VPHS Magazine 2014 | Page 197

VPHS The Under 14 Boys once again had an extremely successful season. The boys started the year with the traditional Brebner under 14/15 Itec tournament. Preparation for this tournament starts early every year and this year it seemed to start even earlier than normal. The boys performed exceptionally at this tournament and it set the season up brilliantly. The PE Western Zone league was a tough one for the team this year. The team did not shy away from the challenge though and went through the entire season only losing one league match. There is no formal under 14 soccer at high school so our boys play in the under 15B league, which makes this an even better feat as they are playing against teams one year older than themselves. This season, unfortunately, the league did not run to its completion as our opponents were unable to compete to the end due to internal school exams. The McDonalds Competition 2014 saw the team making it all the way to the Regional final, only to lose out to the dreaded penalty shootout. They went through the Zonal and Regional games in this tournament unbeaten and drew the final 2-2. To end the season we played two friendly fixtures against Uruguayan and Argentinian counterparts touring South Africa. Unfortunately, we drew against St. Patricks (Uruguay) and lost to Woodlands (Argentina). The team learnt a lot during this season and I hope their football journey at Victoria Park will be a long and successful one. M Louis 197