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Sports Report for Spring Term 2012

Overview

It has been another busy term with a full and varied fixtures programme taking place. The school has participated in hockey, netball, tennis, skiing, rugby, and football and once again has shown a lot of progress this term.

Boys

Hockey

The 1st hockey team captained by Elliott Hills have had a good season. They have competed well against a lot of very good teams, which bodes well for next year as the majority of the team are currently in the lower sixth form. Having attended the national indoor qualifiers in the Autumn term, the team have been focussed and committed throughout the season.

The 2nd hockey team captained by Sam Graham have had a successful term with good performances against KES Witley, Seaford College and Lord Wandsworth College. We have been pleased with the progress the team has made this term.

The U15 hockey team captained by Ruan Evans has been the most successful team this year, having improved significantly from Block 3; they have won or drawn the majority of their games this year. Roly Botha has been outstanding in goal, Ruan Evans has led the midfield superbly and Raff Law has scored a number of very good goals this year. As a team they have really developed well, and a number of the players will be pushing for an opportunity in the 1st and 2nd senior teams next year.

The U14 team captained by Max Hannam had a tough start to the season, however over the last few weeks they have started to gel as a side, and put in some much improved performances. If they can maintain this into next season, they should compete well in their fixtures.

Rugby

Having entered the Hampshire Schools Rugby 15-a-side competitions, the U15 and U16 teams both reached the semi-final stages of the bowl this year. The U16 team had a very competitive semi-final against Bishop Challoner School, losing narrowly after a great fight back in the second half.

The school also took part in the Hampshire Schools 7’s competitions for the U18 and U16 year groups.  Both competitions took place at Winchester Rugby Club; the U18 team reached the semi-final of the bowl competition, but the U16 team had a superb competition coming second in the group and then losing 21-12 to Portsmouth Grammar School in the quarter finals of the main cup competition. 

Girls

Netball

The season started really well with a flourish of healthy wins by all netball teams.

The girls had the opportunity to go to Surrey Sports Park to watch Surrey Storm play the Welsh Dragons in a night of superb netball, which hopefully will be repeated next year.

The 1st and 2nd teams matches against Ryde stood out as a memorable games with girls from the U15 squad supporting the senior teams in two spectacular wins.

Izzy Fitzgerald captained the 1st team, but had many obstacles trying to achieve a consistent 1st team throughout the season. The 2nd team had a mixed season but had some very strong wins of note.

The U14 have had a mixed season but are a determined group of players who hopefully will be achieving even stronger results next season. Emily Swettenham captained the team and supported her players in a very positive manner.  Wins against Ryde and Frensham were the highlights with a few close matches towards the end of the season, show they have promise for next year.

The U15 team have gone on to win most of their games against Lavant House, Seaford College and Meon Cross and with a tantalising match against PGS gaining a solid win. Their season finished with a Versatility Tournament held at Lavant House School. The U15 team, with Becky Grubb won every match with Tor-tor setting the standard scoring a large number of goals in their first match. The girls won the shield having come first.           

The final Thursday of term held a mini Olympic netball tournament, each team having a pupil from each age range in the school with the 6.2 captaining one of the four countries selected. It was a competitive tournament with Jamaica finishing in 1st place after winning all three of their matches. Well done to all of those who took part.

Football

The girls took part in a match against KES Witely who had reached the ¼ finals of the national cup and we competed well hitting the post in the final minute. We are looking ahead to next year where we are hoping to develop girl’s football and enter the national competitions in early November next year.

Skiing

In January, three pupils from Block 3; Monty Clevely, Ellie Little and Margot Bourne, attended the British School Girls skiing championships in Flaine. They trained with Marianne Brechu who is a member of the French Downhill World Cup Team on the Sunday in preparation for the competition. They all did well with:
Monty Clevely  - 41st out of 120 overall for Giant slalom 
Ellie Little  – 82nd overall for G.S
Margot Bourne  124th overall for G.S

The team finished 31st/52 teams.

Cross Country / Sport Relief Mile

On Tuesday 20th March approximately 200 pupils and staff took part in a Sport Relief Mile. There was a mixture of serious runners and fun runners who ran this year. Xavier Pye and Becky Grubb were the first placed juniors, while Luke Austen was the first senior to cross the line. Well done to all who took part, supported and or sponsored the event.

Tennis

Interest in tennis this term has increased, with over 100 students across the three schools participating in lessons and over 70 students competing regularly. We have not had any national competitions this term, however we have played in a few friendly’s against top tennis centre’s, in which we have been very competitive in every match. We have 8 teams in the Aegon Year 10 and under competition and four senior teams in the Aberdare and Glanville competition this summer term. We have also had over 50 entries to the school tennis tournaments next term in which the finals will be played on Parents' Day.  14 students are currently undertaking their National Governing Body (NGB) tennis level 1 qualification with their final assessment taking place on 13th May.

Staff

On Thursday 29th March, the staff played the 6.2 students in the annual hockey fixture. The game was played in a good spirit. In the first half the staff were kept in the game by some outstanding goalkeeping from Ranssi but as the game progressed, the staff became more dominant, with good goals from Alan, Chris (x3) and Graeme to secure a 5-0 win.

Colours Awarded

Junior Colours (Bronze)

Boys' Hockey

• Roly Botha
• Ruan Evans
• Raff Law

Girls' Netball

• Phoebe Landers
• Maya Wilson       
• Tor-tor Burnell          
• Lily Wetherill
• Ellie Catton           
• Chloe Green
• Becky Grubb (receiving it a year early for exceptional performance)

Senior Half Colours (Silver)

Boys' Hockey

• Oscar Cooper
• Piers Peel
• Sasha Bruml
• Dougal Russell
• Sebi Bacon

Girls' Netball

• Maddy Green                
• Anna Brown
• Leah Hemmings
• Alice Andrew
• Vikki Markland

Senior Full Colours (Gold)

Boys' Hockey

• Elliott Hills
• Luke Austen
• Michael Van Miert
• Drew Richards

Girls' Netball

• Izzy Fitzgerald       
• Christy Callaway-Gale  
• Georgie Wadstein     
• Rebecca Wilson

Sonia would like to thank all staff who have helped with sport this term and especially those who have given their time to take fixtures as these can’t happen without the support of other staff.

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