ISAZ U19 Girls Football

We, the under 19 girls football team, went to Lechwe School to compete in the ISAZ zone one, 7 aside football games on the 28th of January. Only Lechwe and Kalulushi schools brought a girls under 19 team for football. We had to play the Lechwe and Kalulushi girls twice, so this meant that in total we had to play four football games.

Natasha with Rosemary and Faith in the background

Our first game was against Lechwe. In the first half we started off rocky and 3 quarters of the game the ball was on our half but in the second half we improved on our attack and this gave us a few chances to get some shots on the goal. Unfortunately we did not manage to get a goal in, so in that game we drew 0-0. Our second game was against Kalulushi and the girls were really rough but we did not let this get in our way. We had many shots on goal but failed to get any in, until finally in the last 2 minutes Josiah scored a goal and this game ended in a 1-0 win to us.

Rosemary showing her skill

We played two more games but in our second game against Lechwe our defence was a bit weak [as we were experimenting with positions] and the Lechwe girls managed to score a goal. We picked up our defence and we kept the ball off of our side but we were unable to score a goal and so we lost that game 1-0 to Lechwe. Our last game was against Kalulushi and we played better in this game. We had a strong attack and defense, making many shots on the goal but in the last 2 minutes Diana scored a fabulous goal [from out wide] and we won that game 1-0. Overall we finished second out of three schools.

A big 'thanks' to the new players namely, Natalie Grove, Faith Chansa, Grace Kampeni, Rosemary Nawakwi and Naomi Ronald as they played extremely well for the first time. Big thanks to Mr Grove, Mr Kirk, Mrs Grove for the coaching, Mrs Kirk and Laura for all the support. Our big thanks to God for the day and weather.