Football

U13s

Wow, what a match!! This would have done justice to the final of the U13s County Cup, let alone the 1st round and is undoubtedly the most tense and exciting match I’ve been involved in at Presdales (so far)!! Presdales Year 8s were simply outstanding, winning 4-2 on penalties against a very strong St Albans Girls School (STAGS) team on 10th November. The game ended 1-1 after normal time with Presdales having the better chances but unable to turn their superiority into goals. The match went to extra time, with the STAGS goalie making an incredible double save to prevent a winner for Presdales. So, after a hard fought battle, we faced the ‘excitement’ of a penalty shoot out ….. Cara Nolan, who had never played in goal before, was incredible saving two of the first three STAGS penalties! Presdales successfully converted 3 out of 3 so we just needed one more to take the win. Our 4th penalty hit the bar which made it more tense, but the 5th was successful to take the win 4-2.

I’m incredible proud of the entire team. What an amazing effort, with 100% commitment throughout. They never stopped running and competed for every ball like real Lionesses!

It was hard to select the Player of the Match as everyone deserved it, however Amy Little just edged it with an incredible performance in central defence. Well done girls, so proud of you all!!

This week, the Year 8 football team beat Broxbourne 5-0 in the District League. It was a quite hideous evening, cold with heavy rain pouring down. The girls coped with the conditions well and secured a convincing win. Player of the Match voted by Broxbourne was Mia Schillaci-Rowland and Coach’s Player of the Match went to Sienna Goodfellow. Great win girls!

U16s

Convincing win for our U16s football team beating Marlborough School 10-1 in the County cup. Some great individual performances and lovely team play with crisp interchanges and incisive passing. Player of the Match and Coaches Player of the Match was Amber Leighton who was outstanding throughout and scored a hat-trick. Well done girls, onto the next round!

Year 7

Well done to the Year 7 Football team who won 9-1 against John Warner in the District League last week, the first time Presdales has competed in this competition. Fantastic performance from the girls playing some lovely flowing football and scoring some great goals.

Joint Players of the Match as voted by John Warner were Ava M and Liv W. The Coaches Player of the Match was Sienna R who scored a hat trick, but the entire team was fantastic. Well done girls!

Netball

Seniors

Last week the senior netball team played against Broxbourne in a friendly match. Despite some excellent team work and determination they lost 30-14 with all of them playing the whole game due to a lack of subs!

Unlucky girls but you should keep your heads held high! Star player as voted for by Broxbourne was Jess Ward!

Year 7

Well done to all of the girls who played!

Year 10

Well done to our Year 10 netball team who played a friendly match against Broxbourne on Wednesday. They won 39-10! Star Player was Lucy White.

Year 8

Well done to our Year 8 netball teams who also played against Broxbourne on Wednesday.

The Year 8A team were playing the quarter final round of the county cup. They worked hard to come back after being down to beat Broxbourne 30-17! Star player was Georgia Wittey. Congratulations girls you are now through to the semi finals!!

The Year 8B team played a friendly match and won very convincingly 39-3. Star player was Julia Dodd.

Well done to the U14 and U16 Badminton teams who played in the first round of the County’s last week.

The U14s played some great games but came in second and the U16 won so will be heading to the County Finals at Hatfield Sports Village in December.

Table Tennis

CONGRATULATIONS to the U16 Table Tennis team who have made it to the County finals on Monday 28th November!! Well played and GOOD LUCK Monday!

Congratulations to the following students who are our PE Stars of the Month!

Cross Country

Congratulations to all of the girls who took part in the 2nd District cross country league race at Simon Balle. All of the girls did exceptionally well but special mention to:

Lotty Hobson (Year 13) who came 1st in the Open Girls and then 1st overall in the league

Molly Barnard (Year 12) who came 2nd in the Open Girls and then 2nd overall in the league

Beth Botheras (Year 10) who came 3rd in the Open Girls race

Olivia Holme (Year 8) who came 2nd in the Year 8/9 race and 2nd overall in the league

Ava McManus (Year 7) who came 2nd in the Minor Girls race and 1st overall in the league

Keira Gale (Year 7) who came 3rd in the Minor Girls race and 3rd overall in the league

Lily Feast (Year 7) who came 5th in the Minor Girls race

Also, congratulations to the Year 8/9 team who came first overall in the league and to the Year 7 team who came first over all in the league.

I would also like to say a huge thank you and well done to Jessica Botheras (Year 7) who stepped in at the very last minute to run so that the minor girls had a full team and could therefore be crowned league winners!

The District Champs are being held in November, we look forward to seeing all of the girls running again and to more success!

Football

U16s

Well done to the Presdales U16s County Football Team who beat Croxley Danes 9-0 last week. It was a dominant performance and a great start in the competition.

Highlights from the goals were a brilliant solo run from Eva Delaney where she dribbled past 3-4 players and coolly finished into the corner and quite an astonishing free kick from the half way line by Rimini Lowe which soared into the top of the net. The Croxley Dane supporters were heard to say ‘that was the best goal that’s ever been scored on this pitch!!’. There were a lot of gasps and open mouths!

Tonye Ikeyina was voted POM by Croxley Danes. Coaches POTM was Eva Delaney who was outstanding throughout. Well done girls and onwards to the next round!

Year 8

Great performance by the Year 8s winning 6-1 in the District Football League against Chauncy this week. This is the first time that Presdales has competed in this competition and the girls thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

In a closely contested first half, Presdales were a little fortunate to go in at half time 3-1 up, however they dominated the second half and added a further 3 goals without reply.

Fantastic commitment from all the girls. Player of the Match was Mia Schillachi Rowland who scored 2 second half goals and excelled in the centre forward position. The Coaches Player of the Match was Annabel Guy who played a great game and never stopped running the entire match. Well gone to all the girls!

Netball

Year 7

Congratulations to the Year 7’s who took part in the first netball match of the season against Simon Balle. The green team won 19-6 and the yellow team won 15-5. Green team Star Player as voted for by Simon Balle was Lottie Fellows. Yellow team Star Player as voted for by Simon Balle was Georgia Street. Well done to everyone who took part!

Year 8

Excellent effort from both Year 8 teams this week. It was a combined effort due to Chauncy only having one team. Presdales won 14-3!

Star players were Darcey O’Reilly and Ellie Bradford.

Well played girls! Dresses look fab!

U14s and U16s

Well done to both the U14 and U16 netball teams who competed last Saturday in the county round of the National Schools Netball Competition!

The U14’s did amazingly in their pool, coming 2nd out of 7 and only losing one game. They unfortunately lost in the semi finals and came in 4th position overall! Star player was Darcy Bennett!

The U16’s were truly incredible. They won every single game in their pool, topping the group. They won 17-11 in the semis which meant they progressed to the finals. They then went on to remain UNDEFEATED all day and won the final 11-3 against Berkhamstead! Star player was Rosie Martin!

This means they are COUNTY CHAMPIONS and will progress through to the regional round in January!

Girls we are soo proud of you all! It was a long day but you were a credit to the school and a pleasure to be around!

Congratulations to the following students who are our PE Stars of the Month!