Spring Sports Roundup

It has been a fantastic term of sport at all levels throughout the Spring term with our elite athletes achieving some amazing successes, the Netball tour to Dubai during Long Leave offering sport in the sunshine and students participating in football, rugby, netball, hockey, and swimming lessons as well as some more unusual sports, such as rowing, golf and skiing, through our extensive co-curricular programme.

Our Advanced Performer Programme (APP) offers students who achieve a representative level of sport additional coaching sessions and individual support. Kate (Lower Sixth) has been named as a GB reserve to compete at the European and World Junior Championships. Chunya (Upper Sixth) was selected to play for the England U18 Rugby Squad again and has signed to play for London Irish next year. Owen (Upper Sixth) is due to swim at the British para-swimming international meet in Glasgow in mid-April, part of the World Series. Anna  (Year 11) continues to play for the Surrey Storm U19 Netball team recently playing and beating Bath. Ben (Year 11) represented the London West region at the ISA Cross Country National finals at Rugby School this term.

Every Fryer and 60% of students in Year 11 to Upper Sixth have participated in competitive sport this term, continuing to sum up our sport for all philosophy. Our four Fryer Rugby teams have played 22 Fixtures and won 14 of them. The Bs were unbeaten; winning six and drawing just one game. There has been fantastic achievement from the U15A Netball team winning 80% of their fixtures and the A team coming 3^rd in the Plate at the ISA Regional tournament.  The U14s are not far behind with 11 wins from 15 games (73%) with many players also at the ISA national Netball tournament at Queen Ethelburga’s where the U14s finished Plate runners up. Well done to Joe (Year 10) for organising a successful ski team in Bracknell and congratulations to Nicola (Year 10) captaining the U15 Girls’ Indoor Cricket squad and coming runners up in the Lady Taverner’s County Tournament. The 1st XI Footballers have battled superbly well to finish 3rd overall in the top flight of the Super League. A great ISA Rugby 7s tournament for the U16 Boys who won the Plate competition. The senior Netball teams’ final tournament saw the B team win the Shield and at the ISA nationals in Yorkshire the girls finished 3rd in the main cup competition.