Ratcliffian 2016 (LOWRES)
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PREPARATORY SCHOOL<br />
PREPARATORY SCHOOL<br />
PREPARATORY SCHOOL<br />
SPORTS REVIEW<br />
During the autumn term the<br />
boys and girls competed<br />
hard in Rugby and Hockey<br />
respectively. After slow starts<br />
in both sports in terms of<br />
results, there was a great<br />
improvement from all of the<br />
children thereafter with the<br />
U11 Boys going on to achieve<br />
second place at the Leicester<br />
Grammar Junior School<br />
Rugby Tournament, which was<br />
a fitting reward for the tireless<br />
hard work they had put in<br />
throughout the term.<br />
We hosted our annual Cross<br />
Country Festival in the spring term. Despite the appalling<br />
weather, the races went ahead, with the usually manicured<br />
fields turning into a muddy bog. The spring term also saw<br />
our U11 Boys get to the Semi Finals of the IAPS Regional<br />
U11 Boys Hockey Tournament – their best result to date. The<br />
U11 Boys also got to the Quarter Finals of the ISFA Regional<br />
U11 Boys Football Tournament, which was also their best<br />
result to date in this competition. The U11 Girls competed<br />
in the IAPS U11 Regional Netball Tournament for the first<br />
time. The U9 Boys won the Grace Dieu Football Tournament<br />
and the U10 Girls won the Team event at the Prestwold<br />
Hall Cross Country Races. Girls from that team went on to<br />
represent Leicestershire at the National Cross Country Finals<br />
at Belvoir Castle.<br />
The summer term was<br />
blighted by very wet<br />
weather and almost all the<br />
fixtures were washed away.<br />
However, as the term drew<br />
to a close there was still one<br />
last thing to be decided.<br />
After our U11 Boys<br />
Cricket team had<br />
reached the Semi Finals of the Howe Shield U11 Hardball<br />
Knockout Cup, which they sadly lost, there was still one more<br />
chance for this group to put a piece of silverware in the Trophy<br />
cabinet before they moved across the road into the Senior<br />
School. The Final of the U11 6-a-side Leicestershire Hardball<br />
Cricket League was played at Ratcliffe College on Thursday 7 th<br />
July against Linden Primary. After an enthralling contest our<br />
young cricketers prevailed. This victory was a fitting climax<br />
to the school sporting year and just reward for the boys’<br />
resilience over the course of the year.<br />
Mr W Faulconbridge<br />
Head of Preparatory Sport<br />
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