Newsletter - Issue 1 - October 2013 - The Langley Academy

Year 11 Football v BeechwoodThe Year 11 team produced an outstanding performance to beat Beechwood 6-0 in the Slough Cup.Yaw Osei (4), Remi Meyers and Oliwier Slusarczyk scored the goals in a comfortable victory. Theteam produced an excellent passing display throughout and their attitude and application wasoutstanding throughout. Yaw Osei was named man of the match for his performance up front.Berkshire County FootballOn Saturday 12 October 3 students from the Academy represented the county in football fixturesagainst Hertfordshire. Olusola Sola-Ogunniyi in Year 9 was part of the U14 side that won 3-2 andRemi Meyers and Daniel Price were part of the U16 side that lost 2-1 with Remi captaining the side.All 3 students were a credit to the Academy and produced excellent individual performances.Year 9 Rugby v Langley GrammarThe first Rugby fixture for the Academy ended with a successful result against local rivals LangleyGrammar. The Year 9 boys have been working hard at training over the last few weeks and wereeager to represent the Academy at Slough Rugby club. The game started fairly evenly with LangleyGrammar applying the early pressure and managing to score an early try. This was the wake-up callthe academy needed and they immediately responded with the big lock Damilola Abegunde crossingwith a dangerous run. This was quickly followed up by tries from Olusola Sola-Ogunniyi and JawadNakdali both of which looked threatening for the whole game. The Academy boys maintained thishigh pressure and were able to score a further two more tries to finish the game 5-30. This was ahuge success for the Academy and look to build on this success against Beechwood on the 16th.Team: 1. Jack Edwards 2. Callum Hall 3. Cameron Sadique 4. Jawad Nakdali 5. Damilola Abegunde6. Amaan Khwaja 7. Farees Matloob 8. Hasan Ahmed 9. Michael Ahmed 10. Jamal Chaudry, 11.Manny Harlow, 12. Olusola Sola-Ogunniyi 13. Connor Dobbyn 14. Ben Harris 15. Harry Turner.Year 9 Netball v BeechwoodThe Year 9’s picked up their first win of the season with a selection of new players in the team. Theteam played well straight from centre which allowed them to gain control of the game straight awaywith the attack players moving the ball up to the net where the new team shooter Annabel Okoromade some great shots. The defence had very little to do for this game but when they did theyreacted well and did not let a single shot occur. The team were: Rochelle Scadding, Molly Frewin, ElaMetalia, Iesha Khan, Mattu Simbu, Annabel Okoro, Victoria Evans, Hana El Amri and FeliciaTang.Year 10 Netball v BeechwoodThe Year 10 team won their third game of the season but the latest against Beechwood was a recordwin of 26-0. The whole team played excellently, looking for passes and playing the way that they hadbeen practising in training which has paid off. The whole team were strong and all did their bit toaccomplish this win. The team were: Ellie Long, Katie Long, Kerrie Long, Leah Lewis, Stevie Swann,Emily Llwellyn, Praise Okoro and Erin Simmonds.31