The much anticipated Staff v Student hockey match (below) saw chances at both ends, but the Staff were eventually foiled by the goalkeeping of Ned Jones and the defensive marshalling of Archie Graves. At the other end, 6.2’s Jack Voorhees was clinical in his play – bagging himself a hat-trick. The 1st boys’ hockey team lost to a very strong Churchers’ side on Wednesday, but another great goal by Jack Voorhees puts him alongside Patrick Newlands for what has been an exceptional season up front. The U14 boys’ hockey team beat LWC B team 6-0 in a strong demonstration of skill.
In girls’ netball, the U14As lost 14-11 in a tight fixture featuring only 7 players, against LWC, while the U14B team drew against the LWC B team. A strong performance by the U15As put them 16-5 up against Kings, Winchester.
Ten Bedales girls played in the Perins ‘super15’ tournament (the squad consisted of 7 U14s and 3 U15s). The girls played well in their group stages losing narrowly to Perins U15A and then went on to beat Robert Mayes School. The final game of the group stages saw the girls come up against KES – currently the group leaders. A strong defensive performance saw the girls keep KES to only 8 goals (their lowest scoring match) and securing 2 points for getting half their score.
The girls progressed through to the plate competition and started strongly with another win against Robert Mayes (5-0). A stunning performance in the second game against Churchers’ (eventual winners) saw them lose by only one goal (8-7). Despite being disappointed, the team pulled together and ended the tournament strongly with a 11-2 win against Perins B, resulting in the girls being runners up in the plate competition.
This was a great achievement for a young squad, 7 of whom were playing up an age group. Notable performances from Isabelle Kennedy (Block 3), Olivia Steel (Block 3) and Cheska Moufarrige (Block 4), all displaying determination, outstanding court-craft and team work. A big welcome back to Hannah Mazas (Block 3) who took to the court for the first time since injuring her wrist in February half term.
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