Sport Update

Olympic Cup Athletics Competition

Nearly 70 students from Years 7-10 were selected to compete at the Olympic Cup Athletics Competition at the University Athletics track in Cambridge against nine schools on an extremely hot afternoon.

The students were an absolute credit to themselves and the school, producing outstanding performances to achieve our greatest ever number of winners and a fantastic second place overall as a school team.

Age group results

Year 7 5th place (girls 2nd, boys 7th)

Year 8 1st place (girls 1st, boys 3rd)

Year 9 2nd place (girls 2nd, boys 5th)

Year 10 2nd place (girls 1st, boys 3rd)

First Place

First Place - Year 7

Max S Shot Putt

First Place - Year 8

Pat P Discus

Ksenia K Long Jump

Imogen T High Jump

Francesca F Shot Putt

First Place - Year 9

Sophie J 1500 metres & Shot Putt

Lara B Discus

Lottie K Javelin

Thibault 800 metres

First Place - Year 10

Mia E 100 metres & Long Jump

Zoe J 300 metres

Max H Long Jump

Oliver J Javelin

Eva F Shot Putt

Allanah M High Jump

Kostas High Jump

Mia, Zoe, Sophie S & Robyn S 4 x 100m relay

Second Place - Year 7

Isabella B Shot Puttt

Second Place - Year 8

Joshua H

200 metres

Shaochen W 300 metres

Thibault Shot Putt

Natalie G Javelin

Anna G Discus

Juliet R Triple Jump

Second Place - Year 9

Toby D Shot

Phillip L Long Jump

Second Place - Year 10

Jake F 100 metres

Carla K 800 metres & Javelin

Allanah M High Jump

Third Place

Third Place - Year 7

Romy S 100 metres

Rose G 200 metres

Juliet BF Long Jump

Kiana SP Discus

Claudia BF High Jump

Chevonne Javelin

Third Place - Year 8

Michelle H 200 metres

Imogen T 1500 metres

Liam M High Jump

Natalie G Javelin

Joshua H Javelin

Vivien Long Jump

Third Place - Year 9

Isaac SP Triple Jump

Ollie R Discus

Third Place - Year 10

Sophie S

200 metres

Joshua D Shot Putt

Matthew D Triple Jump

Year 10 Oliver J competing in the Javelin at the English Schools Athletics Association National Championships

Congratulations to Oliver J in Year 10 who has been selected to compete in the Javelin at the English Schools Athletics Association National Championships in Birmingham in July, against the best athletes in the country. This is an absolutely outstanding achievement, especially as he is a year under in his age group, we wish him every success.

Football

Our U16 Boys Football Team played against St Bedes Inter Church School on Friday 16 June in the Cambridge District Cup Final. The game, which took place at Newmarket Town FC saw a crowd of 100 people made up of friends, family and staff in attendance from both schools.

The game was action packed from the very start with St Bedes taking an early lead before an equaliser from Arya who pounced onto a shot after some excellent build up play. St Bedes then went on to score four more before half time. The second half showed a much more solid performance from Stephen Perse, dominating possession and being the better team as a whole. A well taken penalty from Arya closed the scoreline and made for an exciting finish to the game before St Bedes would go on to score a last minute goal to win the match.

Regardless of the result, what the boys have achieved has been amazing, their last game as a group was in a cup final and they are the first boys football team in Stephen Perse history to reach that stage of a competition, setting the standard for the following year groups to come.

Netball

Huge congratulations to our senior first netball team, for being awarded the Youth Performance Award 2023 by Cambridgeshire County Netball Committee for their amazing achievements over the years, the most notable of which are:

• Year 7 undefeated season

• Year 9 County Champions, regional competitors

• Year 10 U16 County Champions, 2nd at Regional Finals qualifying for the National Finals. All of the squad were playing a year up

• Year 11 Voted Cambridge Netball Team of the Year

• Year 12 County runners up, 4th at Regional Finals

• Year 13 County Champions, 2nd at Regional Finals, and 8th in the Country at the National Finals

Some of our girls collected the award on the team’s behalf. We are immensely proud of our wonderful squad and they will be sorely missed!!

Cricket

We’ve had an incredibly busy summer term with cricket fixtures happening almost every day of the week. We have three teams that have had recent success and have all won their County Cup semi-finals.

The U13 boys had a fantastic win against The Perse. In a hard fought game we defended a modest total with an amazing bowling and fielding display eventually winning by eight runs.

The U13 girls had a convincing win against Impington VC winning by nine wickets.

The U15 girls had a brilliant result in their semi final against St Mary’s. After losing four early wickets they recovered to score 126 in their 20 overs. St Mary’s made a comfortable start but tight bowling Sophie J and Nina T got incredible figures of five wickets for four runs helped the team win by a margin of 23 runs.All teams play their final in the final week of term and we wish them the very best of luck.

Year 7 and 8 are also looking forward to their cricket tour to the Midlands and the 1st XI will be playing their annual fixture against the Forty Club.

Coming up this July...

Friday 14 July, 8pm

Foyer Poetry: Lewis Buxton

Join us from 7pm for drinks and street food followed by a superb evening of live poetry featuring two support acts and headliner Lewis Buxton.

Foyer Event

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Thursday 27 - Saturday 29 July

The Wind in the Willows

Join us on a magical train ride to the riverbank at Audley End Miniature Railway this summer for a brand-new open-air musical staging of Kenneth Grahame’s family classic ‘The Wind In The Willows’. Family

Theatre

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Sunday 30 July, 3pm

National Youth Girls Choir

Join the National Youth Girls Choir as they present an exciting afternoon of music including ‘Sing out my soul’, Jubilate Deo’, Cantate Domino’ and Darius Lim’s ‘Deliverance’.

Classical

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Friday 4 August, 7pm

National Youth Orchestra

Join us to experience the talent of hundreds of teenage musicians, as they breathe new life into orchestral music and remind us of the power and beauty of being truly alive.

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Spoken Word Free Shuttle Bus Service

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Saturday 5 August, 7pm

National Youth Brass Band

The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain (NYBBGB) Summer concert, under the direction of Guest Conductor Sara Ioannides, and featuring Guest Soloist, trombonist Scott Hartmann.

Contemporary

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Thursday 31 August, 7pm

Aurora Orchestra

Join Aurora Orchestra and Principal Conductor Nicholas Collon for their biggest challenge to date –Stravinsky’s TheRiteofSpring, performed by heart.

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Friday 15 September, 8pm

Foyer Jazz: Becca Wilkins’ rêverie

Becca Wilkins’ latest project rêverie is a collection of reworked French Chanson set within the style of a contemporary drummer-less jazz quartet.

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Jazz

Friday 29 September, 7.30pm

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Dvořák Symphony No.7

A season-opening programme full of the rhythms, dances and melodies of central and eastern Europe and a visit from one of the world’s great violinists.

Classical

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