Category: Sports

25th September 17

Last Friday the Year 4 ‘A’ Football team spent the day at Cranleigh Prep School. The sun was shining and Chelsea Football Club were organising matches and training for the 16 schools in attendance. Graeme Le Seaux gave all of the children an inspiring talk before the game with some interesting Q&A. It was then into lunch for all of the teams.

After a hearty lunch, the boys were ready for action. The format was four groups of four teams. Only the winning team from each group would go through to the finals where they would play another round robin. Each match would only last six minutes so it was so important not to concede an early goal. With seven players on a small pitch scoring was going to be difficult. In our first game we smashed in six goals in six minutes against Wonersh & Shamley. In our second game we drew with The Roche School 1 – 1. We dominated the game only to concede from a kick on. The Roche also drew against Holy Trinity Guilford and it was now up to us in the last game to win the group against Holy Trinity and progress to the finals. We played some wonderful football with Hector turning on a magic five minutes. He was everywhere. He was ably supported by Basil and Dom with his outstanding finishing. We won 2 – 0 and progressed to the finals.

Waiting for us in the finals was our old nemesis Eaton House The Manor, The hosts Cranleigh Prep and last year’s winners Cranleigh Primary School. We drew 0 – 0 against Eaton House in our first game. We also drew 0 – 0 against Cranleigh Primary. Unbelievably, all of the teams in the group were drawing their games. The last two games of the day would determine the result of the tournament. An unfortunate deflection saw us concede a goal to Cranleigh Prep and we lost the game 1 – 0. Eaton House had to beat Cranleigh Primary by 2 goals or more to be crowned champions as they hadn’t scored a goal yet in the final stages. They could only manage a 1 – 0 victory over Cranleigh Primary, which gave the hosts victory by a goal difference of one.

The Finton boys were great ambassadors for our school and played some fantastic football. Equal 3rd place out of 16 schools was a pleasing result.

21st September 17

Although the boys were very excited about the tournament, they knew it would be a challenging day with a number of schools taking part.

Unbelievably, both teams managed to win their groups with only one goal conceded and a large number of goals being scored. At lunch confidence among the squad was very high, but the boys were told that this was the knockout stage of the competition and concentration was vital.

Both teams managed to navigate through the quarter finals successfully. It was in the semi-finals that the B team were drawn against Eaton House, a team we knew were going to be difficult from the outset. It was in this match that we played our best football to date, overcoming them 2-0. The A team put up an equally impressive performance against Westminster, with the match ending in a victory for Finton House. Unbelievably both teams had made it to the finals, which is an achievement in itself!

The B team were winning 1-0 until the very last minute of the match, when we unfortunately conceded a goal, meaning the match went to penalties. However the boys kept their confidence throughout and took home the first of the two Finton House medals.

The A team then went into their final, wanting to replicate the success of the B team. Unfortunately, we were defeated 1-0 in the final, but the boys gave everything and on another day the result could have been the other way around.
Overall it was a fantastic day!

10th July 17

The atmosphere on our Sports Day 2017 was fantastic as the whole school community came together to watch the 4 houses Macmillan, Charrington, Thomson and Nunneley, which are named after the founding families, compete on the day for the prestigious annual Sports Day Cup.

The children impressed the audience with some all-time-high school records in the 800m and 1500m runs, sprints and long jumps. Although a competition, Fintonians made us very proud with their attitude towards the event. They showed respect, cooperation, endeavour and resilience on the day.

All teams had a brilliant time and of course everybody hoped for their house to win the cup. The excitement could be felt on the field as the children prepared for the final announcement of the winner by Mr Ben, Headmaster. After some very nerve-wrecking minutes, the results were out…and Macmillan was announced as the winner of the Sports Day 2017!

At this point there was no way to stop the green team; they jumped, screaming and hugged each other, happy about their well-deserved victory! The house captains proudly picked up the trophy and a loud cheer went up from the crowd to congratulate them, as they posed for a victorious photograph.

The other houses congratulated the winning team in true Finton House style. What a fantastic way to finish the academic year for sports at Finton House School!