Huge congratulations to Molly Seymour in Year 8 who won the 100 yard Freestyle Championship!
Well done to all of our athletes who competed on Thursday 6th July and throughout this years very successful athletics season!
Our U13 team came 2nd!
Our U15 team came 1st!
Our Over 15 team came 1st!
This meant that we were crowned champions for the 31st year in a row!! (Minus 2020-2022 where no one competed due to covid)
Congratulations to the following girls who won their individual events:
Jess Botheras – U13 shot put
Izzy Wilson – U13 standing triple jump
Scarlett Victory – U15 75m hurdles
Rosie Bentley – U15 high jump
Jess Downing – 15+ 300m hurdles and discus
Martha Ker – 15+ 800m
Alice Lynn – 15+ 80m hurdles
Ella Little – 15+ long jump
Beth Botheras – 15+ 300m
15+ 4x300m relay team
Special mention also goes to our over 15 4x300m relay team – Jess Downing, Alice Lynn, Martha Ker and Beth Botheras – who smashed the record and therefore were awarded the Jane Branford memorial award for outstanding athletic performance!!
Congratulations to our first ever senior boys team who competed in the Bruce Longden Athletics Competition on 12th July at Wodson Park!
The boys were competing in division 2 as it was our first time at the event against teams including John Warner, Saffron Walden, Leventhorpe, Freeman, Sele and Goffs Academy.
The boys absolutely smashed it and only went and WON!
Shout out to the following boys who won their individual events:
Josh Hole – 100m Hurdles and Shot put
Josh White – 100m and High jump with a crazy jump of 1.80m!!
4x100m relay team – Tobeya Ikeyina, George Reilly, Josh White and Josh Hole
4x400m relay team – Josh Hole, Josh White, Ollie Hobdell and George Reilly
Hopefully this means we will get promoted into division 1 next year.
Thanks to our Year 12 leaders who helped officiate events throughout the day
A very special day as it was our first ever win of a boys trophy for Presdales and an amazing end to an incredible athletics season!
Last weekend, Presdales Equestrian team took three members to Brook farm to jump the 80/85cm and the 90/95cm as a team and as individuals.
Evie Lodge on Kadanz was first to go in the 80/85cm where she had a tack malfunction resulting in her being unseated. However she got back on and jumped the 90/95cm to come back with a brilliant result of 2nd place as an individual!
Next to go was Ellen Beesley on Leith Libretto on whom she jumped an amazing round in the 80/85cm to win the class as an individual! Then she had a go at the 90/95cm where she gave it her best just to have a miscommunication at the final fence.
Last to go was Ruby Robinson on CrossWord where she rode 2 clears in both classes to come 2nd in the 80/85cm as an individual and then she jumped the 90/95cm to win the class individually!
Not our day for the team but it was all good practise for the season ahead in September but we gained some brilliant results. Well done girls!
Huge well done to the Year 7 rounders team who played their district tournament last week. They won 3 matches and lost 2 so ended up coming in 4th place. Some excellent batting and fielding from everyone, but the Star Player goes to Annabelle Copues for being an excellent backstop all tournament!
Ellie Bostock (Year 11) is the Schools INTERNATIONAL Shot champion!!
As Ellie recently became English Schools champion, last weekend she represented England at the Schools International competition. Not only did she get a new pb of 15.03m but also came in 1st place! We so proud of you Ellie – you are incredible!
Well done to all students who have been involved in Gifted and Talented PE club this year.
The girls have dedicated their Monday mornings each week before school to improve their fitness and overall sporting ability, despite already having heavy training schedules for the high levels they train and compete at in their individual sports.
Also students are welcome to apply in September for next year if they compete at a county level or above (or equivalent) in any sport!
Thank you to everyone who has competed in any house sporting event this year, it has been fantastic to see so many of you representing your house and enjoying the various activities. The following points (12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2) are given for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th respectively for each event. They are accumulated over the year and the final results are as follows…
Year 7 Victrix Ludorum
Daisy Goodwin – 1st in High Jump and equalled the school record, 1st in 200m and broken the record
Year 8 Victrix Ludorum
Florrie Pidduck – 1st in 800m and broken the record
Amy Little – 1st in high jump and broken the record
Year 9 Victrix Ludorum
Rosie Bentley – 1st in high jump and set a new record of 1.49m
Year 10 Victrix Ludorum
Lucy White – 1st place and new record in triple jump which stood since 2012
Beth Botheras – 1st place and new record in 300m which stood since 2010
Year 12 Victrix Ludorum
Jess Downing – new record in discus and the 300m
Other records broken:
Josh White (Year 12) – high jump which is now 1.76m!!
Ollie Hobdell (Year 12) – 1500m
Tobeya Ikeyina (Year 12) – shot
Josh Hole (Year 12) – 200m
Jack Markham (Year 12) – Javelin
George Reilly (Year 12) – 800m
Teah Gregory (Year 10) – high jump
Martha Ker (Year 10) – 800m
Congratulations to all of our athletes who competed last Friday at Wodson Park in District Athletics!
Our minor girls team came 1st overall with Honey Trevellyan-Tucker also winning her discus and Ava McManus winning her 1500m.
Our junior girls team came 1st overall with Scarlett Victory winning her hurdles, Olivia Holme winning her 800m, Georgia Wittey winning her discus and Rosie Bentley winning her high jump!
Our inter girls team came 1st overall with Alice Lynn winning her hurdles and high jump, Beth Botheras winning her 300m and the relay team also winning!
Our senior girls team came 1st overall with Jess Downing winning her hurdles and discus, Molly Barnard winning her 800m, Lotty Hobson winning her 1500m and javelin and Amelia Kaufman-Cook winning her triple jump!
Our senior boys team came 2nd overall which was also history making as it was the FIRST EVER boys team Presdales has ever had!! Ollie Hobdell won his 1500m and Josh White won his high jump!
Well done to everyone involved – another very successful day!
Congratulations to our athletes who also competed in the County League Plate Final this week. The plate final was for schools who placed 5th-8th in the county throughout the athletics league this summer.
Well done to our U14 team who placed 7th overall and a huge congratulations to the U16 team who came joint 1st overall with Hitchin Girls!!
Special mention to the following girls who won their events:
Martha Ker – 800m Beth, Martha, Alice & Ella – 4x100m Relay Scarlett Victory – Hurdles
Great work girls especially against some really tough competition!!
Well done to the girls who competed in the recent Nicola Mabbit Tennis Tournament at Queenswood. Presdales were represented at U13s, U14s and U16s after qualifying as District Champions in these age groups.
The girls played some magnificent tennis throughout the afternoon. Lots of super-close games that were decided on the smallest of margins.
The U13s finished 6th overall against some strong competition but they narrowly missed out in a number of their games.
The U14s finished 4th overall, again suffering a number of narrow defeats which went down to the wire with deciding game tiebreaks!
The U16s finished as deserved Winners losing only one game from the 8 matches played and dominating most of their matches with some fantastic tennis.
The entire team contributed and it’s difficult to pick anyone out specifically, however the Star Players were as follows:-
U13s – Ava McManus U14s – Chloe Pearce U16s – Ellen Beesley
Well done to all of the girls. Another example of the depth of sporting ability across multiple sports at Presdales!
Massive congratulations to the Year 8 rounders team who remain undefeated and were crowned district champions last week! Excellent batting, fielding and team work from all of the girls! Star player was Amy Little for her excellent catches and fielding on second post!
Don’t forget that Presdales PE Department are on Facebook! Please follow them to see our students’ achievements in non-school sporting activities! This month, we have had student successes in Athletics, Dance, Hockey and Football!
Well done to our rounders teams who played against Chauncy on Monday 5th June! Some excellent batting and fielding on display!
Our Year 7s won 12 1/2 – 10 1/2
Our Year 8s won 24-2
Our Year 9s lost 14 1/2 – 8
Our Year 10s won 16-8
Massive well done to our senior rounders team who played against Bishops Stortford College last week. Unfortunately, they lost 28-18, however starting with only 7 players due to illness and finishing with 6 meant they played amazing. Great batting and tremendous fielding. Well done all!
Awesome performance by the Year 10 Rounders team in the District finals this week. Winning 18.5 runs to 5.5 runs to the runners up Chauncy. Well done girls!!
Well done to the Year 9 rounders team who came 2nd in their district rounders tournament on Tuesday 6th June. Star player was Honey Hudson for her excellent batting, awesome catches and helping coach the team!
Well done to the Year 8 rounders team who beat Simon Balle in a very close game last night 13 – 12 1/2!
Star player was Willow Storey for her excellent bowling!
Amazing efforts from our Year 7, 8 and 9 Pentathlon athletes last week.
The Year 7 team came 1st overall with Anna Fourie also winning the individual all around competition!
The Year 8/9 combined team also came 1st overall with Poppy Ward coming 2nd in the individual all around competition!
A very successful day in the hot sun, well done girls!
Special thank you to our Year 9 leaders who were amazing all day helping us run each event!
Massive well done to the U13 Cricket team who have won the U13 Chance to Shine Cricket Competition.
Some excellent cricket throughout the day. They beat Simon Balle, STAGS, Beaumont and drew to Katherine Warrington. We won our group so went through to the final to play the winners of group 2. We then went on to beat them by 9 runs!! Well done girls what an excellent day!!
Congratulations to the Year 8 and 9/10 Calypso cricket teams who both came out victorious at their recent tournaments. The Year 8’s were undefeated all day and the 9/10 team only lost one game. They were involved in an intense ‘bowl off’ for first place which they won thanks to an excellent ball by Chloe Evans! Well done to all of the girls for working so hard in such hot conditions.
Star Player for Year 8 was Charlotte Wilson for continued progress throughout the tournament and Star Player for Year 9/10 was Georgiana Fowler for her hat trick of wickets against Freman College.
Congratulations to our Year 7 football team who won the District League beating Broxbourne 4-2 in the final!
The final was the culmination of a series of matches played this year in the district league with Presdales and Broxbourne finishing top of their respective groups. It was a wonderful spectacle, with fantastic skills on display. This shows how much girls football has developed in a short space of time.
The girls played brilliantly, and refused to be intimidated by a noisy Broxbourne support from the Year 7 boys! Presdales started fast and threw everything at Broxbourne in the first 10 mins. After a few near misses, Florence W opened the scoring with a lovely finish. A further goal from Keira G, with a beautifully controlled shot from the edge of the box, extended our lead. Broxbourne pulled a goal back just before half time.
Presdales again started fast in the second half and continued to dominate. Two fantastic goals from Olivia W extended the lead 4-1 before conceding a late goal to finish 4-2. Broxbourne were tough opponents with some excellent players, but great defending as a team kept their chances to a minimum.
The girls ALL played brilliantly. Coaches Players of The Match were Keira Gale and Alek Ivaskevicuite. Well done to all the girls, you are such a talented team!
This was the last competitive match for this school year and caps a very successful season for football at Presdales. I’m looking forward to next year already!
Great performance from our Year 7 footballers who beat St Edmunds 3-1 in a friendly this week. We were short of players so thanks to Sienna Rowley for stepping in at the very last minute!
Presdales attacked relentlessly but could not find the back of the net. The deadlock was broken just before half time by Mia Gilmour who latched onto a through ball and calmly finished.
In the second half, it was the same pattern of attack by Presdales and again lots of near misses, hitting the post and good saves by their goalkeeper. We then went 2-0 ahead with a lovely bit of skill and composed finishing by Mia Storey. Sienna Rowley added a third with a fantastic first time strike into the corner.
St Edmunds came back into it a bit, partly because we had no subs and the girls were starting to tire a bit in the heat. Emma Martyn Stephens made a great save to keep the score at 3-0 but St Eds did manage to score a consolation goal to finish 3-1.
St Eds voted Mia Gilmour as Player of the Match. Coaches Player of The Match was Mia Storey. This was the final football match for Presdales in this school year, so it was nice to end with a win. Well done to all the girls!
Well done to our swimmers who competed in the swimming gala at Haileybury last night! Against some tough competition, ‘PresHales’ (Presdales & Richard Hale combined) came 2nd!
The girls were amazing as always and lots of the girls swam up an age category to help out the team. We even had some year 7s swimming up in the senior category beating senior boys and girls which was very impressive!
Well done to our Year 9 rounders team who showed great effort but lost our first game of the season against Simon Balle 12-9&1/2.
Massive CONGRATULATIONS to the Year 10 Rounders team who had an amazing win against Simon Balle – especially as we only had 6 players! Star Player was Georgiana Fowler – batting into the next rounders pitch and superb fielding!!!
Don’t forget that Presdales PE Department are on Facebook! Please follow them to see our students’ achievements in non-school sporting activities! This month, we have had student successes in Karate, Badminton, Swimming, Football, Athletics, Hockey and Gymnastics!
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Silver DofE Practice Expedition
Thursday 16th & Friday 17th
Year 11 Art GCSE Exam Day
Monday 20th to Wednesday 22nd
Year 13 Art & Photography A Level Exam
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Gonville and Caius SLO visit (Year 12 talk at lunch and Year 10 talk lesson 5)
Piano Recital (Dining Room), 5pm
Friday 24th
Year 11 GCSE PE Moderation Day
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