Sports Report

The last couple of weeks of results have been positive again with the highlight being the victorious under 16 Girls Hockey team being crowned County Champions. This is a magnificent feat given the numbers of girls available at the schools that they beat along the way.
In the other school Hockey fixtures the girls have beaten Ampleforth College 3-1 at Under 16s, St Martin’s Ampleforth 6-1 at Under 11As and drew 2-2 at Under 11Bs. Against Ripon Grammar School the Under 13s won 7-0 and the Under 12s won 8-2. The Under 13s and Under 12s also recorded victories over Durham School. At Hill House, the Under 11A team lost 1-7 and the Under 11B team reversed matters with a 4-2 victory whilst against Silcoates School the Under 9s recorded wins by 3-0 and 4-0. The Under 14s encountered tougher opposition in Red House when they went down by 1-4. In netball, against Ripon Grammar School, the Under 14s lost by 5-22 and against the Minster School, the Under 12s lost by 3-12.
In boys’ rugby in Upper School, the Under 14s recorded another win in beating Hill House by 49-33; the Under 16s fought valiantly in their 17-44 loss to Yarm as did the Under 15s in losing to Red House by 33-54. The Upper School boys also got their football season off to a positive start with a 2-2 draw against Ackworth School.
In Main School Rugby the Under 12s finished a very respectable 8^th out of 16 at the Tait 10’s tournament at Barnard Castle and the Under 11s and Under 9s recorded easy wins against St Martin’s Ampleforth by 50-0 and 10-1 respectively. With several players unavailable due to injury the Under 12s suffered defeat to the hands of Hill House by 4 tries to 1, however they made amends in recording a fine victory against St Martin’s Ampleforth by 25-7.