It was the turn of the Horsham area primary schools’ year 3 and 4 players to strut their footballing stuff tonight at the Tanbridge astroturf. Despite some miserable weather they certainly put on an impressive show with 28 matches taking place split between a large schools division of eight and a small schools and B team division of seven.
Southwater stormed out of the blocks in the large schools division smashing through the defences of Greenway and Heron Way before gaining narrower wins over Shelley and Kingslea Green. Steyning and Leechpool A also went unbeaten on the night but lost points ground on Southwater with two draws each, albeit Leechpool has a game in hand. Both will play Southwater next week. Kingslea and St Mary’s Pulborough will feel they still have a chance of finishing in the frame if they play well next time out.
St Mary’s Horsham were excellent in the small schools and B teams division winning all their four games without conceding a goal. A single goal’s difference split the two main chasing threats, Castlewood and Plaistow/Kirdford and with the Castle still to play St Mary’s in the final meeting. It’s looking like Leechpool B and St Robert Southwell, both on 12 points, will be fighting out for the fourth upper group play-off spot next week.
RESULTS
| PITCH 1 | PITCH 2 | PITCH 3 | PITCH 4 |
| LARGE SCHOOLS | SMALL/B TEAM SCHOOLS | ||
4.02-4.12 | St Mary’s Pulb 3 v 0 Shelley | Heron Way 0 v 1 Kings Green | Oakfields 0 v 2 Plaistow Kirdford | Leechpool B 0 v 2 St Rob South |
4.14-4.24 | Southwater 7 v 0 Greenway | Steyning 2 v 2 Leechpool A | Castlewood 1 v 0 Oakfields | Plaistow Kird 3 v 0 Kings Black |
4.26-4.36 | Heron Way 1 v 6 Southwater | Shelley 1 v 1 Greenway | St Mary’s Hm 5 v 0 Leechpool B | Castlewood 3 v 0 Kings Black |
4.38-4.48 | Kings Green 0 v 0 Leechpool A | St Mary’s Pulb 0 v 0 Steyning | St Rob South 0 v 3 St Mary’s Hm | Leechpool B 1 v 0 Oakfields |
4.50-5.00 | Leechpool A 1 v 0 St Mary’s Pulb | Greenway 0 v 3 Kingslea Green | Plaistow Kird 1 v 0 Castlewood | St Mary’s Hm 2 v 0 Oakfields |
5.02-5.12 | Southwater 2 v 0 Shelley | Steyning 1 v 0 Heron Way | St Rob South 0 v 2 Castlewood | Kings Black 0 v 2 Leechpool B |
5.14-5.24 | Greenway 0 v 4 Steyning | Kingslea Green 1 v 2 Southwater | Plaistow Kird 0 v 2 St Mary’s Hm | St Rob South 4 v 0 Kings Black |
TABLES AFTER MEETING 1
LARGE SCHOOLS | P | W | L | D | F | A | Pts | SMALL / B TEAMS | P | W | L | D | F | A | Pts |
Southwater | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 20 | St Mary’s Horsham | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
Steyning | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 | Castlewood | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
Kingslea Green | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | Plaistow and Kirdford | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
Leechpool A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | St Robert Southwell | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
St Mary’s Pulborough | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | Leechpool B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
Greenway | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | Oakfields | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
Shelley | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | Kingslea Black | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
Heron Way | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 |