Sports Round-up

WGS students honoured to represent GB & England

Congratulations to Lower Sixth students, Cassie and Leah, who had the honour of representing Great Britain and England in their chosen sports this summer.

Cassie competed at the Commonwealth Karate Championships in Birmingham and won a bronze and gold medal in the Kumite and Kata classes of Karate. Meanwhile, Leah competed in her first international competition and represented GB in the European Championships held in Munich, completing a 750m swim, 21km cycle and 5km run. Leah also represented Team GB in the Europe Triathlon Cross Duathlon Championships held in Bilbao, Spain.

Both students were awarded the prestigious Sports Colours ties by the Head, Mr Frazer, in recognition of their sporting successes. Congratulations to Cassie who has since retained her European Kata Champion title.

At the beginning of term, four teams competed in the Rounders City Finals. Year 8 beat Wolverhampton Girls’ High by an innings, Year 9 narrowly lost to The Royal, Year 10 pipped Wolverhampton semi-finals via a penalty shootout. The team headed into the final with confidence levels on a high. Their class, commitment and hard work shone through in the final game and a 1-0 win secured us the Plate. Congratulations boys!

Girls’ by one rounder and Year 11 beat Highfields School with an innings to spare. A great start for WGS Sport!

Our first silverware for the term was won by our U13 girls who beat Wrekin College 6-5 in the finals of the Oswestry Netball Tournament.

The U11 boys added to our trophy cabinet winning the IAPS Plate in the National U11 Boys' Football Finals hosted at Millfield School.

Unfortunately, due to a huge swing in goal difference in another school's final game, the boys were pipped to second spot, meaning they entered the 'Plate' competition but they dominated the quarter finals before edging through the

A wonderful penultimate week of the term saw our U15 Girls’ football team compete in the City Cup quarter final and beat St. Matthias 4-0 to reach the semifinals. One team also came away with bronze medals in the Wolverhampton District Girls Futsal Tournament.