The Lion - Issue 83

Issue 83 | Summer 2021

News from Bablake

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seven year Design and Technology career came to an end for Upper Sixth Form student Eddy Crossley with the submission of his A level coursework.

Motor sport enthusiast Eddy, who is also an Arkwright Scholar (awarded for outstanding potential in engineering), converted his rather battered and neglected classic 1970s Honda ST70 monkey bike from being powered by petrol to electric. This outstanding piece of work, one of the best ever seen in the Design and Technology Department,

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saw Eddy remove most of the internal components required in a petrol engine and replace them with batteries, speed controllers and new gearing to produce a smooth running electric motorcycle capable of a speed of over 30mph and with 20 minutes running time. During the course of its design and construction, Eddy had to source components from around the world as well as produce all the necessary calculations to ensure it would work. He also replaced many of the external components with 3D printed items he had to design to keep the original ‘look’ of the motorcycle.

After much testing around the school site, aided by a number of staff, Eddy now intends to use the road legal bike for pit lane duties supporting his family

at motorsport events, before heading to the University of Birmingham to study engineering. We wish him every success in his future studies!

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Fourth Year pupil Rosie Jeffs wanted to do something for charity to acknowledge just how difficult a year it has been for many charities. She therefore decided to have her f lowing locks cut and send them to The Little Princess Trust, a charity that provides real hair wigs, free of charge, to children and young people who have lost their own hair through cancer treatment and other conditions. Rosie managed to donate an impressive 35cm of hair to the charity!

Our experiences in the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) BASE National Business and Accounting Skills Education competition were highly enjoyable. Given the situation we were in at the time with the Covid-19 pandemic and the national lockdown, the BASE competition provided us with something to do as well as being something that will improve our CVs for our future.

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Senior House Chess Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth students recently took part in our Senior House Chess Competition. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth students were in separate rooms and the aim was to beat your opponent as quickly as possible in order to play more matches and gain more points for your House. A time limit was set for each move and this pressurised the students into making mistakes which they would normally avoid!

For the first stage of the competition, we encountered and solved several business and accounting scenarios. The purpose of these scenarios was to see our teamwork and adaptability to different business situations, as we attempted to put ourselves in the shoes of the hypothetical business manager. This meant combining our knowledge of business procedures and gaining the best outcomes considering co-workers’ views and morals.

We then had to prepare a five minute presentation, advising a business on how to proceed based on case study and we focused on a combination of accounting and logistics. We worked together to provide the most thorough and detailed plan for the hypothetical business which would have usually been presented in person, but was obviously done virtually.

Recently we received an email from BASE congratulating us on our accomplishments on reaching the National Final.

Although we are disappointed that we could not go in person to the event in London, we are pleased to have been given the opportunity to show our skills once again. The final stage welcomes the highest finishing 24 teams from across England and Wales, so we are delighted to be representing Bablake are hoping to make the School proud.

As an added incentive, the National Champions of 2021 will receive an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil each, £4000 cash for the school, a full day employability session and a trip to London to meet the ICAEW CEO, Michael Izza. Runners up will also receive an iPad each and a half day employability session.

We would recommend the competition to others, as it not only provides employability skills, but also serves as a source of revision for topics studied in Business Studies and Economics.

Final placings were Fairfax first, Bayley second, Crow third and Wheatley fourth.

Matt Hart, Harry Court and Alex Mousley

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CREST AND THE BIG BANG COMPETITION Lower Sixth students Taran, Max, Joe, Celestine, Adrian and Suwetha have completed a CREST project entitled ‘Eco-friendly guttering’.

It is currently being assessed externally and the group are hoping to achieve a Silver or Gold Award.

The group also entered the Big Bang Competition online, for which they wrote about their project. Taran explains,

“To address the increasing dependency on electricity that our society is developing through technological advancements, we found ourselves wanting to develop novel methods of power generation. This would ensure the required supply of electricity is convenient, reliable and sustainable.

We endeavored to create an accessible method of power generation using the f low of rainwater, common throughout the UK, by way of guttering. The basic premise of our idea was to utilise the accumulated gravitational potential

All Bablake Biology Upper Sixth students sat the UKBC Biology Olympiad in March, during the first week back in school after a long period of remote learning during lockdown.

The Bablake cohort joined more than 8,400 Year 13 students from over 620 schools around the world to complete the two 45-minute examination papers online. Students are tested on a wide range of topics covering the A level syllabus but also assessing their wider biological knowledge.

Both Ben Sawyer and Freya Bennett performed superbly, achieving Gold Awards that placed in the top 5% of all participants.

For Ben, this added to his Gold Award in the Intermediate Biology Olympiad and to his Second Best in School. Namuun Batkhishig achieved an impressive Silver Award, and five students were awarded Bronze. Well done to Danveer Ghata-Aura, Charlotte Bull, Jonathan Knibbs, Mila Bilsland and Jay Senghera.

This is a superb achievement from an excellent year group and represents Bablake’s greatest number of medals in the event, as ten further students were Highly Commended and a further eight Commended.

energy of the rainwater by passing its f low through a turbine power generator, thereby efficiently generating electricity that can be used to supplement the home. Microgeneration of power would allow households to take steps towards self-sufficiency, partially addressing our energy problem”.

The group unfortunately did not make it to the final, nevertheless, they should be proud of their application, which was of a very high standard.

We are also delighted to announce the recent Biology Challenge results, as Bablake achieved its best ever medal haul! Our successful biologists gained one Gold, 14 Silver and 15 Bronze Awards.

Well done to all of our Fourth Year biologists who participated in the online competition alongside more than 45,000 students from around the world.

Special mention should go to Bez Akinkoye who achieved the Gold Award. Here, he tell us about the experience, “Before sitting the Challenge, I didn’t really know what to expect. I had seen previous questions from other papers but some of the questions did take me by surprise. To be honest, I did guess a few but a lot of the questions had been covered in Biology lessons prior to the Challenge. Overall, I found it an enjoyable experience and doing it online certainly made it less stressful.”

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Science

Our Solar System Shell AKE have been learning about the solar system as part of the Space topic. They were set a task to produce a colourful poster on the solar system with facts about each planet.

The standard of work produced was excellent and they used a range of materials. We even had a solar system cake!

LITERATURE BASED PROJECTS 23 of our Lower Sixth students recently took part in a literature-based project.

Professor Ward, Head of Chemistry at the University of Warwick, delivered a presentation to the students in which he outlined the task and gave them advice on how to produce a high-quality written article.

Students were in groups and each one selected a question from a list provided by the Professor before spending time researching their question. They then picked out the key information from their sources and put it together in their own words in the form of a written article. The standard of the articles produced was very high. Examples of questions that the students considered were: • How can Cisplatin be used to treat cancer?

• Why is ozone loss more severe in Antarctica and how is it affected by the seasons?

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• Why don’t we use nuclear fusion power for a large proportion of our energy yet?

The groups also delivered an oral presentation to the Professor to summarise their written article and answer the question that they chose. The students delivered high quality presentations and answered questions which were asked by the Professor.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience and I hope that it has built their academic muscles and equipped them with some useful skills for university. Many thanks to Dr Casey for his support and we would also like to express our thanks to Professor Ward for giving up his time and providing this excellent opportunity.

Oxford Science Essay Writing Competition Lower Sixth students took part in the Oxford Science Essay Writing Competition. Eleanor Baird was one of the runners up for the Michaelmas Term 2020 Schools Science Writing Competition on the theme of An inspirational scientist, alive now, whose work is helping us to advance into the future. Her essay was titled ‘Dr Rabia Salihu Sa’id: Saving the Environment Four Hours at a Time’. It was a fantastic opportunity to write about science beyond the scope of school studies.

To read Eleanor’s article, go to http://oxsci.org/dr-rabia-salihusaid-saving-the-environment-four-hours-at-a-time/

Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Competition Lower Sixth Chemistry students enjoyed practising their analysis and identification skills in a series of tasks to identify unknown chemicals as they competed in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Schools’ Analyst Competition. They then had to submit a report of their findings online.

The results have come back and the group with the best score at Bablake went to Hari, Taran and Ewan. Well done to all who took part.

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Science Week British Science Week took place between the 5th and 14th March. Some of the Shell and Second Year classes in Junior Science completed the tallest tower challenge, which involved making the tallest tower they could using a limited amount of straw, tape and string. The tower also needed to be able to hold a mass of 20g.

The pupils enjoyed the challenge and worked well as a team to create some interesting designs.

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@BABLAKEART This year, the Art Department has launched its own BablakeArt Instagram and Twitter accounts. Through these, they are showcasing work from both past and present pupils. Here are just some of the wonderful pieces of artwork that have been shared so far.

They have also started the #BablakeArt group on Teams where pupils can show art they have created at home. Our Upper Sixth students have also displayed some of their work and have set pupils a few artistic challenges.

OUR HEROES! In May, we entered a national art competition. It was a Covid-19 Heroes Stamp Design Competition organised by the Royal Mail and the lucky winners will have their artwork made into a special stamp as well as winning money for their school and vouchers for themselves.

A special panel of judges will pick the winning designs and the final eight stamps will be sent to Her Majesty the Queen before they can be printed and issued. Results will be announced in September.

We had a great response to the competition, submitting over 150 entries from Bablake all the way through from Reception children to Third Year pupils. Here is just a small selection of our entries.

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Art Workshops Even though the situation has been difficult this year, the Art Department still managed to put on a series of exciting art workshops which allowed pupils the opportunity to try out new media and to develop skills which are not often covered within Art. These, combined with the chance to work with local practising artists, made for a wonderful experience and an extension to what we normally offer.

Over a period of two days, the Second Years worked with textile artist Emma O’Brien to create delightfully fierce yet cuddly creatures out of fabric, local company Let’s Animate introduced groups of pupils to the basics of Lego

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stop motion animation using iPads, and graphic illustrator Snod went through the basics of creating a page for a graphic novel by getting pupils to draw a short story in only four frames.

As is usual in these events, pupils responded magnificently and created some outstanding work. In addition to these workshops, the Sixth Form participated in a day long life drawing workshop run by Tanya Kozin.

The work produced during the day will no doubt be of great use to their artistic development and will enrich their portfolios of work as they prepare for university interviews.

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As part of Coventry’s City of Culture launch event Coventry Moves - Bablake was selected as one of just 12 schools to design a banner to be used as part of the advertising for it. Third Year pupils worked on the project and we were delighted to see our design on the theme of ‘Youthfulness’ proudly displayed in the city.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time As part of their curriculum in Drama, our Third Year pupils took creative control of a performance extract from ‘Curious Incident’. They worked collaboratively to realise their production concept, making decisions from production elements to characterisation and blocking. Both classes performed their extracts to a live audience and made an impact by drawing the audience into the sensory world of the main character. It was wonderful to see the Theatre come alive, and to witness pupils bringing all their skill and awareness to the process and performance.

“I had to make sure I was in the right place and knew all the cues, as well as know my lines” “The live audience meant that we couldn’t retake it, so the pressure was on!”

“I felt calmer with this performance because it wasn’t my first time on stage” “I knew in the play, the audience would remember the start, end and impact moments - so I wanted to do my best with it all!”

“I gained greater levels of confidence” “It was great working in a group, the social aspect was strong and we knew each other so well after being together in lessons” “I liked the process more because I had seen it build up from our first idea of ‘lines on a floor’, to the full performance”

LAMDA success Lower Sixth LAMDA students excelled in their recent Grade 5 and 6 acting exams.

Returning from lockdown, the Theatre immediately felt alive with performance as the girls prepared their character portrayals. Not only did they create character profiles, they workshopped through the Stanislavski system in order to get under the skin of the character and fully embody the truth behind them. The impact of hot-seating and given circumstances methods shone through in their performance and discussion with the examiner.

They achieved merit and distinction level outcomes, which were a true credit to their talent and commitment to performance. Some of the examiner’s comments:

“Your work reveals intuitive understanding” “You have a clear and resonant voice” “There is conviction in your work and you bring characters to life with an understanding of text and subtext”

Shells Pause for a Performance in a Day All of our Shells came together to create and perform with only a day to prepare. The theme was mindfulness and making time in your day to ‘pause’. Each class devised their creative responses to the brief, bringing their ideas and skills together for the final performance. The energy in the Theatre was electric and despite over 100 performers on stage, individuals shone as they all communicated feeling and focus through their physicality.

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THIRD TIME LUCKY! Ms Carolin Pfennig Yes, we did it! After a long, long wait we were finally able to take our Shells to PGL Boreatton Park and what a trip it was! We sang, we ate, we (hardly) slept, we saved frogs, we overcame fears, and we made friends and lots and lots of memories.

From a leader’s perspective, this trip is always a highlight, but even more so after not being allowed on trips for such a long time. Already I can’t wait to have “Oggi, oggi, oggi! – Oy! Oy! Oy!” ringing in my ears for a full weekend in October. Bring it on!

And it would seem that the pupils had a fabulous time too!

“I really enjoyed PGL as my first residential trip and I think it was perfect.

My favourite activities were abseiling, ziplining and the high swing.”

“My PGL highlight was pushing Ms Pfennig in the lake (with her permission!).”

“It was a blast! In the challenge course, Jack and I broke a record.

I would definitely go again!”

“So many laughs!”

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PGL was a life changing trip with many new activities that I would never have dared to do by myself.

I enjoyed the swing – it was exhilarating!

It was a fantastic opportunity to experience new activities, as well as having fun with your friends outside of school.

I really enjoyed PGL – It was a great opportunity to be outdoors and have fun with friends.

PGL was the first residential in senior school. I particularly liked abseiling.

Even though I was scared of it at first, I managed to do it with encouragement from friends and teachers.

I loved the teamwork and cheering each other on.

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To The Stars

THROUGH DIFFICULTIES Some readers may recognise the motto of our partnership school in Harrismith, included in the mural painted during our visit in 2019. Since then, both schools have experienced the difficulties of the Covid-19 epidemic and lockdown learning, but pupils have continued to seize the opportunities available to them. Harrismith has recently opened its doors to Years 8 and 9, but ran out of desks when social distancing became the norm in South African schools.

Fortunately, the Bablake community had raised enough funds to immediately fund 40 new tables to allow learning to continue. We have also been able to fund photocopying paper for pupils learning at home and several gallons of hand sanitiser!

Upper Sixth Student, Bhavan Amar, raised nearly £300 for Harrismith by completing a sky dive in September 2020 and this money has been spent on computer lessons for Year 13 students. Mr Khanye, the link teacher at Harrismith, wrote to Bhavan thanking her for her contribution, “Your effort and hard work in raising the money for our school is highly appreciated. Thank you so much for your kindness.”

Under normal circumstances we would be getting ready to visit Harrismith again this summer and it is great disappointment that we cannot.

The partnership, however, remains strong and we are sure we will see each other again soon.

Festive fun It was a long time ago, but we did manage to have an outside Christmas Sing-a-long!

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New Mural for Bablake Library Pupils from the Inc. Society have been working with Andy Clare from Spray Station in Coventry to develop ideas for a new mural to be displayed in the Library.

The mural, which will celebrate the diversity of the Bablake community, will form a triptych along the back wall. The Society has already received a range of ideas from pupils for the design and there will be an opportunity for all pupils to get involved as work on the mural progresses. Andy visited Bablake recently to teach pupils some spray-painting techniques and, as you can see below, the results were impressive.

Symposium: Reinvented The lack of a physical Symposium Showcase was no barrier to our Symposium pupils’ imagination and creativity this year.

They have shown great flexibility and imagination in researching and compiling articles on a wide range of topics which you will soon be able to read in the long awaited ‘Symposium: Reinvented’ magazine.

As always, our pupils have produced a wide range of articles from the serious to the more lighthearted and hope you will be able to vote to choose our overall winner for the year.

The full articles will be accessible in the Symposium: Reinvented magazine but to whet your appetite, the titles are giving below.

Coming soon to an inbox near you: • Can you measure happiness?

• How do our secret services keep us safe?

• How has coronavirus affected healthcare systems around the world?

• The placebo effect: fact or fiction?

• The importance of charity • Lies: the irrepressible truth • The power behind atoms: fission and fusion • Have you ever been manipulated? How would you know?

• The pursuit of happiness • LGBTQIA+ awareness at Bablake • What is self-love and how can we implement it in our lives?

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Sports General Sports Outside of our major summer sports, many of our athletes continue to train hard under the guidance of Mr Azariah, whilst others have enjoyed opportunities to play recreational tennis and badminton or relax with Mrs Duke’s yoga classes. Mr Grantham’s Friday night football has also been a great success, as has summer hockey with Mr Major and Mr Chaudhry.

Emma’s England Success School Captain, Emma Allroggen is a member of the GB EDP/ England U21 Squad and recently played against Wales, with the team winning 5:1.

Emma has also been selected to play against Ireland in a week’s series.

We wish her the very best of luck!

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CRICKET With Covid-19 restrictions loosening a little, and our return to school, we were very excited to get our cricket programme underway. Unfortunately the British weather has interfered somewhat, with an unprecedented three Saturdays being washed out. Despite this, there has been a great deal of cricket played. Our boys’ U12 teams (all 5 of them!) have played with enormous enthusiasm and energy and have made Friday afternoons fantastic! Our U15s had the pleasure of playing on Rugby School’s famous ‘Close’, a match live streamed on YouTube. Our U15 captain, James Cooper, has also been excelling for Warwickshire U15s. Our U14s continue to develop and play some excellent cricket, both at A and B level, as do our U13s. Daisy Bell and Kajal Trivedi have been in great form, playing in the boys’ team and also representing Warwickshire Girls.

Senior cricket has been put on hold due to a combination of examinations and Covid-19 regulations, though our first 1st XI matches are due to be played this week. Adnaan Riaz has been in great form, representing Berkswell CC alongside our professional coach Nick James. Fifth Year pupil Tom Mousley should be congratulated for his selection for Warwickshire Senior 2nd XI, as it is an incredible achievement at such a young age. To top things off for Tom, he also played alongside his brother (former pupil Daniel Mousley) and took a catch off West Indian T20 World Cup Winner Carlos Braithwaite.

ATHLETICS Our athletics programme is in full flow, with large numbers of pupils training in preparation for this half term’s competitions.

Even though the full athletics season has been condensed due to Covid-19, it has been fantastic to finally see pupils representing the school. On the 26th May, Second Year pupils competed at the Coventry Schools Competition. Congratulations go to the following athletes who came first in their event: • Lucy Watson, 1500m with a time of 5.51 minutes • Megan Hart, high jump with a height of 1.30m • Imogen Lane, long jump and shot put with distances of 4.35m and 9.15m respectively • Daniel Walber, javelin with a distance of 27.65m

Participation in after-school training is growing weekly and we are very much looking forward to the Year 7 Coventry Schools event, the English Schools Track and Field Cup, and the Anniversary Athletics match in Nottingham.

On 9th June, Shell pupils also competed at the Coventry Schools Competition. Congratulations go to the following athletes who came first in their event: • Harry Bell, 75m with a time of 10.25 seconds • Sebastian MacGibbon, 1000m with a time of 3.23 minutes • Sebastian MacGibbon, high jump with a height of 1.30m • Esther Beckingsale, 70m hurdles with a time of 13.88 seconds

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F1 IN SCHOOLS Over the last three terms, our Entry Class team, Racing Lions, has been working hard developing their car and presentations to participate in the regional finals for the F1 in Schools 2020-21 season. The team of seven Shell pupils has worked together both in person and via Teams meetings to keep up with their project during various lockdowns. They quickly secured sponsorship from AP Racing in Coventry, which has provided engineer support and advice with an online discussion, as well as offering to welcome the team to their workshop in the near future. The team has now submitted its entry and will be competing in an online event in July. We wish them luck.

“We all love Formula 1 and this passion is one of the main reasons we decided to enter. Despite setbacks, we ploughed on and have worked extremely hard on the project. With the help of AP Racing and our other sponsors, we have managed to produce an incredibly competitive and well-developed car which we think will perform well in the competitions to come. We are aiming high!”

I’m Luca, and I am the Design Engineer for the team. From an early age, I have been fascinated by the technology used in cars. I have mostly been interested by the mechanisms of vehicle engines. Within the team, I have been able to express my passion and help by producing sketches to guide my colleagues to create a well-developed car. I believe that our team can go far in this competition.

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“My name is Emmanuel. I am joint Team Captain for the team.

From an early age, I have loved everything about cars, from the colour schemes to the aerodynamic science. Within the team, I helped to arrange sponsorship and meetings with our main sponsor, AP Racing.

I hope that we can do well in the tournament and make Bablake proud.”

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My name is Sebastian I am the Brand and Logo Designer for the team. I have been inspired by the mechanics of Formula 1 cars and the F1 in Schools competition has given me the chance to know what it is like to be part of a Formula 1 team. I supplied ideas for the name and logo of the car and checked that our car follows the F1 guidance.

I believe that by combining the great abilities of members of our team, we will be able to produce a fast car.

Sebastian

“My name is Ralph, and I am the lead CAD Designer for our team. The software I used was an Autodesk product called Tinkercad.

Ever since I was a young child, I have loved exploring and building projects and I also enjoy reverse engineering things. In this team, I have been able to channel this passion into building what will hopefully be a successful car. I hope to celebrate a win for me and the team.”

Ralph

“My name is James. I am an engineer and fitted components such as the wheels. I also helped edit the car’s aerodynamics and the smoothness of the edges. I have developed so many skills, such as 3D design and teamwork and I think we have all made progress in different ways.

I have been interested in how cars and other mechanical devices have been made and designed after watching Formula 1 and going to car shows and such as CarFest and AutoFest.”

James

“My name is Ben, I am the joint Captain with Emmanuel and the secondary CAD designer. I have worked with Ralph, our Head Designer, to create our car concept and I made the most of the skills that I have. This helped the rest of the team, as they were able to do their jobs to their full potential. We all contributed well and there is no reason why we shouldn’t be able to go far this year.”

Ben

We would like to thank our great teacher, Mr Nicholson, who has guided us through our journey.

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ROUNDERS Rounders is still a firm favourite across the girls’ programme and after-school practices and lessons are approached with high levels of enthusiasm and engagement.

Across the age groups, there have been 17 games with only two losses.

A special mention must go to the U12A, U13A and U14A squads who all currently have a 100% success rate. The U13 and U14 squads are Coventry School Champions, with the U12 and U15 tournaments taking place in the coming weeks.

CRICKET Despite the rain and the dreary weather of late, the girls have continued to play. Girls’ cricket is still relatively new to Bablake, but we are already seeing lots of enthusiasm and young talent.

The U12 and U13 teams travelled to Nottingham recently and enjoyed their first away fixture, winning two games out of two.

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NETBALL Last season the U14A team entered the Inspiresport ‘SISTERS n SPORT’ Netball National Cup competition and had a great run of results in their five rounds, as well as winning all their friendly fixtures and the Coventry Schools tournament, finishing runners up in the Warwickshire/ Solihull/Coventry tournament and reaching the semi-finals at the West Midlands tournament, just missing out on a place in the National Schools Finals and then winning the Bromsgrove Invitation Tournament.

Thanks must go to the U15s and the boys’ basketball team for training matches. The semi-final was next against Withington School for Girls but this got postponed last March as the pandemic hit and schools closed. Sisters n Sport decided they wanted to complete the competition and we rearranged for the girls, now U15, to play on 17th May. Unfortunately, the opposition school had two cases of Covid-19 in Year 10 and the bubble were sent home to self-isolate. Two training games against Henley netball club and a team from Bablake Lower Sixth were put in place and were very helpful in preparing for the semi-final which was then played on the only date available on 25th May, with the final date set for the 26th May.

The semi-final was a home fixture, but unfortunately spectators were not allowed.

At one point, Bablake were five goals down but with a change of positions, a calmness in play working on keeping possession of the ball and a sense of self-belief, the girls pulled it back and went ahead.

Withington pulled back the draw and Bablake turned it over with two minutes to go and went one ahead and their centre pass. The girls then kept possession until the final whistle to win 36 – 35. A great game!

Arrangements were quickly made for travelling to Bromsgrove School the following morning. Withington had been a challenge, but Berkenstead, who had won the U14 National Schools were another level in terms of skill, physicality and gamesmanship. Bablake girls got better each quarter, stood their ground and persevered. Libby Harrison, captain, kept the team motivated and led by example. The final score was Bablake 21 – 37 Berkenstead. Lessons were learned ready for next season but the girls did extremely well and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

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Bryony leaps to success Upper Sixth student Bryony Camwell continues to excel in eventing. She recently competed at Hickstead over a very competitive, tough course: 50 or so riders were eliminated before they even got half way around and Bryony finished with only four faults in a very good field of 200 riders ranking 41st. She was rightly over the moon with how it went!

She also competed at the Oxtalls one-day event which was a qualifier for the Cotswolds Cup in September. She followed a good dressage section with a double clear which meant she came second, gaining valuable qualifying points. If she qualifies, which hopefully she will, the Championships will be held at Gatcombe, home of Princess Anne. We wish her luck and are proud to see the Bablake Lion proudly worn as she competes!

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