H SPORTING STARS Phoebe Phoebe has been one of our elite athletes for two sports - tennis and netball since she started Knole in year 7. Phoebe has represented U18 Sevenoaks tennis club who compete in the premier tennis league, playing both singles and doubles. She recently won the Park Langley woman’s doubles grade 3 tournament, and has been called up to the Women’s Kent summer county cup team playing alongside Wimbledon legend Emma Raducanu.
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training and playing tennis for Kent as well as completing 3 A levels at Knole Academy. Phoebe is following in her sister Beth’s footsteps by going to the University of Hertfordshire and carrying on with the Saracens Mavericks squad.
Daisy Daisy in Year 9 represented Knole Academy in the ‘London Schools Athletics Association Combined Events Meet’ at Lee Valley Athletic Centre on Wednesday 26 May 2021, which incorporated the Kent and Middlesex Schools Combined Events Championships.
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It was always going to be a competitive day with 43 entries in the Junior Girls event and that proved to be the case.
It has been a pleasure to teach and coach Phoebe in the last 7 years and we wish her all the success in her future.
Phoebe was also selected for the U19 Saracens Mavericks netball squad when she just turned 17 at the end of year 12. During lockdown Phoebe was able to train in Hertfordshire three times a week and play against Surrey Storm whilst
Chloe Chloe is a multi-talented individual, and more specifically is very dedicated and passionate about tennis, at which she has represented Kent on multiple occasions. Towards the end of last year, Chloe had a very successful Grade 4 tournament playing for the Under-16s, putting her in a good stead to perform and compete well this year. At the start of May, as part of a team effort, Chloe competed against several other counties, beating Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of White. Unfortunately, they lost to a strong Middlesex team with three of the single matches going to championship tiebreaks. Chloe’s remarkable performance has quite literally led her tennis journey to progress further, as she competed in her first Under-18s International Tennis Federation tournament. 48
Another great result for a first experience as Chloe won her first round qualifying match, but sadly lost her second to an older, more experienced girl. Nevertheless, there is no stopping Chloe as the following weekend she travelled back to Wales and played in her first Under-14s Tennis Europe competition. Again, Chloe aced the first round qualifying match, but unfortunately lost the following match on a championship tiebreak. We are very lucky to have such a gifted individual at Knole, and there is no doubt that Chloe’s great courage and determination will continue to have such a positive impact on her sporting performance in the future.
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