On Tuesday 30^th April, the Boys’ Hockey team played their Décor Trophy semi-final cup match against Armstrong Primary School.

In the first half of the game we played really well. Due to sustained pressure and good build-up play Harry produced a shot which resulted in a goal in the bottom left-hand corner. The steady performance of the defence and with the continued support of Charlie in goals, the team was able to keep a clean sheet in the first half. The score at half-time was one nil to KPS.

The second half got off to a fast-paced start with Armstrong pressing forward seeking an equalising goal. However, good team work and accurate passing by KPS created some pressure. A great run from defence resulted in a decisive midfield pass to Harry. He managed to beat the goalkeeper and score a second goal. This was the last play of the game, meaning we won 2-0.

The team was; Charlie Stone, Peter McClughan, Jack Cowan, Oliver Bingham, Harry Kerr, Daniel McClughan, Aaron Kinkead and Austen Gault

Report written by Peter McClughan (team captain)

Congratulations to the boys futsal team who finished the Northern Ireland finals as semi-finalists against the overall winners St Bernard Primary.

REPORT:
 

On Thursday the 11th of April the boys futsal team travelled to Antrim to compete in the Northern Ireland finals.

In our first game we played Ballymacash.

We started strong with jay and Lewis scoring our opening two goals, but shortly after Ballymacash brought it back to 2-2.A couple of minutes later Lewis scored another goal to bring the score to 3-2. Ballymacash scored another equaliser to make it level again. In the last minute Lewis scored to get his 3rd and secure us the win. The game ended 4-3.

In our second group game we played St Columba’s.

We knew St Columbus would be a tough game and we needed to play well. We scored our first goal early in the game to put us 1-0 up. We had a few more good chances but we just couldn’t score. Towards the end of the game Columbus scored a good goal to secure them a draw.

In our next game we played Lynn.

We had to beat lynn by two goals to get through to the knockouts. It took us quite a while to get our first goal after missing key chances, but eventually Lewis scored to put us 1-0 up. In the last kick of the game, Luke scored to win the game 2-0.

Because of the results we had to take Penalties to decide group.

We scored all our penalties and Harrison made a great save to win the shoot out. Which we won 4-3 against St Columba’s

This meant we progressed to the semi final, we played St. Bernard who went 3-0 up after some impressive futsal skills but we got it back to 3-2. They went 4-2 up, before we brought it back to 4-3 for a tight finish but unfortunately we lost.

St Bernard went onto the final and won the Cup with a 3-0 win.

That was our final futsal game of the year, we were undefeated in our Area and all the way through the Northern Ireland finals up until the semi final loss.

The team who travelled was Luke, Harrison, Harry, Alex, Lewis, Dylan, Jay and myself.

Report by Rhys

KP 4 Ballymacash 3

KP 1 St Columba’s 1

KP 2 Lynn 0

Penalties to decide group

KP 4 St Columba’s 3

Semi Final

KP 3 St Bernard 4

Well done to the girls futsal team who, after winning the ABC Area won their Group in the national tournament and progressed through all the way to the final, which ended 0-0. Penalties followed and unfortunately the girls finished runners up to Christ The Redeemer Belfast. Well done to the girls who did not concede any goals throughout the day until the final shoot out. More to follow...

The hockey team had a great day at the NI Finals on Monday and performed extremely well throughout.

We were placed in a tough group but the boys were up for the challenge.

The results were;

• King’s Park 0 – 0 Harmony Hill
• King’s Park 2 – 0 Abbey
• King’s Park 1 – 0 Cookstown
• King’s Park 2 – 0 Antrim
• King’s park 0 – 1 Inchmarlo

These results meant that we finished as group runner ups and progressed to the next round of the cup competition!

We were then placed in another group to see who would progress to the semi-finals.

The results were;

• King’s Park 0 – 1 Donaghey
• King’s Park 0 – 0 Strandtown

Unfortunately, this meant that we didn’t reach the semi-finals. However, everyone should be extremely proud of their efforts throughout and exceeded all expectations by placing in the top 10 schools in the country! A massive achievement!

Team: Charlie Gault, Peter McClughan, Oliver Bingham, Jack Cowan, Harry Kerr, Daniel McClughan, Alfie Speer, Aaron Kinkead and Austen Gault

School will close for Easter at 12.30 pm on Friday 12th April.  Dinners will be available on the 12th.

Non-uniform day on Friday 12th April - no contributions necessary.

School opens for summer term on Monday 29th April

Graeme Cousins of the Newsletter recently revisited King's Park which he attended as a pupil between 1982 and 1989.  You can read his article by clicking on the following link.

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/education/news-letter-reporter-goes-back-to-school-after-30-years-1-8872071

Boys’ Hockey League Champions!

Congratulations to the boys’ hockey team who won their league title yesterday.

The boys had qualified for the League Finals by topping their qualifying group. In the Finals we had to play Markethill and Seagoe.

We drew 1-1 with Markethill and beat Seagoe 3-0.

This meant that we finished with 4 points, Markethill 2 points and Seagoe 1 point.

An excellent achievement by the boys and the perfect way to prepare for the NI Finals on Monday 8^th April.

The team would also like to pass on their thanks to ‘Mbroidery’, who have very kindly sponsored them and have provided the team with a fantastic new kit!

Team: Charlie Gault, Charlie Stone, Peter, Oliver, Jack, Harry, Daniel, Aaron, Alfie and Austen