Sport report

Whilst the girls have probably lead the way in terms of impressive performances and successes so far this term the boys had their turn this week. Against Clock House in Bradford, the Under 11A team had a close match in winning 12 – 10, the Under 11B team impressed with a 6 – 1 victory and the Under 9s whilst showing signs of being a good team went down by 4 tries to 7. For the Upper School boys there was success in football against Huddersfield Grammar School with a 7 – 4 win, with Ed Lake on impressive form, scoring all seven goals. The Under 16 boys faired differently however with a heavy defeat to Hill House. On Saturday, the Under 13B team travelled to Scarborough College to play the host’s A team and fought valiantly despite losing 0 – 33.
The performance of the week was with the Under 13A team that hosted Oakham School, a school with a very big rugby reputation and history, and recorded a 19 – 17 victory in a very well fought and physical match.

For the girls there was continued success this week. In hockey against Terrington Hall, the Under 13s recorded a convincing 6 – 1 win and the Under 11s showed their strength in a 5 – 0 victory, whilst the Under 9s lost 0 – 6 in netball. The Under 11B team travelled to play Hill House’s A team and battled well despite losing 3 – 5. On Thursday, the Upper School girls travelled to Huddersfield Grammar School for the first time in the school’s history and came up against strong opposition in netball with the Under 16s losing 11 – 29 and the Under 14s losing by a single point 14 – 15. Finally the Under 9 and Under 10 girls attended netball festivals at Gateways and, whilst there were no overall winners with the festival being an opportunity for match experience, our girls won some of their matches in both age groups. 
 
Mrs Walkland would like to pass on a huge congratulations to Helena Youmans who, after a tremendous amount of hard work and dedication, has been selected for Tier 1 of the Hockey Regional Performance Centre. This is a centre taking the best girls from the North of England where they are given more coaching for 6 weeks from England coaches and further selection for Tier 2 of the regional performance centre.