Sport

Netball Captain’s Report

Swimming Captains’ Report

It’s has been a privilege to be co-captains of the senior lacrosse team this year as lacrosse has been a big part of both of our lives at Bolton School. It’s been an honour to captain this team and see the improvement throughout the years. This was demonstrated in our most recent success at National Schools, where we progressed to the championship placing our team within the top 16 in the country. This success included beating the previous champions and unbeaten Wycombe Abbey which was our proudest moment of the year and really brought our team together. Throughout our time as captains the team has become closer and left us with many lifelong memories and otherwise unlikely friendships across the year groups. With the many very strange yet funny experiences we have shared, we definitely believe this year’s team will never be forgotten. We are incredibly proud of the team we have become and the name we have made for ourselves at national competitions, however this wouldn’t have been possible without the support, time and belief of Miss Donaghy which we are very grateful for. Chloe Ferguson & Phoebe Hurt

Being captain of the senior netball team this year has been an honour. Due to covid we weren’t able to play last year however the rest of the team and I have been keen to get back to playing again this year. Netball has been very important in my time at Bolton school as I have been a member of the netball team since Year 7. I will greatly miss playing netball and representing the school in matches. I would like to thank Mrs Heatherington for taking the time to coach us and for taking us to all of our matches this year.

Isabelle Corrigan

Being nominated as swim captain for this year has been an enjoyable and rewarding experience. Having been a performance swimmer for many years, this role has provided me with the opportunity to encourage and support younger swimmers to achieve their goals. I have also played a key role in managing the different swimming events throughout the year, including Town Champs which has enabled me to gain valuable skills. Lucy Dixon

I have been swimming for Bolton School since Year 4, so being selected as joint swimming captain has always been a goal of mine. It has been a new experience for me and has allowed me to gain confidence. I have really enjoyed the different aspects of the role, such as helping out at various galas. I am very grateful to have been chosen for this and for being able to represent the school in this way.

Lucy Sackfield

Cricket is an emerging sport in the Girls Division and the opportunity to take part in the ECB Indoor Tournament proved a great opportunity to test how far the team had come, following a term of training. With some incredibly close fixtures the girls unfortunately didn’t progress onto the county finals. They have, however, the foundations of a successful team which are keen to learn and develop. We can build on what we have achieved this year and come back stronger and ready to try again.

UNDER 13 CRICKET CLUB Zara Caswell, Pippa Critchley, Abigail Elmer, Maebel Farnworth, Olivia Jones, Anushka Kishore, Lottie McAndry, Imogen Muscat, Sehrish Shaikh, Iha Shashikumar, Daisy-Lee Strange& Sharina Tavakolynik

Cross Country 2021-22

BOLTON TOWN CHAMPIONSHIPS

It was a super afternoon at Rivington for the Town Cross Country Championships in November with some superb individual and team results. Special mention to the Bartalotta sisters, Sasha (Year 8) and Elena (Year 10) who both won their individual events to become Town champions in their respective age groups. Congratulations also to the Year 8+9 team who were overall Town Team champions. The Year 10+11 team finished in 3rd place and the Year 7 team finished in 11th place. A great experience for all of the girls and great to be back doing some athletics again. Well done to all who took part and represented the school.

Y7 RESULTS Eliza Doyle 8th Miley Sharpe 29th

Y8 & 9 RESULTS Sasha Bartalotta 1st Isabella Backhouse 2nd Georgia Clarkson 4th Zara Plano 9th Molly Neville 11th Lucy Pickett 13th Isabelle Gape 21st Lucy Johnstone 28th Gabriella Collings 34th

Y8 & 9 RESULTS Sasha Bartalotta 11th Isabella Backhouse 16th Lucy Pickett 44th Y10 & 11 RESULTS Elena Bartalotta 1st Freya Taylor 6th Ilham Nagi 7th Riya Hasija 8th Zahara Muhammad 18th Ruby Hurt 27th Angelie Chitre 31st

6TH FORM RESULTS Lucy Dixon 2nd

GREATER MANCHESTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Following their excellent individual performances at the Town Cross Country championships in November, the following girls represented the Bolton Town Team at the Greater Manchester Cross Country Championships at Heaton Park on Saturday 5 February.

Particular mention of Sasha Bartalotta and Elena Bartalotta who despite securing a top 12 finishing position, just missed qualifying to race at the English Schools’ finals in March.

Y7 RESULTS Eliza Doyle 9th Y10 & 11 RESULTS Elena Bartalotta - 9th Freya Taylor 28th Bolton Schools’ Girls Division entered the town badminton league for the first time this year. The weekly club and regular fixtures gave the players an opportunity to hone their skills and refine their game play. Throughout the year the club players and squad members have not only improved shot selections and match play but learned the scoring system, rules and etiquette of the sport. The squad performed very well across the league with our A and B teams winning the majority of their matches both finishing as runners up from 12 entering schools. Due to this success both the under 13 and 15 teams were nominated to attend the Greater Manchester Finals. The teams of 4 played a mixture of singles and doubles matches, the U14 team finished a respectable 4th place, with the U16s winning the tournament and becoming Greater Manchester county champions.

BADMINTON CLUB

YEAR 7 Sameeha Ali, Hannah Chen, Daisy Donovan, Anshika Goyal, Aisha Hafeji, Aleeza Karim, Talia Keep, Alinah McAllister, Poppy Murgatroyd, Mariya Musa, Sophie Neville, Patsy O’Leary, Anya Pijper, Zeest Salman, Charlotte Shambrook, Mia Simpson, Salma Tahier & Scout Taylore-Knowles YEAR 8 Zoha Bawany, Hanisa Becic, Irene Chan, Oralia Ho, Imogen Linas, Lucy Wilson, Laiba Yasin & Rebecca Zavaglia YEAR 9 Lola Aitken-Wood, Kate Beirne, Eesha Dhaygude, Hannah Haque, Aaliyah Karim, Umme-Hani Khambalia, Cheryll Khoo, Chloe Leung, Freya Marland, Ella Ogunby, Prisha Patel, Karishma Patel & Anayka Patel YEAR 9 Ella Hilton, Karishma Ladha, Ammarah Patel, Nadiya Tahier, Ruby Johnston, Anoushka Sharma & Ishaani Singh

Athletics 2021-22

The athletics season got a kick start in December 2021 when the Year 8+9 combined team of Bella Backhouse, Karishma Patel, Umme-Hanni Khambalia, Lucy Blenkinship, Sasha Bartalotta, Emily Rostron and Isobel Evans travelled to Eastlands Athletics Centre in Manchester to take part in the Sale Harriers Indoor Athletics Competition. Well done to Bella who was 2nd in the 800m event and to Sasha who was 2nd in the 300m. Lucy was 5th in the Shot event whilst Isobel was 5th overall in the Long Jump. Karishma had an amazing run in her 200m event to finish in 4th place. The relay team of Karishma, Umme, Sasha and Emily were winners of their 4x200m relay heat which saw them placed 5th overall. In February, the Year 7 indoor team travelled back to Eastlands for their age group competition. Well done to Miley Sharpe and Amber Pilkington who competed in the 60m event and Lottie Seddon and Sophia Borrino who ran the 200m. Tilly Birch ran a superb time of 50.45 for the 300m and Eliza Doyle was placed 4th in the 800m with a time of 2.51. Lola Errington achieved 7m in the shot event and Talia Keep jumped 2.99m in the Long jump event. A great experience for all of the girls and great to be back doing some athletics again. Well done to all who took part and represented the school.

Throughout the year, the lacrosse teams have competed in a combination of matches and tournaments across the North of England. After a season without playing any matches, it has been great to see the girls back in action once again. The U15 Team have had a great year, winning all their matches and finishing the season as North of England Champions. They have dominated this tournament since Year 7, which is a fantastic achievement! In addition to Regional Tournaments, the Senior Squad travelled to Aldershot in Hampshire, to participate in the National Schools’ Championships. With a team comprising of County and National standard players, Bolton School were always going to compete and challenge the strongest schools in the country. For the first time ever, Bolton qualified for the Championship Division, which is the highest tier of the tournament. Outstanding wins against Wycombe Abbey, Cheltenham Ladies College and St George’s School, Harpenden saw Bolton School finish in the top 16 schools in the UK. Yet another great achievement for the Girls’ Division Lacrosse teams. This year, many pupils have also played lacrosse for their County. The following girls were successful in their trials to represent the U19, U15 and U13 Lancashire County Lacrosse squads:

LANCASHIRE U19 ‘A’ SQUAD Ella Brophy Chloe Ferguson Martha Halford Phoebe Hurt Francesca Williams-Denton

LANCASHIRE U19 ‘B’ SQUAD Anna Brennand Eve Gould Molly Grimshaw Alexia Howarth Ruby Hurt Alice Leary Pip Nuttall Jade Sprott

LANCASHIRE U15 ‘A’ SQUAD Emma Arnison Molly Grimshaw (C) Alexia Howarth (C) Pip Nuttall Rosie Heywood Maya Guhathakurta Francesca Dewhurst Sienna White Olivia Laithwaite Lily-Grace Greer

LANCASHIRE U15 ‘A’ SQUAD Anna Brennand (C) Evie Morris (C) Aaliyah Karim Gabrielle Read Tia Fitzgerald Ella Clarkson

LANCASHIRE U13 ‘A’ SQUAD Scarlett Bowie Lola Errington Nikita Luhar Bella Shannon Gabriella White

LANCASHIRE U13 ‘B’ SQUAD Holly Bromwell Lucy Colvin Lillia Dean Nico Howarth Tilly Morris Carrie-Anne Warbrick England Lacrosse runs talent development programmes for girls through an Academy system. The system plays an important role in raising the performance of junior players and contributing to the success of the National teams at U19 and Senior levels. Pupils currently at Regional Academy: Emma Arnison, Anna Brennand, Amelia Crompton, Hannah Faulkner, Lily-Grace Greer, Molly Grimshaw, Maya Guhathakurta, Rosie Heywood, Alexia Howarth, Eva Hurst, Olivia Laithwaite, Alice Leary, Evie Morris, Pip Nuttall, Jade Sprott, Sienna White.

ENGLAND NATIONAL LACROSSE ACADEMY

Congratulations to Ella Brophy, Chloe Ferguson and Martha Halford who have all progressed to the England National Lacrosse Academy; a fantastic achievement for all 3 pupils. Their recent success at the Academy, enabled them to be selected for the U21 Home International Tournament which was hosted by Scotland in April at the Peffermill Playing Fields, The University of Edinburgh. Martha competed in the ‘A’ Tournament, with Chloe and Ella competing in the ‘B’ Tournament. Following on from their success at the Home Internationals, Chloe and Martha had the opportunity to compete against Italy during the Easter Holidays and this August, Martha and Ella travel to Prague to play the Czech Republic National Team. A fabulous experience for all the girls as they have the honour to represent their country.

WALES U19 LACROSSE ACADEMY

Congratulations to Phoebe Hurt & Ruby Hurt for their continued attendance on the Wales Academy Programme. They competed against England and Scotland at the U21 Home International Tournament in Edinburgh, with Phoebe playing in the ‘A’ Team and Ruby representing Wales for the first time in a National event in the ‘B’ Team. Congratulations to both girls for representing their country.

UNDER 12 Holly Bromwell, Jood Elkadi, Lola Errington, Nico Howarth, Harriet Kennedy, Phoebe Masheter, Tilly Morris, Valerie Nyagumbo, Roma Sanotra & Gabriella White

UNDER 13 Scarlett Bowie, Lucy Colvin, Charlotte Cooke, Pippa Critchley, Lillia Dean, Ashriya Fernando, Marissa Hollinghurst, Anushka Kishore, Nikita Luhar, Olivia O’Brien, Bella Shannon, Daisy-Lee Strange & Carrie-Ann Warbrick

UNDER 14 Lucy Blenkinship, Elise Brown, Amy Carter, Ella Clarkson, Amelia Crompton, Hannah Faulkner, Tia Fitzgerald, Lily-Grace Greer, Rosie Heywood, Eva Hurst, Aaliyah Karim, Umme-Hani Khambalia, Olivia Laithwaite, Evie Morris, Niamh Walker, Sienna White & Chloe Zhang

UNDER 15 Emma Arnison, Anna Brennand, Francesca Dewhurst, Gabriella Giambattista-Hunt, Molly Grimshaw, Maya Guhathakurta, Charlotte Harris, Alexia Howarth (C), Sallie Kendall, Zahara Muhammad, Pip Nuttall , Gabrielle Read & Ishaani Singh

SENIOR SQUAD Ella Brophy*, Summer Burke, Phoebe Chuck*, Isabelle Corrigan+, Rose Crowther, Jasmine Curtis-Walker, Harriet Dickens*, Chloe Ferguson+ (C), Eve Gould+, Gracie Grundy+, Lola Grundy*, Martha Halford, Ruby Hassall*, Alexia Hughes*, Phoebe Hurt+ (C), Ruby Hurt*, Freya Langtree*, Alice Leary , Anika Maini, Ai Makino*, Martha Morrow, Ilham Nagi*, Ruby Schofield*, Jade Sprott*, Francesca Williams-Denton , Vanessa Wong+ As hockey begins to grow as an emerging sport in the Girls’ Division, it has been an exciting season for development and successes in each of our age groups as well as many students experiencing their first ever fixtures! The season began with the Year 8 & 9 squads travelling to St James’s to play a 7-a-side fixture, drawing 3-3. On the back of their success, the Year 9s went on to play in their Bolton Schools tournament, for the first time able to field an A and B squad. The A squad were very successful in the group stages, making the final against Canon Slade and winning 2-1 after extra-time to become overall winners. Stand out performances from Phoebe Walls and Amy Carter were instrumental in securing the team’s success. The Year 8s, not to be outdone by the Year 9 side, were equally successful, fielding two sides and also making the final against St. James. A draw following extra time saw the trophy shared between the Bolton A side and St. James. The season concluded with a fixture for the Year 7 & 8 squads who travelled to The King’s School, Macclesfield, resulting in a win and a loss for the team. Particular highlights included a hat-trick from Clara Logan and an 8-3 win for the Year 7 side. Outside of school, there has been individual success for Amy Carter, who was selected as joint captain for the Lancashire U14 squad. Congratulations also to Erin Turner in Year 10 who was selected at the start of the season for the Under 15 England Hockey Performance Centre and to Angelie Chitre in Year 11 who was was selected for the Under 17 Lancashire hockey squad.

YEAR 7 Molly Davenport Hanna Jin Amara Hussain Clara Logan Ariana McKie Sammy Makin Tilly Morris Valerie Nyagumbo Charlie Shambrook Ellie Sidebottom Ella Walker Gabby White

YEAR 8 Anya Agrawal Charlotte Cooke Gabriella Collins Pippa Critchley Evie Crowshaw Orla Emery Isabelle Evans Maebel Farnworth Ashriya Fernando Isabelle Gape Sophie Green Emily Fox Tilly McCann Sofia Macari Daisy Lee Strange

YEAR 9 Ellie Balmer Elise Brown Amy Carter Ella Clarkson Eesha Dayghude Hannah Faulkner Tia Fitzgerald Eva Hurst Aaliyah Karim Harshini Madhushankar Freya Marland Anayka Patel Karishma Patel Hana Turnbull Niamh Walker Phoebe Walls Sienna White Chloe Zhang

Hockey Club

The 2021-22 netball season saw a welcome return to normality for fixtures and training, which resumed after the disruption of Covid in 2020-21. Thankfully we were able to get back on track immediately and it was a busy first half term, where weekly Monday night training at the pavilion afforded some much needed ‘catch up’ time for skills and game play. Special mention to the girls below who were selected for various County and Performance Academies: • U17 MERSEYSIDE NETBALL PERFORMANCE ACADEMY

Helena Flanagan • U15 GREATER MANCHESTER COUNTY NETBALL

Olivia Melling • U13 MANCHESTER THUNDER NETBALL ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE

Molly Neville, Lois Cowin & Georgia Clarkson • U12 MANCHESTER THUNDER NETBALL ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE

Sophie Neville’ Lola Errington & Nico Howarth • U13 GREATER MANCHESTER COUNTY NETBALL

Molly Neville & Lois Cowin In addition to the usual mid-week league matches and Saturday fixtures, a number of teams were also in action early on in the season 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. In the round robin format of this competition, the team were undefeated scoring an impressive 76 goals whilst conceding only 8. There was something of a goal fest at the Year 10 Town Netball competition a week later, with an equally impressive 127 goals scored by the team who conceded only 7. Given that they played a total of 70 minutes of netball against 7 different opponents in total that worked out to be a very impressive scoring rate. Again, the round robin format saw the team undefeated throughout their matches to also become very worthy Town Champions. After half term, the Senior Netball team travelled to Cheadle Hulme School to take part in the Greater Manchester qualifying round of the National Schools’ Tournament where they finished 4th in the group stages. November saw a depleted U14 team take part in their County Round of the National Schools Tournament, which proved to be a great learning experience for the team, resulting in 2 draws, 4 defeats and an overall 5th place finish in the group stages. The Under 16 County Round of National schools was a very cold morning of netball but the girls fought hard to finish in 3th place overall in the group stages after 5 wins and 2 defeats. Fast forward to March where the Under 14 and Under 16 teams both acquitted themselves superbly at their respective County Tournaments, where once again they came up against strong opposition. A clash of fixtures with the U14 Northern schools lacrosse tournament gave an opportunity to other girls in the squad to play, resulting in a 5th place overall finish in the group stages. The U16 team finished in a creditable 4th place in their round robin County Tournament, where the difference of just 2 points separated 2nd and 4th place. There was much to celebrate at the U15 County Tournament a week later after the team reached the final and finished as worthy runners up, losing 7-15 to a well drilled North Chadderton side. The seniors finished in a very creditable 3th place at their County tournament whilst at the Bolton Schools tournaments, the Under 13 team become town champions and the Under 14 team were runners up. The Under 12 teams had a successful first season and were runners-up at their Town Netball tournament and semi-finalists at their county tournament. There has been lots of potential on display throughout the season. Players have grown in confidence and skill and there is lots to build on going forward into next year. Thank you to all girls who have committed their time to training and representing school throughout the season. Thank you also to Mrs Walters, Ms Farrimond Goff and Mr O’Neil for their continued support of the netball teams and without whom none of the above would have been possible. UNDER 18 SQUAD Isabelle Corrigan+, Bethan Hill+, Phoebe Hurt+, & Feryal Mirza+ UNDER 17 SQUAD Martha Brennan, Amelia Charova, Jasmine Curtis-Walker, Helena Flanagan, Martha Halford, Olivia Maguire, Anika Maini, Millie Price, Kareena Singh & Frankie Williams-Denton

UNDER 16 SQUAD Aaminah Ali*, Ella Brophy*, Angelie Chitre*, Phoebe Chuck*, Harriet Dickens*, Charlotte Duffy*, Riya Hasija*, Alexia Hughes*, Ruby Hurt*, Imogen Masheter*, Olivia Myall*, Ai Makino*, Scarlet Mathews*, Lily Porter*, Ruby Schofield*, Nicola Shaw* & Jemima Stubbs*

UNDER 15 SQUAD Anna Brennand, Amelia Cowin, Imogen Ferrier, Gabriella Giambattista-Hunt, Molly Grimshaw, Evie Hall, Harriet Atherton, Alexia Howarth, Amelia Quinton Taylor, Sallie Kendall, Olivia Melling, Zahara Muhammad, Pip Nuttall, Gabrielle Read, Charlotte Riggs, Anoushka Sharma, Ishaani Singh, Erin Turner & Emily Whalley

UNDER 14 SQUAD Bella Backhouse , Ella Clarkson, Amelia Crompton, Ruby Farrington, Tia Fitzgerald, Maggie Fraser, Lily-Grace Greer, Rosie Heywood, Lucy Johnstone, Umme-Hani Khambalia, Olivia Laithwaite, Freya Marland, Evie Morris, Mya Rashid, Niamh Walker, Sienna White & Olivia Wong

UNDER 13 SQUAD Lana Bakeer, Scarlett Bowie, Zara Caswell, Georgia Clarkson, Lucy Colvin, Lois Cowin, Pippa Critchley, Ashriya Fernando, Marissa Hollinghurst, Olivia Jones, Nikita Luhar, Molly Neville, Bella Shannon, Daisy-Lee Strange & Carrie-Anne Warbrick

UNDER 12 SQUAD Temilola Banjo, Alana Bootle, Holly Bromwell, Abigail Carr, Holly Errington, Holly Ford, Nico Howarth, Alyssa Kadva, Aleeza Karim, Harriet Kennedy, Kassi Mayoua, Ellen McKay, Izzy McKay, Tilly Morris, Sophie Neville, Zeest Salman, Miley Sharpe, Diya Soni, Sianna Tamlin, Salma Tahier, Ella Walker & Gabby White

YEAR 9 NETBALL CLUB Shilorema Assam, Leena Ciechowska, Niamh Flatley, Sophia Jacob, Prisha Patel, Laurissa Prasad, Amira Rahman, Noor-Al-Haya RazaqAziz, Sophia Riaz, Ammarah Sarwar, Phoebe Walls & Laila Westwood YEAR 8 NETBALL CLUB Ridah Abbassi, Aanya Agrawal, Zoha Bawany, Irene Chan, Evie Crowshaw, Orla Emery, Isobel Evans, Maebel Farnworth, Emily Fox, Oralia Ho, Nandini Kapoor, Imogen Linas, Adeena Mian & Sharina Tavakolynik

YEAR 7 NETBALL CLUB Mariam Adam, Zakia Adam, Mariyah Ahmed, Hannah Chen, Molly Davenport, Iris Griffiths, Anshika Goyal, Aisha Jiva, Amy Lennon, Clara Logan, Manha Mamaniat, Alinah McAllister, Lucy McLoughlin, Harshini Mohanraj, Anya Pijper, Maariyah Patel , Lottie Seddon, Iha Shashikumar, Mia Simpson & Maariyah Zaeem Football has grown tremendously this year, with the twice weekly lunch time club attended by a committed group of over 30 year 7-9 students. The girls have participated in several friendly fixtures and town competitions during the season. Our Under 13 and 15 teams took part in their respective Bolton town tournaments which took place over 3 consecutive Thursday evenings during the spring term. The U13s had a fantastic tournament, showing skill, determination and resilience; they were declared winners on goal difference. The Under 15s also put on a strong display of teamwork and scored a large number of goals, conceding only 2 across 9 games, 5 of which were draws! The girls finished the tournament in a very respectable 5th place from 10 entering schools. These results are testament to the girl’s hard work throughout the season and we look forward to seeing how their football progresses next year.

YEAR 7 Abigail Carr, Aleeza Hassan, Alena Livesey, Alinah McAllister, Sophie Neville & Ella Parfrey YEAR 8 Sasha Bartalotta, Zara Caswell, Georgia Clarkson, Charlotte Cook, Pippa Critchley, Abigail Elmer, Christine Ekweogu, Imogen Muscat, Molly Neville, Zara Plano, Bella Shannon, Lily Stanway, Daisy Lee Strange, Lucy Wilson & Happy Yoak YEAR 9 Amy Carter, Ella Clarkson, Eesha Dhaygude, Mariella Duckworth, Ruby Farrington, Maggie Fraser, Annabelle Guest, Maryam Hamam, UmmeHani Khambalia, Freya Marland, Ella Ogunby, Anayka Patel, Nikki Patel, Lucy Pickett, Isabelle Ryan, Niamh Walker & Anya Withington

YEAR 7 Tilly Birch, Eliza Doyle, Freya Green, Bridget Horan, Niamh Molyneux, Amber Pilkington & Miley Sharpe YEAR 9 Lucy Johnstone, Ella Nielsen, Nikki Patel, Lucy Pickett & Niamh Walker YEAR 10 Charlotte Harris, Alexia Howarth, Sallie Kendall, Lottie SineyHowarth & Eden Steer YEAR 12 Helena Flanagan

FOOTBALL CLUB

Running Club 2021-22

RUNNING CLUB

The Swimming Team has had a particularly good season with success in both fixtures and competitions. The season began with possibly the hardest of our events; the ESSA time trials. This was a combined fixture with the Boys’ Division and Canon Slade, with times being compared to all those in the area to attempt to qualify for the National Swimming Championships. With plenty of strong individual performances to celebrate, unfortunately we did not qualify, but had plenty to build on for the rest of the season. We had a plethora of other meets to compete in, including matches against Bury Grammar, Westholme, Cheadle Hulme and of course, our firm favourite, against the Boys’ Division. Particular highlights included a win for the Junior Squad against the Boys’ Division, a 4 point win over Bury Grammar School and a second place for all age group squads at the Bolton Town Championships. These wins were supported particularly by outstanding individual performances from Orla Emery, Lucy Vaughan, Emelia Atkinson and Lucy Dixon. There have been a number of individual successes over the duration of the season. Orla Emery recorded her first sub 30 second 50m freestyle times at the Town Championships. Emelia Atkinson has achieved a Regional time and competed at Regionals in April. Captain Lucy Dixon has had numerous achievements at county, regional and national level and will be competing in the British Swimming and Swim England Summer Championships in August 2022.

YEAR 7 Mariam Adam, Dhatri Anil, Holly Bromwell, Sara Choudhary, Molly Davenport, Evie Done-Jackson, Jood Elkadi, Lola Errington, Iris Griffiths, Alicia Gronowska, Nico Howarth, Olivia Irvine, Harriet Kennedy, Maha Khan, Clara Logan, Maariyah Patel, Amber Pilkington, Iha Shaskikumar, Diya Soni, Sianna Tamlin & Megan Woods YEAR 8 Emelia Atkinson, Gabriella Cook, Orla Emery, Isabelle Evans, Sophie Huang & Nandini Kapoor

YEAR 9 Helen Huang, Lucy Johnstone, Lucy Pickett, Stella Rojek, Lucy Vaughan & Olivia Wong YEAR 10 Charlotte Harris, Olivia Melling, Zahara Muhammad & Emily Whalley YEAR 11 Ella Carter & Jemima Stubbs SENIOR Lucy Dixon & Lucy Sackfield The Girls’ Division’s water polo players have had a busy schedule of fixtures throughout the year including friendlies internally against the Boys’ Division and externally against some of the leading water polo clubs in the country. One of the highlights of the U13 team’s season was our ‘tour that doesn’t tour’ at Easter, which included a two-hour training session in the school pool with guest coach, former junior international and Old Boltonian Thomas Yates.

ESSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The U13s qualified in second place for the finals, where they made it to the 3rd/4th play off against Notting Hill and Ealing High School. This was a fantastic opportunity for the team to show how much they had improved throughout the competition and the entire squad was involved in a 9-2 victory to secure the bronze medal. A team of U12s with three older Year 8 players also participated in the U13 ESSA Cadet competition. In the U15s national championship, the girls made it to the finals in Northampton, where they qualified as group winners for a semi-final. Following a victory here, they were narrowly defeated in the national final against Highgate School. The U18s qualified for their national finals following drama in the first stage and a minor miracle from England captain Harriet Dickens to salvage a result from their game against St Bede’s! At the finals, victories in their group stages saw the girls go on to the semi-finals and set up a rematch against local rivals St Bede’s. This time they had the edge and went through to play in the final against Alleyn’s school, where they were narrowly defeated to come away with silver meals. This represented a fantastic achievement in a competition for Year 13s when most of the team are currently in Year 10 or below. Congratulations to those girls who have been selected for regional and national teams and academies this year: • GREAT BRITAIN (EU NATIONS COMPETITION)

Lucy Blenkinship & Harriet Dickens • GREAT BRITAIN (EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS)

Harriet Dickens • NATIONAL WATER POLO TRAINING ACADEMIES

Lucy Blenkinship (2006), Amelia Crompton (2007 & 2008) & Emily Whalley (2007) • DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE CUP TEAM

Charlotte Harris & Zahara Muhammad • CITY OF MANCHESTER SENIOR WOMEN (League Champions 2022)

Harriet Dickens • CITY OF MANCHESTER U19s (National Champions 2022)

Lucy Blenkinship, Ella Carter, Amelia Crompton & Harriet Dickens • CITY OF MANCHESTER U15s (National Champions 2022)

Lucy Blenkinship, Amelia Crompton, Ellie-Rose Donnellan,

Zahara Muhammad & Emily Whalley

Water Polo

WALLWORK TROPHY 2020-21 Anna Brennand, Molly Grimshaw, Charlotte Harris, Alexia Howarth, Olivia Melling & Pip Nuttall

COLLINSON TROPHY Chloe Ferguson & Phoebe Hurt HEATHERINGTON CUP Isabelle Corrigan VICTRIX LUDORUM Ella Brophy & Harriet Dickens SENIOR NETBALL TROPHY Isabelle Corrigan

SENIOR SWIMMING TROPHY Lucy Dixon

INTER-FORM NETBALL 10C, 9S, 8S, 7G

INTER-FORM LACROSSE 9B + 9G, 8S, 7C

All recipients of Half Colours (Year 11)