The pools rounds took place this year on Sunday 28th February at Eton. A solid turnout saw two pools of 5 compete for the much coveted team trophy cup. Pool A consisted of the Old Salopians, Berkhamstead, St Olave’s A, North Oxford B, and the Old Olavians. Pool B comprised Cambridge University, St Olave’s B, Westway, Brigands and North Oxford A.
Pool B
Cambridge Univ beat St Olave’s B 6-0
North Oxford A drew with Westway 3-3
North Oxford A beat Cambridge Univ 6-0
Brigands beat St Olave’s B 6-0
Westway beat Cambridge Univ 5-1
North Oxford A beat Brigands 6-0
Cambridge Univ beat Brigands 5-1
Westway beat St Olave’s 6-0
North Oxford A beat St Olave’s B 6-0
Westway beat Brigands 6-0
The pools round saw all teams playing matches up to 12 and best of 3 games. On completion of the pools, each team was awarded points based on their teams’ performance. The points system produced the following results for the day:
Points
Old Salopians 23
North Oxford A 21
St Olave’s A 18
Westway 20
North Oxford B 9
Cambridge University 12
Old Olavians 8
Brigands 7
Berkhamsted 2
St Olave’s B 0
Allocating these points across the pools produced the following semi-final line up:
Westway versus Old Salopians; St Olave’s A versus North Oxford
The semi-finals and final took place on Sunday 4th March. Westway edged out the Salopians 2-1 and St Olave’s beat North Oxford.
The final produced some great Fives, with St Olave’s beating Westway 2-1. Many congratulations to St Olave's, and well done to Westway for reaching the final this year.
Congratulations to all those who took part in the competition and thanks to Mark Williams for organising the matches during the two days. We look forward to building on the strong turnout next year.
A.D.W.
EFA Trophy Report 2006-2007 by Anthony Walters
Finalised 20th June 2007 by Mike Fenn
efa@etonfives.co.uk