Hockey

The U13 hockey team competed in the County Hockey Finals at Queenswood this evening. They qualified after winning all 4 of their group matches, and continued that good form in this tournament. Their first match was against Queenswood ‘A’ and the girls fought back from 0-2 down to draw 2-2. In their next matches against RMS and Dame Alice Owen, they won 2-0 and 4-0 respectively. Unfortunately, they didn’t reach the final as Queenswood scored 2 more goals, but the girls should be very proud of their achievements. They’ve played 7 County matches, won 6 and drew 1. They’ve scored over 25 goals and conceded only 4. This is a young team of mostly Y7s playing against Y8s so they will be even stronger next season! Well done girls!!

Netball

The Year 10 Netball Team are COUNTY CHAMPIONS!
Last week they played in the final of the Schools Netball County Competition having won all their games so far this season. They won 37-25 against a very good Broxbourne team and played the most outstanding game of netball I’ve seen them play in 4 years! They worked so hard for each other and showed exceptional levels of performance and resilience. So, so proud of you all! Huge congratulations and well done girls!

Athletics

Ellie Bostock (Year 8) was the Jane Branford Scholarship winner with HAWCS Athletics Club. She won the Herts County Championships U15 Girls Shot Putt competition today, with a new championship best performance of 11.88m, which is also the English School National Standard! Well done Ellie, this is brilliant!

Khadijah Hyjazy (Year 9) recently competed and represented HAWCS Athletics Club in the long jump at the Lee Valley – Herts County Indoor Championships. She jumped 4:31m and won a bronze medal! Well done Khadijah this is a brilliant achievement!!

Cross Country

Well done to Alice, Beth and Martha in Year 7 who recently competed in the Hertfordshire Schools cross country championships. The girls were fantastic and did so well on the tough course! You should be very proud of yourselves!

Beth also had a great time on Wednesday afternoon being the hare for the primary cross-country race at Hertford Rugby Club. She also did some marshalling and handed out the medals and trophies! Well done, Beth, and thank you for representing the school!

Hockey

U13s

Presdales U13s hockey team played a County Cup match against Parmiters School last week. It was a closely contested match, the 1st half ending 1-1. However, Presdales stepped it up in the 2nd half to win 4-1. That’s 3 wins out of 3, with the final group game taking place next week to secure a place in the County semi-finals. Great performance girls, well done! Star player was Martha Ker who scored all 3 second half goals.

The U13 County Cup team then competed again this week and beat RMS in their final game in the round, even after waiting over an hour for the game to start. The score was 6-1 with some amazing goals from Martha Kerr…. making her Star Player from our team and the opposition! Well done girls, you were awesome! Good luck in the finals in March!

Year 9/10

A massive well done to the Year 9/10 hockey team who last week won the District tournament…. and with 8 players, thanks to the Year 9 parents evening! Well done girls… fab matches winning 6-0 and 7-0 against John Warner and Simon Balle schools.

Sportshall Athletics

Huge congratulations to the Year 7 and 8 Sportshall Athletics teams who have both qualified for the District Final on Wed 26th February! Both teams also came out in 1st place, which is amazing! Good luck in the final!

Football

Year 7

The Year 7’s played a mini round-robin 7 a-side football friendly last night at Simon Balle. We fielded two teams who played 2 matches each. The games were closely contested, with Presdales winning 2, drawing 1 and losing one. The scores were 1-0, 3-0, 0-0 and 1-2. The matches were played in a great spirit, competitive with lots of good football. The girls were a great credit to themselves and Presdales. Well done, excellent performances.

Year 8

The Year 8 football team played in the District 6-a side Football tournament last week. The girls played really well, but just couldn’t find the net in the first couple of matches drawing 0-0 against John Warner & St Mary’s. They finished with a great 1-0 win against Goffs to come 2nd overall. Well done girls! Star player was Caitlin Ryan.

U14s

The U14 Girls Football Team played their semi-final match against a strong Goffs team this evening. Unfortunately, Goffs prevailed, winning 3-1, but the score could easily have been the other way around. What a match!
The commitment and effort of our girls was simply outstanding to see! After going 0-2 down in the 1st half, we changed formation to go all-out attack in the second half. This changed the dynamic of the match and the girls were unlucky not to score more goals and change the outcome. Regardless, we should feel incredibly proud of their efforts. The girls literally worked their socks off!
So, so proud of you girls. Getting to the semi-final was a great achievement – next year the final! Eva Cullen was voted POTM by Goffs. Coaches POTM split between Amelie Powis and Hannah Nash but the whole team deserves it!
Missing from the team photo is Amber L, who unfortunately got injured and left just before the end to get treatment.

Cricket

U13s

Well done to the U13 Cricket team who last week won their tournament to get them in to the county finals at the end of the month! Some excellent bowling, batting and fielding. Well done girls! Special mention to captain Eva Cullen who scored a 6 and bowled out 5 people!

U15s

Well done to the U15 cricket team who competed in the Indoor Lady Taverners tournament on Thursday. They won 2 matches against Freman College and Onslow but unfortunately lost by 7 runs to Beamount to just miss out a place in the County finals. Star players were Lotty Hobson and Hannah Stapleton.

Thank you to Mr Hobson for running a training session for the U13 and U15 team and coaching them yesterday.

Netball

Well done to the Year 7 netballers who played against Simon Balle this week! We had 2 games going where the girls were so versatile to mix between both games and positions! We won both games: 17-2 and 5-1. Fantastic play girls! Star players were Ellen and Olive.

Swimming

Well done to all of the girls who competed in the swimming gala this week at John Warner! There were too many medals to count, great job girls!

Presdales Equestrian Team

Brook Farm Equestrian Centre NSEA Competition run by Felsted School, Essex, on 1st February 2020

It was lovely to see Ruby Robinson compete at her first show for Presdales, going clear in her very large class in 80cm, but unfortunately not placed this time. Well done to Lucy French, who also competed and went clear in the 80cm on a reformed Jaffa… good for you! Darcy’s pony was not playing ball this time out, but it will be good to see her bringing him out again.
The next class was the 90cm Windsor qualifier with 15 teams trying to gain the coveted top two qualification placings. Some of the teams had come all the way from Sussex to compete. Our team of Ruby Barrs, Connie Harrington, Freya Naylor Stewart and Lucy French managed to go round landing on zero penalties and with very quick rounds. We had to wait until well after the class had finished to find out how they had done. What a result! 1st place and now on their way to the Royal Windsor Horse Show on 16th May. I am just relieved we don’t have to travel to Cheshire for another qualifier!
To top it all, Ruby Barrs came second as an individual in the 90cm class in an incredibly strong group.
The following class was the 1m Hickstead qualifier and we only had 3 in the team, Freya, Ruby and Connie, but it was not our time in this event.
Well done to everyone that took part. Presdales are very lucky to have you guys in their school, and thank you to the school for supporting us.

By Ms Naylor (Equestrian Team Organiser)

Equestrian Vaulting

Summer Hobbs (Year 8) recently had an equestrian vaulting competition. Vaulting is gymnastics on a moving horse and she came a very impressive 2nd place! Well done Summer, what a brilliant achievement!

Essex County and Eastern Counties Indoor Championships at Lee Valley

On Saturday, Jess Downing in Year 9 competed in the Essex County and Eastern Counties Indoor Championships at Lee Valley in the 60m hurdles. She got through the heats and then the semi-final. In the final she came 5th (so 5th in the whole of the Eastern Counties!) but she came 3rd in the Essex County Championships and therefore got herself a well-deserved bronze medal! Well done Jess, this is a fantastic achievement.

 

Hockey

Presdales U13s hockey team played Sir John Lawes School in a County Cup group match yesterday afternoon. The conditions were tough with rain and wind throughout the 40 minutes of the match, but this did not deter our girls!

The match was closely contested, with the first half ending 1-1. Sir John Lawes started more quickly and scored within the first 90 secs. Presdales equalised with a lovely passing move through midfield. In the second half, again Sir John Lawes started more quickly and went ahead to lead 2-1.

However, our girls then started to dominate the match, making more passing combinations and increasing the number of shots on goal. Presdales has a series of short corners, where the post and a great save from their GK prevented a goal. However, the girls then started to find the net, scoring 4 in relatively quick succession.
Presdales deservedly won the match 5-3. Really good performance from the girls, especially in the second half. Well done!

Players Player Of The Match – Martha Ker
Coaches Player Of The Match – Izzy Stewart

Netball

Well done to the Year 10 Netball team who won 22-3 against John Warner this week. Star player was Maggie Bristow. Brilliant teamwork and adaptability to play different positions … great game girls.

Good effort from the Year 9 Netball team who lost 14-11 against John Warner yesterday. Star player was Olivia Reynolds.

Athletics

Well done to the Sportshall Athletics Team in Year 7 and 8 who this week competed in the first league fixture against 5 other local schools. The league is combined over 2 fixtures so no results as yet but the girls were amazing and came 1st in many of their heats/field events! Good luck for the 29th January.

The HAWCS Athletics club had their annual Awards Evening at the end of last term and many Presdales students were award winners! Ellie and Amelie achieved their scholarship awards, Roisin achieved an award for distance running, Freya for her throwing performances, Khadijah for her jumping performances and Jess Downing for her multi-event performances.

Well done to all of you!

Huge congratulations to Bethany Botheras (Year 7) who won ‘Clubs most promising young female athlete of 2019’ at Herts Phoenix Athletics Club annual Awards Night. She’s also been selected after trials to represent the Hertfordshire team in the Eastern Region sports hall athletics finals later this month. Well done and good luck Beth.

Dance

Jasmine Braddock in Year 8 has taken many dance exams during 2019 with Stagelight School of Dance. She has also been awarded the Stagelight School of Dance Student of The Year 2019! Her exam results are:

Grade 3 Ballet – Distinction
Grade 3 Tap – Distinction
Grade 4 Ballet – Distinction
Grade 4 Modern – Distinction

Congratulations Jasmine, what a fantastic year you’ve had!

 

Table Tennis

U13s

Well done to the U13 girls who played in the county table tennis finals last week. The girls came 3rd in their pool so unfortunately didn’t get to the finals, but they played excellently against some tough competition!

U16s

Congratulations to the U16 table tennis team who came 5th in their County Tournament. Star Player was Charlotte Slack!

Netball

A huge well done to the Year 7 netballers who played amazingly last week in freezing conditions! The red team came 3rd out of 7 teams in their tournament and the blue team came 1st out of 7 teams in their tournament – winning all their games. Congratulations girls! Star player for the red team was Darcie Docker and Beth Botheras was star player for the blue team.

Badminton

U14s

Well done to the U14 Badminton team who came 6th at the County Finals. Some tough competition but the girls did amazingly well!

U16s

Congratulations to the U16 Badminton team who came an impressive 3rd at the County Finals last week!

Football

Year 7

Last week we had 2 mixed Year 7 teams playing in a mini Round Robin 8-a-side football tournament at Haileybury.

Presdales won the tournament, with 4 wins and 2 draws. Our girls played some lovely football. The matches were played in a good spirit against competitive Haileybury teams. Well done girls!

The results were as follows:-

Team 1

Drew 0-0
Won 1-0
Won 3-0

Team 2

Won 1-0
Won 1-0
Drew 0-0

Scorers were Eva D, Darcy C, Maia K x 2, Georgiana F x 2.

U14s

This week the U14 football team played Stoke Newington School in Hackney and, unfortunately, they lost 0-1 in the first round of the Sisters in Sport National Cup Competition. However, the girls are to be commended; they never stopped trying, but just couldn’t fashion an equaliser despite dominating most of the second half. Stoke Newington defended very well and made it difficult for our forwards with several good blocks from our shots on goal. At the other end, Eva Cullen played brilliantly throughout and made one particularly outstanding save to keep the score at 0-1!

Defensively, Presdales showed great determination and largely managed to contain the threat of their no9 who was exceptionally good. Hannah and Ella deserve special mention for the way they defended against her. We threw the kitchen sink at Stoke Newington in the last 15 minutes moving Ella from Centre Half to Centre Forward, and it (very nearly) paid dividends…! Unlucky girls – a great overall team performance, however. Star Players were Eva Cullen and Ella Richardson.

Basketball

U12s

Well done to the U12 basketball team who came 3rd in their pool at the County Final. They were all fantastic!!

U14s

Also, well done to the U14 Basketball team who came 3rd in their pool this week at the County Basketball competition. Well played!

Dance

Sienna-Rose White (Year 9) and Lucy Dell (Year 10) have both successfully auditioned and been selected to represent Team England in the Dance World Cup taking place in Rome in 2020. To qualify you have to be in the top 3 in the country in your chosen genre picked via video audition. Sienna and Lucy will be part of a Street Dance Group and are both very excited for this opportunity to represent Team England! Good luck girls, we can’t wait to hear how you get on.

Hockey

Alice Lynn and Martha Ker (both Year 7) recently represented Hertfordshire in their first hockey tournament against Essex/Cambridgeshire/Bedfordshire! Well done girls.

Cheer Leading

Phoebe Prentice (Year 7) and Erin Taylor (Year 8) recently competed at The Winter Wonderland Cheer Competition at the Five Lakes Resort, Colchester, for Herts Allstars in the new team ‘Senior Passion’. After performing amazing stunts, they came a fantastic 3rd. Amazing result! Congratulations to you both and your team!

Jasmine Braddock (Year 8) competed for Herts Allstars at Future Cheer Winter Wonderland 2019 with her 2 teams, Herts RE1GN and Herts Intensity, who both came 1st. RE1GN also won Grand Champions and got the highest score of the whole competition. An amazing first competition for Herts Allstars on their road to Summit 2020! Well done, Jasmine.