Sport 2019-20

Girls’ Gold and Silver

Despite the challenges of the Coronavirus pandemic, a significant number of Girls’ Division pupils completed their Duke of Edinburgh Awards at Gold and Silver level in 2021. In Year 13, nine girls completed the full requirements of the Volunteering, Physical and Skills sections of the Award. This was no easy task in the midst of lockdown, especially for the volunteering section! Seven girls also managed to complete the four-day Expedition and five-day Residential sections that form part of the Gold Award. Shreya Kamath and Fatima Naeem wisely completed those sections in 2020, ahead of tackling the rest of the Award requirements, while Aaliyah Bax, Katie Couriel, Ashley Sprott, Elizabeth Warburton and Sanjana Vijaya-Kumar achieved theirs in 2021. These girls will receive the full Gold Award for their efforts. Ella Harkness and Olivia Stubbs were unfortunately unable to complete their Expedition and Residential due to the pandemic, but will receive the Gold Certificate of Achievement for completing all other sections, which is still an impressive achievement. In Year 11, three girls completed their full Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award before the summer of 2021: Hollie Asquith, Ruby Broughton and Blake Owens managed to go on their biking expedition despite the challenges posed by the pandemic. A further sixteen were working towards completing their walking expedition in the summer term to also receive the full Silver Award. Twelve girls were awarded the Silver Certificate for completing the all aspects of their Duke of Edinburgh Award apart from the Expedition. Congratulations to all the Year 11 pupils who have achieved the Silver Awards or Certificate: Khadijah Ahmed, Ananya Ajit, Fatima Bagas, Martha Brennan, Lauren Bunting, Kelly Chae, Rosemary Crowther, Amelie Duncalf, Isabella Grainger, Molly Holt, Divya Kallat, Mia Kitching, Isabella Li, Anika Maini, Jessica Martin, Hannah McKee, Halimah Natha, Shriya Pindoria, Millie Price, Alicia Quinton Taylor, Teja Reece, Elizabeth Rogers, Lucy Sackfield, Saba Salim, Avneet Singh, Kareena Singh, Humairah Thagia and Alara Unsal. Briefly looking back at the 2019-20 academic year, the outstanding efforts of the school’s Duke of Edinburgh Bronze, Silver and Gold Award participants should also be recognised, particularly because the usual celebration of students’ community action could not take place in March 2020. Between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020, pupils taking art in DofE collectively donated 8,801 hours of voluntary service to the local community! The social value of these hours is equivalent to £38,284.35.

Firstly, we feel privileged to have been able to co-captain the netball squad for the 2019/20 season, especially as we have been heavily involved with netball throughout our time at Bolton School. We were lucky in the fact that our team gelled very quickly and we have definitely continued to improve as a squad throughout our competitive fixtures. One of our highlights is our trip up to Edinburgh at the beginning of the season, where we stopped to play at Stonyhurst College on route. We were victorious in all of our matches across the weekend, which gave us a great start to the season. We have definitely continued to improve from this as we were also convincing winners in one of our final matches against Stockport Grammar, which is always a close fixture. Our team has always continued to remain determined, despite facing challenges in tight games with varying weather conditions and injuries. We are very proud of our achievements, which would not have occurred if it wasn’t for the hard work of our coach Mrs Heatherington, who always organised extra fixtures for us, giving us more match play. We believe this massively contributed to the success of our team. We would like to thank Mrs Heatherington and our team for their efforts and we will truly miss the sporting memories we have made at school. Esmée Higgins & Cate Lord

Lacrosse Captains’ Report 2019-20

It has been a pleasure to co-captain this season of lacrosse. The two of us have played lacrosse since the start of our Bolton School journey and have grown as players and people learning more about the sport and ourselves along the way. This year, we have been tested and excelled as a team bringing us closer and making trainings and matches enjoyable. It has been a great final year, full of losses and a handful of wins but as a team, nothing could ruin our spirit. Nationals was a key weekend for our team and despite the first day being cancelled, we did surprise ourselves coming second in our group, putting us forward to the knockout rounds, where we fought hard till the end. This is all thanks to Miss Donaghy for encouraging play, come rain or shine. We would to like to thank her dedication and for joining in with the laughs along the way. We will miss this great team and wish you the best of luck for next season.

Millie Hurt & Asmara Stubley

Swimming Captains’ Report 2019-20

My experience as Swimming Captain has been great in building my self-confidence, especially in a difficult final year. In leading the team through the season with Anita, I have also developed my leadership skills, a skill I hope to take forward into my degree and future career. Being Captain has been such a great opportunity, especially since I have looked to Sports Captains as role models throughout my time at school and I am so greatful to Mrs Duddle for picking me and Anita for this role. I would also like to thank the team for their commitment to the squad and for how well they have swam throughout the season

Amy Chicken

Being part of the swimming team since Year 3 and then Swimming Captain alongside Amy has been an honour. I have enjoyed my time and built important skills and friends for life. I am so proud of the effort and commitment the team has shown this year and wish them all the best.

YEAR 7 Sarah Ali Anushka Bardapure Abigail Bielby Mia Carter Leena Ciechowska Eesha Dhaygude Beatrice Foy Amelie Harrison Amy Heaton Madeleine Hornby Helen Huang Eva Hurst Eva McDonald Nakai Matorera Prisha Patel Amiya Peart Syana Reece Phoebe Walls Anya Withington Sophia Wormald

Well done to all of the pupils who have been committed to attending Gymnastics Club from September 2019 until March 2020. The pupils have developed different skills using a variety of equipment, and some of the more experienced gymnasts have helped their peers to learn more complex movements. Bolton Schools’ Gymnastics Competition 2020 The girls who have attended the Year 7 Gymnastics Club this year had the opportunity to participate in the Bolton Schools’ Gymnastics Competition at Ladybridge High School on Wednesday 6th February. The competition was split into two parts, on the floor and on the trampette. The girls had been preparing for a number of weeks in their lunchtime practices, and despite some nerves on the night, they all performed their routines very well in their respective sections. Well done to the girls that competed, they were, Abigail Bielby, Amelie Harrison, Amiya Peart, Sophia Wormald, Amy Heaton, Syana Reece, Sarah Ali, Mia Carter and Eesha Dhaygude. Congratulations to the following girls for achieving medals in their respective sections: Abigail Bielby for 2nd position on the trampette in the Novice Category Sophia Wormald for 3rd position on the trampette in the Novice Category Amiya Peart for 2nd position in the trampette and 1st position overall in the Intermediate Category Amelie Harrison for 3rd position in the trampette in the Intermediate Category

Back row L-R- Amiya Peart, Mia Carter, Syana Reece, Eesha Dhaygude, Amy Heaton, Amelie Harrison Front row L-R- Abigail Bielby, Sophia Wormald, Sarah Ali The Tennis Squad have competed in the local round of the AEGON Teams Tennis tournament this season, with some close matches in both age groups. The Under 15 team competed against Stonyhurst, Canon Slade and Westholme School. In the match against Stonyhurst, the girls won three out of the four singles and both of the doubles matches making the score 5 sets to 1. The matches against Canon Slade and Westholme gave convincing wins for Bolton, and that meant that after winning all of the league matches the team went through to the Semi Finals of the Competition. They then played against Formby High School, and Eve Gould, Jessica Bailey and Carol Habib all secured wins in their singles matches. Jessica Bailey and Carol Habib won their doubles therefore meaning we were the winners and would progress to the Final. The final was played against AKS Lytham, and the team of Sophie Bracegirdle, Eve Gould, Jessica Bailey and Carol Habib won convincingly in both of the singles and doubles games. The girls are now through to the Regional Finals which will take place in the Autumn Term, and we will await to hear our opposition. Well done to all of the girls who have played in the Under 15 competition this year, Jessica Bailey, Sophie Bracegirdle, Gracie Grundy, Carol Habib, Olivia Maguire, Aliza Nirodi and Kareena Singh. The Under 13 team played their matches against Manchester High and Withington. Girls in both Year 7 and 8 were selected to play in this competition, with lots of competitive matches at Tennis Squad practices in order to gain selection. In the match against Manchester High, Ruby Anderson secured a win in her singles match, and then went on to win her doubles with Ella Hilton by 6 games to 4. The team of Ella Hilton, Ruby Anderson, Alexia Howarth and Angelie Chitre played very well but unfortunately lost the match by 4 sets to 2. The girls then played against Withington, playing some excellent tennis, with wins in the singles matches from Ella Hilton, Ruby Anderson, and Charlotte Harris. Ella and Ruby won the doubles match by 6 games to 1 resulting in a win by 4 sets to 2 to Bolton. Girls in Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 age groups played in a friendly doubles match against Bury Grammar giving convincing wins for the Year 7 and Year 9/10 teams. Year 8 had a closer game but still managed to hold on for the win by 1 game 15-14, giving us a win overall. Well done to all of the girls for their efforts and commitments throughout the season.

YEAR 7 Ruby Anderson Charlotte Harris Ella Hilton Alexia Howarth YEAR 9 Carol Habib Kareena Singh

YEAR 8 Angelie Chitre Jessica Croston Charlotte Duffy Charlotte Reece YEAR 10 Jessica Bailey Sophie Bracegirdle Eve Gould Gracie Grundy

Individual Sports Trophy Winners

SENIOR VICTRIX LUDORUM

Amy Chicken UPPER SCHOOL VICTRIX LUDORUM

Chloe Ferguson NETBALL CUP

Cate Lord & Esmée Higgins COLLINSON TROPHY FOR LACROSSE

Millie Hurt

WALLWORK TROPHY

Ella Brophy, Harriet Dickens & Jade Sprott

The Swimming Team has had a very good year, with success at a number of levels. As in previous years, the first competition was the North West Secondary Team Championships, held in Liverpool. This gives teams the opportunity to try to qualify for the English Schools National Relays Competition. Despite having a full complement of Age groups this year, the competition was extremely tough and we did not manage to progress through to the National Finals. There have also been a number of Inter-school fixtures with a close win against Bury GS being one of the highlights. Outside of these fixtures, the squad produced a range of good performances in other competitions across the age groups. In November, an U13, U15 and Senior Team travelled to Bradford Grammar School for the prestigious John Parry Relays. The U13 Team finished in 3rd place in both the Medley and Freestyle Relays, with the U15 Team finishing 5th in the Medley and 6th in the Freestyle. Three teams also competed in the Bolton Town Swimming Championships. The Intermediate Team came 4th and the Senior Team finished 3rd in their competitions. The Junior Team had a very close contest with Canon Slade, losing to them by just 2 points in the end. This resulted in a 2nd place finish. Zahara Muhammad played a key role in helping the cause with an individual win in the Junior Girls 50metres Breaststroke. The Junior Team also did exceptionally well winning the Freestyle Relay. The swimmers have also celebrated a number of individual successes this season, with many swimmers competing in County Championships with their clubs outside of school. Lucy Dixon has done particularly well; collecting 13 County Medals! She is now the Lancashire County Champion in the girls 15 years age group for 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m Freestyle and 400m Individual Medley.

YEAR 7 SQUAD Lucy Blenkinship Amy Carter Amelia Crompton Ruby Farrington Lily-Grace Greer Helen Huang Ella Hughes Lucy Johnstone Umme-Hani Khambalia Thea Littlefair Evie Morris Lucy Pickett Lucy Vaughan Olivia Wong

YEAR 8 SQUAD Emma Arnison Eve Close Imogen Ferrier Charlotte Harris Olivia Melling Zahara Muhammad Pip Nuttall Nyah Pomian Caitlin Smith Emma TaylorBeardsworth Emily Whalley

Water Polo Team (Years 7 - 9)

SALFORD 100S LIFESAVING COMPETITION

In December, thirteen Year 7 girls competed in the Salford 100s Lifesaving competition at Westhoughton. The competition is steeped in history and, unfortunately, this year saw the penultimate event for schools in the Bolton area. All of the girls performed the lifesaving tests successfully and we now await the overall results once the Salford Division have completed their event. INTERMEDIATE SQUAD Libby Ambrose Shriya Bonda Ella Carter Harriet Dickens Lucy Dixon Amelie Duncalf Ai Makino Kiana Murray Lucy Sackfield Nicola Shaw Kareena Singh Ruby Smith Jade Sprott Jemima Stubbs Esther Tsui

SENIOR SQUAD Katherine Baker Anita Cardozo+(C) Amy Chicken+ (C) Tahira Collins Victoria Cook* Amy Doyle Elly Fraser Ella Harkness Celia Logan* Eleanor Murray Katie Riggs* Olivia Stubbs

YEAR 7 IMPROVERS SWIMMING Harriet Atherton Clarity Brabin Mia Maron Poppy-Grace Stebbings Nadiya Tahier Bing Yu Wang Tehreem Zafar Kareena Singh

Amy Carter Amelia Crompton Ruby Farrington Lily-Grace Greer Helen Huang Ella Hughes Lucy Johnstone Umme-Hani Khambalia Thea Littlefair Evie Morris Lucy Pickett Lucy Vaughan Olivia Wong Sports Day Results 2019 Track Events Yr 7 70m A Emilie Graham 7G B Eva Liu 7G Yr 8 A Caitrin Flood 8D B Loni Mayoua 8C Yr 9 75m A Rebecca Parry 9B B Georgia Johnston 9S Yr10 80m A Gracie Grundy 10E Yr7 100m A Ogechi Umeadi 7D B Rhea Sudhakar 7S Yr8 A Ruby Hassall 8B B Harriet Dickens 8G Yr 9 A Amanai Adam 9B B Alice Leary 9B Yr10 A Olivia Matthews-Berry 10D Yr7 800m A Eleanor Bartalotta 7D B Zahara Muhammad 7D Yr8 A Jade Sprott 8C B Jemima Stubbs 8G

Sports Day Results 2019 Field Events Yr 7 High A Amelia Cowin 7G Jump Yr 8 A Alina Halim 8G B Jemima Stubbs 8G Yr 9 A Elizabeth Williamson 9D B Lauren Bunting 9G Yr 10 A Helena Lintott 10B Yr 7 Discus A Caitlin Hurt 7D Yr 8 A Blythe Cordwell 8D B Amelia Stringfellow 8B Yr 9 A Olivia Maguire 9G * New School Record B Teja Reece 9D Yr 10 A Katie Wild 10F Yr 7 Javelin A Imogen Ferrier 7B Yr 8 A Harriet Dickens 8G B Anna Medvid 8B Yr 9 A Olivia Maguire 9G * New School Record B Evie Owens 9B Yr 10 A Madiha Jiva 10E Yr 7 Long A Anna Brennand 7C Jump B Annika Bullen 7D Yr 8 A Eimaan Yaqoob 1= 8B Helena Ormerod 1= 8G B Tassia Chan 8D Yr 10 A Grace Collins 10D Yr 9 Shot A Hollie Asquith 9B B Teja Reece 9D Yr 10 A Phoebe Booth 10D

Overall Sports Day Winners: 7D, 8G, 9B, 10D

Interform Winners

NETBALL: 7B, 8G, 9G, 10C LACROSSE: 9G ROUNDERS: 7G, 8C

The Rounders teams continue to thrive with large numbers of girls enjoying the opportunity to play games. The weather was not as kind as it could have been with a number of games affected by the rain. After many re-arranged attemps, we finally got all of our matches in the league played against Canon Slade, Thornleigh, Turton, St, James’ and Rivington. The Bolton Tournament for Y7 + Y8 teams was unable to take place at the end of term and was re-arranged once we had finished for the summer meaning sadly our teams didn’t get to play. At the Year 9 Tournament on the last day of term, the team were undefeated in the group stages but lost in the semi-final against Canon Slade.

YEAR 7 ROUNDERS Aaminah Ahmed Ruby Anderson Emma Arnison Emaan Asghar Harriet Atherton Beatrice Baxter Bethan Birch Anna Brennand Annika Bullen Sophie Chan Amelia Cowin Francesca Dewhurst Flora Dey Holly Durnian Imogen Ferrier Jessica Fraine Megan Fung Gabriella Giambattista-Hunt Molly Grimshaw Maya Guhathakurta Evie Hall Vivienne Hall Charlotte Harris Ella Hilton Naomi Hitchin Alexia Howarth Lottie Howarth-Siney Coco Jones Safeeya Khan Karishma Ladha Eva Liu Isabelle Martin Zara McCann Olivia Melling Emilia Nuttall Pip Nuttall Mia Owen Devina Parbat Nyah Pomian Du’a Qedwai Amelia Quinton Taylor Gabrielle Read Charlotte Riggs Anoushka Sharma Ishaani Singh Caitlin Smith Lana Spurdle Natalie Staal Eden Steer Emma TaylorBeardsworth Shreya Tol Erin Turner Mia Walters Emily Whalley Ruby Whittle

YEAR 10 ROUNDERS Jessica Bailey Poppy Blackhurst Isabel Brennand Chloe Ferguson Lizzy Harkness Ruby Hill Madihah Jiva Summer Kay Amelia Morton Molly Morrow Amelia Myall Isha Nunkoo Dhruti Patel Kaite Riggs Ella Roberts Rachel Roscoe Izzy Silvano Sophie Smith Genevieve Storey Yasmin Rose YEAR 8 ROUNDERS Fatimah Ahmed Khuzeima Ahmed Umayma Ahmed Aaminah Ali Laiba Ali Kashaf Ashraf Eve Blackmore Shriya Bonda Ella Brophy Angelie Chitre Phoebe Chuck Blythe Cordwell Jessica Croston Grace Day-Davies Harriet Dickens Charlotte Duffy Erin Farragher Lola Grundy Ayesha Hajee Alina Halim Riya Hasija Ruby Hassall Charlotte Hothersall Alexia Hughes Ruby Hurt Alaina Jiva Safa Karim Shaili Khimani Freya Langtree Ai Makino Imogen Masheter Scarlet Mathews Molly McGregor Fariha Mulla Trixie Murphy Olivia Myall Ilham Nagi Shilpa Nair Helena Ormerod Ammaarah Patel Krupa Patel Mehzabeen Patel Rianna Patel Samia Patel Sejal Patel Nissa Rattoo Charlotte Reece Grace Ryder Ruby Schofield Nicola Shaw Kimberley Short Mia Slater Ruby Smith Jade Sprott Amelia Stringfellow Jemima Stubbs Maria Tariq Freya Taylor Tanya Thakrar

YEAR 9 ROUNDERS Amaani Adam Hollie Asquith Alicia Backhouse Martha Brennan Maddy Brooks Ruby Broughton Summer Burke Kelly Chae Amelia Charova Faye Clarkson Jessica Crompton Rose Crowther Jasmine Curtis-Walker Lucy Dixon Poppy Donohue Amelie Duncalf Carol Habib Martha Halford Molly Holt Ayesha Jiva Georgia Johnston Charlotte Jones Megan Jones Mia Kitching Alice Leary Olivia Maguire Zena Miller Isabella Morgan Martha Morrow Mia Neill Caitlin Nuttall Rebecca Parry Safaa Patel Shriya Pindoria Eva Porter Millie Price Alicia Quinton-Taylor Teja Reece Emilie Reilly Ruby Rimmer Elizabeth Rogers Lucy Sackfield Saba Salim Hamna Shafiq Zahra Shahzad Kareena Singh Emilie Sham Alara Unsal Francesca Williams-Denton YEAR 7 Mia Carter Leena Ciechowska Louisa Connell Amy Heaton Shanaya Khan Chloe Leung Alice Neilson Ella Nielsen Ella Ogunby Anayka Patel Iris Shepherd Sarah Tabani Chloe Zhang

YEAR 8 Eleyna Hussain Safeeya Karim Ayesha Sayed Isabelle Worth

YEAR 9 Safia Adam Khuzeima Ahmed Umayma Ahmed Aaminah Ali Laiba Ali Kashaf Ashraf Hafsa Bapu Ella Carter Myra Chang Phoebe Chuck Harriet Dickens Charlotte Duffy Aafiyah Gani Eloise Gibbs Asilah Hasan Riya Hasija Charlotte Hothersall Alaina Jiva Aamina Khan Shaili Khimani Nithula Loganathan Fariha Mulla Emaan Murtaza Emily Nuttall Helena Ormerod Krupa Patel Mehzabeen Patel Samia Patel Uma Patel Nissa Rattoo Grace Ryder Monica Sham Mia Slater Batool Tabani Tanya Thakrar Haylie Tsang Esther Tsui

YEAR 10 Yaqeen Alkaabi Maysun Cheema Aisha Darsot Sarah Habib Beatrice Hughes Georgia Johnstone Divya Kallat Bipisha Mistry Emily Leung Shriya Pindoria Emily Reilly Kareena Singh Humairah Thagia

YEAR 11 Laweeza Ali Grace Collins Muryum Fahad Ajwa Mukhtar Angela Okeke Sanjana Patel Katie Schaffel Aaliyah Shah Hui Shan Wen

Large numbers of girls continue to enjoy developing their skills in athletics with a number of personal best performances achieved through the summer term. In addition to our usual track and field event fixtures the following girls represented the Bolton Town Athletics team at the Greater Manchester Schools’ County Athletics Championships on Saturday, 8th June 2019.

JUNIOR GIRLS Blythe Cordwell (Y8)-Discus Ilham Nagi (Y8)-100m Jade Sprott (Y8)-800m Elizabeth Williamson (Y9)-High Jump INTERMEDIATE GIRLS Ella Wilson-High Jump (Y11)

As a result of their excellent performance at the County round of English Schools, Ella WilsonHigh Jump and Blythe Cordwell-Discus went on to compete in the MASON TROPHY held at Birmingham on Saturday 15th June. Ela also competed at English Schools finals in September. TOWN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 At the Year 9 & 10 Town Athletics Championships held at Leigh Sports village, there were some outstanding performances from the girls against stiff opposition, with lots of new personal best performances achieved. After securing wins in 7 out of their 11 events during the course of the afternoon, the Year 9 team were crowned overall town Champions with the Year 10 team finishing in a very creditable 3rd place. Particular mention to the following Year 9 girls who became Town champions in their respective events.

200m Y9 - Poppy Donohue 1500m Y9 - Lucy Dixon Y9 Long Jump Y9 - Elizabeth Williamson (who also set a new Town Record of 5.15m) High Jump Y9 - Elizabeth Williamson Discus Y9 - Olivia Maguire Javelin Y9 - Olivia Maguire (who also set a new Town Record of 32.45m in the discus) Relay Y9 - Martha Halford, Alicia Backhouse, Caitlin Nuttall, Elizabeth Williamson

At the Year 7 & 8 Town Athletics Championships there was cause for even more celebration as we came home with not one but both age groups trophies. After securing wins in the relay, the High Jump and the 800m, the Year 7 team were placed first in their competition. Further wins in the Year 8 relay along with the 800m and long jump events for Year 8 was enough to secure victory for the Year 8 team. Particular mention to the following Year 7 & 8 girls who became Town champions in their respective events.

800m Y7 - Elena Bartalotta High Jump Y7 - Pip Nuttall Relay Y7 - Anna Brennand, Pip Nuttall, Elena Bartalotta, Ogechi Umeadi. 800m Y8 - Jade Sprott Long Jump Y8 - Ilham Nagi Relay Y8 - Ilham Nagi, Blythe Cordwell, Jade Sprott, Ella Brophy. YEAR 7 ATHLETICS Sophia Alam Emaan Asghar Elena Bartalotta Beatrice Baxter Bethan Birch Anna Brennand Annika Bullen Sophie Chan Francesca Dewhurst Imogen Ferrier Megan Fung Gabriella Giambattista-Hunt Emilie Graham Molly Grimshaw Maya Guhathakurta Evie Hall Vivienne Hall Charlotte Harris Naomi Hitchin Alexia Howarth Charlotte Howarth-Siney Karishma Ladha Eva Liu Zahara Muhammad Emilia Nuttall Pip Nuttall Amelia Quinton-Taylor Gabrielle Read Charlotte Riggs Lana Spurdle Natalie Staal Erin Turner Ogechi Umeadi Emily Whalley

YEAR 8 ATHLETICS Aaminah Ali Ella Brophy Angellie Chitre Blythe Cordwell Jessica Croston Grace Day-Davies Harriet Dickens Charlotte Duffy Lola Grundy Alina Halim Riya Hasija Ruby Hassall Alexia Hughes Ruby Hurt Freya Langtree Ai Makino Trixie Murphy Olivia Myall Ilham Nagi Helena Ormerod Ammaarah Patel Sejal Patel Charlotte Reece Ruby Schofield Nicola Shaw Kim Short Jade Sprott Jemima Stubbs Freya Taylor

YEAR 9 ATHLETICS Hollie Asquith Alicia Backhouse Ruby Broughton Summer Burke Kelly Chae Amelia Charova Rose Crowther Jasmine Curtis-Walker Lucy Dixon Poppy Donohue Sacha Doyle Isabelle Du-Plessis Amelie Duncalf Martha Halford Molly Holt Charlotte Jones Alice Leary Olivia Maguire Tisha Matsika Martha Morrow Caitlin Nuttall Millie Price Emilie Sham Kareena Singh Francesca Williams-Denton Elizabeth Williamson

YEAR 10 ATHLETICS Imaan Ahmed Poppy Blackhurst Isabel Brennand Victoria Cook Amy Doyle Chloe Ferguson Clarissa Forster Eve Gould Scarlett Gregson Gracie Grundy Summer Kay Amelia Morton Amelia Myall Isha Nunkoo Lucy Pixton Katie Riggs Rachel Roscoe Genevieve Storey Katie Wild YEAR 7 Anna Brennand Francesca Dewhurst Gabriella Giambattista-Hunt Molly Grimshaw Charlotte Harris Alexia Howarth Lottie Howarth-Siney Coco Jones Pip Nuttall Gabrielle Read Erin Turner Emily Whalley

YEAR 8 Angelie Chitre Emily Nuttall Nicola Shaw Ruby Smith

Run for Fun

YEAR 7 Emaan Asghar Anna Brennand Emilie Graham Molly Grimshaw Charlotte Harris Alexi Howarth Lottie Howath-Siney Eva Liu Emilia Nuttall Gabrielle Read Ishaani Singh Natalie Staal Erin Turner

YEAR 8 MaryAm Ali Ella Brophy Lola Grundy Freya Langtree Uma Patel Ruby Schofield

YEAR 8 Alicia Backhouse Summer Burke Poppy Donohue Charlotte Jones Martha Morrow Caitlin Nuttall Safaa Patel Teja Reece Ruby Rimmer Elizabeth Rogers Zahra Shazad Francesca Williams Denton

RUNNING CLUB

The Wednesday before October half term saw the Cross Country teams from Year 7-10 take part in the Town Cross Country competition held at Rivington & Blackrod HS. Following heavy rainfall, the course was extremely challenging not to mention muddy and the girls did very well coping with the difficult running conditions. Particularly well done to those girls placed in the top 20 finishing positions who were automatically nominated to represent the Bolton Town Cross Country team which competed at the Greater Manchester County competition in February. Special mention to Lucy Dixon in Y10 who won the combined Y10 & 11 girls race to become town champion. If there was a prize for perseverance, determination and display of resilience in the face of adversity it would go to Amiya Peart in Y7, who after losing her shoe part way round the course in a deep muddy puddle, continued the race (minus said shoe) to finish in a very creditable 40th place!

YEAR 8/9 Elena Bartalotta 2nd Molly Grimshaw 10th Zahara Muhammad 15th Charlotte Harris 17th Freya Taylor 19th Blythe Cordell 21st Jemima Stubbs 28th.

YEAR 7 Isabella Backhouse 3rd, Olivia Highton 4th Lucy Pickett 5th Lily-Grace Greer 15th Lucy Johnstone 21st Amiya Peart 40th Anya Withington 42nd

YEAR 10 Lucy Dixon 1st ENGLISH SCHOOLS FINALS MARCH Following her excellent individual performances at the Greater Manchester Competition in February, Lucy Dixon qualified to run at the English Schools Cross Country finals held at Sefton Park, Liverpool in March where she finished in a commendable 63rd out of 335 runners. RUNNING CLUB 2019-20 A healthy number of committed girls have attended the Tuesday Lunchtime running club where it has to be said the weather was not always very kind. Lots of running for improvement saw a number of girls with Personal Best performances around the Course.

GREATER MANCHESTER COMPETITION The following girls competed at the Greater Manchester Competition in February, achieving some impressive individual results. Commiserations to Elena Bartalotta in Year 8 who was unable to compete on the day due to illness and to Isabella Backhouse in Year 7 who became unwell during her race and was unable to complete the course.

YEAR 7 Olivia Highton 18th place Lucy Pickett 33rd place YEAR 7 Olivia Highton Ella Hughes Lucy Johnstone Eva McDonald Amiya Peart Lucy Pickett Anya Withington Olivia Wong

YEAR 8 Alesha Ahmed Alina Ahmed Elena Bartalotta Imogen Ferrier Emilie Graham Lottie Howarth-Siney Eva Liu Anushka Sharma Ishaani Singh Lana Spurdle Soha Syed Ruby Whittle Catherine Xi Bing Yu Wang

YEAR 9 Ella Brophy Blythe Cordwell Lola Grundy Ruby Hassall Alexia Hughes Ruby Hurt Freya Langtree Imogen Masheter Ai Makino Olivia Myall Ilham Nagi Uma Patel Ruby Schofield Nicola Shaw Kim Short Jade Sprott Jemima Stubbs Freya Taylor

YEAR 8&9 Freya Taylor 59th place

YEAR 10 Lucy Dixon 2nd Place YEAR 8 Lucy Dixon

Girls who represented Bolton Town at the Greater Manchester Competition Large Numbers of girls have once again enjoyed coaching on Monday lunchtimes from staff at BWFC community coaching initiative. Particular thanks to Miss Coleman for supervising this lunchtime club.

Anna Phillips continued on her footballing journey as a member of the England Ladies U17 squad after taking part in the UEFA Phase 1 Qualifying Round in October played in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The squad won all 3 of their games against Croatia, Belgium and the hosts Bosnia. They scored an impressive 10 goals whilst conceding only 1. Anna played in two out of three games, making a positive contribution throughout the campaign. The team progressed onto the Elite Finals in March but unfortunately Anna sustained an inury to her leg ruling her out of selection. Lizzy Harkness also continued on her footballing journey but again fell foul of injury and following an operation in December, unfortunately missed the remainder of the season with Everton Ladies.

YEAR 7 Eesha Dhaygude Hannah Haque Shanya Khan Chloe Leung Eesha Neelham Ella Ogunby Lucy Pickett Phoebe Walls

YEAR 8 Holly Durnian Charlotte Harris Ella Hilton Lottie Howarth-Siney Mia Walters

The 2019-20 season started well with 2 girls being selected for representative level netball. Alexia Howarth in Year 8 was selected for the U13 Lancashire County Academy whilst Molly Grimshaw also in Year 8 was selected for the Manchester Thunder Under 13 Development squad. In addition to the usual league matches and Saturday fixtures, a number of teams were also in action early on at their respective Town Tournaments and County Round tournaments of the National Schools competition. Congratulations and very well done to the Under 16 Netball team who became town netball champions in October. After being undefeated in the group stage of the competition, they went on to meet Canon Slade in the semi-final which they won by 12 goals to 5. They went on to meet St. James’s school in the final which they won convincingly 9-2. A special mention must go to the Under 16 ‘B’ team which was a combined squad of Under15 and Under 16 players who also took part in the tournament, finishing in a very creditable 3rd position in their section. The Senior Netball team travelled to Cheadle Hulme School the day after to take part in the Greater Manchester qualifying round of the National Schools’ Tournament. They were amazing from start to finish with strong wins against Bury GS, Withington, Loreto, Oldham, Aquinas 6th From college. They progressed to the semi-final stages where they competed hard but were defeated by the overall tournament winners, Holy Cross college. Well done to all girls who worked tirelessly throughout what was a long and hard fought afternoon of fixtures. They were very well deserving of their 3rd place finish in the County. There was something of a goal fest at the Y10 Town Netball competition a week later, with an impressive 86 goals scored by the team whilst conceding only 4. Given that they played a total of 60 minutes of netball against 6 different opponents in total, that worked out to be a very impressive scoring rate. The final against Canon Slade ended 12-2 in favour of Bolton to see the team become very worthy town Champions. November proved to be the start of a very wet winter and saw the U14 County Round of National Schools tournament cancelled due to flooding of the courts. The U15 had an adventure getting to their first round match of the plate competition of the Sisters ‘n’ Sport cup match against AKS Lytham following a breakdown on the motorway which seemed to include a vast array of emergency services including the fire brigade and the Police. Their favourite emergency service was definitely the Highways Agency who brought some very welcome foil blankets to keep them all warm whilst waiting for the replacement bus! The re-arranged match two weeks later was a very one-sided affair, Bolton winning by 72-2 goals. The Under 16 County Round of National schools was a very cold morning of netball but the girls fought hard to finish in 5th place overall in the group stages after 2 wins, a draw and 4 defeats. The Under 15 Sisters ‘n’ sport campaign continued in December where in the second round match against Cheadle Hulme School, the team won convincingly 48-18. The third round match was against The Grange school in January where having lost earlier in the season, the team pulled out all the stops to win 38-28 and went on to meet King Edward the VI HS from Birmingham in the semi-final which they won 56-34. The Under 14 & Under 16 teams were disappointed to have their County Tournaments cancelled due to torrential rain in February but there was much to celebrate at the U15 County Tournament after the team finished as runners up in their competition. The Seniors finished in a very creditable 7th place at their tournament whilst at the Bolton Schools tournaments, the Under 14 and Under 13 teams both become town champions. There was a disappointing end to the season for the U12 after both their County and Bolton tournaments were postponed by the Coronavirus. The U15 Plate National final was also postponed for the same reason. Nevertheless, a very busy and rewarding year for the teams. We are very grateful to Mr Owen along with the Support of the PE department for all the work that goes into organising fixtures for the girls.

NETBALL CLUB

YEAR 7 Kate Beirne, Abigail Bielby, Emily Bowden, Elise Brown, Mia Carter, Hannah Chipasula, Caitlin Davies, Ella Hughes, Lucy Johnstone Cheryll Khoo, Eva McDonald, Elsie Nethercott, Amaarah Patel, Prisha Patel, Amiya Peart, Noor-Al-Haya Razq-Aziz, Sofia Riaz, Lydia Simpson, Sarah Tabani, Angelica Vasanth, Anya Withington, Olivia Wong

YEAR 8 Emma Arnison, Beatrice Baxter, Clarity Brabbin, Sophie Chan, Holly Durnian, Jessica Fraine, Megan Fung, Fankie Gerrard, Emilie Graham, Lottie Howarth-Siney, Zara Kadva Gabby Koussa, Karishma Ladha, Eva Liu, Victoria Longthorne, Zainab Patel, Sophie Swift, Emma Taylor-Beardswort, Shreya Tol, Freya Wood, Victoria Wynn YEAR 9 Khuzeima Ahmed, Umayama Ahmed, Laiba Ali, Kashaf Ashraf, Malaika Bux, Jessica Croston, Asilah Hasan, Sara Hatia, Charlotte Hothersall, Ester Isui, Iman Javid Alaina Jiva, Emily Nuttall, Krupa Pate , Helena Ormerod, Mehzabeen Patel, Saima Patel, Aditi Prasad, Nissa Rattoo, Charlotte Reece, Grace Ryder, Monica Sham, Mia Slater, Ruby Smith, Amelia Stringfellow, Eimaan Yaqoob

UNDER 18 Amy Chicken + Esmée Higgins (C) + Cate Lord (C) + Lauren-Rae McGann + Jessica Price +

UNDER 17 Isabella Forshaw Charlotte Hughes Lizzie Lees Eleanor Murray Olivia Stubbs Jennie Taberner Lizzy Warburton

UNDER 16 Poppy Blackhurst * Lucy Connor * Issy Corrigan * Chloe Ferguson * Elly Fraser * Bethan Hill * Phoebe Hurt * Summer Kay * Feryal Mirza * Rachel Roscoe * Ani Sastry * Genevieve Storey *

UNDER 15 Amaani Adam Hollie Asquith Martha Brennan Summer Burke Amelia Charova Jess Crompton Rose Crowther Jasmine Curtis Walker Poppy Donohue Charlotte Jones Martha Halford Olivia Maguire Anika Maini Mia Neil Caitlin Nuttall Millie Price Jasmine Shum Kareena Singh Frankie Wiliams-Denton UNDER 14 Aaminah Ali Ella Brophy Ella Carter Angelie Chitre Phoebe Chuck Harriet Dickens Charlotte Duffy Riya Hasija Alexia Hughes Ruby Hurt Ai Makino Imogen Masheter Olivia Myall Ruby Schofield Nicola Shaw Jade Sprott Jemima Stubbs Freya Taylor

UNDER 13 Anna Brennand Amelia Cowin Imogen Ferrier Gabriella Giambattista-Hunt Molly Grimshaw Evie Hall Naomi Hitchin Alexia Howarth Sallie Kendall Olivia Melling Zahara Muhammad Pip Nuttall Nyah Pomian Amelia Quinton-Taylor Gabrielle Read Charlotte Riggs Anoushka Sharma Ishaani Singh Caitlin Smith Erin Turner Emily Whalley Ruby Whittle

UNDER 12 Isabella Backhouse Amy Carter Ella Clarkson Amelia Crompton Ruby Farrington Tia Fitzgerald Lily-Grace Greer Umme Hanni-Khambalia Rosie Heywood Olivia Highton Aaliyah Karim Jennah Kideer Olivia Laithwaite Freya Marland Aisha Rahat Niamh Walker Sienna White

Y8 Tag Rugby Aaminah Ali Kashaf Ashraf The following girls enjoyed a 3 week course of Rugby last summer provided by coaches at Bolton Rugby Club. Shriya Bonda Ella Brophy Ella Carter Phoebe Chuck Harriet Dickens Charlotte Duffy Lola Grundy Ruby Hassall Riya Hasija Alexia Hughes Freya Langtree Olivia Myall Ilham Nagi Krupa Patel Grace Ryder Ruby Schofield Nicola Shaw Kim Short Mia Slater Jade Sprott Amelia Stringfellow Jemima Stubbs Freya Taylor Eimaan Yaqoob