Devon FA Ability Counts Football Tournament

Ivybridge College hosted and organised the first of a series of county-wide football competitions – Ability Counts. This first event took place on Wednesday 24 September and 16 teams from special school and mainstream schools across the county took part.

Ivybridge College entered two teams of students from years 8 -11 who have been coached by Dave Leonard. Students from year 13 helped out by refereeing and with the organisation. All the students, whether playing or officiating were a credit to the College and everyone had a fantastic time and enjoyed playing football.

Kingsbridge College also entered a team. This was the first time they had been entered in such an event and the students were excited to be chosen to represent the college. The students played well with some great defending and were the overall winners in their category.

Ziggy Grewal, Community Sports Coach, was the event manager and the event was a collaboration between the PE, Community Sport and inclusion departments and the South + West Devon School Sport Partnership.

Future events will take place at different venues across the county and Ivybridge and Kingsbridge Colleges looks forward to taking part.