Sports Report

The term continues to be busy with both weekday and weekend. The girls continued their hockey success from the previous week with the Under 11s beating St Martin’s 4-3 whilst against Silcoates School the Under 13s won 5-0 and the Under 12s won 7-0. The Under 11s also sent a team to Scarborough College and narrowly lost 2-3.
On Saturday the Under 13s hosted touring side The Downs School from Bristol and had an excellent match. Whilst leading 3-1 at half time, they were eventually narrowly beaten by 3-5 in what proved to be a superb game.
There was also continued success for the boys in rugby with the Under 13s recording a resounding victory over Barnard Castle by 63-5. The Upper School also got their season off to a winning start at Under 14s with a 36-17 victory over a St Peters XV. At Richmond House the Under 11s battled valiantly in a 12-21 loss, whilst the Under 10s (having to play the new continuum laws for the first time) lost by 6 tries to 9. The Under 12s had a special treat this week when they competed in a triangular fixture with Barnard Castle and Yarm, as a curtain raiser for the Barnard Castle and Yarm senior game, at the very impressive 25,000 seater stadium that is the home of Mowden Park RFC in Darlington. The first game against Barnard Castle was a hard fought affair with the hosts running out 1 – 3 winners, whilst the match against Yarm finished 0-1. Finally, on Sunday, the Under 13s competed in the Durham School Parling Trophy tournament where they found themselves in a tough group. Despite losing their first two games narrowly, they finished strongly by winning the final pool game against The Downs School, Bristol.