Autumn - Queen Katherine School

SPORTS ROUND-UP
Football
✿ This term’s football programme has been perhaps the
most exciting in the history of the School. All the QKS
teams were still involved in Cup Competitions either
ESFA (English Schools Football Association) or at
County level. We have had 2 matches going into
penalty shoot outs, and another into extra time.
✿ Perhaps the outstanding effort has been from Year 9,
who, at the time of writing, were still in the ESFA
North Region Cup, and are one game away from
playing anyone in the country. They had a real nailbiter
against St. Cuthbert’s Newcastle, coming back
from 0-2 down to win 5-2 in extra time. Star players
were Simon Huck, who scored a hat-trick, Ali Sadek,
who never stopped running and Cameron Stuart, who
was the most skilful player on the field. The turning
point of the match came with James Pattinson’s
brilliant goal to make the score 3-2. Ultimately,
however, it was a great team effort from all concerned.
Previously, the Year 9s had beaten St. Bernard’s and
Nelson Thomlinson.
✿ In the County Cup, Year 8 beat the Lakes and
Ulverston, whilst the Year 11s beat Ullswater and then
Chetwynde 6-0, to get into the semi-final of the County
Cup Competition. The sixth form team beat QES, but
lost in the ESFA Cup to St Wilfred’s Blackburn. They
remain, however, in the County Cup.
Rugby
✿ A full rugby programme has also taken place this term,
in spite of 3 sets of fixtures having to be cancelled
because of the weather. Yrs 7, 8 and 9 all won at
the Lakes, but Years 8 and 10 went down at
Ullswater. After poor results against Morecambe and
Kirkbie Kendal, pride was restored by years 8, 9 and
10 by their all winning against Carnforth and by years
7, 8 and 9 winning against Dallam. Year 8 also beat
St. Anne’s.
Netball
✿ Netball results have been mixed. The under 15s and
under 14s won against the Lakes, whilst the under 16s
and under 14s lost. The under 15s and under 16s both
crushed Dallam, but the under 15s went down to QES.
The under 14 “A” team beat Kirkbie Kendal 17-3,
whilst the “B” team went down 2-5.
Girls’ Hockey and Football
✿ The under 13 hockey team beat Dallam 2-0, and had
mixed fortune against the Lakes, with the A team losing
1-0 and the B team drawing 2-2. In football, the under
15s lost to QES, and the under 13s lost to the Lakes.
Cross Country
✿ In the South Lakes Championships on November 9th,
the following qualified to represent the South Lakes in
the County Championship:
Junior Boys (Years 8 and 9): Jon Wright
Inter Boys (Years 10 and 11): Oliver Jones,
Thom Atkinson and Simon Platt.
Senior Boys (Years 12 and 13): Thomas Wright and
Mark Addison.
Junior girls (Years 8 and 9) : Jenny Addison.
Minor girls (Year 7): Claudia Hardy.
World Challenge Update
After a year’s hard fundraising, students are
now on track for the expedition to Ladakh in
the Indian Himalayas in summer 2006.
Challengers would like to thank all the people
that bought raffle tickets in the recent Grand
Prize Draw. The 39 students
have split into three teams
and had a very wet weekend
training in Buxton at the
World Challenge Centre.
Challengers were learning
how to operate as a team
and building up the key
skills that are needed during
the expedition. Team work,
communication, listening,
delegating and improving
performance through review
were key lessons learnt. The
three teams are now busy
planning their itinerary. They have all chosen a
demanding two-week trek which will involve
high altitudes of over 5000m. The Three Peaks
sponsored walk will help them with fitness
training.
SHOW
STEALERS
AT
BRATHAY
Eight QKS students stole
the show at a fund raising
evening for the Brathay
Outdoor Activities Centre.
The students had
attended the Creative
Writing 2 day Event in
June, and entertained all
present with their account
of the course. Students
were Ali Sadek, Sammy
Arthur, Natt Hunt, Felicity
Powell, Jasmine Horne,
Lucy Forsyth, Jamie
Samman and Jenny Woods.