Staff v Thornton hockey

In front of a capacity crowd (the whole school were invited down to watch) and on our brand new all-weather pitch, the Games Department’s end of term was marked with a hugely entertaining three way tournament between the girls and boys from Upper School and a dozen plucky staff. Not only was this a fabulous opportunity to show off the new pitch to the whole school, it also proved a genuine showcase of superb sportsmanship. The girls and boys found themselves equally pitted (drawing their match 1-1) and even outwitted by the staff (who won both their games 2-1); at all times though their attitude was positive and courteous, as exemplified by Ben Mewes’ compliment of Mr Woods’ tremendous save of one of Ben’s goal attempts. The tournament was also a chance for our new Hockey coach Mr Couttie to meet pupils and to demonstrate the level of skill and tactical hockey he looks forward to passing on to them henceforth.