A great start to the netball season for the U13 team winning 18-17 in a close game against a strong STAHS team.
Unfortunately, due to time restraints, the quarters were shorter than normal, however the girls worked tirelessly throughout to hold their own.
OPOM – Fran and CPOM – Issy M
What a fantastic day for some of the Presdales U14s, who recently travelled to Queenswood to take part in the annual Stone X Cup tournament.
The girls got off to a superb start, winning all three of their round matches and progressing through to the quarter-finals. A closely fought first half was followed by a fantastic second half performance, as Presdales found their rhythm and took the game away convincingly!
The semi-final against Queenswood was another hard fought match, with the girls giving absolutely everything right until the final whistle. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite meant to be, as they narrowly missed out on a place in the final by just two goals.
Great afternoon and experience all round. Thank you Mavericks netball!
Well done to the Year 8 netballers who played Chauncy last week! The first team fought all match and ended up losing by 1 goal 23-24! So proud of their determination and resilience, especially in the last quarter as they started the 4th quarter down by 6.
Players Player – Eva and Oppositions Player – Tani
The second team won 26-16. Lovely movement and interceptions all over the court leading to goal – well done everyone!! Players Player – Cara and Oppositions Player – Lexie
Well done to the 9 Netball teams that travelled to Berko last week for the first match in the County Cup. Both teams played some excellent netball throughout each quarter. The A team were up against a 6ft GS which proved difficult. They persevered throughout but unfortunately ended up in 2nd place. The B team dominated and won 30-16.
Oppositions coaches Player for the A team was Lily F, and players player was Lily B. The B teams player was Bella B.
Well done to all of you who played!!
Well done to the Year 10 netball team who won their opening county cup netball match convincingly against Aldenham on Tuesday.
The ball was flowing seamlessly throughout the court and it was great to experiment with a variety of combinations.
Well done girls, great start to the season!
CPOM goes to Liv for her excellent movement in the circle and shooting.
Well done to our fabulous netballers who recently participated in the first round of the Anne Miles Tournament at Stanborough.
The U14s had a great first outing at this level playing some brilliant netball finishing 3rd in their group.
The U16s had a tough group losing to the eventual two finalists and also resulting in a 3rd place finish.
The results might not have gone our way, but we’ll take the lessons from today, come back stronger, and keep pushing forward.
Well done to our fab cross country runners who ran the first round of the District Cross Country League at Hertford Rugby Club!
Special mention to:
Gina in Year 7 who came 2nd
Olivia in Year 7 who came 6th
Millie in Year 9 who came 3rd
Lois in Year 9 who came 7th
Eileen in Year 8 who came 10th
Amelie in Year 10 who came 5th
Anna in Year 11 who came 6th
Jess in Year 11 who came 10th
Thank you also to Sophie F in Year 9 for stepping in at literally the last second to run for the Year 8/9 team!!
Fabulous effort from our cross country runners on Wednesday 30th September at the second race of the year. The course at Simon Balle always provides a challenge, but our athletes rose to it producing some incredible performances!
Big shout out to Vivienne who came back in first place for the minor girls.
Lois who was 5th for juniors and Ella who was 3rd for the seniors.
Superb squad performance – well done to all!
Well done to all of the girls who recently took part in the T2 U14 County Hockey Tournament at Queenswood. This was the first time that this team had played together, the first time that some of our Year 7s have played 11 a-side and the first time Hannah played GK in hockey!
The girls did so well and showed great progress throughout the 3 games they played, culminating in a fantastic goal by Isabelle after a beautiful through ball left her 1 on 1 with the Queenswood GK. Isabelle kept her calm, spun round the keeper and cooly slotted home into an open goal!
There was some fantastic individual play, as well as some resilient defending. Hannah on her debut made some fantastic saves late on in our last game, coming out to close the angle on the advancing forwards.
Well done to all of the girls!
CPOT – Josephine for showing exceptionally stick work on the ball and a tactical eye for the game through her distribution.
v STAGS
Well done to the U14s who played in a tightly fort match against STAGS at the end of September in the first round of the Cup. A quick start, due to starting over 45 minutes late, and the opposition put a goal in from distance straight away. We settled ourselves and then quickly equalised. Lots of back and forth, reactive passes, but the girls started to settle themselves and started moving the ball around nicely. Two more goals each meant at the end of the game it was 3-3. Straight to penalties!
Presdales up first and scoring first, STAGS equalised. 2-1 up to us and a fine save from Hannah kept us at 2-1. 2 more goals in the back of the net for us and another save put us through to the next round of the cup!
Well done all of you, a great team performance showing great sportsmanship!
v Goffs
On 8th October, our U14 football team faced Goffs in the District League, with a full substitutes’ bench and plenty of determination ready for kick-off!
The girls got off to a flying start, finding the back of the net within the opening minutes to take an early 1–0 lead. From that moment on, they continued to play with confidence, power and determination, demonstrating excellent teamwork and attacking football throughout the match.
The goals kept coming, with the team scoring a further nine times, including a cracking free kick from Scarlet! The girls’ hard work and commitment paid off in style, securing an emphatic 10–0 victory!
Well done, girls! A fantastic team performance and an absolute pleasure to watch. You should all be incredibly proud of yourselves!
v Leventhorpe
A fantastic performance from our U14s District team this week!
A brilliant football match against a strong Leventhorpe side, with the whole squad putting in an outstanding shift!
We took a well-deserved 3-goal lead into half-time before stepping it up another gear in the second half, adding a further four goals!
Superb finishing, excellent teamwork and some fantastic goalkeeping from Eva made it a brilliant all-round team performance. So much to be proud of from every player!
Goal scorers: Fran x2, Lily x2 and Izzy x3
Seven goals, a clean sheet of effort from the whole squad, and a performance to be proud of!
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!
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 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.
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!!
Please see more student achievements in non-school sporting activities on our PE Facebook page. We have recently had student successes in swimming and gymnastics!
To celebrate outstanding achievement, we present the Victrix Ludorum (“victor of the games”) to the best overall performer in each year group:
Year 7 Victrix Ludorum Sophie Corker – 1st in discus with a new record of 19.02m and came 2nd in 1500m
Year 8 Victrix Ludorum Sky Howard – 1st in high jump and 1st in 100m
Year 9 Victrix Ludorum Lottie Stocker – 1st in long jump with a new record of 4.56m and came 1st in 300m
Year 10 Victrix Ludorum Sadie Paton – 2nd in shot and 3rd in 100m
Year 12 Victrix Ludorum Rosie Bentley – 1st in high jump with a new record of 1.51m and came 1st in 800m
It was a fantastic day of celebration, made even more special by our incredible students. While they cheered passionately for their own houses, they also showed wonderful sportsmanship, appreciation, and respect for every single competitor.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
45 Year 7’s recently played in a netball tournament at the PGL centre in Liddington. All 5 teams played brilliantly and ended up in the semi-finals!
In the Year 7/8 tournament, Presdales 1 ended up winners and Presdales 2 came 2nd – an amazing achievement against some mixed and Year 8 girls teams!!
In the Year 7 tournament, Presdales 3 and 5 came joint 3rd and Presdales 4 came 2nd in a very close final – we are so proud of you all!
Team 1 Players Player: Gracie Coaches Player: Falon
Team 2 Players Player: Rose Coaches Player: Belle
Team 3 Players Player: Natalia Coaches Player: Isla
Team 4 Players Player: Sumaya Coaches Player: Orla
Team 5 Players Player: Poppy Coaches Player: Sophie
Huge well done to you all, that was the most successful weekend we’ve had at PGL with everyone getting bronze, silver or gold medals!
As well as the netball tournament, the girls had fun on the giant swing, zip wire, archery, laser clay & high ropes! We also enjoyed ice creams in the sun, a games night, a disco and playing in the fields.
We hope you’ve all made lasting memories, what a wonderful group of girls; it’s been a pleasure!
Thank you all for a fabulous weekend.
Year 9
Well done to the Year 9 Rounders team who travelled to John Warner on the 11th May and won their first match this season! They played some excellent rounders. Much improved batting in the second innings with nearly a rounder for every ball bowled – even on a no ball. Well done girls, an excellent first game! Star Player was Amelie.
The Year 9s team we in action again this week when they played Chauncy on Monday. Some brilliant distance batting, coupled with sharp decision-making in the field, made for an impressive first innings performance. This dominant display gave us the edge, and the girls continued to work well together to maintain this lead in the second innings. Final score Presdales 13 1/2 v Chauncy 8 1/2.
Year 8
A brilliant effort from the Year 8 rounders players this week who played Goffs in their first matches of the summer term. Team 1 lost 12-15 and Team 2 lost 15-21. POTM Team 1 – Eloise S POTM Team 2 – Lola E Great positivity and sportsmanship throughout though, well done girls!
Please see more student achievements in non-school sporting activities on our PE Facebook page. We have recently had student successes in Cheerleading and Football!
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