Sport

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Great Crosby hosted the 2nd Jack Riding Memorial Shield on. Our boys welcomed St Nicholas, Waterloo, Valewood, Forefield and Ursuline Primary Schools. Mr and Mrs Riding joined the teams and enjoyed exciting football. Great Crosby  Greens and St Nicholas made it through to the final. The teams played out a 0-0 draw. After discussions it was decided that both teams share the shield. Thanks for all who came and supported the teams respectfully. Thanks to Billy, Callum and Harry for refereeing and keeping order. See you all next year.  

Great Crosby boys played in The Griffiths Cup Final against St Nicholas at Valewood Primary. It was a really hot day and the intensity of the weather was matched with the intensity of our effort. In the first half, we dominated the attack and at 6 minutes went ahead again by the header from Jacob. We bombarded their goal but their goalie was really good and we just could not get a second. In the last seconds before the half time whistle, St Nicholas’s scored to make it 1-1. It was the worst time for us to concede. The second half started and again, their number 9 broke through and scored straight away. It was really hard to come back from this. We did try to equalize but again they scored making the final score 3-1 to St Nicks. We are really proud of our achievements this season. And, as we always do, at the end of every game, together we say…. WE ARE GREEEEAAAT CROSBY! 

Great Crosby boys played in the Championship Cup at The Grange Primary school. In our first match, the team pulled together and dominated all areas of the pitch. The attackers pushed forward and scored 2 goals in succession. 2-0 win - we got off to a great start. In the second match, we played Thomas Gray Primary. Again, the team played beautiful football and again played an attacking game. We had lots of possession and scored 3 goals. Again, we kept a clean sheet and were 3-0 victors. Our 3rd match was a different game. We came up against English Martyrs whose game record read 10 played, 10 wins. They truly did turn out to be a formidable team. We fought hard to keep their forwards at bay. Sadly, they were able to break through twice to go 2 – 0 up. We did not let that phase us. We dug deep and pulled a goal back. It was a hard fought match and we really rattled our opponents. We felt we could get an equalizer and kept driving forward. Unfortunately, they were able to score one more goal. Making the final score 3-1 to English Martyrs.  The fourth game saw us pull our socks up and not let that defeat get into out heads. This was a very fast end to end game. We had shot, then they had shots. The time was ticking but Great Crosby boys never stop playing until the final whistle and we were not about to do so in this match. In the final minute we were awarded a corner. Oscar, put an in swinger in…. it held in the air… we watched as it made contact with Jacob’s head. It was like slow motion as our eyes followed the ball from his head and over the line. YES! The final whistle blew. We had won. In the last match, we again rallied and fought hard throughout the whole of the match. Sadly, the euphoria we experienced in the fourth match was lost as our opponents scored the only goal of the match. English Martyrs were the overall Champions as they again remained undefeated. Great Crosby were runners up. We would like to thank Miss Bishop and Mrs France who were our coaches. At the end of the end, we felt proud of our achievements. 

Well done and thank you to all our athletes in the Southport and Waterloo AC One Mile Races. We were awarded the overall Fair Play Award. In the year group team competitions, our Y3 boys team came 3rd, our Y4 girls teams were 2nd, Y4 boys and Y5 girls were both 1st and Y6 boys were 3rd. We also had individual placings - 1st in Y3 girls, 1st and 3rd in Y4 boys and 3rd in Y6 girls. 

Year 6 boys played a thrilling Griffiths Cup semi-final vs Ursuline. Half-time saw the scores level at 0-0. Early in the second half, Ursuline took the lead with an amazingly brave header. With 2 minutes to go, Great Crosby were awarded a free kick which Oscar scored to equalise.Nail-biting penalties followed, with Great Crosby winning 3-2. Well played to everyone.The final will be played at Valewood on Thu 9th June at 5.10pm versus either St Nicholas's/Forefield or English Martyrs. 

Our Y5/6 girls played an exhilarating match vs Valewood Primary. It was great to watch such enthusiastic footballers battle for a winning goal. A 0-0 draw was the final result. Well done to both teams & thank you to Valewood made us very welcome.  

 Y6 boys played a really exciting football match against Ursuline. Each player gave 100% effort. The game was riveting with end to end chances. The final score was 3-3. 

Great Crosby boys played a very competitive, end-to-end match against Valewood Primary. Both teams were outstanding and were excellent sportsmen. Each team had opportunities to win the game, but in the end 0-0 was the final score. 

Congratulations to Dylan who won the Northern Schools Trampolining Competition for Year 1-6 Intermediate Boys. Watch his video below and see him with his trophy. 

Well done to all our Year 5 and Year 6 representatives who braved the cold wind to run in the cross-country races at Litherland Sports Park.

Congratulations to Dylan who has won the NW Schools Trampolining Intermediate Boys Competition for Years 1-6, representing Great Crosby in Macclesfield. He really enjoyed the event and has qualified for the next round. Watch his video below.

Great Crosby Year 6 boys played a Griffiths Cup match v Valewood Primary. Both teams played excellent football in an exciting end to end game. A superb strike from distance by Jacob gave Great Crosby a 1-0 1st half lead. The boys withstood some strong Valewood attacks in the 2nd half. Amazing saves by Isaac kept the score at 1-0 at the final whistle. 

 Y6 boys played an energetic football match against St Edmund's and St Thomas'. Our boys were true sportsmen and superb ambassadors for our school well. Well done boys - great match, great result. 

 Well done to our Y6 boys football team who played a well-fought game vs Springwell Park.

 Our boys played with an excellent team spirit & a determination to show their true skills. We are very proud of them.  

Well done to our Y6 girls football team on a great performance this afternoon with excellent teamwork leading to a victory.  Onwards and upwards. Thank you to St Mary's  for an enjoyable match.