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  • Oct 252024

    Girls football

    The girls team started the season on fire scoring lots of goals and creating a really fun team environment. They have played four matches, scoring 14 goals and only conceding 4. Currently, they sit at the top of the league with an exciting quarter final cup fixture away at Bowmansgreen.

     

  • Oct 252024

    Boys A

    The Boys A team have played 4 matches thus far and have looked really competitive with great positive play and teamwork. They have looked to play passing football which has been brilliant to watch and with a bit more time I’m sure they will get their first points of the season. Results so far:

    Friendly – Bowmansgreen 1:0 ACS

    Cup – ACS 1:2 Abbey (Henry)

    League – Prae Wood 2:1 ACS (Luca)

    League – SRA 5:1 ACS (Thomas)

  • Oct 252024

    Boys B

    The Boys B season has already reached its halfway point having played 5/10 matches before October half term. The team have competed well, learning and growing in confidence as a team. This has helped them secure 2 victories so far with lost of goals being scored.

     

     

  • Oct 252024

    Year 4/5 Football

    A new season for ACS began in early September when the Year 4/5 teams started their maiden league campaign against Fleetville. The team have competed really admirably in some very closely fought games, they have showed great resilience to battle in a very challenging league. Three games in and they are beginning to gel as a team and play some very attractive passing football.

    The children of Year 4 & 5 have been able to play in multiple festivals hosted at St Columbas which has been a great experience for all those involved.

  • Apr 192024

    Year 4 High 5 Champions

    Yesterday, Alban City’s Year 4 netball team took part in the St Albans High 5 Netball tournament, with teams coming from all over the city to compete. The team played some incredible netball, creating flowing passing moves to score and worked really well as a team to defend and attack in each match.

     

    They finished their group in 1st position without losing a match and progressed through to the final to face Gardenfields. The team scored a brilliant goal in the first half following some great passing and movement from the whole team. They defended their one goal advantage to win the tournament.

     

  • Mar 132024

    Alban City Netball Development

    Alban City’s netball team are currently second in their spring league with 2 fixtures remaining and competed in the Year 6 St Albans Netball tournament held at Samuel Ryder, playing against 3 premier division sides. The girls worked really hard to compete with the higher level of opposition, scoring and playing some great netball.

     

    As part of the school’s sporting development plan, Mr Clements has been working to increase the netball opportunities for pupils in KS2 which has resulted in him organising this years, Year 5 and Year 4 development tournaments.

     

    Prior to these tournaments which are due to be held soon, both Year groups have played against schools to learn match skills and rules. Year 4 played really well with some flowing moves and keen accuracy when shooting to beat Prae Wood 5-0. Year 5’s have shown a keen interest with 20 children participating in the Year 5 netball club. All 20 played on Monday in two matches against Skyswood, the first ending 4-1 to Alban City and the second match finishing 0-4 to Skyswood.

    Year 5 Netballers

  • Mar 112024

    Let Girls Play #letgirlsplay

    As part of the English Schools Football Association (ESFA), Alban City school were encouraged to participate in the #letgirlsplay initiative. Mr Clements decided to organise a massive event on Friday 8th March. Gardenfields hosted on their expansive playing fields, multiple pitches of games whilst coaching sessions were provided by Arsenal Ladies and Tottenham academy coaches. 100 girls from 5 primary school across St Albans participated and loved every second! A special thank you to Aaron D’Antino (Arsenal ladies) and Donny Campaniello (Tottenham) who put on skill based sessions for the girls in between their matches against other schools, they were impressed by everyone’s enthusiasm and performance.

    Thank you to the girls from Skyswood, Camp, Gardenfields, Killigrew and Alban City who made the effort to attend!

  • Mar 112024

    Year 2 & 3 football

    Incredible scenes as 11 Year 2/3 children travelled to Bowmansgreen on Wednesday to play two friendly fixtures. Both teams played really well, with the yellows finding their feet after half time to dominate their match. Blues played some really good football and were denied multiple times  by the opposition keeper and post.

    Yellows match finished 7-2 (goals from James x3, Harrison x2, Edward and Braydon)

    Blues finished 2-10 (goals from Moses and Louis)

     

    A really good standard of football being played and definitely some future stars!

  • Mar 112024

    Year 4 football

    Year 4 enjoyed another afternoon of football, travelling to Bowmansgreen to play both girls and boys Year 4 teams.

    The girls conceded a few early goals on the tiny pitch but worked really hard to earn themselves their first goals of the year, both scored by Romilly.

    The boys played really well and lead 2-1 at half time before Bowmansgreen equalised early on in the second half. They dominated the second half and scored to lead again before a late equaliser for Bowmansgreen went in right on full time. The match finishing 3-3, goals from Alex x2 and Reg.

  • Mar 082024

    Girls football summary

    The Girls football team  won their penultimate match of the league campaign 1-0 against Mandeville (Elizabeth), which meant they went into the final game of the season knowing that a victory would give them a first ever league win. They were the dominant team in the second half but just couldn’t find any clear chances against a very organised Prae Wood team who took their chances on the break. Alban City were still really proud of themselves as they pushed Prae Wood until the final game of the season, finishing 2nd in only their second season competing in the league.

    Top goalscorers:

    Mary-Catherine – 14

    Jemima – 5

    They have also represented the school at Watford FC dome where they played in the premier league primary stars tournament, going unbeaten in their group but losing out on a place in the semifinals by 4 points. They also participated in a PSHE session on teamwork which they thoroughly enjoyed and even got to meet some of the first team players

    A special thank you to Erin Andersen, who has coached the girls this year, we both agreed that the girls have improved so much in the short 6 months they have played together and have inspired lots of other girls within school to play.

     

    Mr Clements