Football
U13 A & B v Tormead
The U13A’s had a 7-3 win against Tormead with some horrible weather (understatement) conditions. The girls braved it through the freezing rain and played some brilliant football, with goals from P.Owens, M.Robbins & F.Robinson. It was a truly great team performance, where they showed, grit, determination and team spirit.
Miss Paul
Director of Sport
Hockey
Year 8 v SWPS
On Tuesday our year 8s play their first game of 11 aside to give them some preparation for next year. This gave Bea and Holly a chance to move up to play with the As squad, a reward for their hard work and excellent attitude this year. Both players settled in really well to the game with Bea really excelling with some excellent carries forward becoming a real threat for the SWPS defence to deal with. The girls really impressed with the hard work they put in getting used to the much bigger distances they had to cover in both leg work but also their passing. Some excellent control work from Chloe and Aoife at the back allowed us to not only stop the early SWPS attacks but also allowed us to transfer the ball out of congestion and release Bailey and Charis on the wings to carry and play the space. The game was a really even match game from both teams and at quarter time was 0-0. The next quarter we were able to play the space much better, and a lovely transfer of play and a perfectly waited ball forward from Bailey allowed Hettie to use her speed and get in behind the defence to then take on the GK and score to take the lead. At half time we were 1-0 up. The second half continued as it finished with both teams creating chances, getting shots away and goal keepers making great saves. The pressure came still from SWPS and they managed to gain an equaliser from a short corner. In the final quarter the girls really pushed on, keeping up with the style of play of trying to use the space on the pitch, avoid the contact and play for team mates to run on to. We had a small period of this last play where we kept the pressure on the SWPS defence and Charis was able to get the winner from a great flick on the right hand side.
A great game by both schools to set up for next years move to 11 a side hockey.
Final score Notre Dame 2, Sir William Perkins School 1.
Year 9 v SWPS
On Thursday the U14 Hockey Team played a home match against SWPS. It was SWPS that created more opportunities and won the game but ND worked hard, particularly in defence, and GK Alexia W was voted MVP. Our midfield and forwards had some good runs but were denied by some strong defence. A good effort by everyone who played.
Team: Alexia W, Isla G, Michelle E, Maya H, Elsie F, Kitty M, Leah P, Grace P, Ester J, Freya S, Emelie G, Tallulah R
ND 1st Team v Woldingham
Having never played Woldingham before, the game was a little of the unknown. The girls started the game really strongly, moving the ball around and developing their patterns of play and it wasn’t long between some nice link up play from Emily S to Miila who carried strong along the baseline and was able to finish from the narrow angle. We quickly doubled our lead with a strong win in the middle of the pitch leading to a fast counter attack where Miila got her second goal after a 1v1 with the GK. Woldingham started to stretch the pitch more and look to play long which made the game a little more open in play. With a lovely through ball from Emily H to Olivia H we were 3-0 up. Woldingham came back and finished the half with a couple of short corners but our defence held strong. The second half we started to create a lot more sustained pressure, Emily H carried strong through the middle, to release Miila who played Olivia H in on the right hand side, a great shot by her was matched by the keeper but Miila was there to put the rebound in and complete her hatrick! The continued pressure from the girls gave them further rewards with another goal coming from Emily H and a brace for Olivia H. The game finished with us have a little run of penalty corners but Woldingham fought right to the end to keep these out.
Final score Notre Dame 1XI 6, Woldingham 2XI 0.-
Mrs Jelley
Head of Hockey
Netball
U16 v Downsend
This was an incredibly tight and competitive match by both teams with ND working so hard in defence all down the court. At half time ND had taken a 6-3 lead but Downsend fought back to take the second half 6 – 8 to them, but, due to the great start and in particular our second quarter, our U16B took the win 12-11! All 9 players were responsible for this well deserved win.
Players of the match as voted by the Opposition were Rebecca and Jess.
U14 B and C v King Edward’s School
On Tuesday the U14 B + C Netball Teams travelled to King Edward’s School Witley for matches. Both teams had enjoyable games and battled hard but it was King Edward’s who won the games, their B team winning 18-8 and their C team securing a 14-9 victory.
B Team: Poppy S, Jemima B, Valentina SF, Emelie G, Scarlett T, Bea C, Lucy M
C Team: Evelyn B, Elodie C, Ariella G, Robyn G, Isla G, Khushi J, Ava N, Sadeeqa S, Charlotte S
Shooting Competition
Our Wednesday lunchtime shooting competition has been running at Netball Shooting Club since before Christmas and I am delighted to announce the 12 finalists!
Ellie D – year 12
Serena G – Y 10
Alexa F – y10
Julia D – y10
Rebecca F – y 10
Chloe C – y 10
Florence S – y8
Poppy O – y 8
Steph J – y 8
Martha T – y 8
Isabella H – y 7
Emma F – y 7
Congratulations to all 12 in making the final!!
All finalists will be required at Wednesday Netball Shooting on 13 March (next Wednesday) for the Semi-finals!!
The top 4 will go through to the Final on Wednesday 20 March! Good luck to all the players!
Mrs Hook,
Head of Netball
Fixtures
Please check SOCS where all of the sports fixtures can be found!
Outside School Sporting Success
We love to hear about your daughters’ achievements in sport outside school. Please do share any photos and news with us and we will include it in the Friday Mailing! (email lplummer@notredame.co.uk)
Hockey
Success for Miila E and her team!
Miila E (year 11) is a member of Wimbledon U16 team and I am delighted to report they are through to T1 national finals on the 13/14th April!
Netball
London Pulse Netball at Copperbox
Mrs Hook was MC at the London Pulse netball match at the Copperbox on Saturday and Amelia and Freya S were there with the U17 White Hub! They carried out a quiz at half time!
Mrs Hook said:
I have a few netball roles with London Pulse including Head Coach of U12 Stars Hub and somehow have managed to agree to do the MC for all home matches this season! Amelia and Freya are both in London Pulse U17 White Hub, awesome to have our ND players in a superleague franchise.
London Pulse Netball ”AIM HIGH” Programme 08.05.24 to 19.06.24 – London Pulse Netball
