The Lion - Issue 32

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Bablake School newsletter

Girls’ Sport

December 2003

Music Activities Autumn Concert

The U18 Hockey squad reached the final round of the Warwickshire Hockey

A good and enthusiastic audience turned up to hear the

Tournament before half term. They had a superb game against Rugby School

Bablake musicians. The orchestra was in particularly good

and won 2-1, followed by a goalless draw against Twycross House and Rugby.

form with three pieces from different parts of Europe, the

This secured second place in the tournament and gave Bablake a place in the

Hungarian flavour of the Intermezzo from Kodaly’s ‘Hary

Midlands Finals. The Midlands finals were held on the last Sunday of the two

Janos’, which gave opportunities for solos from clarinettist

Bablake

Hockey

week half term break, so three training sessions were organised during this

Jeremy Bufton, Rachel Taggart on horn and Chloe

time. The girls’ commitment and work rate were excellent. They performed

Whittle on flute, the Spanish lilt in Turina’s ‘Clowns’ and

very well against all five teams in their section, but struggled to finish off their

the Norwegian bustle in Grieg’s ‘March of the Dwarves’.

chances with goals. They lost to Wrekin 1-0, Bedford High and Trent 2-0, and drew 0-0 with Newcastle-under-Lyme and 1-1 with Worksop.

The Jazz band played the traditional ‘When the Saints’

with a great improvised solo from Gemma Brown, and an intriguing version of Bach’s ‘Toccata and Fugue’. The

The U16 Warwickshire indoor competition was rather exciting and the girls

choirs were also on good form despite numbers reduced

were determined to qualify for the next round of this National competition

by illness. The chorale sang three Hungarian Folk songs by

after just missing out in the outdoor competition. They successfully came

Matyas Seiber accompanied by second former Michelle

through their section and met Princethorpe in the final. Bablake went up 1-0,

Jie. The Chamber Choir sang Psalm 23 by Howard

and then conceded a goal. The same happened again, but a splendid goal by

Goodall, better known as the theme tune to ‘The Vicar of

Jenna Thompson sealed a 3-2 victory, to take Bablake through to the zone

Dibley’, the Banquet Fugue by Rutter and the Drinking

county round of the Midlands. Here they met very strong competition from

Song from ‘The Liverpool Oratorio’ by Paul McCartney. We

other county winners but sealed their place in the Midlands round with an

then had had our fill of food and drink. The Bablake Choir

emphatic victory over Bromsgrove School 4-1, this after being 1-0 down. Two

finished the evening off with two opera classics, the

goals each from Sarah Mills and Stacie McDermott capped an outstanding

‘Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves‘ from Verdi’s ‘Nabucco’ sung

team performance. The next round takes place in early January in Birmingham.

in Italian and the ‘Habenera’ from Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ sung in

The U14 Warwickshire tournament was also an exciting competition. Bablake were undefeated and conceded no goals. They beat Stratford Grammar and Kineton 1-0 and drew their other two matches against King Henry VIII and

French with Sarah Potter as the capricious soloist complete with fan and flower.

Sarah also featured earlier in a recorder duet with Naomi

King’s High 0-0. However on goal difference Bablake just missed out reaching

Brown. Sean Clothier in his own inimitable way sang and

the final to King’s High.

played on the piano a song by Ben Folds Five called ’Philosophy‘. The instrumental soloists were Jessica

Loughborough Festival

Ramus, with a spirited performance of Bartok’s Romanian Dances for violin, Chris Parker with a fluent rendering of

This was an appalling day in terms of the weather but three teams, U12 & U13

Teleman’s Viola Concerto and sensitive flute-playing by

netball and U15 hockey travelled to Loughborough. The hockey team missed

Chloe Whittle in three movements from Rutter’s ‘Suite

out on reaching the semi-finals by just one goal. A little disappointing as they

Antique’.

had beaten the overall winners in their section. The U13 netball team won their section comfortably then played King’s High in their semi-final and lost 7-10. The U12 team went one better and came runners up in the competition after losing to King’s High by just one goal 4-5. It had been a wet and cold day but the girls (and some staff) were more interested in the Rugby World Cup Final than their own sport. They were over the moon when England won – weren’t we all! Netball The U16 and U14 teams played in the Coventry Schools’ tournaments. Both A and B teams in each age group emerged as winners. The A teams went forward to represent the city in the Greater Warwickshire finals. In this event the U16s were again victorious and the U14s were runners-up. This means that both teams go forward to represent the area in the West Midlands finals to be held in January.

The music department also provided singers for the

Christmas Fayre and an evening organised by Guy Salmon Jaguar in December.

Young Writers

Congratulations go to the following Bablake pupils who have gained regional prizes for their poems which were published in Zodiac West Midlands Volume 1.

First prize for the region; Saba Ghadimzadeh who wins a cheque for £20. Runners Up: Melissa Walton, Thomas Bend and Luke Stefaniak who all receive book tokens.


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