Football Success

This past month has been a fantastic month for football in Pontyclun Primary School. Here is a short round up of a month that has has seen Mr. Llewellyn with short finger nails and very hoarse.

The boys have become Urdd regional champions, represented the region in the national championships in Aberystwyth, and narrowly missed out on the semi finals in the New Directions Tournament and the Cardiff City Tournament.

The girls have also become Urdd regional champions, represented the region in the national championship in Aberystwyth coming (all wales) runners up after loosing via a penalty shoot out in the final. This week the girls reached the semi finals in the New Directions Tournament, loosing 1-0 to last years champions. The tournament involved 93 schools and was played to a very high standard. In the last month the girls team has played 22 matches, scored 45 goals and conceded 4 goals, they have been tremendous sports in victory and defeat and have represented the school, village and region admirably. Their consistency easily puts them in the top 2 best school teams in Wales this year.

As coach of both teams I would like to thank all of the children who have trained hard and played so well this year. All of our players have shown an excellent attitude towards the game and a superb team spirit, it really has been a pleasure to coach these children. I would also like to thank the wonderful support of the parents who have given of their time to help with transport, and been there to witness all of the recent highs and lows. I hope that the children continue to train and work hard on their skill levels, as we have a great deal of talent in Pontyclun. Keep going boys and girls, the premiership awaits...



Our boys in the dugout and players tunnel at CCFC.

Our girls receiving their runners up medals in the all Wales Urdd tournament, Aberystwyth.

If you click this link and press play you should see one of our goals from our day at Ninian Park. (Hopefully the video hasn't been changed yet).

http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/CommunityFootball/0,,10335~1660353,00.html

These medals were really hard to get at Aberystwyth.

We were regional champions in both the girls and boys' tournaments click below to see the musical tribute that our children created for the teams when they got back to school.

http://picasaweb.google.com/PontyclunPrimary/Movies?authkey=Gv1sRgCOm4uNPyua_2qQE&feat=directlink

Our "Roving Reporters" from Year 6 have recently sent a full report on the season into the Pontypridd and Llantrisant Observer, it should be shown over the next week or two.

What a month of football

Over the last month the boys and girls' football teams have been extremely successful and very busy. After coming runners up in the all Wales Urdd Competition, today we took part in the New Directions Finals at Sophia Gardens. The girls played really well and made the semi final. Tomorrow our roving reporters will give a full report here on our sports blog.

Sports Day 2009

This years rearranged sports day is on Monday June 1st (the first day back after half term) please remember your house t-shirts.

Pontyclun Primary School - Boys and Girls' Primary School Champions

Today was a fantastic sporting day for the children at Pontyclun Primary School. We became the boys and girls, Mid-Glamorgan Football champions for the second consecutive year. We took four strong teams to the University Of Glamorgan Playing Fields and were amazed at the football produced by all teams. The girls Rovers team made the semi finals, the United team came out champions after wining the final against Cwmgarw of the Cynon Valley 2-0. The Boys Rovers team (below) were just as impressive with a narrow loss, three draws and one win, they narrowly missed out on the semi finals after coming third in their group. The boys United team were magnificent all day and topped their group before wining the semi final 1-0 and the final against Castellau on penalties. Although nobody likes to win a tournament on penalties all present said that the best teams won both tournaments. We all eagerly look forward to the National Competitions at Aberystwyth, where we will be representing Mid Glamorgan against all of the other regional champions. With such a large amount of children competing the help and support of parents was essential, may I thank both the children for their excellent behaviour and the parents for their support, good luck to both teams in Aberytwyth. Today some of our players created a musical tribute to all four teams - as they are all champions. To see it click movies on the right hand side or click below:
http://picasaweb.google.com/PontyclunPrimary/Movies?authkey=Gv1sRgCOm4uNPyua_2qQE&feat=directlink