Five Marden students travelled to Middlesborough on Sunday to represent Marden High and NUFC in a 5v5 hockey tournament and were a credit to themselves and their school.

Playing for an hour against Middlesbrough’s squad of 7 players, some of which represented the county, the girls were beaten but never gave up and gave 110%, not one of them moaned about the situation and just got on with it.

They all performed really well and the coach of the other team commented on how they should all be involved with a team as they have great potential.