St Peter’s won the girls’ tournament while West London won this year’s boys’ half of the annual Mayor’s Cup, the biggest borough primary school football tournament in the capital.
In dazzling sunshine, St Peter’s won the girls’ half of the annual Mayor’s Cup, the biggest borough primary school football tournament in the capital, thanks to a remarkable goal machine called Eliza Groves.
Having fired the Hammersmith school into the final with a couple of confident strikes, she repeated the feat in the last game of the day and was engulfed by jubilant teammates at the final whistle.
Team coach Jake Webb bellowed his girls to glory as they finished unbeaten on finals day. Having seen off last year’s winners, St Stephen’s, 2-1 in the semi-final, the St Peter’s girls, in dark blue, met Larmenier & Sacred Heart, who had defeated Fulham Bilingual by a single goal in their semi. Larmenier wore yellow.
With Eliza leading the line, St Peter’s used long throw-ins to excellent effect, causing mayhem in the Larmenier box. “We’ve been working on those throw-ins,” admitted coach Webb as the ball found Eliza in space on the far post to slot home the first goal.
A second followed to clinch the title just seconds before ref Cormack Harris blew the final whistle, but St Peter’s were also grateful to the goalkeeping skills of Dolly, who kept a clean sheet with several crucial saves.
Both boys’ and girls’ events proved boisterous, exuberant occasions, with the Shooting Starz all-weather football pitches in Acton playing host to a well-organised two-day tournament for years 5 and 6.
