News from PE
Netball
U13s
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
U14s
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!
Year 8
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
Year 9
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!!
Year 10
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.
Tournament
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.
Cross Country
First Meet
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!!
Second Meet
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!
Hockey
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.
Football
U14s
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!
