JFKS Berliner Meister im Hallenhockey
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JFKS Berlin Indoor Hockey Champions
It all began in 2018, when a small, intrepid group of lively JFKS children set out to represent their school at the Berlin School Championships. Back then, the protagonists of this story were still in the Entrance Class or Kindergarten. And now – six years later – they have won the most important competition for elementary school in indoor field hockey. The JFKS are Berlin Elementary School Field Hockey Champions!!!
However, the path to this fantastic victory was anything but a walk in the park. After initially having to learn the hard way in 2018 and losing the final in 2019, we played our way to the final of the Diagonal Indoor Primary School Hockey League in 2020, which was then no longer played due to coronavirus. As the school hockey ball had to stay in the locker in 2021 and 2022, the girls and boys were only able to switch back to attack in the final year. However, as in 2019, 2023 ended with a defeat in the final and second place.
But now, in the last year of elementary school (at least for 7 out of 8), the time had finally come. An ingenious plan had to be devised. The choices were “Attack is the best defense”; “The ball has to go in the corner” or “If we have the ball, the opponent can’t score”. We decided to implement all three plans at the same time and played heart-warming attacking field hockey. With 21:3 goals, we danced our way through the preliminary round and were to meet the Grey Monastery in the final, just like in 2023. With a lot of commitment, unbridled will and, above all, wonderful field hockey, we deserved to win 3:1 thanks to goals from Leo and Mats (2). As always, the team was the player of the match. Without Karolina in goal and Rufus, Maxi and Lily in defense, the victory would have been just as impossible as without the offensive team of Carlotta, Julius, Leo and Mats.
Congratulations to you all. You impressively showed what great field hockey players you are and represented your school in an incredibly fair and inspiring way.
Jan Pörksen
