given 100% effort, notably in the other semi-final between ISHCMC and RISS going to penalty kicks. RISS came out as winners but they had to face an on fire and flying BIS team in the final. But you can’t take anything away from the BIS boys who were in winners mode. Nothing was going to stop them from getting gold. We took full advantage of tired legs and were able to rotate a lot of our outstanding squad players throughout the final. The RISS defence just could not handle Yoshio Yamada up top. He was causing them a lot of problems and this led us comfortably to a 5-0 victory. What a game. What a day! Lifting the trophy at the end is only the start with this team and they have a bright future in football.
Eoin Dolan
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