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TALENTED FOOTBALLERS AT BISHOP’S STORTFORD COLLEGE JUNIOR SCHOOL SELECTED FOR EAST REGION U13 SQUAD

Four boys from Bishop’s Stortford College Junior School have been selected for the East Area U13 football squad to play in the Independent Schools Football Association annual festival at Repton School on March 28th and 29th. The boys staved off strong competition from rivals of a number of leading schools in Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk to secure their places in the squad after trials which took place at King’s Ely School at the weekend.

All the more remarkable is that only one of the boys, twelve year old Tom Harnack from Sawbridgeworth, is attached to a football club. Tom is goalkeeper for Bishop’s Stortford Community U12’s and has trained with the Leyton Orient youth team. The three other boys to be selected, George Silk, Matthew Dodds and Harry Calder, were all members of the winning Bishop’s Stortford College team that triumphed in last season’s East Area Soccer Sixes tournament. These three are currently playing rugby for BSRFC on a Sunday and thus only play football in school. Earlier in the season George Silk scored ten goals in a match against local rivals Felsted!

David Herd, head of football at the College, commented, “This is a tremendous achievement for the boys. Should they do well at the festival they have a chance to represent the England Prep Schools squad. Tom Harnack should be particularly proud of his call up as he has another year to go in this age group.’’

Photograph(l to r: Tom Harnack, Matthew Dodds, George Silk, Harry Calder