On Tuesday 20th June we took a group of year 4 & 5 children to St John Payne School to take part in our second ever basketball tournament against 9 other Chelmsford schools.
We played 4 games in our group stage winning 3 of them and narrowly losing one. We then progressed to the semi finals where we played Perryfields school with both teams showing great passion, determination and enthusiasm. After a tightly fought match Lawford Mead won the game by the 3 points putting us into the final!
In the final we face Cathedral school who had already beaten us in the group stage. We got the first basket putting us into the lead. However, Cathedral school fought back to equalise. That didn’t deter us and we came together as a team and showed our school value of resilience at its best, which resulted in us taking the lead. Cathedral rallied and equalised again. Lawford then fought bravely to take the next basket making the score 3-2. Cathedral then made it 3-3. With only minutes left on the clock Cathedral scored the winning basket making it 3-4 to Cathedral.
Miss Lindsay said the team couldn’t have given anymore and was so proud of them to receive their silver medals which they will show off proudly in assembly on Friday.
Well done again Lawford Mead. You are getting better and better and continually striving to improve your achievements in a range of sports.