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Physical
Education
St Cyres and St Richard Gwyn. Their commitment
and enthusiasm in participating and improving
their skills has been outstanding and
all the girls have worked extremely hard. The
Year 9 girls’ team has also had a very successful
year. Their hard work and training
paid off when they were entered into the 5x60
girls’ basketball competition. They played
against a number of teams in the Vale of Glamorgan
and achieved 3 rd place overall. They
were also entered into the Welsh Schools basketball
competition at the Rhondda Fach Leisure
Centre. Again they competed against varies
schools in the South Wales area and got
through to the semi-finals of the competition.
They put up a fantastic fight in the final but
unfortunately lost the match by one basket.
All the girls thoroughly enjoyed the day and
were complimented on their high standard
of basketball by many coaches that observed
their matches. They were outstanding assets to
Stanwell School. The Year 10 girls have also
played several matches this year against St
Cyres, Cwm Rhymni and Pen-Y-Dre. They
are now looking forward to starting a new season
next year with more games lined up to
hopefully continue their success. Special mention
goes to Rosie Peterson who has this year
been selected to represent the Welsh U15s
development squad. Well done!
Rugby
The Year 7 Rugby team has made a good start
to their school rugby career, with many boys
looking to have the potential to become excellent
players. In the forwards George Cowley,
Daniel Hicks, Dylan Penry Williams, Ellis
Smith, George Price and Jay Morse have all
played with enthusiasm and contributed all
season to become a robust set! In the backs,
players have striven all season to play an expansive
game and have scored some excellent
tries. Matthew Frost, William Hall, Cai
Lloyd, Benjamin Hanson and Ben Hayes
have all contributed to many games during the
season.
Mr I Summerfield
The Year 8 rugby team has had an excellent
season, further developing the ability that was
evident in Year 7. After winning the Vale of
Glamorgan League, the team lost narrowly in
the cup final. The benefits of striving to play
open rugby has paid dividends this season with
many tries being scored on the counter-attack.
Geraint Williams, Thaine Baker, Morgan
Jones and Jack Vowles have worked tirelessly
all season to provide ball for the talented backs
Rhys Jones, Ben Jones, Henry Carter and
Maximilian Paley.
The Year 9 rugby team had a slow start to the
season with many matches being cancelled due
to poor weather conditions. However, when
they did manage to get on the field they showed
an abundance of skill and flair teamed with high
levels of fitness and power. The standard of
rugby in the Vale at this age is at a very high
level, however no less than 10 Stanwell players
have been selected for the Vale of Glamorgan at
county level.
The Year 10 rugby team has really progressed
this season with the team showing real maturity
throughout. This led them to being undefeated
in the Vale league. As well as representing the
school, many of the players have represented
the Vale of Glamorgan schools rugby team.
Following this, Dan Watts, Caleb Docking,
Edward Drake, Deklan Grotz, Morgan
Smith and Soliman Khan have now been
asked to train with Cardiff Blues over the summer.
The Senior rugby team has had their most
successful season thus far. Led by captain Luke
Crockett, the side remained undefeated in all
14 league matches with a points difference of
334 points for and just 35 points against. Luke
Crockett, Thomas Smith, Miles Jones, Huw
Evans, Andrew Richards, Tom Murray,
Joshua Ellis and Harry Wood will be sorely
missed, but with strong players joining the
squad next year this high standard of performance
should be maintained.
“undefeated in the Vale league”