Sporting News

House Dance

On Friday 11^th February, the PE Department held our annual House Dance event. We were also fortunate to have Rachel Ainslie from 'Leap of Faith' join us as the judge.

A huge well done to Hartland who were crowned overall winning house, but of course, it was about much more than that. It was a huge success with over 60 students taking to the stage to represent their houses. Our students put on an amazing show and we were treated to a diverse range of performances from Classical Indian, to tap, street dance and ballet.  Just wonderful.

There were so many fantastic performances forcing difficult decisions for Rachel Ainslie to make.  A special well done to the students named below who were placed 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd for best solo performance, best duet performance and best group performance.

Well done to all of the students who competed in House Dance 2022:

Diya Aijesh, Cheryl Anil, Amaris Anto Jeromes, Nana Arko-Tharkor, Georgia Ashton, Lily Beardshaw, Abinaya Bhanugoban, Elizabeth Davey, Betsie Dixon-Gough, Freya Epsley, Fran Fraser-Hook, Olivia Garcia-Rodriquez, Rajneet Gill, Jemma Glynn, Leandra Gorgula, Kira Gorodetskaia, Janish Gowda, Poppy Green, Olivia Hopwood, Charlotte Hughes, Lily Jackson, Aarthi Jeyaram, Erin Kemmett, Abigail Kinder, Julia Koczorowska, Julia Kriznic, Aabha Kurtkoti, Lucy Morgan, Ranjana Mukherjee, Ellie Murphy, Janine Ngotho, Leah Paul
Harriet Perfect, Frankie Phillips, Esha Rajan, Molly Richardson, Elsa Rodgers, Lois Rodgers, Nia Rodway, Rishita Roy, Sahana Sakthi, Bhuvana Senthil Kumar, Bhumi Senthil Kumar, Sharon Shaji, Sami Sharma, Lola Sheppard, Aanya Shetty, Jessica Smart, Bailey Sones, Dona Thomas, Poppy Thorogood, Elspeth Threadgold, Alisa Vinod, Caitlin Walls, Emily Walls, Isla Webb, Jasmie Went, Mia Wilson, Rosie Wood and Sisi Yu.

Netball

Our Year 9 and 10 squads have had lots of action and success on the netball court over the past two weeks.

Well done everyone.

U13 indoor cricket team through to the County finals after a nail-biter

On the 17th February the U13 A team played their District qualifying round in the National Schools Indoor cricket competition against Stroud High School in a best-of-three clash, that was won by the smallest of margins, with, remarkably, all three games going to the final ball.

Game 1 saw us field first and restrict Stroud to 66-3 from their 7 overs. There were wickets for Minty Shrimpton and Rosey Townsend, while Olivia Ormiston also bowled an excellent over. With the bat, we got off to a bad start, losing two wickets in the first over, before Laura Blair got to work, reaching 15 and retiring, while Minty also scored 14 with the bat. However, a flurry of wickets saw us need nine to win off the last over, and despite an unbeaten nine from Phoebe Green (who also kept excellently), and Laura coming back in to finish on 25, we came up just short by 2 runs.

Game 2 followed the same order of events, with Stroud putting in a similar performance, this time scoring 69-7, with five wickets going to down run-outs as our fielding went up a level from the first game. Rosey took another wicket, while Clodagh Trendle also picked up one. With the bat, we made a better start, with Olivia making 13 before getting run out, while Minty scored another 20 unbeaten runs in the second game. Yet again, it came down to the final ball, with Elsa Rodgers hitting the winning runs as we finished on 71-6.

So it all came down to the decider in game 3, in which we batted first for the first time in the day. Our batting was not quite as savvy this time around, and we were all out for 52 in just six overs, with nobody making double figures. We would have to bowl and field well if we were to win, and all the bowlers conceded less than 10 runs, to go with five run outs. However, unbelievably, it again came down to the final ball, with Stroud needing three to win. In the chaos that ensued, Stroud completed the required run before setting off for another one, not realising that it wasn’t needed. With the ball still live, Laura ran out their batter, to leave us winners by just 2 runs.

After a tense and nerve-shredding day, that meant that we qualified for the County Finals, which will take place on 28th March - well done all!

The squad in full - Laura Blair, Olivia Ormiston, Rosey Townsend, Elsa Rodgers, Clodagh Trendle, Phoebe Green, Minty Shrimpton, Bethanie Boyde-Jangan, Mihika Pandey and Maddie Marsh.

Celebration – Fencing Success

Rosie Caton (9BA) has been fencing with Cotswold Fencing Club from a young age. She recently competed in the South West Regional Fencing Competition at Millfield School. She fenced really well and came up against girls in the Under 16 and Under 18 categories. Overall Rosie achieved 6^th place meaning she progresses to the National round in Sheffield. This is a super achievement and we wish her lots of luck in the next round this coming April.

Celebration – Cotswold Marathon

Alys Horton-Bussey (7H) competed in the Cotswold Marathon last weekend. She is pictured (furthest on the left) with her bronze medal for completing the 10-mile route in time and hitting the allotted markers along the way. In fact, her team won the trophy for the fastest female team. It wasn’t the best weather for it and Alys certainly returned home with plenty of Cotswold mud. Well done Alys.

Please find below the Extra-curricular PE Programme for Term 4. All students are welcome so please encourage your child to attend.

We have a busy first week of fixtures in Term 4, so please ensure you have these dates in your diaries. Team selections have already been sent out, so students should be aware if they are involved.

Mrs Davidson