Cricket

Well done to the U13 Cricket team who played in the Chance to Shine Cricket tournament at St Margaretsbury CC. They performed so well, improving their batting and tactical knowledge of the game throughout. They were unlucky to loose one of their games by only 1 run! Well done all of you!

Athletics

A huge well done to our U14 Athletics Squad who recently travelled to Jarman Park, Hemel to compete in the County League Plate Finals!

There were some fantastic performances across the team, with special mentions to Millie, who claimed 1st place in the 1500m, setting a fantastic new PB in the process, and Lily, who delivered a brilliant gold medal winning performance in the 800m.

The whole squad should be incredibly proud of their efforts, finishing 8th on the day and an impressive 16th overall in the county out of 48 schools that entered the competition.

Nicky Morris 2026

Nicky Morris as we know it has changed; previously the age groups were Year 7, Year 8/9, Year 10+. This year, unfortunately, the older year groups have gone! It was Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9/10 combined. Massive thank you to all of our senior athletes that had kept the date free before the change of age groups. We were gutted not to be able to see you in action and attempting to break your previous records!

The girls performed amazing. The following received gold medals in their events…

Year 7 – Discus – Sophie C 🥇 Long jump – Sylvie T 🥇 Year 8 – 800m – Lily F 🥇 1500m – Millie A🥇 Year 9/10 – 300m – Skye M 🥇 Shot – Jess B 🥇 Long jump and 300m – Lottie S 🥇 4 x 300m relay – Lottie, Sophia, Amelie & Skye 🥇

OVERALL RESULTS

Year 7 team – 3rd🥉 Year 8 team – 3rd 🥉 Year 9/10 – joint 1st with Avanti🥇 Overall – 2nd🥈

Well done all of you, we are incredibly proud of your effort and determination throughout the day, your team work in the relays and supporting each other.

Rounders

Year 8 District Rounders WINNERS!!!

An outstanding team performance playing six consecutive matches, winning them all to be crowned District Champions! Huge well done to you all. Brilliant bowling and fielding to stop the opposition scoring! Lily F won every toss and chose to field first which set us up knowing what score we needed. The girls never crumbled under the pressure and batted competently avoiding the fielders! They took risks in the right places putting pressure on their opponents. So proud of you all! More importantly, with a team of 10, each game a different student volunteered to be off! I can’t pick a player of the tournament as you were all amazing!!

Tennis

On Friday 5th June, our U14s and U15s competed in the Nicola Mabbit District Tennis tournament, enjoying a busy afternoon of tennis in the sunshine.

Our U14s team won all their matches to win the tournament and progress to the County Finals in July. Our U15s unfortunately narrowly missed out on finishing second. They were equal on points with Broxbourne but lost out based on the overall number of games won and lost.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon and the girls represented Presdales wonderfully.

U14s Player is Claudia B and U15s player is Farrah H (who played up an age group). Well done to all the girls!

Rounders

A fantastic afternoon of Rounders against Chauncy for our Year 7 and Year 8 teams last week!

Our Year 8 team put in an excellent performance to secure a well-deserved victory, demonstrating some brilliant batting, fielding, and communication.

Presdales 9 v Chauncy 5 1/2.

The Year 7 team also gave their all and played with great enthusiasm. Although the result didn’t go their way this time, they showed resilience, supported each other throughout, and gained valuable experience.

Presdales 5 1/2 v Chauncy 10.

Cricket

Well done to the Year 9 cricket team who competed in the chance to shine cricket competition at St Margaretsbury Cricket Club last week.

1st game vs Beaumont – Won 97-94 runs 2nd game vs Ashlyns – Lost 64-67 runs 3rd game vs St Albans Girls – Won 94-63 runs 4th game vs Hitchin – Lost 79-74 runs

Unfortunately the girls just missed out on a place in the final but ended up in the 3rd/4th play off against John Warner where they Won 94-86 runs and came 3rd overall!

Special mention to our amazing sports leaders Erin and Taryn for coaching the team and being amazing!

Sports Leaders

Our wonderful Level 1 Sports Leaders did a fabulous job supporting the Hertford and Ware sports partnership on the 9th June at their badminton event.

The leaders spent time being trained before enthusiastically supporting Year 3 and 4 students in a variety of skills stations.

Student News

Please see more student achievements in non-school sporting activities on our PE Facebook page. We have recently had student successes in Gymnastics, Netball and Dance!