Friday 16th May, 2025
NBA Jnr @ Ponteland High School
Despite missing a few of our squad, our year 7 boys successfully moved to the conference final of #NBAJnr on Thursday evening.
Our St Joseph’s girls took control early in the game, and by half time found themselves 3-0 up.
With 5 minutes to go and the score line at 4-0, St Aidans replied with 2 goals to bring the scoreline to 4-2. This proved to be purely consolation as a brilliant run from Sophia Manvell finished the game with a scoreline of 5-2.
A brilliant performance from a squad made up of mostly U14 girls.
Goal-scorers:
Sophie Manvell: 3
Lyla Johnson: 1
Chloe Fenwick: 1
The game went back and forth in the first half, both teams couldn’t get control of the game, but St Joseph’s created the best chances when Joe forced their keeper into 3 great saves.
Second half was St Joseph’s for the first 10 minutes where Ethan scored a penalty and Riley scored a fantastic free kick. St Mary’s pulled a goal back to make the final 10 minutes nerve racking, but Joe sealed the win with composed finish into the bottom corner to put us into the Semi Finals 🥶🧊
⭐Oliver – A player who was playing out of position, ran his socks off for 50 mins, caused the defence a-lot of problems.
Both St Joseph’s teams played exceptionally well through the group stages and found themselves up against each other in the semifinals. Nothing could split the two St Joseph’s teams during regulation time therefore the match was decided 
by penalties which saw St Joseph’s B progress to the final. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be for team B as they were beaten in the final by a strong Whitburn team.
by penalties which saw St Joseph’s B progress to the final. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be for team B as they were beaten in the final by a strong Whitburn team.Well done to all involved!
We had 2 teams in the competition, and both were in line for the top spot going into the final day of fixtures. Our Y9 team took the bronze medal, with our Y8 team taking the title and with it, qualification for the Tyne & Wear final. Well done to everyone involved.
The boys all played really well, enjoyed the afternoon and learnt a great deal from the experience. Our A team narrowly missed out on a place in the semi finals through points difference but a good time was had by all. If you are interested in joining our badminton club it is open to everyone on a Tuesday after school 3-4pm.Latest News
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