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Hitchin Girls’ School
SPORTS’ REPORT
SUMMER 2012
The summer has been one of the most disrupted summers
that we, in the PE department, can remember for many
years, due to the inclement weather. We have had a
number of important fixtures and events postponed and so
at the time of going to press are still in the middle of trying
to complete all our matches, clubs and many of our lessons.
We started the Easter holidays with our first Senior Netball
Tour to Malta where our Senior Netball players took part in
a busy week of coaching and fixtures, against a number of
British and International teams. The students were excellent
Ambassadors for the school, both on and off the sports’ field.
Congratulations also to Miss Mellowship and Miss O’Reilly for
completing the London Marathon at the beginning of this term.
A few days into the Summer term, our Cricketers took part
in the Regional rounds for Women’s Cricket. They all
played commendably against some tough opposition.
Our Gifted and Talented athletes attended a training
afternoon, where they were coached in the finer points of
a number of events.
Also our GCSE and A level PE and Dance students worked
hard at the beginning of the term to complete their practical
coursework. Many of the Year 11 students took part in a
highly charged Saturday revision session and our dancers
displayed their choreography in an ‘Evening of Dance’ for
parents and friends.
Many of our students have been taking part in the Inter-
House League although the weather has caused us to
postpone and re-arrange a considerable number of these
fixtures. We are hopeful that we will be able to complete
this League before the end of term.
A large Year 7 team also took part in a Sporting Festival at
Knights’ Templar School, where they participated in a wide
range of Paralympic activities including Wheelchair
Basketball and Boccia.
Our Sports’ Leaders are coming to the end of their level 1,
2 And 3 Awards, continuing to develop their coaching and
leadership skills in school, in our local feeder schools and
at local festivals. Our Year 10 Netball players have
completed their Young Netball Leaders Award.
Our athletes have competed at County and District level
and also in the County Championships and District
Championships. We started the term with the County Multi
Events Championships, with our Under 17 team of Olivia
Dixon, Alice Sunderland and Fran Maydom finishing in
2nd place overall. Individually, they all finished in the top
12 with Fran Maydom being selected as second reserve
for the County Schools team. At Under 15 level, Sophie
Pyle achieved 21st place. She also achieved 7th place
overall in the Hertfordshire Pentathlon Championship later
in the term. At the Individual County Championships, Emily
Evans finished in 1st place in the Under 17 Hammer event
and has been selected to represent Hertfordshire at the
English Schools’ Championship in July. At County level,
Alessandra Stevens finished second in the Under 17
Hammer, Kirsty Bateman-Foley finished 2nd in the Under
17 Javelin and Vicky Marquiss achieved 6th in the Under
17 300m. At Under 15 level, Ellie Mann was 5th in the
200m and Alana Hollingsworth Biggs was 12th in the
1500m. In her first athletics season, Synovia Green (Year
7) achieved an outstanding 2nd place in the 100m finals
at Under 13 level. Alessandra Stevens also competed at
East Region Club level in Hammer where she finished in 1st
place, ranking her at 14th in the UK.
At District level our Year 7 (A and B teams) finished 2nd
overall, the Year 8 (B and C) team finished 2nd and the
Year 9 (B and C) team were overall winners!
At County League level, our Year 8 and Year 10 teams,
reached the plate finals where they finished in 6th and 4th
place respectively.
The Senior District Championship took place on the evening
before the examinations started and we were delighted that
our Senior team finished in 1st place overall. The District
Championships for other years saw all girls work hard in some
tough competitions with many Gold, Silver and Bronze medals
being won in a number of events. Overall, we achieved 4th
place in the Year 8 competition and were 2nd in the Year 9
and joint 1st place in the Year 7 and 10 competitions. District
Champions were Hettie Inniss (Hurdles), Olivia Dixon
(Hurdles), Kirsty Bateman-Foley (100m and Javelin), Synovia
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