Pictured is the Stepaside C.P School football team that recently won the Urdd football tournament held in Tenby.
Drawn in a strong group, the team lost their first match 1-0 against an impressive Neyland team. In their second match, they recovered strongly to defeat Sageston 3-1 with goals from Kiaran, Olly and Logan. Next was another impressive performance against Gelli Aur where the team once again triumphed this time by 2 goals to 0 with Logan scoring twice. Needing to win their final group game against St Florence to progress they were successful by 4 goals to 0 with Dylan (2) Olly and Kiaran scoring. This enabled Stepaside to progress to the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals, they met Group A winners St Francis and triumphed 2-0 with goals from Logan and Olly after another impressive display. This meant that they progressed to the semi final where they met Hafan Y Mor. After a very tight match that ended 1-1 with Logan scoring, Stepaside progressed with a ‘Golden Goal’ winner again from Logan.
Stepaside were now through to the final where they met Tenby. Another very impressive performance resulted in a 2-0 victory with goals from Logan and Olly and victory in the tournament. Stepaside C.P School will now progress to the next stage of the tournament in March. Mr Harries would like to congratulate each player for their wonderful performances and the supporters who cheered the team on during the very successful day.