Oct 2008 - Morrison's Academy

Hockey
S3 Hockey (cont.)
confident mood for The Junior
Midlands Tournament and was
unlucky not to qualify from the
section. Our solid and dependable
defence enabled us to clear the ball
from the danger zone and allow our
attack some great opportunities
which they capitalised on in a match
against George Heriot’s School,
winning 2-0. It was a very exciting and
entertaining match for both the
players and the spectators. Individual
and team play improved dramatically
towards the latter half of the term,
resulting in some tough play and
close matches against leading
competitors.
Another superb match took place
against Queen Victoria School when,
with 10 minutes to go, we were 3-1
down. However Rachel Adamson
then took the game well and truly to
the opposition and we finished 4 - 3
victors.
At the Junior Indoor Tournament in
January the team showed some great
skills and was unfortunate not to
qualify for the later stages despite
only losing one match. Unfortunately
the weather in January and February
meant a lot of cancellations of
practices and matches so when our
final match against Madras College
came round we had almost forgotten
where Dallerie was! We finished in style
with a comprehensive 5-1 victory which
was well deserved as we played with
great enthusiasm and skill. The passing,
individual skills and team play were
much admired by the spectators.
With high spirits from such a
memorable year we celebrated our
hockey season with a meal in Perth,
where individual awards were made
to some team members for various
achievements. However everyone
contributed to the success of the
season and all are to be
commended for their efforts.
Hockey Badges were awarded to the
following pupils:
• Kathryn Turnbull
• Rachel Adamson
• Rachael Jones
• Emily Coffey
• Emily Johnson
Kathryn Turnbull
S3 Hockey Captain
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S2 Hockey
The S2 girls’ hockey season was much
disrupted this year with only nine
matches played out of a possible
eighteen. On a number of occasions
it has seemed that just as the girls
began to play as a strong team unit
with both the attack and defence
playing increasingly skilful and
effective hockey, the rain would start
and match after match was
cancelled.
That said, the late summer sunshine
which lasted well into October
ensured our early matches against St.
George’s School, Robert Gordon’s
College and Madras College went
ahead. The team were unlucky to
lose 2 - 0 to St. George’s in their first
game of the season and
consequently came out in fighting
spirit to face Robert Gordon’s the
following weekend. Dallerie became
something of a battle site that
morning with both teams performing
passages of excellent play with hard
fought tackles from both sides.
Despite goals from Marianne Inglis
and Jenny Lovegrove and an early
lead, the team was very unlucky to
lose 3-2.
In their final match before the
Christmas break, all the girls’ efforts in
training and after-school practices
over the course of the term paid off
with an exciting 2 – 0 win over Trinity
Academy. The girls worked hard to
support each other in attack and
through fast and effective ball
distribution were able to dominate
the opposition. Lindsey MacDonald’s
second half goal was an absolute
cracker and surely a front runner for
this year’s goal of the season!
The New Year started with rain which
sadly didn’t really stop until March,
leaving only two fixtures for our S2
girls. In these final two matches the