LGGS Sports News April 2018

SPORTS NEWS APRIL 2018

Sports Profile Saskia Rudge-Thompson and Tess Belshire

A huge welcome to the 5th edition of our LGGS Sports Newsletter.

The winter Olympic Games hosted

by Pyeongchang and #internationalwomensday have been a huge inspiration throughout this short ten week term within the world of PE and sport at LGGS. It never ceases to amaze me how courageous, strong, independent and fierce the girls at LGGS can be. I have taken inspiration and courage from the many situations I have been witness to this term; from girls wanting to step in last minute for fixtures, solo to whole class dance performances in front of large crowds at Inter-house dance competitions, individuals offering time and energy to help with events and activities, to the joy and elation during lessons when mastering something they haven’t been able to perform before. We live in a society where it is so easy to say the words ‘I can’t’ do something ... yet, it is acts such as these that should be remembered and used to believe that ‘we can do’ and anything is possible.

It is not solely about ability, but willingness, experimentation and commitment that makes us who we are at the core ... fierce, powerful, strong young women.

This term has seen LGGS host their very first gymnastics showcase. If there is something I have learnt over the past term, it is that the gymnast community is a most supportive and motivated network of people. The responsibility and collaboration demonstrated during the planning of this event, by the LGGS elite performers at Lancaster City Gymnastics Club left me in awe. Their ability to act as the most professional role models for a range of abilities and Year groups was outstanding, and as a result, a stupendous evening was had by all.

We say a huge thank you and farewell to our 2017-2018 ‘Sports Leadership Team’, you have left a brilliant legacy which the new team can build on.

I would like to take this opportunity to make a special mention to Megan Dillon who has been an outstanding Sports Captain and whose shoes will undoubtedly prove hard to fill. We

Sports Clubs

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Tag Rugby (Year 7 & 8) Cricket (All years) Rounders (Year 9-13) Tennis (Year 10-13) Athletics (All Years) Recreational Tennis (All Years) Dance Club

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Water Polo / Swimming (Dates T.B.C.) Athletics & Tennis (All years)

Rounders & Tennis (All Years)

Rounders (Year 8) Fitness Club Tennis (Year 7) Dance Team Athletics (All Years)

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welcome our new Sports Leadership Team who are introduced below along with the Girls Leadership and Marketing (G.L.A.M.) Squad who are newly elected and have used this term to receive official training and time to plan and prepare new initiatives that will start this term.

We would like to welcome back Miss Broadfield who returns from her maternity leave and we are also very fortunate to be keeping Miss Wolstenholme on for one day each week and we would all like to thank her for her enthusiasm and commitment over the past year.

I hope this newsletter effectively summaries not only sporting successes, but also how being involved in sport and physical activity both within and outside of school, can develop a whole person; their social, emotional and physical well-being. The PE department hopes that you had a relaxing Easter break and promises good weather for summer sports during the summer term.

Recreational Tennis (All Years) Fitness Club (Week B) Running Club A-level Drop in Tennis (Year 8 & 9) Rounders (Year 7) GCSE Drop In Fitness Club (Week A)

Your Sport Star Awards will be presented to you during the Summer Term

Sports’ Who is Who SPORTS STAFF Miss L Sharples Mrs L Russell Miss A Broadfield Miss S Bellin Miss E Wolstenholme Miss C Shatford

Head of Department PE Teacher PE Teacher Deputy Headteacher PE Teacher PE Apprentice Technician

SIXTH FORM SPORTS LEADERSHIP TEAM Games Captain Saskia Rudge-Thompson Deputy Games Captains Swimming Ambassador Aimee Banks Health and Well-Being Ambassador Imogen Carter Coaching and Mentoring Ambassador Hannah North Athletics and Running Ambassador Daisy Hollister Hockey Ambassador Imogen Royce Netball Ambassadors Nikhita Luthra & Megan Boocock Year 7 Sports Ambassadors Eva Carroll & Esme Morgan Sixth from Sports Ambassador Rebecca Cole LOWER SCHOOL SPORTS LEADERSHIP TEAM Sports Captain Erica Pollard Deputy Sports Captain Fay Bird and Iliana Fragkiadaki Sports Ambassadors Kate Broadbent, Frances Archer, Niamh Callan, Hannah Austin, Caitlin Currie, Maisie Coates, Kirsty Maher, Amity Jones, Lily O’Sullivan and Rozalind Pollard

Charlotte Hartley’s

Elite Hockey Coaching Workshop On Monday 22nd January 40 girls from Year 7 to 13 were selected to attend a gifted and talented hockey workshop with professional hockey player and Athlete Mentor, Charlotte Hartley. Charlotte is an Ex-England International hockey player who was one of the youngest ever players to be selected to represent England in the 2006 Commonwealth Games where she won a Bronze medal. She also played professionally in Germany, Spain, New Zealand and Canada and now works as an Athlete Mentor with the Youth Sports Trust and Dame Kelly Holmes Trust to inspire and motivate young individuals. Charlotte believes that if you want your life to be a magnificent story, then you need to realise you are the author and every day you have the opportunity to write a new page.

G.L.A.M. SQUAD THE GIRLS LEADERSHIP AND MARKETING

Raising the profile, increasing pathways and providing opportunities in Dance:

Raising Aspiration and Improving Resilience:

Marketing PE through the use of Media:

Grace Peters

Shama Patel

Bryony McNaught

Aleena Thomas

Nancy Wilkinson

Louisa McClintock

Immy Ball

Denin Mathew

Hannah Jackson

Scarlett Benson

Anouk Waller-Sargent

Kate Bowskill

Girls Active: G.L.A.M Squad is a Youth Sports Trust initiative designed to; provide a support framework for schools to review their PE, sport and physical activity culture and practices to ensure they are relevant and attractive to 11 - 14 year old girls; and uses leadership and peer marketing to empower girls to influence PE, sport and physical activity at school, increase their own participation, develop as role models and ‘sell’ PE, sport and physical activity to other girls.

A huge number of applications for places on the Girls Leadership and Management Squad were received post Christmas and 12 successful girls were appointed to fulfil these roles.

The Squad consists of three focus groups:  Raising the profile, increasing pathways and providing opportunities in Dance  Raising Aspiration and Improving Resilience  Marketing PE through the use of Media Already the girls have been involved in a half day training and their projects will start after Easter.

LGGS SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS 2018 Indoor Athletics 17.01.18 Year 7 & 8 Indoor Athletics.

Year 7 came 2nd overall out of 6 schools.

Elizabeth Wareing, Marnie Lusardi, Ollie Walsh, Olivia Robinson, Grace Du Preez and Anna Rokicka.

Year 8 also came second overall out of 6 schools and go through to the next round.

Genevieve Holchaks, Eve Carroll, Frances Archer, Kirsty Maher and Lucy Hayashi.

07.03.18 Lancashire County Finals Indoor Athletics.

Year 8 came 7th out of 14 schools in Lancashire.

Genevieve Holchaks, Eve Carroll, Kirsty Maher, Frances Archer, Lucy Hayashi, Elizabeth Wareing, Ollie Walsh.

Cross Country

13.01.18 District Schools Cross Country at Ripley St Thomas The girls in the top 8 for each category qualified to represent the District at the Lancashire Schools Cross Country on the 3rd February: The Year 7 Girls: 14 runners TOP 8 Elizabeth Wareing 1st Lara Boardman 2nd Marnie Lusardi 3rd Grace Du Preez 5th Cate Mathew 7th Huge congratulations also to: Josie Parker 9th Olivia Robinson 11th Anna Rokicka 15th Jessica Raffaelli 20th Alice Sanderson 21st Emily Tunstall 22nd Amelia Slaney 23rd Emily Yates 24th Year 8 and 9 Girls: 23 runners TOP 8 Kirsty Maher

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Lauren Airey 3rd Alice Hunt 4th Amity Jones 5th Katherine Lukas 6th Huge congratulations also to: Olivia Aberra 10th Lucy Hayashi 11th Elissa Logan 17th Aimee Putland 18th Nancye Roberts 21st Tilda Gebhardt 23rd Rozalind Pollard 26th Olivia Harwood 27th Emma Gibb 28th Frances Archer 29th Eleanor Helm 31st Mahek Hussain 32nd Connie Race 33rd Katie Little 34th Anna Roch 35th Iliana Fragkiadaki 37th Imogen Barker 38th Lucy Harrison 40th Year 10 and 11 TOP 8 Phoebe Hayashi Sasha Oldham Amelia Fox Anna Harrison

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All teams came 1st overall Year 7 LGGS 18 points 1st RST 66 points 2nd Carnforth 138 points 3rd Year 8/9 LGGS RST Carnforth

19 points 52 points 129 points

Year 10/11 LGGS came 1st:

1st 2nd 3rd 10 points

03.02.18 Lancashire Schools Cross Country at Witton Park The girls who qualified to represent Lancaster from the District race at Ripley went on to race at Witton Park.

Eleanor Ward came 5th in the Senior category and automatically qualified to represent Lancashire in the next stage of the English Schools Cross Country Championships.

LGGS SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS 2018 Cross Country continued Year 8 / 9 Kirsty Maher 31st Alice Hunt 32nd Lauren Airey 33rd Katherine Lukas 46th Lancaster came 7th overall.

Year 10 / 11 Phoebe Hayashi 3rd Anna Harrison 34th Amelia Fox 42nd 1st overall team: 108 points

17.01.18 Schools’ Biathlon at Crystal Palace Kirsty Maher was selected to compete at the British Schools’ Biathlon Championships at Crystal Palace during March.

02.18 British Schools' Modern Biathlon Championships at Crystal Palace Lauren Airey came 11th out of 91 competitors.

The weather on the day

was bad but Lauren still managed a personal best!

Lauren has also qualified for the Northwest Regional Swimming Competition for 7 events.

Football Mixed year groups fixture v Heysham High.

Chess Niamh Bridgeman plays for the England Junior Chess Team. She is currently preparing for the World Cadets Championship which will be held in Spain in November. In January she competed in the Prague Open, an international adult chess tournament. She won a cash prize for best grading performance and was the 2nd best junior finisher aged under 12 in a field of over 100 players. In February she debuted for the Manchester Manticores in the very strong adult 4 Nations Chess League held at Bolton, winning a game against a player rated over 400 points higher than her.

And this weekend she won the two day North of England Junior Championship in the highest (Open) group with a perfect 6/6 score.

LGGS SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS 2018 Netball 07.02.18 LGGS v Morecambe High Year 7 Won 12-4 POM: Ella Gore Year 8 Drew 5-5 POM: Erica Pollard.

20.02.18 LGGS v Morecambe High Year 9A Won 29-12 POM Katie Smith Year 9B Won 27-3 POM Sarah Patterson Year 10 POM

Lost 13-9 Hannah Eaton

21.02.18 LGGS v Ripley St Thomas Year 7A Lost 8-4 POM Fiyin Oladejo Year 7B Won 5-2 POM Mritisa Solanki Year 7C Won 24-1 POM Lali Atherton 13.03.18 Year 9 District Netball Year 9 A team: Won all of their matches: LGGS v Ripley St Thomas 6-5 LGGS v Carnforth 14-0 LGGS v Morecambe High 12-3 LGGS v Heysham High 12-0 LGGS v Central High 9-0 Crowned District Champions Natasha Luthra, Ellen Lucas, Katharine Smith, Mia Anderton, Grace Lloyd, Josephine Hunter-Smith,

Rachel Mokete, and Josna George Year 9 B team: Won both their matches to be crowned champions LGGS v Morecambe High 15-3

LGGS v Ripley St Thomas 8-0 Sarah Patterson, Arwen Burgess, Hattie Fraser-Gray, Rosie Thompson, Maja Marwedel, Libby Passenger, Anna Hargreaves and Izzy Kerfoot 14.03.18 LGGS v Our Lady’s Year 7 Won 6-1 POM Kavya Krishnamoorthy Year 8 Won 15-1 POM Erica Pollard Year 9 Won 23-3 POM Izzy Kerfoot Year 10 Won 34-0 POM Lissy Smith

LGGS SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS 2018 Year 10 District Tournament Year 10 came 3rd overall LGGS v RST Lost 7-4 LGGS v Morecambe Lost 8-3 LGGS v Carnforth Won 8-2 LGGS v Our Lady’s Won 7-1 Player of the Tournament: Neve Mattinson Year 11 District Tournament Year 11 came 2nd overall Losing narrowly to Ripley 12-4 in the final.

Player of the Tournament: Laura Simpson

Table Tennis 14.01.18 U19 Lancashire Schools Table Tennis Finals U19 Alice and Megan Dillon Won 3-1 against Wirral Girls’ Grammar School to go through to the Regional Finals on 3rd February.

24.01.18 Individual Lancashire Schools Table Tennis Competition U19 Megan Dillon Lancashire Champion U16 Team Alice Dillon Lancashire Champion Aakanksha Tripathi 2nd Issy Jones 3rd U13 Genevieve Holchaks Eve Clement got through to the Quarter Finals 03.02.18 Regional Table Tennis Finals U16 Team Won 5-3 Got through to the National Table Tennis Finals.

Eve Clements, Aakanksha Tripathi, Genevieve Holchaks and Issy Jones

U19 Team Megan and Alice Dillon won the qualifying to the National Finals.

10.03.18 Table Tennis National Finals U19 Table Tennis Team came 2nd behind Ackworth U19 Team We won two rounds 4-1 and 5-0 then lost to Ackworth 5-0 Under 16 Team Came 4th, the team consisted of Eve Clement, Genevieve Holchaks, Aakanksha Tripathi and Issy Jones A special thank you to Megan, who leaves us this year with the knowledge that Table Tennis is massively thriving at LGGS - a legacy that she can be extremely proud of.

We all wish her the very best.

INDIVIDUAL SPORTS Athletics Sasha Oldham competed in the National Qualifiers Triathlon at Liverpool and came first overall: Swim: Distance covered in 3 minutes Run: Cross Country 1500m Shoot: 7 metre pistol Sasha progresses to the next round to represent the North West at Milton Keynes.

Kirsty Maher has taken part in a range of activities this term: Running Northern Cross Country Championship at Leeds.

Mid Lancs Cross Country Series - with 6 events.

Triathlon Kirsty is partcipating in the North West Triathlon Series.

The first event was the Wirral Aquathalon in March.

During July Kirsty will be representing Lancaster in the Youth Games at Almere Holland.

Badminton Edith Graves and Mia Anderton have both been chosen again to represent Lancaster at badminton in this summer's International Youth Games, to be held in Almere, Netherlands.

Edith's League Club Team (Hest Bank C team) have reached the Final of the League Cup, to be played this Friday night. She is very excited to be playing in a cup final in her first season of playing senior league badminton.

Cross Country Eleanor Ward Competed in the English Schools Cross Country at Leeds, finishing 33rd out of 323 national entrants.

Eleanor was the first Lancashire girl home by almost a minute!

Dance Arunima Panikkar, Year 8 has achieved distinction in Grade 4 Modern Dance and Grade 5 Classical Ballet exams conducted by BDTA. Hannah Jackson, Year 10 took part in the 'Dance Crazy' show at the Grand Theatre during March. Hannah performed 6 dance pieces for Alysia Gilda's School of Dance as part of a charity event to raise money for the Grand Theatre.

Biathlon Kirsty was selected to go to the British School Biathlon Championships at Crystal Palace on 17th March.

Olivia Sharp has received certificates for the following dance exams: Top award for Freestyle: Distinction

Gold for Rock and Roll: Distinction Grade 5 Ballet: Highly Commended Olivia Benson Olivia Benson went to Teen Star auditions - a singing and/or dancing competition. Olivia performed the ‘Break the Silence’ dance that she composed and performed at LGGs last year and got through to the Regional Final in Stockport in April.

Charlotte Edge Over the spring half term Charlotte competed in two Irish Dance competitions: The first in South Wales which was the GB qualifier for the Irish Open Championships.

Charlotte gained a 3rd place in her age group therefore qualifying to dance in Dublin during May. Making this Charlotte’s 6th consecutive year of qualifying for the competition!

The second competition was the Scottish Open Championship in Glasgow.

Charlotte gained: 2nd place, two 3rd places and a 4th place.

INDIVIDUAL SPORTS Football Aimee Hodgson represent Lancashire in the FA Cup. Their semi final match was held in Northumberland and Lancashire Won 3-1.

They now go through to the national final!

The game went into extra-time with the score at 1-1.

5 minutes into extra time Aimee set up a goal to make it 2-1 and then scored to make it 3-1 to Lancashire.

They also travelled to Belgium to compete in the Flanders International Acro Cup on the 15th, 16th and 17th Feb and finished in 10th place out of 32 partnerships.

Amelia Slaney Won the North West Gymnastics Pair Preliminaries held at Wigan. This means that they go on to represent the North West.

Caitlin Currie is Captain of the U13’s Lancaster Giants Football Team The team have got through to the Westmorland Cup Final - to be held on the 6th May.

Gymnastics Tess Belshire North West Gymnastic Prelims Women's trio - Grade 3 Came first out of 14 trios and progress to the National Finals.

3-4.02.18 Morgan Blackburn, Nalini Ram-prasad and their trio member competed at Bristol Acro Competition. They came 3rd bringing home Bronze for City of Lancaster Gym Club.

03.18 Yate International Gymnastics competition in Bristol 12-18 Women’s Nalini Ram-Prasad and Morgan Blackburn in a trio came 3rd Lucy Ip and Hannah Gallacher in their trio came 4th Saskia Rudge - Thompson and her trio came 6th.

19-20.02.18 Scottish International Acro Competition with Lancaster City Gymnastics Tess Belshire and Grace Ip came 2nd in the Grade 3 Women’s Trio.

Lucy Ip and Hannah Gallacher came 2nd after their Balance and Tempo and were placed 4th overall in the Women’s Trio.

Molly McLeod came 4th in the Grade 4 Women’s Pair Savannah Brickles, Abbie Edmondson and Lucy Smith came 4th in the Grade 4 Women’s Trio.

Maia international acrobatic cup in Portugal: Grace Ip, Tess Belshire and their partner came 2nd out of 48 (Youth Women’s Group) Lucy Ip, Hannah Gallacher, and their partner came 13th (Ag2 Women’s Group) Saskia Rudge-Thompson and her partners came 7th (Ag2 Women’s Group).

02.18 Lucy Smith and her gymnastic partners competed at The King Edmund National Competition in Bristol during February and came away with the Bronze medal in a very tough category of 30 trios from across the country.

In the Grade 4 Women’s Trio category. They also competed in the North West Preliminaries and again came away with Bronze, They were up against strong competition from the region.

Hockey Jan 2018 Lancashire Hockey U14 selection: Mavis Bryan, Rachel Mokete, Mia Anderton, Rozalind and Erica Pollard Lancashir U15 selection Katharine Smith Caitlin Currie has recently represented the Lancaster Development playing Hockey.

INDIVIDUAL SPORTS Rugby Martha Evans has played Rugby for Kirkby Lonsdale U15s since joining the club in September 2017, representing Cumbria in matches against several Northern counties - the most memorable being against Cheshire U15s, resulting in a 25-24 win for Cumbria, their first ever win for that age group!

She was also invited to join the Cockermouth U15s in a

over the winter and come away with lots of great results. I am also really excited for summer as that brings the all important showing season. Like show jumping I compete regularly and it is great fun. I am hoping that 2018 will be as great as 2018.

Swimming Elizabeth Wareing qualified for 10 events in the Lancashire Swimming Championships and finished 10th in the county for the 50m Breaststroke.

Elizabeth qualified for 3 events at the North West Regional Swimming championships in May. 02.18 Emily Wilson competed in the Lancashire County Swimming Championships at Manchester Aquatics Centre. She competed in the 50m freestyle and got a personal best time.

tournament at the Newcastle Falcon’s grounds and afterwards enjoyed hospitality at one of their European matches.

Also this term, Martha has participated in the women’s and girls’ rugby training sessions at QES run by one of the KLRUFC men’s first team coaches.

Show Jumping 01.18 Rebecca Raine, Year 7.

2017 was an amazing year for my ponies and I with many wins including Nursery Stake Pony of the Year and 6th and 10th places at the Royal International Horse Show (RI). Last year, I had already qualified for RI this year and I am hoping for just as good results in 2018. I featured in The Horse and Hound magazine, for my championship wins at The Coloured Horse and Pony Society (CHAPS).

I compete almost every weekend

Skiing Poppy Bindless and Olivia Robinson recently undertook the challenge of learning to ski in preparation for the LGGS ski trip

to Pila, Italy in 2019. Having not previously skied, they have faced their fears and now, after only three sessions, can successfully ski with confidence.

Tennis Caitlin Currie has been selected to represent Lancaster at the Youth Games taking place in Holland in July this year.

Caitlin plays for Lancaster Tennis Club and will be included in two teams, the Mixed U14’s together with the Girls U17’s to play matches over the summer.

Table Tennis 01.18 Megan Dillon gained her Complete Table Tennis Coaching qualification.

SPORTS WEEK AT LGGS DAY 1 To start Sports Week off in style each form took part in a ‘Wake and shake’ to Tina Turner’s ‘Proud Mary’ during Registration. The routine was demonstrated by Mrs Russell and Miss Sharples on the whiteboard and the whole of Year 12 made a video of this which they presented as part of their assembly!

Forty girls were chosen to take part in an Able, Gifted and Talented Workshop led by Sally Whittaker. In the morning Year 7 and 8 learnt a ‘Divas and Legends’ routine and in the afternoon Year 9, 10 and 12 performed an ‘Iconic Movie Dance Through the Decades!’

At Lunchtime, Year 9 student, E. Ozanne, led a Kick Boxing session - E. Ozanne has taken part in Kick Boxing for a number of years and she planned and delivered an insightful session where the girls practised a range of punching and kicking techniques.

In the afternoon, over fifty Year 11 girls opted to take part in an introduction to Rugby Union with Martin Powell, England Community Rugby Coach.

DAY 2 A selection of Year 7-10 pupils

enjoyed a group cycle ride to Morecambe with British Cycling coach Tom Leivers. It was fantastic to see the girls who had committed to learning to ride with Tom prior to Christmas, get out and test their skills on the open tracks and roads.

At lunchtime, Miss Wolstenholme led a Tchoukball session.

Tchoukball is a relatively new

sport, invented in the late 1960s.

It combines the pace and excitement of handball and volleyball and is the fastest handball sport in the world today.

DAY 3 Martin Powell taught all one hundred and fifty pupils in Year 7 to play Touch Rugby.

Each form went to the field for an hour session which ended in small sided games.

At lunchtime the Year 10 G.L.A.M Squad dancers led a Waacking Dance workshop.

Waacking is a form of dance created in Los Angeles during the 1970’s disco era. It consists of moving the arms to the music beat, typically in a movement of the arms over and behind the shoulder. Waacking also contains other elements such as posing and footwork. Waacking puts a strong emphasis on musicality and interpretation of the music and its rhythm. It also took inspiration stylistically from movie stars such as Bette Davis and James Dean.

DAY 4 The theme for this year’s dress

up day was a homage to #Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Some of the stand out outfits included the infamous ‘Cool Runnings’ Jamaican Bobsleigh Team complete with handmade bobsleighs and the IT technicians dressing up as supporters from different countries with their very own cow bells!

Year 9 had the opportunity to take part in Wheelchair Basketball with local club Lancaster Bulldogs. At lunchtime a group of Year 10 students who had been selected based on their performance in Year 10 Sports Leadership lessons were rewarded by having a session with the Bulldogs.

At lunchtime, the Sports Leadership Team organised a sports themed quiz with t-shirts and Easter egg prizes.

Finally, throughout the day a Sports Relief cycle challenge took place in the gym. 40 staff and Sixth Form students cycled for half an hour each from 9am 3.30pm in a bid to cycle as far as we could as a school. Pupils could pay to guess how far the combined three bikes travelled over the day, reaching 427 miles in total. The furthest male was Dr Rees, covering 15 miles, closely followed by Mrs Balcer in a close second with 14.6 miles, both narrowly pipping Mr Green.

Just over £200 was raised for Sports Relief.

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INTER HOUSE Dance Year 9 Theme: ‘Dreams’ Karishma Parekh 9L 1st place Emma Gibb 9K 2nd place Senior Dance Saskia Rudge-Thompson 1st place Kate Bowskill 2nd place Martha Evans, Hannah Gardner, Amber Fearnley and Catriona Hulme 3rd place

Year 8 Theme: ‘Around the World’ A Team 8.3 8.1 8.2 and 8.5 B Team 8.4 8.1 8.5

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Year 7 Theme ‘Disney’ A Team 7.2 1st 7.4 2nd 7.5 3rd 7.1 4th 7.3 5th

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Well done everyone for contributing to this very special event and showcasing such impressive routines.

The number of pupils attending dance club has been phenomenal, with over 50 girls attending Inter-House practices and further dance team and junior dance sessions available.

INTER HOUSE Gymnastics 22-24.02.18 Year 7 A Team performance scores: 1 = 7.5 2= 7.4 3= 7.2 4 = 7.1 5 = 7.3

4=8.1 Year 7 B Team performances: 1= 7.3 2= 7.2 3= 7.1 4= 7.4 Year 8 A Team Performances: 1= 8.3 2= 8.2 3= 8.4

Year 8 B Team Performances: 1= 8.3 2= 8.4 3= 8.5 4= 8.1 5= 8.2 Year 9 Performances: 1= 9J 2= 9M

It is fantastic to see our girls enjoying gymnastics beyond core PE lessons.

The Inter-Form Gymnastics competition was a fantastic opportunity for Year 7-9 pupils to show off the skills they had learnt during lessons within their own choreographed routine. This year, some of the most fantastic story telling was on display and we were lucky enough to showcase their talents in our first ever gymnastics evening during January.

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Sports Profile Saskia Rudge-Thompson and Tess Belshire Gymnasics My main sport is Gymnastics, however I am also a keen dancer, and am excited to be able to continue with dance at a higher level after completing my A-levels at LGGS. I have been doing gymnastics for about 14 years in total, starting from the most basic toddler gymnastics classes, to now training at least 15 hours per week in the most elite squad in our gym. This year I have competed in three international competitions, one being based in the UK and the others being in Portugal and Belgium. It has been a great experience to compete against other countries

for example Azerbaijan, Israel, and even Australia and to learn new things, both in gymnastics but also great life skills that I will

I am a gymnast and a hockey player. I first started gymnastics when I was 5 years old in the recreation sessions at the University of Cumbria. I won a competition and was asked to join the City of Lancaster Gymnastics Club. I have moved through the squads and am now in the top squad, Diamond.

The kind of gymnastics I do is not in the Olympics. It is called acrobatic gymnastics. You complete a routine either in a pair, a trio or if you are male in a group of 4. Your routine is 2 minutes long and contains a variety of moves including individual, group balances and dance. At the moment, I am in a trio with Grace Ip and a younger top.

I train for 15 hours per week at the University of Cumbria. We do core strength, conditioning, aerobic tumbling and dance activities as part of our training.

In January, I competed as a pair in Glasgow at the Scottish

invitational Championships where we just missed out on a medal coming 4th. Next we went to the Maia Acrobatic Cup in Portugal. The whole squad went and competed over three days.

This was daunting but I was very proud of my performance. There were gymnasts from Belgium, Netherlands, France, Canada, Israel and many more countries.

In March I competed in the North West Pre-lims and won!!! This meant we became part of the North West team competing in the National finals at Fenton Manor in Stoke on Trent. We came 4th but were delighted.

I am now in a trio which I am really enjoying. We have competed in South Tyneside and won a North West competition in Wigan.

Training takes up a lot of my time but I love it. The other members of my squad are fantastic, we all support each other. It makes me organised as I must make sure I fit all my school work in also

continue to use throughout my life.

Although I already do a lot of Gymnastics and Dance outside of school, I am always keen to get involved with Sport within school, ranging from competing in and judging Inter-house Dance, to organising the Gymnastics showcase in January. Becoming Sports captain, has been a dream come true, and I hope to be able to inspire participation in sport at all levels and further improve PE in school, so that people can enjoy sport just as much as I always have.

Saskia Rudge-Thompson

I volunteer to coach younger groups on Mondays so and I also help when we have low level competitions or fundraising events at our gym. When I am 16, I will take my first coaching qualification course.

I have always played hockey for fun but recently started playing for Lancaster and Morecambe.

We have matches on Saturdays. but it means that I do some sort of sport every day so I don’t have much spare time.

Tess Belshire

24.05.18 Tickets on sale from reception for £3

LGGS Dance Showcase

Lancaster Girls’ Grammar MIDSUMMER SUPPER Run

6K Part of the Lancaster School Supper Runs

Thursday 21st June 2018, 7 pm start Start and Finish: Lancaster Girls Grammar School playing fields, Carr House Lane, Lancaster.

Flat, traffic free course

Fancy dress and beat the teacher

Presentation and spot prizes

Food for all runners and cake stall

Toilets and changing facilities

Families very welcome

Open to all ages and abilities

Entry Fee: £5, entry on the day £7 Family ticket 2:2 or 1 adult 3 u16’s £15

For postal entries send your entries to: Miss Sharples, Midsummer Supper Run, Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School, Regent Street, Lancaster, LA1 1SF. Telephone Number: 01524581661 Cheques payable to ‘LGGS’ Please include a Self Addressed Envelope to receive receipt of your payment and further details about the event. Race numbers will be given out on the day.

Visit www.lggs.org.uk for updates and route maps Closing date: Monday 4th June 2018 Name: ......................................................................................................... Male/Female (delete) Address ............................................................................................................................................................................. .......................................................................................................................................Postcode ....................................

Phone No ........................................................... Email Address .................................................................................

Date of Birth ..................................................... Age on the day ...............................................................................

Please enter me for the above run. I take part at my own risk and will not hold the organisers responsible for any injury, sickness or loss as a result of my taking part. I agree to the organisers having the right to alter or amend any of the above information if required. Entrants aged 15 years or under need parent or guardian to sign.

Signed ............................................................................ Date ........................................................................................

SPORTS DAY 2018 Tuesday 10 th July

Special guest

England & Great Britain High Jumper:

Emily Borthwick

Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School

Sports Presentation Evening

Thursday 12th July 2018 A night to celebrate exceptional sporting achievements and talent during 2017-2018

Special guest: Inline skating champion and National Athlete Mentor on the Sky Sports Living for Sport programme, Jenna Downing