SpSports round-upNews Football Y10’s Progress to Brighton School’s Semi-Final The Year 10 football team have made it through to the knockout stages of the regional competition after successfully winning their group. The League stage saw Varndean placed in the same group as Patcham and, arch-rivals, Dorothy Stringer. Varndean maintained a 100% record in the competition by defeating Stringer at home 4-1 to add to victories over Patcham, 4-2 and 4-1 respectively, and Stringer, away, 3-2. Congratulations to all players involved, in particular the likes of Lukas Franzen-Jones, Sid Carey and Harry Eyre for their remarkably consistent effort and levels of performance. David Altendorff, PE Teacher
Netball Year 8 Blatchington Mill The Year 8 A and B teams played away against Blatchington Mill in February. The B team played first and came up against some strong shooters. Unfortunately they lost with a final score of 5-14. Player of the Match was Isobel Jupp who scored some fantastic goals from the top of the semi circle.
Y10 Football Team At the start of the A team game we thought it would be a repeat of the previous game as Blatchington Mill scored 2 goals within the first 2 minutes. The girls fought back with some fantastic interceptions in the centre court and finished the match with a draw 11-11. Players of the Match were Issy Ricca-McCarthy and Romy Beer. Tournament The year 8 teams competed in a tournament at Patcham High school at the end of February and played against 11 other teams. Both teams showed fantastic team spirit throughout all their games. The A team finished in 3rd place overall and the B team finished in 7th place.
Athletics Team
Kirsty Powell, PE Teacher
Year 7 Year 7 girls are performing well in the league and continue to be very committed to the club. The C team had a closely fought match against Dorothy Varndean Eye Spring 2012 10
Stringer but unfortunately lost 1-2. The B team had a battle with Tideway, with the end result being 33. Year 7 have also had their Brighton, Hove and Portslade Schools tournament where 18 teams were participating. The A team finished a fantastic 4th and the B team 7th. Well done to all the girls who have been an absolute pleasure all season.
Athletics Varndean took two teams to the Brighton Schools Indoor Athletics event in February. The boys participated well giving the new events a go and a special mention must go to Gibril Kamara who did 2 races back to back!! For the girls, effort and motivation were fantastic and they were definitely very determined. Again most of the events were new, but this didn’t stop the girls winning their section and hopefully progressing to the next round. Pictured with their winners’ medals are; Poppy Harrison, Molly Burston, Chloe Watson, Fauve Penketh, Yeshe Bekele, Georgia Bailey and Alice Chapman.