Bredhurst Church of England Primary School

On Thursday our football team representing Gillingham FC travelled all the way to Milton Keynes for the Regional Final of the EFL Cup.   The team were very excited on arrival and were soon warming up ready for the start. The level of football was very high and our first match was against Barnet Town which we drew 1-1. Kairo scoring the goal, unfortunately Kairo was already harbouring an injury which was exacerbated by the physicality of the match. After treatment, assessment and discussion with the Gillingham Coach Kairo was told he would not be playing in any more matches. This was a blow to the team and a great disappointment to Kairo who could now only watch and encourage his team forward.

All the team played really well, Marcell and Harper battling at the front, Freddie, Tate and Toby taking control of midfield with Felicity and Jude in defence Thomas in Goal.  Our team looked so small as they were mainly Year 5’s against some very tall year 6’s. But they played to their best ability. We lost against Bromly 3-1 with Tate scoring a goal. Third game was against Crawley which we won 2-1 goals from Harper and Freddie. Forth game was against Cambridge United losing 4-0. Our final game in the group was against Walsall losing 6-1 goal scored by Toby. We then had the play-off for final position which we lost giving Gillingham FC a final position of 10 Place. Well done to the whole team especially persevering once they knew Kairo had been benched.

Our netball team entered the Mini Youth Games. There were 29 teams competing and our first match was against Mierscourt Primary the game was very fast paced and we wone 3-0. A very good start, we then had another 5 successful matches winning 5-0, 1-0, 4-0, 6-0 and 3-2. Our team was feeling very confident but, harder teams were to come, we drew the next match with St. Andrews 2-2 and the final match against Halling we lost 3-0. We finished 4 overall just missing out on a medal. The team played brilliantly together. Well done to Freddie, Marcell, Lennie, Mia, Morgan and Millie.

This was held at Swimgate Primary school and was the best yet! The school encouraged all the children with an energetic warm up and dancing to music by their PE Department. The race started with Connie our only Yr 5 girl. She ran a brilliant race finishing in 4^th place. This was followed by the Year 5 boys. The race was quite flat this year approximately 1.6 km.  Freddie led the way for the boys finishing in 9^th place followed by Toby 10^th.  Joel was next to finish for Bredhurst in 25^th place followed by Tate 29^th, Frankie 47^th and Zac in 49^th place. This was the biggest group of runners with 57 taking part. Year 6 girls were up next with Mia finishing in 9^th place, just ahead of Lily Rose in 10^th. Alannah finished in 38^th and Samantha in 39^th . The Year 6 boys were next, another large group of 54 runners. Kairo sprinted the whole course finishing 15 seconds in front of the next runner. Jamie finished in 36^th place, Jack 45^th followed by Lennie in 47^th place.

Swingate presented all the runners with a medal, which was an amazing thing to do to encourage and celebrate their achievement in finishing the race.

 Yesterday our Table Tennis Team entered the MYG Tournament with another 35 schools at Medway Park. The standard of table tennis amazed our players - Morgan, Lily Rose, Felicity, Marcell, Toby and Kairo.

Every child played to their best ability playing 3 sets to each match. During the Tournament every child won at least two complete matches, unfortunately we lost more than we won, which caused some disappointment and frustration to a couple of team members. We must remember that sportsmanship is very important, without that and respect for others a team cannot build strength and the ‘spirit of Bredhurst’ is lost.

Last Friday 30.1.26 Our Netball Team went to South Borough Primary School for their first Netball Match in the Community League. Our team looked worried when they saw the opposition as they looked very tall and skilful. The match started and all the teams worries dropped as they played their own game of quick movement around the court. feeding the ball to our goal scorers. Unfortunately, the nets were a lot higher that the ones we have at school and proved a problem reaching them. The team persevered and after many shots they started to go in. the end result was South Borough 3 Bredhurst 5 - Brilliant result well done to the team -  Mia, Millie, Morgan, Arabella, Erin, Kairo, Freddie, Marcell and Lennie.