Lent 2013 - Alleyn's School

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SportBiathlon• Congratulations to SaskiaMillard and Renée Austin whohave qualified for the NationalFinals of the Schools’ BiathlonChampionships to be held justafter the end of term.Basketball• Both the U16 and U19 teamshave qualified from the poolstages of their respective nationalcompetitions to reach the final-64stage. The next round of gamesare to be played at the end of thisterm.• The London IndependentSchools’ Basketball play-off finalswere held in the penultimate weekof term. Congratulations to ourthree qualifying teams: the U19swho won the championship, theU14s who came 2nd in their agegroupand the U15s who came3rd in theirs.• There is an additional LISBAKnock-out Cup competition atU19 level and we have reachedthe final after defeating DulwichCollege by 86 to 70 in a wellcontestedsemi-final.Cross Country – Girls• At the London SchoolsChampionships Saskia Millard(Juniors) and Flo Armitage-Hookes(Intermediates) were selected torepresent London at the EnglishSchools’ Championships in theJunior and Intermediate Girls’age-groups respectively. LauraSheffield also qualified but isunable to attend. Sasha Tinkler-Davies and Olivia Argent havebeen selected as reserves forthe same age groups.• Saskia Millard won the JuniorGirls’ A race and the team (withthe addition of scorers LauraSheffield, Sasha Tinkler-Daviesand Flo Anderson) was placed1st in the Junior B race. TheAlleyn’s teams came 2nd and 6th.In the Intermediate race FloArmitage-Hookes was 8th andAlex Lindsay-Black 19th.• Following the Southwark Year 7and 8 Cross-CountryChampionships (Year 7s 2ndplace; Year 8s 1st place) thefollowing girls were selected torepresent Southwark at the Year 7and 8 London Championships:1st XI Girls’ hockeyFor many of us in the 1st XI hockey team, we came to Alleyn’s never having really played ‘proper’hockey (some hadn't even heard of it, let alone know which way round the stick was to be held), andso it is thanks to good coaching from the PE department, that now, in our final year, we haveprogressed from bewildered Year 7’s into skilled, confident players.It is our ability to play as a team that makes the Alleyn's 1st XI a real threat. We consistently usematch-play style drills, which allow the defence and attack to practise against one another, learningwhere team players should and will be in order to send a pass to them around the opposition intoavailable space. Our training plans have been so effective in taking us from, undeniably, a talentedgroup of skilled individuals, into a drilled unit, aware of how to work together to defeat the opposition.Both of our coaches, Miss Goldthorpe and Miss Chandler, have put countless hours into work onthe pitch, but it is also their presence and advice off the pitch that has been crucial to our success.Most memorable must be the ‘team geese’ speech, outlining the themes of team work and teamspirit; wearing our hearts on our sleeves and all ready to take our turn flying at the head of our‘v-formation’.In addition, at our first tournament we were all given personal notes on strengths andimprovements, encouraging us but also setting us realistic individual targets. As the seasonprogressed, and we reached the Indoor National Finals,the ability of our coaches to detach themselves fromindividual performances, and consider the whole teameffort, analysing and dissecting our games and ironingout any flaws, are second to none; as Henry Ford says,‘don’t find fault, find a remedy’.Alice Mines (13JC) and Josephine Soloweij-Wedderburn(13SK)Saskia Millard, Laura Sheffield,Sasha Tinkler-Davies, FloAnderson, Millie Parry, JemmaPreston, Maia Webb, SashaWebb, Zita Collier, Freya Hibberd,Izzy Kershaw and Ellie Stratton.Saskia was 1st individual in theYear 8 girls’ and the team came2nd. The Year 7 girls’ team came1st.• As a result of the mini-marathontrials Flo Armitage-Hookes (U15),Flo Anderson, Millie Parry andLaura Sheffield (U13) will berunning the mini-Marathon forSouthwark together with variousother pupils running forWandsworth and other boroughs.First XI Boys’ Hockey team.Cross Country – Boys• At the main London crosscountrychampionships theJunior A team finished 4th outof 16 teams and the JuniorB team finished 3rd out of 12teams. Individually John Tayleurfinished 8th and was selectedto run for London Schools atthe forthcoming English SchoolsChampionships.• 4 boys in Year 7 and 3 boys inYear 8 were selected to representSouthwark at the recent LondonSchools Year 7 and 8Championships.• The junior and intermediateteams finished 4th in the EnglishSchools’ Cross-Country Cup(1st round).Fives• We had semi-finalists in boththe Senior Singles and Doubles atthe West of England SchoolsChampionships.• Of 23 matches played we havewon 18 and lost 5.• The U14 team remain unbeatenwith one match to play.• All age groups are busypreparing for the forthcomingNational Schools’ Championships.Football – Boys• Alleyn’s entered the ElginLeague Cup final with a 100%record winning 6 out of 6 beforeChristmas. Their opponents Etonhad a similarly impressive recordin their side of the draw, onlydropping points in a draw toBradfield. However, it was Alleyn’swho were victorious winning 2-1and although Eton managed toscore late against the run of playand forced extra time, Alleyn’swere comfortable throughout anddeserving winners of their firstleague title. The cup waspresented by Micky Stewart OBE(England cricketer, coach andAOB).• A win against a side made upof Alleyn’s Old boys from recentyears served as excellent1 2 A L L E Y N ’ S S C H O O L N E W S L E T T E R L E N T T E R M 2 0 1 3
preparation for the Boodle’sNational Cup semi-final againstForest school. The Alleyn’s teamwere in control from the start andwere 4-0 winners.• The School 1st XI will playMillfield at Stadium MK in MiltonKeynes on Thursday, 21st March2013 in the School’s first everNational final.• Zach Wood, Sam Arbuckle,Joseph Thomas, Theo Dan,Jonah MacIver and Ben Clinchwere all selected to the ISFALondon Development Programmewith Ben Clinch making the Fullsquad and Jonah MacIver beingselected as a reserve. These boyswill have the opportunity to makethe full ISFA National side whenthey play in the ISFA selectiontournament in Shrewsbury at theend of this term.Hockey – Girls• At the National Indoor Hockeyfinals the team (consisting of AliceMines (Captain), JosephineSolowiej-Wedderburn, PollyKeeling, Jess Polkey, Alice Handy,Nadia Hussain, Sally Day, EmilyNaylor, Laura Leng, Kate Sullivan,Jess Geekie and Hannah Close)worked hard and their trainingpaid off as they performedexceptionally well in all theirmatches narrowly missing thesemi-finals on goal difference. Weare very proud of all of them.• U12A team won the Londonand North Surrey Schools’Competition beating KingstonGrammar 2-1 in the semi-finaland then beating JAGS onpenalty strokes in the final 1-1.The B team did exceptionallycoming 3rd in their section so justmissing out on going through tothe semi-finals.• U13A team were runners-upin their London and North SurreySchools’ Competition where theybeat JAGS in the semi-final beforedrawing 1-1 with KingstonGrammar (having been 1-0 up)and eventually losing on penaltystrokes. Alleyn’s go through withKingston to the South Finalswhere we wish them everysuccess.• Selected for JAC training:Kent: Nadia Hussain,Alex Lindsay-Black, Millie Parryand Georgie WhiteSurrey: Kate SullivanSussex: Daisy Collingridge (tbc).• Alice Handy (12ME) has beenselected for the England U18team to play against Holland,Germany and Spain at Easter.This is an outstanding achievementand we are very proud of her.Hockey – Boys• A team, consisting of Year 12and 13 students played in around-robin tournament atCharterhouse School to competefor the London and Surrey Trophy.The side were victorious, winningall of their six games, scoring 14goals and only conceding 1.• The U12s won the London CupCompetition at Dulwich College,beating Trinity by a ‘golden goal’in the semi-final and then beatingWhitgift in the last thirty secondsU13 Netball National Cup Quarter Final SuccessWe went to Loughborough High school,near Leicester in January to play thequarter-final of the U13 National NetballCup.We played really hard and by the fourthquarter it was very tiring, but we kept upour best effort and with a final score of28-23 we were through to the semi-finalsof the National Cup. This was a very wellplayedgame and a fantastic team effort allround. Sadly, we did not win the semi-finalbut it was such a close game that we arehappy to be in the top four U13 teams inthe country!Georgie White, Year 8 Team Captainto win the final 2-1.• The U14s finished 3rd in theirLondon Competition, narrowlylosing to Kingston Grammar 1-0in their semi-final and then sharingthird place with Trinity.• The U16s finished fourth in theirLondon Cup, but competed ablywith Kingston Grammar andTrinity in their finals.Internal netball leagueThis term I took part in the internal netball league (pictured above). It was great fun and I would liketo thank the teachers for organising the matches and practices. The internal league was voluntaryfor anyone from Year 7–9 who was not in the A and B squad, but who wanted to work on theirnetball in both a practice and competitive environment. It involved going to a lunchtime practice onTuesday and getting involved in ‘internal’ competitive matches after school. The matches were of ahigh standard and I learnt a lot and am sure everyone else did. As a Year 9, I was able to take ona Captaincy role and found out how difficult it is to make 7 girls do a netball drill and have no ideahow the teachers manage it!Involving Years 7, 8 and 9 was a great opportunity for all of us to get to know people from otheryears. The Year 9s loved it and we all enjoyed talking to and coaching the younger years but we alsolearnt a lot too. The internal league has meant that I have continued to improve my basic skills andtactical understanding and made me much more confident in my netball ability. Freya Porter 9RAA L L E Y N ’ S S C H O O L N E W S L E T T E R L E N T T E R M 2 0 1 3 1 3
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