Premier League Schools Tournament.
The Wigan section of the PLST was held at Robin Park Sports Complex in the first week of December and was organised by the WAFC Community Trust team.
U13s Girls Tournament.
The Under 13s Girls tournament was held on Thurs 7th December 2006. There were a total of 17 teams entered into the tournament which then branched off into 4 Leagues.
Out of each League the winners and runners up moved on a step further to the Quarter Finals.
The four teams through to the semi finals:
Deanery were the first ones through, they faced St. John Fisher, followed by Lowton who faced Hawkley Hall B. St. John Fisher cruised to the final with a 3 nil victory against Deanery, whilst Lowton and Hawkley Hall played out a goalless draw, followed by two minutes Golden goal, with Lowton screaming one in with less than a minute to go, making up for the penalty miss earlier on in the game.
Final!
St. John Fisher v Lowton
St. John Fisher started the stronger team with some good passing and link up play, followed by a goal early on with a great strike. St. John Fisher continued applying the pressure and scored another goal, making the score 2 nil within the first half.
Second half and Lowton came back with a fight, scoring a good goal from near the half way line, making it 2 -1. Lowton did not give up, and produced another goal making it 2-2. Game on!!
With neither side able to clinch the winner, the game went into extra time! 4 minutes golden goal. Extra time was a close affair with no side able to break the deadlock, the tournament was going to be decided on penalties.
Each team was given 3 penalties. Lowton stepped up first taking the Lead, Fisher equalised, Lowton regained the lead with their second, Fisher stepped up to take second and missed, all Lowton had to do was score! Lowton Stepped up.Missed, piling the pressure on Fisher who had to score, they did making it two goals each sudden death, Lowton scored first, fisher were lucky with their equaliser as the ball was struck the Fisher penalty taker slipped but somehow the ball deceived the keeper with a devilish bounce, Lowton to take second and struck the ball wide. The tables had turned and all Fisher had to do was score, they did, taking the victory, and moving to the next stages.
Under 11's Tournament.
The under 11s tournament was held on Monday 4th December. There were 6 leagues, with 7 teams and another 3 leagues with 6 teams, making a total of 39 teams involved in the tournament.
Winner of Group A-St Marys &
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Winner of Group D- Our Lady Aspull
Winner of Group E- St Wilfrids
Winner of Group F- Westfield
After the closely contested first stages we moved onto the second group phase which consisted of 2 leagues with 3 teams in each. The first group consisted of St Wilfrids, Our Lady Aspull and
The final was a close contest between St Wilfrids and
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