Football
At Edwards, pupils are introduced to football in Year 3 and 4 through coaching from the IFA. This provides pupils with the opportunity to develop an interest in football and to learn some of the basic skills.
Key Stage 2 pupils are invited to participate in football after school in the summer term which is always extremely popular. Pupils are taught about the importance of exercise and are given the opportunity to develop their football skills through a range of activities and small-sided games.
Each year our school participates in a 5-a-side Primary tournament at Castlederg High School, allowing the pupils the opportunity to play competitively.
CHS Football Tournament
On Friday 3rd and 10th February pupils from Years 4, 5, 6 and 7 travelled to Castlederg High School for a boys and girls football tournament. Please see the results below:
Y4/5 Edwards (Girls) - Champions League Winners
Y4/5 Edwards B (Boys) - Europa League Winners
Y6/7 - Edwards A (Boys) - Champions League Semi-finalists
Y6/7 Edwards B (Boys) - Europa League Quarter-finalists
Y6/7 Edwards (Girls) - Group Stages
Congratulations to Noah Clarke and Jessica Forbes, who were both awarded with Player of the Tournament in their respective categories, as well as Masyn Baxter who was awarded runners-up Player of the Tournament in the Y4/5 boys category.
Finally, a huge congratulations to every pupil that participated and represented our school so fantastically well. We are extremely proud of their efforts and hope that this encourages them to continue with their footballing journeys.
Y6/7 Tournament - 3rd February 2023
Y6/7 Tournament - 3rd February 2023
Edwards World Cup 2023
On Thursday 26th January 2023 we had a World Cup event in school organised by the School Council. 60 pupils took part from Key Stage 2 including 6 teams of girls and 9 teams of boys.
2 teams made it through from each group to the semi-finals. In the girls section, Argentina beat Qatar 3-2 and Wales beat Spain 6-2. In the boys section, Brazil beat Japan 4-3 and Switzerland beat England 6-1.
In the final, the girls team of Wales beat Argentina 4-1 and the boys team of Switzerland beat Brazil 6-2.
Well done to all the pupils who took part with grit, determination and sportsmanship. Check out the photos and videos below for some footage from the tournament.
Prizegiving
Boys final
Girls final
Boys semi finals
Girls semi finals
After School Football Club - Autumn 2022
Castlederg High School Football Tournament 2022
Congratulations to all 5 teams who played extremely well at Castlederg High School on Monday 27th June 2022. The girls team 1 made it through to the final of the competition and won the final against Newtownstewart. Edwards boys team 1 and team 2 both won their semi finals so that meant it was an all Edwards final, with Edwards 1 taking the tournament win. Callum Kee won boys Player of the Tournament and Emily Robb was chosen as the girls Player of the Tournament. Well done to team captains Ben Keys and Emily Robb who led their teams to victory and lifted the trophies.
Football Tournament - Omagh Youth Sport
On Friday 18 boys and girls from P5-7 participated in a 7-a-side and did fantastically well. Both teams were successful in winning a number of matches and scoring lots of goals. It was brilliant to see so many different children back out enjoying primary school sport again after a long lay off.
Well done Everyone!
Football with Mr Lowry and Miss Sproule
Thanks Gareth for sharing your skills and pitch tips with us!
Stacey Johnston is sharing her love for the game and her skills with our after school football club. It looks like a lot of fun!
Miss Roke and Stefan are helping coach our keen footballers at Edwards in the spring after school club....what a professional bunch!!
Andy Crawford is sharing his love for the game with our after school team
