SPORTS NEWS 2024/25

SPORTS NEWS 2024/2025

TAG RUGBY REPORT BY MR CAIN - FRIDAY 21ST OCTOBER

This week, along with thirty six other local schools, we attended the annual borough Tag Rugby tournament at Richmond Rugby Club. We moved through the first group stage, remaining unbeaten and really got into our groove as the matches progressed, with a particularly pleasing  4-0 win over Barnes in the third game of four. This meant we qualified for the cup by playing some fantastic rugby. However, we lost our final group game, so didn't quite make it to the semis, finishing a great fifth overall. There was some wonderful rugby from all our players. Isla's fantastic defensive work meant she was voted 'player of the day' due to her heroic efforts. But also special mentions to Freddie, Oli, Seb, Ali, Sassy, Alana, Alex and Eli who all contributed to our overall performance. We now move to our league matches which start after half term. After today's great performance, we are really looking forward to them.  

FOOTBALL REPORT BY MR CAIN  Friday 18th October

The boys started their league campaign against Holy Trinity and despite a sloppy start after falling behind before the break, they triumphed in the second half. They kept the ball well, exploited spaces, won duels across the pitch and finished as much deserved 4-1 winners. Seb scored a hat-trick and Alexander scored a debut goal. Well done to Aydin, Ali, Peyton, Freddie, Oli, Alexander, Raff and Seb.

The girls football team also started their league campaign against Holy Trinity and continued their goal scoring form. A strong team performance was consistent from the first whistle. The girls were a credit to themselves, showing great teamwork, great passing and clinical finishing. A deserved 8-0 win with goals coming from Niamh x3, Florence x2, Sofia x2, Sassy x1. Well done to Isla, Sassy, Alana, Emi, Niamh, Florence, Sofia, Miriam.

FOOTBALL NEWS FROM MR CAIN - FRIDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2024

Our girls and boys both played friendly matches against Springfield Junior School. It is the beginning of the season and I am so proud of everyone who took part. The boys team is experienced but huge congratulations to the girls too, who have not played as many matches. We are hoping to give these and other girls an opportunity to play in the team in upcoming fixtures. This fixture gave the boys an opportunity to try new things and the girls a chance to showcase themselves to get into the team for the first league game.

Mr Ryan will be coaching the girls team this season alongside Mr.Cain coaching the boys team.

The boys struggled, especially in the first half, to find their feet but managed to secure a 2-2 draw and probably would have  snatched the win, given another 5 minutes.

The girls, however, did a great job winning 7-0. All the girls were pushing themselves, showcasing themselves as there are limited spots available for our upcoming league matches. Some great performances and some amazing goals and my favourite is the clean results sheet!

Well done to Isla, Florence, Emi, Miriam, Alana, Niamh, Florence, Sofia, Eliza, Sassy, Oli, Aydin, Freddie, Seb, Peyton, Raff and Alistair.

GOLDEN GLORY FOR YEAR SIX FOOTBALL BOYS - REPORT BY MR CAIN - W/C 9TH SEPTEMBER

Last Saturday we travelled to Hampton School for a boys' football tournament which featured a combination of local state and private schools. 

After performing so well season last year I was so looking forward to working with this team again, a year oldder and wiser. The boys understanding of the game has deepened so much due to both our school and Brentford training. We started the tournament well, winning our opening game. And despite losing the second game, we remained unbeaten for the rest of the tournament. However, it did go down to last game, where we needed a win to clinch the top spot. A draw would not have been good enough and the boys dug deep and fought hard for a 1-0 win. This ensured we brought home the gold medal, winning the Year Six section.  Well done to all the boys - Aydin, Peyton, Oli, Seb, Freddie and Raff. We are all so proud of you.

ST STEPHEN'S GETS TOP PLATINUM SPORTS AWARD- W/C 9TH SEPTEMBER

Gold simply was not good enough, they had to give us platinum. We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a platinum level  Sports Games Mark for our PE and sports provision. Sports Games Mark is a government-led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. To achive this highest of accreditations our school had to meet a stringent list of criteria, proving we engage all our children in PE and games, nurturing their involvement, whatever their abilities. We also compete in competitions in many sports and so much more. All in all, we are hugely proud of this achievement. Many thanks to Mr Cain and his team and all our children for having such a positive approach to PE and games. Here we give you Mr Cain and some of our Year Six who took to the playground for a mass cheer in celebration. And who can blame them!