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Wakefield Catholic Junior
Schools Football Tournament
On Saturday 13th June, Holy Family and St. Michael's Catholic Primary School, Pontefract, once again hosted the Wakefield Catholic Schools Football Tournament. This annual event involves 10 teams from 9 of the Catholic schools across the Wakefield district.
Sacred Heart, Hemsworth
St. Joseph's Pontefract
St. Austin's Wakefield.
St. John's Normanton
St. Joseph's Castleford
St. Ignatius Ossett
English Martyrs Wakefield
St. Joseph's Moorethorpe
Holy Family & St. Michael's Pontefract
Each team was represented by a squad of 10 children from years 4 to 6. After a closely fought group stages St. John's, English Martyrs, St. Ignatius and St. Joseph's Pontefract fought their way into the semi finals. These were finally decided after two fiercely contested games, --- St. Joseph's defeating St. Ignatius 1 - 0 and English Martyrs only winning their game against St. Johns following a sudden death penalty shoot out. In the resulting third and fourth place play off St. John's defeated St. Ignatius 4 - 0. The tournament final saw St. Joseph's Pontefract overcome English Martyrs 2 - 0. The tournament was once again refereed by local officials, Dave and Ian Griffiths, Dave Brayshaw and Mick Slater who voted Patrick Hoyle from St. Joseph's Pontefract as the player of the tournament. The staff from Holy Family would like to thank the referees, Paul Blackburn and John the Scorer for their help in making the whole day such a great success.