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The Girls' Tournament
took place on Friday 16th May 2025 at Ribbon Academy,
Murton.
Entrants
- Westlea, Ribbon, St Mary Magdalen's, Ropery Walk,
Seaview
and
Ryhope
No fewer
than six schools entered
the tournament, reflecting the much-deserved higher profile that
girls' and women's football is currently enjoying and
the high standard of football on display at
the tournament was a joy to watch. St Mary's and Ribbon
started very strongly with convincing victories and it
soon became clear that the overall winner was likely to come
from these two teams. However, the girls from Ryhope,
Seaview and Westlea started to find their form and there
were some fine peformances from Ropery Walk as well. Ribbon
and St Mary's continued to impress but the other schools were
determined to have their say. With one game remaining in the
tournament for each of the front runners, St Mary's were
leading with 10 points, two points ahead of Ribbon. Ribbon's
final game was against Ryhope; St Mary's played Seaview to
complete their fixtures. St Mary's took the lead in
their match, only to be pegged back by an excellent Seaview equaliser. Meanwhile,
in spite of all their best efforts, Ribbon couldn't
find a way past a resolute Ryhope defence and their
game finished goalless. Those results meant that St
Mary's finished with 11 points and Ribbon with 9 points. So
St Mary's were declared winners of the tournament and lifted
the trophy. Well done to St Mary's and commiserations to
Ribbon, who finished as runners-up. As usual, the
tournament was played in wonderful spirit and provided great
entertainment for the spectators.
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Final
Table |
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Played |
Won |
Drew |
Lost |
Points |
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1 |
St
Mary’s |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
11 |
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2 |
Ribbon |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
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3 |
Seaview |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
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4 |
Ryhope |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
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5 |
Westlea |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
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6 |
Ropery Walk |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
Girls' Tournament Rules
i) Ten players per squad (limited to Y5 and Y6),
seven of whom form the
team and the other three are
subs.
ii)
Games are 4 minutes each way (unless agreed
otherwise before the
tournament).
iii)
The playing rules are the same as for
mini-soccer.
iv) If sufficient numbers warrant a dual
league system, teams are drawn to play
in two leagues and each league team plays
each other once. The
winners of group one play the winners of group
two in the final. If the final is drawn, extra time of two
minutes each way will be played. If there is still no winner
after extra time, the trophy will be shared unless both
finalists agree to take part in a penalty shoot-out, which
would involve 5 players from each team.
v) Teams are awarded three points for a
win and one for a
draw.
vi) Should
teams have the same number of points the highest placed team
shall be
decided as follows: a) Goal difference; b) Most goals scored; c)
Won most matches; d) Result(s) of matches between the teams concerned.
Should teams share a qualifying position in the group and
the playing records are identical, then a 'golden goal'
play-off match may be arranged if time permits. If this is impossible
or the play-off match is goalless, the position
will be decided by a penalty shoot-out involving 5 players
from each team.
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