The Limelight LIMELIGHT 2018 | Page 16

Cricket 2017-2018 ATHLETICS Over the course of the season three school records were broken: Laura Brooks Year 5 600m record in 1 minute 59.48s; Niamh Clements Year 6 800m record in 2 minutes 48.01s and Belle Sweeting Year 5 150m record; 150m record of 22.39s. The first two of these records were achieved at the HMC event in Gateshead where Luke Woodhead also came first in the ball throw. Several others finished in podium places: Belle Sweeting 3rd Y5 Long Jump Tabitha Speight 2nd Y4 Long Jump Belle Sweeting, Emily Jones, Laura Brooks, Dora Hotham 2nd Y5 4 x 100m relay Austen Butterley, Toby Mackenzie, Charles Wright and Thomas Rook 3rd Y4 4 x 100m relay Islay Cunliffe-Lister 2nd Y6 High Jump Charles Wright 2nd Y4 Ball throw Apart from these results several of the children reached finals and achieved personal best performances. The school took nearly fifty children to a meet at St Olave’s in May which saw the girls perform outstandingly to win the overall girls’ event and the boys competed extremely well, the U9s winning their particular age group. At the North Eastern Prep Schools event held in Doncaster, Laura, Niamh and Luke continued their run of form and qualified in first place for the National finals in Birmingham in 800m girls, 1500m girls and 800 boys respectively. The boys relay also qualified in first place with an outstanding run: Harvey Laverack, Alex Preece, Luca Maude and Luke Woodhead. Two more children gaining places for the finals were Islay Cunliffe-Lister and Imogen Spear. At the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham all the children were in awe of the size of the stadium and by the quality of the opposition. They all performed to the best of their ability and thoroughly enjoyed the day. The School’s Sports’ Day went ahead in searing heat and displayed some scorching performances, especially Belle Sweeting with her record-breaking sprint. All the children from Pre-School to Year 6 managed the conditions amazingly well and enjoyed the racing. Well done everyone for a fabulous season of athletics. 14 Cricket this year has been good. We have won and lost matches. We have won 2 out of 4 matches we have played. We got into the quarter final in HMC cricket but we lost to Ashville. We have two matches to go, one at Hymers College and one at Minster school. We have got a great team. Both our bowling and batting is excellent. Harvey Laverack Under 8s Rugby Year 3 showed real promise and enthusiasm during the rugby season in the Michaelmas Term. It was particularly pleasing to see everyone in the year showing a real commitment to improving their skills and understanding of the game during Games sessions. Theo Bayra m’s strong running and determined defence was a key feature in both Games sessions and at fixtures against other schools and his super b attitude and approach certainly inspired other s in the year group to work harder to impro ve. Austen Butterley’s fast feet and electrifying pace always caused other teams real probl ems in defence and was thrilling to watch. One highlight of the season was competing at the Tag Rugby Tourn ament at Richmond House where all involved had an excellent opportunity to show off what they had learned. There were strong performances from everyone most notably from Evan Beharrell, Austin Bailey and Austin Campbell whose dogged defence and direct running was excellent to see. All in all an excellent season for the Under 8s and I look forward to seein g them continue to progress next year. Keep up the good work! Under 10s Hockey It has been an excellent season for the U10s in Hockey this year during the Lent Term . All involved showed excellent commitment during training and matches, displaying a real desire to impro ve and learn. Games sessions focussed on developing the basics skill sets to be successful, as well as lots of conditioned game play to introduce rules and tactics of the game. Oscar Cowling’s composure on the ball and excellent decision making was evident throughout the term and a real feature during fixtures against other schools. Joseph Girking’s determination and bliste ring pace was also on show in both traini ng and fixtures and it was excellent to see his skills improve as a result . In fixtures against other schools all who took part acquitted themselves excellently showing real team spirit and comradery both when winning and losing. Hugh Bailey and William Carver showed excellent leade rship throughout the season keeping a positi ve atmosphere throughout all sessions and fixtures. Luke Wood’s passing from the back and relentless tackling in defence gave his team a real platform to build from and was a credit to his attitude and appro ach. In summary a fantastic season for all involved and I look forward to seeing them continue to progr ess and develop next year. Well done! Under 9s Cricket It has been pleasing to see the Under 9s improve their cricket skills throughout the Summer Term. In training the enthusiasm of the group has been excellent and they have shown a real commitment to improving their skills. There have been some impressive performances in school fixtur es where everyone has had a chance to represent the schoo l. Thomas Rook has been a consistent perfo rmer with both bat and ball and has led excellently in the field to support his teammates. Sebastian Staal and Toby Mackenzie have lead by example with some excellent displa ys in school fixtures as well as a superb attitu de on training. It has been pleasing to see everyone in the year enjoy playing in school fixtures and getting a chance to put their skills to the test in a competitive enviro nment. I look forward to seeing all the boys continue to progress next year moving in to year 5. Excel lent work! Under 10s Cricket What a fantastic term for U10 cricket. It has been so pleasing to see everyone in the year not only improve their skills but also really gel and develop as a team. All the children are now confid ent in understanding the various fielding positions and this is a credit to their hard working approach in Game s sessions. During fixtures against other schools, they have put in some excellent performances and work together fantastically to create positive competitive environmen t on the field. William Foley has lead by exam ple with both bat and ball, putting in some quality performan ces. Nathan Yu has developed superbly havin g not played cricket before this year to playing in the A team by the end of the term. His support of his teammates and determination have been particularly impre ssive. There have been many other notab le performances from many in the year group and I have no doub t if they continue to work hard together they will progress both individually and as a team. Keep it up guys!