Queen's School U12 team Runners up in FA Schools' National Girls 5-a-side Cup (From Watford Observer)

Queen's School U12 team Runners up in FA Schools' National Girls 5-a-side Cup

9:50pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010 in

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The national finals of the English Schools FA U12 Indoor 5-a-side Cup took place on Monday 1st March in Derby.

The competition started back in September 2009 with the girl’s competition attracting 727 entries.

Queen’s School won the first “District Round” beating Parmiters’ in the final. They travelled to Norwich for the 2nd Regional finals, beating St Martin’s School from Colchester 3-2 in extra time.

As regional winners they were down to the final 8 teams in this national competition against school teams from; Newcastle, Shrewsbury, Bristol, South Notts, Woking, Bury Metro and Jersey.

They were top of their group in the knock out stages during the day, beating Philips School in the semi-final 2-0. They met Priory School from Shrewsbury in the final, and just missed out on the top slot with a 2-1 score to Priory.

The magnificent 7 , and their teachers, who were sponsored by Henry Tilly were: Jordan Littleboy, Molly Wheeler, Julia Waller, Sian Wildman, Aimee Durn, India Whitty, Cassie Chase and coaches Miss Katie Wilding and Miss Sarah Steadman