Acrobatic gymnastics

Congratulations to Izzy and Ruby who recently competed in the Acro Schools Competition in the over 14 category. They came away with gold and will now go on to compete at National Finals representing the East Region in May. Amazing work girls – well done!!

Netball

U14s – NATIONAL SCHOOL NETBALL FINALS!
6th overall.
6th in the Country.
6th out of 1500 schools that begin their journey in the County stages.
The highest placed state school.
6th. Incredible and so so proud!
Our group was extremely tough. We only lost two games all day, but unfortunately the two teams above us lost one, and drew to each other which pushed us down into 4th. Our total points exceeded all of the teams in the other section bar the winner, which highlights the sheer quality in our group.
The final ended up being between the top two teams in our group: Yarm and Brighton College. Yarm were crowned the National Champions in a closely fought final. They only lost one game all day, and that was to Presdales. This again highlights the level of netball that we are capable of, and just how much we can compete against the best in Country.

Year 8
Well done to the Year 8 netball teams who competed in the district tournament on the 17th March. Both teams topped their pools meaning they both progressed to the cup finals.
The B team came 3rd overall out of 14 teams with POTT going to Liv M.
The A team remained undefeated and won the tournament meaning they are YEAR 8 DISTRICT CHAMPIONS!!
A team POTT was Sophia P.
Well done all, what a fantastic netball season and a very talented group of girls!

Year 7
Well done the Year 7 Netball teams who recently competed in the Year 7 Netball tournament! The A team made it to the Cup Competition and finished 3rd overall. The B team made it in to the Shield and ended up WINNERS!! Some awesome Netball played in cold conditions. Well done to all of you!!!

Sportshall Athletics

Sportshall County Finals! The Year 7s made it to the finals following the district round. The effort and determination was amazing from all girls especially during the gruelling longer races – 4 and 6 laps! Overall results as follows 4th place – PRESDALES!!!! (1- Bishops Hatfield, 2- DAO, 3- St George’s)

Football

U12s
Well done to the U12s mixed football team who beat a strong Haileybury College A team 3-2 in their final group match in the District league.
It was a tough match and the girls competed well showing great determination and resilience throughout. Haileybury hit the bar twice before scoring to go 1-0 up, but Presdales responded well fighting for every ball. After some excellent pressing, the girls forced a mistake and managed to equalise just before half time.
Haileybury dominated the opening exchanges of the second half, hitting the bar and the post, but the ball stayed out! Presdales then started to create chances of our own, scoring twice to lead scored to 3-1 with around 10mins remaining.
Haileybury responded strongly, scoring from a well worked goal to reduce the deficit and pressed for an equaliser as the minutes ticked down. Presdales showed great determination to defend their lead and hold out to take the win 3-2. We now await to hear if we have qualified for the District semi finals.
Coaches PoTM is the whole team as it was a real battling team performance! Well done to all the girls.

U13s
Congratulations to our U13s football team who recently beat Broxbourne 4-0 to reach the Final of the District League!
It was a fantastic performance from our girls against a good Broxbourne team who were very competitive. Presdales dominated the match playing the majority of the game in Broxbourne’s half.
Our defence limited Broxbourne’s attacking threat so our goal was rarely threatened as we pressed for the opening goal.
The girls took a deserved lead just before half time with a well worked goal to take a 1-0 lead into the break. They carried on where they left off and continued to control the game, scoring three more times to put the game out of reach.
It was a real team performance. The girls demonstrated their ability and determination throughout. We now await to hear who we will meet in the final. Coaches PotM goes to Ella R. Well done to all the girls!

U15s
Our U15s put in a truly fantastic performance in the County Cup Final against Croxley Danes on Wednesday, but unfortunately it showed the cruelty of football where you can completely dominate a match and still end up losing.
The girls conceded from a penalty after just 2mins and then conceded another from a freak goal just before the break to go into half time 0-2 down. This was such an injustice based on the balance of play and total dominance of Presdales but we just couldn’t find the back of the net. We hit the bar and the post, some chances slid inches wide and the Croxley GK made some great saves.
In the second half, the game continued in exactly the same pattern with Presdales playing some beautiful football and peppering the Croxley goal relentlessly. Again, the Croxley GK proved extremely hard to beat but the girls reduced the deficit with a beautifully worked move and a fine finish from Marlee S on her ‘weaker foot’ into the bottom corner.
This was well deserved and with 25 mins left to play, it seemed inevitable that Presdales would go on to win the game, such was our complete dominance. Sadly, lots of near misses and more good saves meant it was not to be and the match ended in a 1-2 defeat.
The girls couldn’t have given more. They played some brilliant football and it is really quite unbelievable that we didn’t win the game. However, that’s football and shows that the only statistic that ever matters is how many goals you score versus how many you concede.
Despite the disappointment, the girls should feel very proud of their achievements this season, reaching the County Cup Final and the Qtr Finals of the National Cup. There were too many wonderful performances to pick a Coaches PotM, so it goes to the entire squad. Well done to all the girls!

Rubgy

Massive well done to all those that played in the Rugby last week!!
The girls went over to Hertford Rugby club, they had a training session with the Hertford Rugby club coaches James and Dave, a tactical team talk about set plays and then in to a full game. The girls were outstanding!!
For some of them this is their first contact rugby match against a strong Year 8/9 Leventhorpe team and they held their own! Leventhorpe picked Lottie as player of the match for her amazing runs and scoring a number of tries.
Coaches player goes to Skye for her amazing tackles throughout the game! Massive well done all of you!!!

Swimming

Well done to all our swimmers who competed in the District swimming gala Championships on Friday! Lots of success in all age groups and medals all round!