We went into the competiton very anxious as this was our first ever basketball tournament. Once we arrived we had a practice and this seemed to settle our nerves and we felt quite confident going into our first match. There were 7 teams in total who took part and the competition started very competitive like always, we started off well and won our first match which gave us lots of confidence going into our second match. The second team we played were a little rough which we wasnt used to, basketball is a non-contact sport but the referee didnt seem to stop any physical contact from happening, nevertheless our guys kept going and working hard but unfortunaltey we lost our second match by 4 points. Onto our third and final match, again the referee seemed to have different rules to our previous referee. The children though were brilliant, they didnt moan or argue they got on with the game and played their hearts out. We lost this match also which meant we won 1 out of 3 which we were happy about seeing as its our first ever basketball tournament. Overall out of 7 teams we managed to finsish in a respectable fourth due to baskets scored and conceded which we were all pleased about. Great work guys, well done!!  

On 16th October 2015 our boys football team played another two league matches, Billesley vs St Martins and Billesley vs St Ambrose. Our first match saw us take on St Martins who had won their previous match 14-1, so we knew they were going to be a strong and well organised team. We got off to a bad start going 1 nil down after a few minutes. Once we had picked ourselves back up were started playing some really nice football and creating many scoring opportunities which we couldn’t capitalize on. We then took control of the game, playing in the oppositions half and putting them under enormous amounts of pressure and finally we got our reward! After a neat two touch move and a great ball into our striker, he turned two defenders with a brilliant cruyff turn before poking the ball home to make it one each. From the kick off we again controlled the game for the next few minutes, We let our foot off the gas which allowed St Martins to get a foothold in the game which they did, scoring twice in quick succession before half time making it St Martins 3-1 Billesley. After a chat at half time our boys took everything on board and went out fighting. We limited St Martins to only one clear shot at goal which allowed us to keep attacking and moving forward within the game. We scored two in one minute leveling the score to 3 each. It was a tense last few minutes and it could have gone either way but our persistence and hard work gave us one last opportunity to clinch victory which we did, a low drive into the bottom left hand corner sealed the win for us. Billesley 4 – 3 St Martins.

Our second match saw us play St Ambrose. We started poorly, I think due to fatigue and us playing in a really tough match before hand, again we went one nil down quite early. After half time we had pretty much the same team talk as the first match and went out with the same attitude which saw us pinch a goal back right before the death making it one each. Final scores Billesley 4-3 St Martins, Billesley 1-1 St Ambrose. Still unbeaten in the league, Well done guys!

Yesterday our boys football team played in their first competitive match of the season against Kings Heath and got off to a great start winning 5-1. We started off really well passing the ball and working hard for each other and then came the breakthrough. On 4 minutes some excellent wing play and a great ball crossed low and hard across the box was met with a great strike into the bottom corner to put us into the lead. We then dominated possession keeping the ball well and creating some great chances. We went 2 nil up after 6 minutes and let our foot off the gas a little, this proved to be costly. Kings Heath had a corner, a fantastic whipped ball into the box caused confusion and the ball was fumbled into the net making it 2-1. We didnt let this happen again and quickly responded, a neat one two between our strikers led to an oppourtunity to extend our lead which we did. 3-1 Billesley. After half time we went out with high spirits after such a good first half and this showed as we limited Kings Heath to only one shot on goal during the second half. Our defence were phonemonal to say the least, this then allowed our ball players and stirkers to focus soley on attacking which they did scoring another 2 goals making it Billesley 5 – 1 Kings Heath at full time. Brilliant result! Well Done guys!!