Sports Department

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It has been an exciting year for Bolton School’s young sportswomen. The Girls’ Division hosted the Girls Go Gold sports conference in September, and throughout the year team and individual successes have come thick and fast.

The Under 13s Water Polo team ended the year on a high as they were named National Champions! Their phenomenal success is a testament to the girls’ skill, dedication and excellent attitude towards both competition and training. At the finals, they opened with a convincing win 5-0 against title-holders Alleyn’s School before losing 4-3 to King’s, but their superior goal difference saw them top out the group. In the semi-final, they beat Bedford Modern School 5-3 to face St Bede’s and St Joseph’s Catholic College in the final. The competition was close, but ultimately Bolton School was victorious with a score of 4-3. This is the first time that a Girls’ Division team has taken part in the English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA) National Championships, but the girls seem set to follow in the footsteps of Boys’ Division teams who have dominated on this national stage across all age groups in recent years. Pupils have also enjoyed personal triumphs throughout the year. Year 7 pupil Mabelle Dawson was selected for the GB Home Nations gymnastics squad for 2019 following a 6th place finish in a national competition; she was also named North West Champion for her age group. Acrobatic Gymnast Poppy Donohue in Year 9 qualified to compete in the British Championships after she and her trio won gold at the Northwest Championships and achieved silver at the Spelthorne International Acro Cup. Dinburgh Ai, who is in Year 6 at the Junior Girls’ School, has enjoyed competing and collecting medals at regional and national Rhythmic Gymnastics competitions. Two Girls’ Division students have been called up to England Women’s football squads. Lizzie Harkness in Year 10 became a member of the U15s while Anna Phillips in Year 11 joined the U16s. Both girls have attended England Women’s youth training camps and taken part in international matches as part of their involvement, and both also play for Tier 1 Regional Talent Centres: Lizzie for Everton and Anna for Manchester City. Year 9 pupil Teja Reece also was selected to play as goalkeeper for Greater Manchester County Football Club earlier this year, helping the team to a 4-3 victory against Shropshire. Returning to group accomplishments, the School’s netball teams across all five age groups (U12 to U16) are now Bolton Town Champions, as are the Junior and Intermediate Swimming Teams. Lacrosse players have been called up to various Lancashire squads, the North-East Super Counties squad and even the Junior Wales Lacrosse Programme or ‘Dragon Academy’. In Cross Country, individual performances saw a number of pupils progress to represent Bolton at the Greater Manchester Schools Championships, where they performed admirably. Further details of all these successes and achievements can be found in the following pages. Anna Phillips, England U16s Footballer

Lizzie Harkness, England U15s Footballer

Mabelle Dawson, Artistic Gymnast

Tag Rugby 2018

YEAR 7 Libby Ambrose Freya Jones Nicola Shaw Emaan Asghar Elena Bartalotta Annika Bullen Lottie Howarth-Siney Eden Steer Ogechi Umeadi

YEAR 8 Blythe Cordwell Caitrin Flood Imogen Masheter Monica Sham Sejal Patel Uma Patel

YEAR 9 Ruby Broughton Amelia Charova Lucy Dixon Isabella Morgan Hamna Shafiq

YEAR 10 Izzy Brenand Amy Doyle Gracie Grundy Lucy Pixton

YEAR 11 Nabilah Thagia Olivia Stubbs

The following Year 8 girls enjoyed a four-week course of Tag Rugby provided by coaches at Bolton Rugby Club.

Yaqueen Alkaabi Alicia Backhouse Molly Bell Martha Brennan Ruby Broughton Amelia Charova Jasmine Curtis-Walker Francesca Denton-Williams Sasha Doyle Amelie Duncalf Martha Halford Alseha Jiva Ayesha Jiva Chaqrlotte Jones Alice Leary Olivia Maguire Anika Maini Isabella Morgan Halima Natha Mia Neill Caitlin Nuttall Shriya Pindoria Saba Salim Kareena Singh Ella Worsley Sports Day Results 2018 Track Events Yr 7 70m A Aaminah Ali 7C B Malaika Zaidi 7S Yr 8 A Alara Unsal 8B B Elizabeth Rogers 8G Yr 9 75m A Amelia Myall 9S B Yasmin Rose 9B Yr10 80m A Ella Harkness 10A Yr7 100m A Ruby Hassall 7B B Annabel Evans 7B Yr8 A Amaani Adam 8B B Rebecca Parry 8B Yr 9 A Helena Lintott 9G B Amaia Taylor 9C Yr10 A Abigail Duckworth 10A Yr7 800m A Blythe Cordwell 7D B Freya Jones 7G Yr8 A Lucy Dixon 8D B Emilie Reilly 8D Yr 9 A Lucy Pixton 9C B Poppy Blackhurst 9S Yr10 A Shreya Kamath 10E Yr7 200m A Batool Tabani 7D B Blythe Cordwell 7D Yr8 A Pippa Everest 8D B Jessica Crompton 8G Yr9 A Lizzy Harkness 9S B Helena Lintott 9G Yr10 A Rubie Dey 10B

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

Sports Day Results 2018 Field Events Yr 7 Long A Ilham Nagi 7C Jump B Riya Hasija 7B Yr 8 A Martha Brennan 8C B Evie Owens 8B Yr 9 A Eve Gould 9C B Grace Collins 9G Yr 10 A Jessica Curtis-Walker 10C Yr 7 Shot A Emma Seddon 7D B Shaili Khimani 7C Yr 8 A Hollie Asquith 8B B Millie Branker-Garland 8B Yr 9 A Katie Wild 9S B Kaitlyn Paton 9C Yr 10 A Jessica Curtis-Walker 10C Yr 7 High A Ruby Hassall 7B Jump & Jemima Stubbs 7G Yr 8 A Scarlett Whittle 8G B Lauren Bunting 8G Yr 9 A Phoebe Hurt 9D B Celia Logan 9G Yr 10 A Ella Wilson 10E Yr 7 Discus A Kim Short 7C Yr 8 A Poppy Donohue 8S B Alice Leary 8B Yr 9 A Katie Wild 9S B Issy Corrigan 9D Yr 10 A Kate Dziobon 10C Yr 7 Javelin A Harriet Dickens 7G Yr 8 A Olivia Maguire 8G *New School Record B Georgia McGinty 8B Yr 9 A Jessica Bailey 9B B Madiha Jiva 9B Yr 10 A Lizzie Warburton 10D

The Swimming Team has had a very good year, with success in a number of competitions. As in previous years, the Junior and Senior Age Groups were certainly thrown in at the deep end! Their first competition was the North West Secondary Team Championships, held in Liverpool to try and qualify for the English Schools National Relays Competition. There was once again a number of interschool fixtures, with a win against Canon Slade by just one point being one of the most memorable. Outside of these fixtures, the squad produced a range of good performances in other competitions across the age groups. In November, an U15 and Senior Team travelled to St Peter’s School, York, for the prestigious John Parry Relays. The Senior Team finished 4th place in the Medley Relay, with the U15 Team finishing 1st in the medley and 2nd in the freestyle relays. Three teams also competed in the Bolton Town Swimming Championships. The Senior Team finished 2nd in their competition. The Junior Team had a very close competition with Canon Slade, beating them by just 3 points in the end. Zahara Muhammad and Jade Sprott helped the cause with individual wins in their respective events. The Intermediate Team did exceptionally well winning the medley relay. There were also individual wins for Bethany Shum and Lucy Dixon. This resulted in them winning overall and also becoming the Town Champions. 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 became County Champion in the 200m breaststroke, 400m freestyle and 400m individual medley in the 14 Years Age Group.

YEAR 7 SQUAD Anna Brennand Annika Bullen Imogen Ferrier Molly Grimshaw Charlotte Harris Olivia Melling Zahara Muhammad Emilia Nuttall Pip Nuttall Nyah Pomian Caitlin Smith Natalie Staal Emma Taylor-Beardsworth Erin Turner Emily Whalley

YEAR 8 SQUAD Libby Ambrose Shriya Bonda Ella Carter Harriet Dickens Ai Makino Helena Ormerod Rianna Patel Nicola Shaw Ruby Smith Jade Sprott INTERMEDIATE SQUAD Isabel Brennand Lucy Dixon Amelie Duncalf Emily Leung Celia Logan Kiana Murray Caitlin Nuttall Katie Riggs Lucy Sackfield Bethany Shum Kareena Singh

SENIOR SQUAD Katherine Baker* Anita Cardozo Amy Chicken Ella Harkness* Eleanor Murray* Anabel Nuttall Thea Simpson + (C) Olivia Stubbs* Tara Wallis + (C) Samantha Woods +

SALFORD 100S LIFESAVING COMPETITION In December, fourteen Year 7 girls competed in the Salford 100s Lifesaving competition at Westhoughton. The competition is steeped in history and this year had to take a slightly different format due to an unexpected closure of the pool on the original date of competition. All of the girls performed the lifesaving tests successfully and we now await results once they have been collated with the Salford region. Anna Brennand Annika Bullen Imogen Ferrier Molly Grimshaw Charlotte Harris Olivia Melling Zahara Muhammad Emilia Nuttall Pip Nuttall Caitlin Smith Natalie Staal Emma Taylor-Beardsworth Erin Turner Emily Whalley

Individual Sports Trophy Winners

SENIOR VICTRIX LUDORUM

Eleanor Gibbons & Gabriella Appleby

UPPER SCHOOL VICTRIX LUDORUM

Arabella Barker Smith & Olivia Stubbs

WALLWORK TROPHY

Jasmine Curtis-Walker, Martha Halford, Olivia Maguire, Caitlin Nuttall & Kareena Singh

NETBALL CUP

Samantha Woods

COLLINSON TROPHY FOR LACROSSE

Jaya Guhathakurta & Alice Sandford

SENIOR SWIMMING TROPHY

Thea Simpson & Tara Wallis

All individual sports trophy winners

Gymnastics

YEAR 7 GYM CLUB Sophia Alam Karishma Ladha Mia Maron Lana Spurdle Amelia Quinton Taylor

A selection of girls who have attended the Year 7 Gymnastics Club this year participated in the Bolton Schools’ Gymnastics Competition at Ladybridge High School in February. The girls had been preparing their floor routines, jumps using the trampette and their vaults for a number of weeks in their lunchtime practices. They all performed their routines very well in their respective sections and enjoyed the occasion. Well done to the girls who competed. They were: Sophia Alam, Mabelle Dawson, Vivienne Hall, Pip Nuttall, Karishma Ladha, Mia Moran, Amelia Quinton Taylor, Lana Spurdle and Ogechi Umeadi. Congratulations to Mabelle Dawson who won gold on the floor, silver on the trampette and gold overall in the Advanced competition and to Karishma Ladha who won bronze overall in the Intermediate competition.

A glorious summer of sunshine meant that all league fixtures were able to go ahead with lots of matches giving plenty of girls the opportunity to acquire valuable match play. This experience definitely helped the girls in their end of season tournaments held in July. The year 7 and 8 Tournament saw the Year 7 team playing in their first ever competition. After some closely contested games they were pleased to finish 5th overall in their section. The Year 8 team were undefeated in the group stages of their competition and went through to the semi-finals against Canon Slade which they won 48-40. They met Mount St. Joseph’s in the final which they won convincingly 61-45. Fresh from their Duke of Edinburgh expedition, the Year 9 team played exceptionally well to finish 3rd in the group stages of their competition. The Year 10 team finished top of their section after being undefeated in the group stages of their competition. They progressed to the semifinals where they lost by the narrow margin of 3 points to St. James’s. Well done to all girls for their efforts and commitment throughout the season.

YEAR 7 ROUNDERS Hannah Adamopoulos Fatimah Ahmed Khuzeima Ahmed Rehmeen Ahmed Umayma Ahmed Aaminah Ali Laiba Ali MaryAm Ali Libby Ambrose Kashaf Ashraf Eve Blackmore Shriya Bonda Ella Brophy Malaika Bux Ella Carter Angelie Chitre Phoebe Chuck Blythe Cordwell Jessica Croston Grace Day-Davies Grace Dean Harriet Dickens Charlotte Duffy Alice Edwards Annabel Evans Isabella Fairclough Erin Farragher Caitrin Flood Aafiyah Gani Lola Grundy Ayesha Hajee Alina Halim Riya Hasija Ruby Hassall Sara Hatia Charlotte Hothersall Alexia Hughes Ruby Hurt Iman Javaid Freya Jones Safa Karim Shaili Khimani Freya Langtree Nithula Loganathan Charlotte Lowe Ai Makino Imogen Masheter Scarlet Mathews Loni Mayoua Molly McGregor Hannah Mohamed Fariha Mulla Trixie Murphy Olivia Myall Ilham Nagi Holly Nicholson Emily Nuttall Helena Ormerod Ammaarah Patel Samia Patel Krupa Patel Sejal Patel Rianna Patel Mehzabeen Patel Adithi Prasad Isobel Pursey Nissa Rattoo Charlotte Reece Sameen Riaz Nathalie Rippingale Grace Ryder Ruby Schofield Monica Sham Nicola Shaw Kimberley Short Ruby Smith Jade Sprott Ila Stephenson Amelia Stringfellow Jemima Stubbs Freya Taylor Tanya Thakrar Odinakachukwu Umeadi Eimaan Yaqoob Malaika Zaidi YEAR 8 ROUNDERS Amaani Adam Khadijah Ahmed Rumaysa Ahmed Hollie Asquith Alicia Backhouse Martha Brennan Maddy Brooks Ruby Broughton Lauren Bunting Summer Burke Kelly Chae Amelia Charova Jessica Crompton Rose Crowther Jasmine Curtis-Walker Aisha Darsot Lucy Dixon Poppy Donohue Sacha Doyle Amelie Duncalf Bella Grainger Sophie Hackwell Martha Halford Molly Holt Beatrice Hughes Kheshayna Jadwa Ayesha Jiva Charlotte Jones Megan Jones Safa Khan Alice Leary Jessica Martin Olivia Maguire Katy Malley Georgia McGinty Hannah McKee Zena Miller Bipisha Mistry Matha Morrow Halimah Natha Mia Neill Caitlin Nuttall Rebecca Parry Safa Patel Sophie Patel Shriya Pindoria Millie Price Khaamilah Rafi Teja Reece Ruby Rimmer Lizzy Rogers Saba Salim Henna Sarwar Emilie Sham Zahra Shazad Bethany Shum Kareena Singh Mariam Seedat Humairah Thagia Alara Unsal Alicia Quinton-Taylor Scarlett Whittle Francesca Williams-Denton YEAR 9 ROUNDERS Imaan Ahmed Jessica Bailey Georgia Barnes Poppy Blackhurst Phoebe Booth Isabel Brennand Victoria Cook Issy Corrigan Maya Croasdaile Amy Doyle Chloe Ferguson Elly Fraser Eve Gould Gracie Grundy Lizzy Harkness Bethan Hill Ruby Hill Lauren Hilton Amerleen Hundle Phoebe Hurt Madihah Jiva Summer Kay Mia Langtree Charlotte Martin Millie Mercer Feryal Mirza Molly Morrow Amelia Morton Isabella Moss Amelia Myall Isha Nunkoo Taya Panter Rebecca Parkinson Lucy Pixton Rachel Roscoe Ani Sastry Izzy Silvano Fabeha Shafaat Sophie Smith Genevieve Storey Amaia Taylor Hannah Welsby Katie Wild Vanessa Wong

YEAR 10 ROUNDERS Charlotte Barber Arabella Barker-Smith India Corlett-Moore Jessie Curtis Walker Freya Dando Abigail Duckworth Kate Dziobon Harriet Forster Rachel Funk Ella Harkness Zakia Herez Charlotte Hughes Zara Jiva Shreya Kamath Mia Monsen Fatimah Naeem Zara Rattoo Olivia Stubbs Nabilah Thagia Sara Uddin Sarah Walker Ella Wilson

YEAR 8 Hafsa Bapu Haylie Tsang Batool Tabani Emaan Murtaza Alaina Jiva Krupa Patel

YEAR 9 Amaani Adam Hollie Asquith Kelly Chae Grace Chan Cynthia Cheung Amelia Coll Sacha Doyle Martha Halford Ayesha Jiva Georgia Johnston Charlotte Jones Megan Jones Mia Kitching Alice Leary Georgia McGinty Beth McGuinness Bipisha Mistry Elizabeth Rogers Lucy Sackfield Humeira Sardar Henna Sarwar Emilie Sham Alara Unsal

YEAR 10 Marie Poon Angela Okeke Aaliyah Shan Ajwa Mukhtar Hui Shan Wen Laweeza Ali Muryam Fahad Sanjana Patel

YEAR 11 Joyce Chan Nabilah Tagia

Inter-Form Winners

NETBALL 7G + 7C, 8G, 9G, 10D

LACROSSE 7B + 7C, 8C, 9B Being made joint captains for our final season at Bolton School has been an absolute privilege. Sport has played a very important role at our time at school and we have both been keen members of the netball team since we started in Year 7. Having looked up to the seniors since we were young, to be able to be a part of the senior team now for the past two years has been an honour. Our team have had quite a successful season and we would like to thank the rest of the team for their determination and perseverance. Netball has allowed us to make friendships and memories that we will never forget. It will definitely be something that we all will hugely miss once we leave. We would like to thank the PE department for the work they have done, especially taking us to all our matches over the years, but we would specifically like to thank Mrs Heatherington, who has dedicated so much time coaching and supporting us. We couldn’t have asked for a better coach! Sam Woods & Gabby Appleby

Lacrosse Captains’ Report

We were honoured to be chosen as co-captains for the senior team, as Lacrosse has been a sport we have both been committed to for several years. It has enabled us to form friendships and create a real sense of community within the team. Throughout the school years playing lacrosse, we can both agree that this year has been the most fun as the team has gelled together exceptionally well and it has been a pleasure being able to play with them. Regardless of the score of the matches played, we have always managed to have a great laugh and enjoy the time spent together. In particular, our performance at National Schools exceeded our expectations: coming out at the top of our group on the second day. We are certain that our time spent playing lacrosse at Bolton School is something we will never forget and will be a most fulfilling memory to look back on. All of this would not have been able to happen without the time and energy Miss Donaghy has given, and we are so grateful for her passion and determination to help us be the best we can be. Jaya Guhathakurta & Alice Sandford

Swimming Captains’ Report

The overall experience as swimming captain has made me more confident as an individual since, as part of my title, I have had to lead a team. This has made me develop greater leadership skills. I have swum for the school for much of my Bolton School life and being chosen as joint swimming captain was a fantastic way to spend my last year at school.

Thea Simpson

Serving as swimming captain in Year 13 has been a great privilege and experience. I have thoroughly enjoyed swimming for the school’s swimming squad for 10 years and being nominated as a captain was a true honour. I am so thankful for Mrs Duddle for allowing Thea and me the chance to represent the school as swimming captains.

A glorious spell of weather in the summer of 2018 meant we were able to get all but one of our athletics fixtures completed and there were lots of new Personal Best performance standards achieved throughout the season. Olivia Maguire (Y8), Lucy Dixon (Y8) and Ella Wilson (Y10) were nominated to represent Greater Manchester at the County Round of English Schools. Lucy achieved a PB of 2.35 in the 800m whilst Ella achieved a 5th place in the Javelin event. Special mention to Olivia who won her javelin event, throwing a distance of 28m, and went onto represent Greater Manchester at the English Schools Finals in Birmingham where she finished in an impressive 9th position. The town athletics competition for Year 9+10 took place at Leverhulme Park with 16 girls representing the school at track and field events. Poppy Blackhurst, Lizzy Harkness and Maya Croasdaile all achieved new PB performances in the 100, 200 and 300m events respectively. Chloe Ferguson also achieved a new PB in the Shot. Special mention to Ella Wilson in Year 10 on becoming the Bolton Town 200m champion. The Year 9 team were placed 5th overall whilst the Year 10 team were placed 2nd. At the Year 7+8 competition, on what turned out to be the hottest day of the summer, Year 8 pupils Alicia Quinton Taylor and Olivia Maguire became town champions in their respective Discus and Javelin events. In the Year 7 competition, Ilham Nagi won her individual 100m event with Jade Sprott winning the 800m. The relay team of Ilham Nagi, Ruby Hassall. Caitrin Flood and Jade Sprott were also worthy winners. Overall a very enjoyable afternoon with the Year 7 team finishing in 2nd place overall with the Year 8 finishing in a very creditable 3rd. YEAR 10 ATHLETICS Arabella Barker-Smith India Corlett-Moore Jessica-Rose Curtis-Walker Freya Dando Rubie Dey Abigail Duckworth Kate Dziobon Harriet Forster Rachel Funk Ella Harkness Sophie Hann Zakia Herez Mia Monsen Olivia Stubbs Ella Wilson

YEAR 7 ATHLETICS Aaminah Ali Libby Ambrose Ella Brophy Ella Carter Angelie Chitre Blythe Cordwell Jessica Croston Grace Day-Davies Grace Dean Harriet Dickens Charlotte Duffy Caitrin Flood Lola Grundy Alina Halim Riya Hasija Ruby Hassall Alexia Hughes Ruby Hurt Freya Langtree Imogen Masheter Trixie Murphy Olivia Myall Ilham Nagi Helena Ormerod Rianna Patel Sejal Patel Charlotte Reece Grace Ryder Ruby Schofield Nicola Shaw Kim Short Jade Sprott Jemima Stubbs Malaika Zaidi YEAR 8 ATHLETICS Amaani Adam Hollie Asquith Alicia Backhouse Molly Bell Martha Brennan Ruby Broughton Summer Burke Amelia Charova Rose Crowther Jasmine Curtis-Walker Lucy Dixon Sacha Doyle Isabelle du Plessis Bella Grainger Martha Halford Molly Holt Charlotte Jones Megan Jones Safa Khan Alice Leary Olivia Maguire Anika Maini Jessica Martin Georgia McGinty Kiana Murray Halimah Natha Mia Neill Caitlin Nuttall Rebecca Parry Millie Price Alicia Quinton Taylor Elizabeth Rogers Lucy Sackfield Emilie Sham Kareena Singh Humairah Thagia Alara Unsal Lexie Vincent Francesca Williams-Denton

YEAR 9 ATHLETICS Georgia Barnes Poppy Blackhurst Isabel Brennand Maya Croasdaile Issy Corrigan Chloe Ferguson Gracie Grundy Eve Gould Lizzy Harkness Bethan Hill Ruby Hill Phoebe Hurt Celia Logan Millie Mercer Isabella Moss Amelia Myall Maia Patel Lucy Pixton Katie Riggs Rachel Roscoe Katie Schaffel Izzy Silvano Sophie Smith Genevieve Storey Katie Wild In the Girls’ Division’s first ever year playing water polo we have had an unbelievably successful season, winning the ESSA’s U13 national competition in the first year of entry. The girls’ attitude, hard work and willingness to listen to feedback saw them improve significantly over the year. A sign of their commitment and dedication was the squad’s training time – 07:30-08:30 on Friday morning! We have played friendly games this year against St Bede’s Bradford, Manchester High School for Girls, Bolton School Boys’ Division Year 7s and Bolton School Boys’ Division U13s. Over the Easter holidays many of the team went on a tour to Hungary and played games against opposition in Budapest and Szentes. In the ESSA regional qualifiers, we defeated St Edwards 6-1, drew 3-3 with St Bede’s Bradford and beat Manchester High School for Girls 15-0, and went on to win the National Final against local rivals St Bede’s and St Joseph’s with a score of 4-3 following a closely contested match. Thanks to Mr Teasdale for all his efforts coaching the team and Miss Compton for all her hard work and support throughout the year.

U13 SQUAD Anna Brennand Ella Carter Harriet Dickens Imogen Ferrier Molly Grimshaw Charlotte Harris Olivia Melling Zahara Muhammad Emilia Nuttall Pip Nuttall Nyah Pomian Jade Sprott Natalie Staal Erin Turner Emily Whalley

Well done to the Cross Country teams who competed at the Bolton Schools’ Cross Country Championships in October. Particular congratulations to Elena Bartalotta who won the Year 7 girls race to become overall Bolton town Champion. As a result of their individual performances, the following girls were nominated to represent the Bolton Town team at the Greater Manchester School championships in February:

YEAR 7 Elena Bartalotta (1st) Charlotte Harris (4th) Molly Grimshaw (6th) Zahara Muhammad (11th)

YEAR 8/9 Lucy Dixon (2nd) Alicia Backhouse (9th) Blythe Cordwell (15th)

YEAR 10/11 Lucy Pixton (8th) Amy Doyle (9th)

Congratulations go to the following girls who also represented the school:

Emilie Reilly (16th) Freya Taylor (21st) Elizabeth Williamson (31st) Mabelle Dawson (36th) Emily Jefferson (45th) Beatrice Hughes (57th) Emaan Asghar (74th)

Year 7 Team – 2nd Year 8+9 Team – 2nd Year 10 Team – 8th

Year 7 Bolton Town team 3rd overall Elena Bartalotta – 4th Molly Grimshaw – 18th Charlotte Harris – 26th Zahara Muhammad – 64th

Year 9 Bolton Town Team 2nd overall Alicia Backhouse – 49th

Year 10 Bolton Town Team 1st overall Lucy Pixton – 30th Amy Doyle – 34th 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.

BOLTON SCHOOLS’ CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM RESULTS

GREATER MANCHESTER CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS As members of the Bolton Town Team, pupils selected to run at the Greater Manchester Cross Country Championships in February achieved the following placings: The Tennis Squad have competed in the local round of the AEGON Teams Tennis Competition this season, with some competitive matches in both age groups. The Under 15 team have played a number of matches, competing against Manchester High and St Peters’ Catholic High School. Girls from both year 9 and 10 were selected to play in this competition. The girls came up against some tough opposition at Manchester High, with the overall score 10-2. However they convincingly won their games against St Peter’s with an 8-0 victory overall. Unfortunately the girl’s didn’t get enough points to proceed to the next round. The Under 13 team played their matches against Clitheroe Grammar, Stonyhurst and Kirkham Grammar. 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. The girls had a convincing win over Clitheroe Grammar with a 10-2 victory overall. The next match was against Stonyhurst, who proved to be a

YEAR 7 Angelie Chitre Jess Croston Alina Halim Aliza Nirodi

YEAR 8 Faye Clarkson Carol Habib Isabel Heaton Olivia Maguire Kate Shanley Kareena Singh tough opposition as it was taken to a tiebreaker after the singles and doubles matches were completed. We then went on to take the overall victory. The team then went onto play Kirkham Grammar. After the singles matches it was a draw with 4 rubbers each however after some tough doubles matches we lost both sets, so the overall score was 4-8 to Kirkham. This meant that the girl’s didn’t proceed to the next round. Girls in Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 age groups played in friendly doubles matches against Bury Grammar. The Year 7 team won 12-6, the year 8 team lost 11-12 and the Year 9 and 10 team won by 26 games to 10, but again we were victorious overall with 49 games to 28. At the end of the lovely sunny summer term a second round of friendly doubles matches were played against Bury Grammar. The girls played really well in the heat and finished the season with a 26-15 overall win. Well done to all of the girls for their efforts and commitments throughout the season.

YEAR 9 Jessica Bailey Eve Gould Gracie Grundy

YEAR 10 Charlotte Hughes

Football 2018/19 YEAR 7 Charlotte Harris Alexia Howarth Natalie Staal YEAR 8 Aaminah Ali Shriya Bonda Ella Brophy Angelie Chitre Blythe Cordwell Jessica Croston Harriet Dickens Lola Grundy Riya Hasija Ruby Hassall Alexia Hughes Ruby Hurt Freya Langtree Ai Makino Loni Mayoua Ilham Nagi Sejal Patel Nissa Rattoo Charlotte Reece Ruby Schofield Nicola Shaw Kimberley Short Jade Sprott Amelia Stringfellow

Throughout the year, the lacrosse teams have competed in a number of matches and tournaments across the North of England. In addition to Regional Tournaments, the Senior Squad travelled to Aldershot in Hampshire to participate in the National Schools Championships at the beginning of March. During the course of the first day, Bolton played a total of six matches against schools from across the UK, qualifying for Division 2 for the second day of play. The team began the morning well, with a 3-1 win against St Albans School, followed by an excellent match against Marlborough College, beating their opposition 3-2. In the knock out stages, Bolton went on to win their next match against Malvern St James Girls’ School, taking them into the quarter final stages of the tournament. Their next opposition, Haberdashers’ Monmouth School, proved to be too strong for Bolton on this occasion, and the team lost their match 2 goals to 6. Overall, the squad played very well over the 2 days of the Championships. The younger age groups finished their season exceptionally well, with both the U12 and U13 Squads winning the Northern Championships. This was a fantastic achievement from all the players, and they are now looking forward to building on their successes of the season.

SENIOR Gabriella Appleby + Arabella Barker-Smith * Imogen Bootle Amy Chicken Abigail Duckworth * Kate Dziobon * Isabella Forshaw * Eleanor Gibbons + Liberty Giggs * Jaya Guhathakurta + (C) Abigail Hughes * Millie Hurt Shreya Kamath Bryony Meech Mia Monsen * Alice Sandford + (C) Olivia Stubbs * Asmara Stubley

UNDER 15 Imaan Ahmed Tahira Collins Isabelle Corrigan Chloe Ferguson Eve Gould Gracie Grundy Bethan Hill Ruby Hill Phoebe Hurt Molly Morrow Amelia Myall Lucy Pixton Rachel Roscoe Sophie Smith Vanessa Wong (C) UNDER 14 Alicia Backhouse Summer Burke Jessica Crompton Rose Crowther Jasmine Curtis-Walker Poppy Donohue Sacha Doyle Martha Halford Molly Holt Alice Leary (C) Olivia Maguire Anika Maini Tisha Matsika Zena Miller Martha Morrow Mia Neill Caitlin Nuttall Millie Price Emilie Sham Francesca Williams-Denton

UNDER 13 Aaminah Ali Ella Brophy (C) Ella Carter Angelie Chitre Phoebe Chuck Harriet Dickens Erin Farragher Lola Grundy Riya Hasija Ruby Hassall Alexia Hughes Ruby Hurt Freya Langtree Ai Makino Olivia Myall Ilham Nagi Ruby Schofield Kimberley Short Jade Sprott Jemima Stubbs Freya Taylor Nicola Shaw

UNDER 12 Ruby Anderson Emma Arnison Harriet Atherton Clarity Brabin Anna Brennand Sophie Chan Frankie Dewhurst Flora Dey Holly Durnian Gabriella Giambattista-Hunt Molly Grimshaw Maya Guhathakurta Charlotte Harris Naomi Hitchin Alexia Howarth Eva Liu Zara McCann Olivia Melling Emilia Nuttall Pip Nuttall Gabrielle Read Charlotte Riggs Ghada Shaker Natalie Staal Sophie Swift Erin Turner Catherine Xi Bethan Birch Francesca Gerrard Emily Whalley

WELSH DRAGONS Congratulations to Mia Monsen in Year 11 and Rachel Roscoe in Year 10 for their selection onto the Junior Wales Lacrosse programme. The ‘Dragon Academy’ is the Welsh development pathway, designed to identify players who have the potential to represent their sport at elite level. During the Summer holidays, both Mia and Rachel will be travelling to Canada to compete in a lacrosse festival which runs alongside the U19 World Cup. This will be a great experience for both of the girls. As a result of her commitment to training and her excellent standard of play, Millie Hurt has been rewarded with a place on the Wales U19 World Cup Squad, where she will have the opportunity to represent her country in the U19 Championships in Peterborough, Canada. COUNTY LACROSSE This year, many pupils have played lacrosse at representative level for their County. The following girls were selected to represent the U18, U15 and U13 Lancashire County Lacrosse squads:

LANCASHIRE U18 ‘A’ SQUAD Abigail Duckworth Abigail Hughes Millie Hurt (C) Phoebe Hurt Asmara Stubley

LANCASHIRE U18 ‘B’ SQUAD Arabella Barker-Smith Kate Dziobon Chloe Ferguson Mia Monsen

LANCASHIRE U15 ‘A’ SQUAD Chloe Ferguson Eve Gould Martha Halford Phoebe Hurt

LANCASHIRE U15 ‘B’ SQUAD Ella Brophy Isabelle Corrigan Jasmine Curtis-Walker Alice Leary Lucy Pixton Vanessa Wong

LANCASHIRE U13 ‘A’ SQUAD: Ella Brophy Phoebe Chuck Molly Grimshaw Ruby Hassall Ilham Nagi Pip Nuttall Kim Short Jade Sprott

LANCASHIRE U13 ‘B’ SQUAD: Anna Brennand Lola Grundy Ruby Hurt Freya Langtree Olivia Myall

SUPER COUNTIES Following on from their success at Lancashire County, the following girls were selected to represent the U19 Super Counties North East Squad at the Regional Tournament in March.

‘A’ SQUAD: Millie Hurt ‘B’ SQUAD: Arabella Barker-Smith, Abigail Duckworth, Eve Gould, Abigail Hughes, Phoebe Hurt & Asmara Stubley

ENGLAND LACROSSE ACADEMY 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. Congratulations to the following pupils who are currently enrolled in the Academy:

IN YEAR 9: Jasmine Curtis-Walker, Martha Halford, Alice Leary & Frankie Williams-Denton.

IN YEAR 10: Chloe Ferguson, Eve Gould, Ruby Hill & Phoebe Hurt.

The 2018-19 netball season was as busy as ever in the first half term with plenty of friendly and league competition games to accommodate in addition to the usual Saturday matches. Thankfully there was minimal disruption to games this year due to the mild winter with the season culminating in the usual round of local and county tournaments. Particular highlights to mention include the selection at County level of Ella Brophy (Year 8) for the Lancashire Netball academy of excellence and the clean sweep of wins in all five age groups of the Bolton Schools Tournaments. In September the Under 14s had a very successful GSA netball tournament at Condover Hall where they were pleased to finish 4th overall in this national netball competition. The County Tournaments were hit by a flurry of snowy weather just after February half term which disappointingly saw the Under 13 tournament cancelled. The Under 14 team reached the semi-final stages of their County tournament, losing in the semi-final by the narrow margin of 1 goal to Bury GS. The Under 16 team played superbly well to finish as County Runners Up. The seniors fielded a combined Under 17 and Under 18 teams at their County competition which saw the Under 18 team play in School colours for the very last time. The seniors have been an absolute delight to work with over the last 7 years and have been great ambassadors for the school – we will miss them all next year. All the teams have demonstrated huge potential throughout the season and have gained much confidence under the guidance of Mr Owen, Mrs Duddle and Mrs Heatherington this year. Particular mention to Miss Coleman who has tirelessly supported the PE department in running a netball club for fun for girls in Year 8. It is a real pleasure to see so many girls enjoying playing netball for fun alongside the netball squads. Thank you to all girls who have committed their time to training with their teams and for representing the school throughout the season.

UNDER 18 Gabriella Appleby (C) + Sophie Brown + Eleanor Gibbons + Thea Simpson + Sam Woods (Capt) +

UNDER 17 Amy Chicken Esmee Higgins Cate Lord Lauren-Rae McGann Jessica Price

UNDER 16 Arabella Barker-Smith * Bella Forshaw * Libby Giggs Charlotte Hughes * Amber Kirkman* Lizzy Lees * Eleanor Murray* Olivia Stubbs * Jennie Taberner* Jessica Curtis Walker * Lizzy Warburton * UNDER 15 Jessica Bailey Poppy Blackhurst Lucy Connor Issy Corrigan Chloe Ferguson Elly Fraser Eve Gould Bethan Hill Ruby Hill Phoebe Hurt Feryal Mirza Rachel Roscoe Ani Sastry Izzy Silvano Genevieve Storey Ariella Tanfield Katie Wild Vanessa Wong

UNDER 14 Amaani Adam Hollie Asquith Martha Brennan Summer Burke Amelia Charova Jessica Crompton Rose Crowther Jasmine Curtis-Walker Poppy Donohue Carol Habib Martha Halford Charlotte Jones Megan Jones Olivia Maguire Anika Maini Kiana Murray Mia Neill Caitlin Nuttall Millie Price Kareena Singh Francesca Williams-Denton UNDER 13 Aaminah Ali Ella Brophy Angelie Chitre Phoebe Chuck Jessica Croston Grace Dean Harriet Dickens Charlotte Duffy Alina Halim Riya Hasija Alexia Hughes Ruby Hurt Ai Makino Imogen Masheter Scarlet Mathews Olivia Myall Ilham Nagi Ruby Schofield Nicola Shaw Kimberley Short Jade Sprott Amelia Stringfellow Jemima Stubbs

UNDER 12 Anna Brennand Amelia Cowin Francesca Dewhurst Holly Durnian Imogen Ferrier Molly Grimshaw Gabriella Giambattista-Hunt Evie Hall Naomi Hitchin Alexia Howarth Eva Liu Pip Nuttall Olivia Melling Zahara Muhammad Nyah Pomian Charlotte Riggs Ishaani Singh Caitlin Smith Erin Turner Amelia Quinton Taylor Emily Whalley Ruby Whittle

NETBALL CLUB

YEAR 7 Emma Arnison, Clarity Brabin, Zainab Patel, Gabby Read, Anoushka Sharma, Lottie Howarth-Siney, Lana Spurdle, Sophie Swift, Nadiya Tahier, Emma Taylor-Beardsworth, Mia Walters

YEAR 8 Safia Adam, Khuzema Ahmed, Umayma Ahmed, Laiba Ali, Kashaf Ashraf, Ella Carter, Lola Grundy, Asilah Hasan, Ruby Hassall, Alaina Jiva, Freya Langtree, Fariha Mulla, Mehzabeen Patel, Rianna Patel, Samia Patel, Nissa Rattoo, Charlotte Reece , Grace Ryder, Monica Sham, Mia Slater

YEAR 9 Khadijah Ahmed, Ruby Broughton, Lauren Bunting, Kelly Chae, Amelia Coll, Lucy Dixon, Sacha Doyle, Amelie Duncalf, Sophie Hackwell, Molly Holt, Safa Khan, Ayesha Jiva, Georgia Johnson, Mia Kitching, Alice Leary, Maryam Maka, Katy Malley, Zena Miller, Georgia McGinty, Shriya Pindoria, Elizabeth Rogers, Lucy Sackfield, Humeirah Sardar, Emilie Sham, Bethany Shum, Humeirah Thagia, Alara Unsal