Soccer team in State champs

Woy Woy Public School's indoor soccer team will compete in the State Championships in August, after taking out the Central Coast competition on March 4.

Team coordinator Mr Peter Graham said it was the first time Woy Woy had entered the competition.

"Since it was our first time in the local championships, we did not know what to expect," Mr Graham said.

"We trained hard and were ready to do our best.

"Our first game was against Kincumber who we defeated 9-1.

"Our second game was against the second Kincumber team and we won 7-0.

"The last game was against St Patrick's which we won 6-1.

"This put us first in our group.

"Quarter final was against Kincumber and again we won 6-1.

"The semi final was a huge match and we found ourselves down 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 but we never gave up and kept coming back 3-3 at full time.

"Down 4-3 we scored with one minute to go in extra time.

"We went into penalty shoot-out, again we found ourselves staring at a loss but Liam Stone saved us and we went through to the grand final.

"The grand final was another close game, locked at 1-1.

"With 25 seconds to go Zane Smith scored the winning goal.

"Every player scored a goal on the day and it was a fantastic achievement, one we are very proud of.

The team now goes to the State Championships at Penrith in August."

The winning team consisted of Ryan Ball, Matt Evans, Ali O'Brien, Zane Smith, George Stevens, Liam Stone, Jarrod Taylor and Brandon Williams.

Newsletter, 12 Mar 2009 Peter Graham, Woy Woy Public School