On Monday 3rd June the Year 5 & 6 PSSA Boys and Girls Soccer Knockout teams took part in the Sydney North Soccer Knockout Competition. The students, Mrs Tully and many generous parent volunteers, travelled to the first match against Northbridge at Northbridge Oval.

The girls team were on first with the boys and parents on the sideline cheering them on. All of the cheering and encouragement must have spurred the girls on as they took away the win with an outstanding score of 7-0.

The boys were up next. Their competition was tough. First Northbridge scored, 1-0. Then Artarmon scored to make it 1-1. Northbridge put another goal in making it 2-1. Artarmon fought back, demonstrating some great game play and evened out the scores, making it 2-2. With 10 minutes to go and both teams thinking they would be going into extra time, Artarmon scored 2 more goals making the final score 4-2! Both the girls and the boys were through to the next round!

Both teams were lucky enough to have the next knockout game organised in advance to play against Neutral Bay at Cammeray Oval. The girls were up first. They were nervous considering last year Neutral Bay beat and eliminated them out of the 2018 Knockout Competition. The girls utilised their team, setting up some amazing game play, made some great passes and had some outstanding shots on goal. Neutral Bay were no match for Artarmon as the girls won an impressive 8-1.

In high spirits the boys ran on next and the girls and parents cheered them on. The boys always talk about Neutral bay being ‘tough competition’ and this game was exactly that. The boys were very even at 2-2 right up to the last 3 minutes. With a penalty in the box in last few minutes against Artarmon, it was not looking good for us. Neutral Bay shot the goal and scored. The final whistle blew. Artarmon had lost 3-2. It was very unlucky. The boys should be very proud of their efforts. It was so close and overall, a very entertaining day of soccer.

A big congratulations to all the soccer stars of the day. A big thank you to all the parents who assisted with travel for the day and for cheering the students on - we could not have done it without your help. Good luck to the girls who will be playing the next round in the next few weeks. Stay tuned...

Mrs Bethany Tully

PSSA soccer coach