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The keenly anticipated 'Battle of the Schools' took place last Monday night in Hamala when St Christopher's took on the British School in the eight-a-side GulfWeekly Premiership Trophy contest.
It was a game neither side could afford to lose and the early exchanges were both tense and stifled.
The game started with both sides looking for the all-important opening goal and inevitably it took a great strike from Paul Bodley of St Christopher's School to break the deadlock.
Their celebrations continued when Mark 'The Vulture' Holness fired his first goal of the game to show the side's improving status.
The British School managed to get a foothold back in the game when club captain Paul Millington superbly put away a penalty after a mix-up in the St Chris defence left the referee whistling and pointing to the spot after a handball incident.
Just before half time, Holness struck his second goal to keep St Chris in a secure position to pick up the points.
The goals started raining in during the second half with Steve McMurchie and coach Zaied slotting in for both teams.
Fantastic shape, deadly finishing and a determined defensive display from St Chris's Ronan Armstrong, reminiscent of his early days on the Twinbrook Estate in Belfast, all contributed to putting the British School to the sword.
Both sides continued to press forward regardless of the score-line and the match proved to be a good advert for committed but fair football.
It was a hard fought game throughout but St Christopher's School had too much strength in depth and the side ran out 8-4 winners on the day.
Goal scorers for the St Chris side were Holness, who notched a hat-trick, Dan Lee with two, a brace too for Bodley Mathurin with Craig Blyth rounding up the tally.
Holness said: "We are a hard working team and we're getting progressively better each week. We have a good squad which also helps and we're raring to go for the next game."
The night's other fixture was postponed due to a dispute over the change in referee.
Special thanks to Peter Hunt for refereeing the schools clash at short notice.
