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PE Stars of the Month – April
Congratulations to the following students who are our PE Stars of the Month!
HOUSE : Table Tennis
Well done to everyone who took part in the Inter-house Table Tennis competition this week!
News from PE …
Handball
Year 8
Well done to these Year 8’s who played in a Handball tournament last week at Cambridge University! They played some tough opposition from Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, winning 2 games, drawing 2 games and losing 1. Unfortunately they just missed out on a 3rd place at the regional finals, coming joint 3rd on points but 4th overall! You all played brilliantly and improved so much each game!
U15s
The U15 handball team are through to regionals!
On Monday they competed brilliantly against some tough opposition to finish 3rd in a tournament of 12 schools to secure a place in the regional finals in May! Congratulations girls! It was tough to pick a player of the tournament as they were all fab but shout out to Cara Conway-Baker who made some awesome saves as GK!
Netball
Year 8 District Netball Champions!
A massive well done to the Year 8 A and B teams who both won their district netball tournaments on Monday 21st March!
Star players were Ellie Sopala for 8A and Ava Lancaster for 8B.
They all played some amazing netball and didn’t lose a single game between them!
Many of these girls had been involved in a cricket tournament on the Friday, PGL netball tournament all weekend, a handball tournament during the day and then the netball tournament in the evening so winning this tournament at the end of a VERY busy few days is extra impressive!
We are now officially District Netball Champions for Year 7, Year 8, Year 9 AND Year 10!!
Congratulations girls! We are SO proud of you all!
Cricket
U13s
Well done to our U13 Cricket team who on Friday 18th March came 3rd in the Cricket Festival star player was Anya Petitt.
U15s
Well done to the U15 Cricket team who came 4th in the Cricket County Finals last week!
The girls were unlucky not to place higher as they suffered some narrow defeats in tight games losing by a couple of runs! There were strong wicket taking performances from Georgiana, Amelie & Eva who all bowled really well alongside excellent teamwork from all of the girls!
Sports Hall Athletics
Well done to our U12 Sports Hall Athletics team who became County Champions last week!!
Swimming
Girls LVSSA Swimming Gala Champions!
Well done to all of the girls who competed in the LVSSA Swimming Gala Finals this week! The girls all swam amazingly against some tough competition!
Special shout out to the winners of their events …
Catherine Ryan – Senior 50m Free
Teah Gregory – Y9/10 50m Free
Abi Cannell – Senior 50m Fly
Autumn Shine – Y9/10 50m Fly
Senior girls freestyle & medley relay team
Please see full results on our PE Facebook page.
Football
U16 County Cup Runner’s Up!
A valiant effort by Presdales U16 football team on Wednesday night which ended in a 3-1 defeat in the County Cup Football Final against Ashlyns School. In front of a big crowd and passionate support, the girls put in 100% effort throughout. Despite the girls playing brilliantly, Ashlyns were a strong opposition! Congratulations to Rimini Lowe who scored the penalty (see our PE Facebook page for the video)! Regardless of the result, the girls should feel very proud of themselves finishing runners up in the County and should cherish the experience. Reaching a County Final is a big achievement and hopefully the girls will look back on it with pride. We as a school are extremely proud of their achievements and efforts throughout the whole competition. Well done girls!
Student News
Indoor Athletics
Congratulations to Beth Botheras in Year 9 who recently competed at the Hertfordshire Indoor Athletics County Championships. She came 2nd in the U15 Girls 300m and set a
new PB! Well done Beth!
Congratulations to Alice Lynn in Year 9 who also competed at the Hertfordshire Indoor Athletics County Championships. She came 2nd in the U15 Girls 200m and set a new PB! Well done Alice!
Well done to Ellie Bostock in Year 10 who won the Herts County Champs shot with a throw of 13.88m and an amazing new PB! She also broke the championship record!! This should put her about 5th in the UK! Congratulations Ellie!
Netball
This weekend two Presdales students played in their 1st Netball County tournament at Queenswood School representing Hertfordshire. There were 8 teams in total from across Beds, Herts, Essex, Cambs, Suffolk and Norfolk.
Poppy Ward in Year 7 played for the Herts 2nd team who finished as runners up and only lost one game to the Herts 1st team! Rosie Bentley in Year 8 played for the Herts 1st team who won the whole tournament!
Congratulations to both girls – what a fantastic start to your Herts County team, very impressive well done!!
Equestrian Vaulting
Congratulations to Summer Hobbs in Year 10 who last weekend competed in an equestrian vaulting competition in the junior 1 star class. She came in first place which means she has now qualified to compete as an international competitor representing GB this June! Well done Summer. Her routine is available on our Presdales PE Facebook page.
Year 7 and 8 Netball Tournament at PGL
We have had a brilliant sunny weekend at PGL with the Year 7 and 8 netball teams! The girls have played some excellent netball and competed against 12 schools in each year group. The girls came in the following positions;
Year 7A – Champions
Year 7B – 3rd place
Year 7C – 10th place
Year 8A – runners up
Year 8B – 3rd place
We have selected players of the tournament for each team over the weekend:
Year 7A – Lyra Reason
Year 7B – Kennedy Scott
Year 7C – Alice Redhead
Year 8A – Anya Pettit
Year 8B – Evelyn Pearce
Well done everyone!
The girls have been doing lots of activities when not playing netball, including, zip wire, giant swing, abseiling and climbing!
They have also met Sophie Drakeford-Lewis who plays for Team Bath and England Roses.
PE Stars of the Month – March
Congratulations to the following students who are our PE Stars of the Month!
PE Stars of the Month – February
Congratulations to the following students who are our PE Stars of the Month!
News from PE …
Sportshall Athletics
Huge WELL DONE to the Year 7 and 8 Sportshall team who competed in the 1st round on 9th February and 2nd round on 23rd February at Wodson Park. They were amazing, great team work, effort and enthusiasm which has resulted in both year groups being CHAMPIONS!
Well done to all of you!!
Year 7 … this means that you now go through to the County Finals which is on 22nd March!! More details and medals to follow!
Hockey
Massive massive well done to the U14 hockey team who recently won 6-2 against Queenswood in the County Cup game. It was a great game… and with only 9 players you really played amazingly! Great goals from Martha, Evie, Alice (2) and Lois! Well done girls!
A huge thank you to the parents for bringing the girls to the game!
Netball
Year 10
HUGE Congratulations to the Year 10 netball team who, on Tuesday 22nd February, became…DISTRICT NETBALL CHAMPIONS!!
The A team won all of their games placing them 1st overall and the B team came 7th despite having only 6 players in the end! Well done to all of the girls, they have deserved this for so long!
Star player of the tournament was Becky Gee for so many excellent interceptions whilst playing out of position!
Year 7
Congratulations to the Year 7 netballers who played against Chauncy this week! Well done to the red team who won 31-1 and the blue team who won 19-0! Excellent team work and attacking play. Players of the Match, as voted by the opposition, were Julia Dodd and Sofia Smith!
Gymnastics
Congratulations to the three girls who represented Presdales on Sunday at the East Region Schools Gymnastics tumbling competition.
Leanne came 1st in the U14 category and Izzy came 2nd meaning they are both now through to the National finals in Stoke on Trent in April!
Well done to all three of the girls for performing some amazing tumbles, we are very proud of your achievements!
Equestrian
Ruby Robinson in Year 9 was our sole competitor last weekend at Brook Farm in Essex, her first time taking part in a class called Arena Eventing which is a mix of cross country jumps and show jumps. She did ever so well on her new pony and it was also her first time doing this sort of event, but unfortunately she did not make the placings this time. Looking good though! Well done Ruby!
Football
Well done to the U12s football team who won 4-1 against Chauncy this week. The girls were 0-1 down at half time, but showed fantastic spirit and determination in the second half to take control of the match. Goals from Amy Little with a hat trick and Julia Dodd. Julia was voted POTM by Chauncy. Coaches POTM is Amy Little. Well done girls!
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