Sports
Issue 1
Sept—Dec 2011
Newsletter
@SamuelWardSport Samuel Ward Academy Sports Leaders Samuel Ward Sports
SEPT - MAR 2015
‘Coming together is the beginning, Staying together is progress, Working together is success.’
Boys
Girls
U12
U12
Won the West Suffolk Tournament, Finished joint 2nd in the West Suffolk through to Western Area Semi- Tournament. They Drew against MildFinals. enhall 18-18, and won against Horringer 36-12. U13 U13 Finished 2nd in the West Suffolk League, through to Western Area Finished 3rd in the West Suffolk Semi-Finals. League. They won their games against: Horringer 27-24, Mildenhall 52-12, U14 Ixworth 32-10. Finished 2nd in the West Suffolk U14 League, and qualified to the Western Area Semi-Finals against Finished 2nd in the West Suffolk League. They won their games against: KEGS. Sudbury 36-14, Ixworth 63-04, and drew against Mildenhall 18-18. They Additionally, 3 players were selectreached the Western Area Semi Finals. ed to train with the Bury Basketball Club who play in the National U16 League. Won their game against Sudbury 36-12.
Year 7, 8 and 9 SWA netball team beat Ixworth in home and away fixtures. Year 7 and 8 SWA netball team beat Castle Manor in away fixture. Year 9 SWA netball team beat Stowmarket at home.
In October Samuel Ward took 41 pupils to take part in the Suffolk Schools Cross Country Competition at The Royal Hospital School in Ipswich. There were approx. 130- 150 pupils in a race, and only top 50 get selected to the First Round of the County Finals. Samuel Ward did fantastic as 16 pupils got through to the next round. Well done to Haydon Lawrence who got a bronze medal.
Continuing the success for the Suffolk Schools X-Country Competition, 7pupils qualified to the Second Round of the County Schools Championships at Culford School. Well done to: Haydon Lawrence, Josh Lee, Lewis Wood, Lewis Lindsay, Andrew Quarrel, Lizzie Jackson and Tahnee Perfect.
U16 Boys: Won their game against Newmarket 5-0. Girls: Won against Newmarket 5-0. Goal scorers: Holly McGerty (Yr9) x4, Niamh Grant (team captain). Qualified to next round.
U14 Boys Hockey Team
U13 Boys: F inished 4th in West Suffolk Tournament out of 6 schools. Girls: Finished 3rd in West Suffolk Tournament out of 6 schools.
U14 Boys: Played in a tournament against 4 schools. Results: vs. Newmarket 0-0, vs. TGS 1– 0, vs. Mildenhall 1-1. Finished 2nd in competition by 1 goal difference. Top performance and very close to qualify to the next round. Girls: Won their game against Newmarket 3-0, goal scorers: Katie Hazel (Yr8) and Holly McGerty x2 (team captain). Super team effort as team now qualified to semi finals round. U16 Girls Hockey Team
U14 Girls Hockey Team
U13 Girls Quarter finals vs. Hardwick , win 5-3, Horringer, win 7-0. Through to semi - finals vs. Debenham. Qualified to the Premier League Schools Tournament, playing for a chance to play on Chlesea Training Ground.
SWA took part in first ever swimming competition for U13 mix team. The competition took place at Newmarket Leisure Centre. SWA were unbeatable by winning all their races! As a result this led them to be West Suffolk Champions!
U16 Girls 9-0 win against St Benedicts, a 3-0 win against Stowupland . Qualified to the semi-finals vs. TGS. U13 Boys Have reached the county semi-finals vs. Farlingaye. Top goal scorer so far Josh Lee. The team is well led by captain Finley Plant.
SWA hosted the west Suffolk u16 trampolining competition. In total 11 schools entered. Despite the competition being designed for participants who have minimal experience in the sorry, Samuel ward were facing some serious competition. Samuel ward's team of Niamh grant, Josh Webb, Megan Thomas and Harvey Robinson all did very well in both the compulsory and voluntary routines and finished a respectable 5th place.
Team led by captain Ben Quick. Well done!
SWA hosted the U14 and U16 West Suffolk Badminton Competition. In total 6 schools entered for each boys and girls teams. U16 girls crowned champions and qualified to the county finals, and finished 4th. U14 girls and boys A team also crowned champions. Followed by Boys B team in 2nd place. All teams qualified to the Suffolk County finalswell done!
* Since Sept - Mar the school has represented in various sports participating in over 120 competitions. Big Thank you to the PE Department, and well done to all pupils who took part! *
Year 7 Rugby team had a fantastic start in their schools competitions. Despite only a handful of players have previously played a competitive match the school came runners up out of 14 schools in the Western Suffolk Competition. The team did not lose a game, drawing with the eventual winners and only missing out on top spot down to the number of tries scored. The whole team were excellent, but stand out performances came from Harry Cooper, Kyran Everitt and Louie Burke. This team have more fixtures arranged to look forward to and also the County finals on March 24th at Woodbridge Rugby Club where they will represent the area. Year 8 rugby team were involved in a tournament for western areas. There were 16 teams in total and SWA team came 3rd in their respective group, one place short on making the county finals. Team showed an amazing amount of cohesion and were expertly led by Bradley Sparrow.
As we speak the 6th form Football Development Centre are currently top of the English Schools East Anglian football league. Under the guidance of Alex Archer and Dellar Sports Coaching, the squad have gone from strength to strength only losing one game all season, and seeing players developing their games to such an extent that the squad now have players regularly represen ng both Haverhill Rovers and Haverhill Borough men's first teams in the Ridgeon's leagues. Any current year 11s who are interes ng in being a part of this venture can find out more informa on by
This February half-term Samuel Ward Academy went out on their second annual ski trip. The 33 excited pupils and 4 enthusiastic staff travelled all 25 hours by coach to Foppollo, Italy. The group were blessed with a delightful hotel and the friendliest Hotelier in the World who looked to please our every need. On the first night in resort, we were lucky enough for it to snow over a foot and a half. Then the clouds cleared, and the sun came out, meaning conditions were perfect for skiing and snowboarding! Whilst the resort wasn't all that big, it did have several lovely runs down the mountain for beginners and some more challenging slopes for the more advanced. After a long day of skiing/boarding was over, the group would come back to delicious home cooked Italian food. Once this food was polished off by the ravenous students of SWA, we were quickly back into the thick of it with a fun packed aprèsski programme. Unfortunately, the fun had to come to and end at some point, and all pupils and staff made the long journey home (despite one pupil losing his passport). Everyone had an amazing time and would recommend to anyone to make sure they are on the trip next year.
Sports
Leaders SWA currently has 80 sports leaders from years 7 -11 enrolled as Young Leaders, Sports Leaders Level 1 and Sports Leaders Level 2. Last year sports leaders helped out at various events such as: Primary school experience days held at SWA, Kedington sports day, Thurlow sports day, Wickhambrook sports day, and the Go Run For Fun event with Olympic athlete Mark Lewis-Francis. This years new sports leaders have helped out at numerous events, for instance: scorers for U12, U13 , U14 home basketball games, scorers for U14 and U16 badminton tournament at SWA, Westfield after school clubs once a week- netball and handball, Kedington after school clubs twice a week- table tennis, netball, basketball, skittle ball, and football. And we have many more events planned for the rest of the year. We have had loads of encouraging positive feedback from the pupils and parents at the primary schools about the clubs we run. Kedington have also asked for our sports leaders to run their summer sports club too!
Want to be a Sports Leader? Apply in September!