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GIRLS IN SPORT After an outstanding summer of sport, students to meet new friends. another year of Cowley PE gets underway and it starts with a bang! The whole day was a huge success with all Year 7 girls enthusiastically taking The Year 7 girls were introduced to part in every activity. sporting life at Cowley with the annual Girls in Sport Day. Each student has been provided with an extra curricular card, which they The aims of the day were to allow the must get signed at every club they atgirls to have a taster of some activities tend. If a student attends a club nine that they may not have previously had times or more, they will be entered the opportunity to take part in, to pro- into a draw at the end of the term and vide a platform to introduce the girls to the winner will be awarded a prize. extra curricular activities and to allow
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HOCKEY GIFTED AND TALENTED DAY 1ST TEAM NEWS LEAGUE TABLE RESULTS WORLD MARATHON CHALLENGE GOLF CRICKET FOOTBALL EXTRA CURRICULAR TIMETABLE PUPIL OF THE TERM
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HOCKEY Year 8 v Archbishop Blanch The game started with a quick steal of the ball by Sasha Hornby and that set the tone for the rest of the match. Cowley had almost all of the play in the first half with some great attacking runs down the right hand side by Ella Murphy who linked nicely with Beth Shepherd - the scorer of the first goal. Shortly after, Sasha found the back of the net to make the score 2-0. The second half saw Cowley on the attack again with some great shots from Lucy Robinson. The final score was 2-0 to Cowley. Player of the match - Sasha Hornby (for putting the defenders under pressure). U16s v Archbishop Blanch The U16s faced an extremely strong Blanch side for their first game of the season. Despite their commitment to training and their endeavour to score throughout the game, they were unable to break down a strong Blanch defence. Once the ball was turned over and Archbishop began their attack, they were clinical in front of goal, coming away with a 7-0 victory. Year 8 v St . Mary’s Cowley could not have wished for a better start, thanks to a great run down the wing from Ella Murphy who then passed the ball into the shooting circle allowing Sadie Atherton to find the back of the net in just 45 seconds. A few minutes later, Sadie scored a tremendous hat trick. During the second half, the girls continued to outplay their opponents and further goals came from Lucy Robinson and Alex Hewitt. Any breaks by the opposition were quickly stopped by our fantastic defenders - Kelsey Hull and Laura Rainford. Player of the match - Sadie Atherton. Congratulations to Ellie Evan, for making her debut in goal for the U16s. Congratulations to Kelsey Hull, Ella Murphy, Laura Rainford and Lucy Robinson, who have been selected to take part in a Junior Development Centre (JDC), run by England Hockey. The girls, if selected, will move through to a regional development centre. This provides the initial stepping stone into playing for England and Great Britain.
YEAR 7 RUGBY GIFTED AND TALENTED DAY AT LSH RUGBY CLUB
The Year 7 Rugby Gifted and Talented day was held at LSH on a cold and windy October day. Despite the weather, 30 Year 7 pupils worked hard to improve their core rugby skills. Organised by Mr Evans and led by community rugby coach John Foster, the day focused
upon the contact situation, giving players the confidence to take the ball into a tackle and to retain possession. The day was rounded off in fine style with a Round Robin competition on Hard Lane fields, where the rugby boys could put their newly acquired skills into practice with Mr Gordon.
1ST TEAM NEWS
The Energizers League NAME Liam Walsh Tom Taylor Jack Gerrard Dave Ecc Kris Smith Nathan Witter Josh Crehan Jack Mac Brandon Lewis Jamie Baker
Cowley’s 1st team are currently unbeaten in their rugby league games, taking four wins from four fine performances against St Helens College (32-20), Oldham 6th form (36-30), Winstanley College (56-0) and a hard fought 16-10 victory
PTS 12 11 11 10 9 9 8 8 8 8
against a previously unbeaten Carmel College team. Cowley now top the North West Colleges league table.
THE NORTH WEST COLLEGES CONFERENCE LEAGUE TABLE 1 Cowley 2 Priestley College 3 Carmel College 4 St Helens College 5 Wigan & Leigh College 6 Winstanley 7 Warrington Collegiate 8 Oldham 6th Form College
P 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
W 4 3 3 1 1 1 0 0
L 0 0 1 2 2 2 3 3
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PF 142 98 102 66 57 29 24 76
PA 66 48 88 64 70 83 59 116
DIFF 76 50 14 2 -13 -54 -35 -40
PTS 8 6 6 2 2 2 0 0
On Thursday 18th October, 40 Year 8 pupils beat the world marathon record. They clocked a time of 2 hours, 2 minutes and 58 seconds to edge the record set by Patrick Makau by forty seconds. Students were raising money for two charities - Save the Children and Joining Jack. Each student, on average, ran eight legs of 200 metres and were helped along the way by Paul Wellens, James Lomax and
GOLF Jack Ellis (11R) and Ryan Shaw (11W) have been honing their golf swinging talents since September and have been hitting consistent iron shots. The Most Improved Player(s) Award goes to Rachel Unsworth (11Y) and Jessica Philips (11B). Rachel and Jessica have both performed well in the minicompetition events and have shown great accuracy with their iron shots. A special mention goes to Liam Dodd (11B), who managed to let go of his 7 iron whilst trying to improve his distance off the tee! Finally, congratulations to Callum Kinder (11R) who has perfected the art of the ‘Happy Gilmore’ shot.
MALAYSIA CRICKET TOUR 2013 Plans for the trip are progress-
ing well. A final list of tour participants includes 16 students from Year 8 to Year 13. Flight times have been confirmed with Emirates Airlines: Departing Manchester at 13.30 on 26th March, arriving back on 8th April at 07.55. We will be based in the capital, Kuala Lumpur for our first game, the Cameron Highlands for our second game and the island of Penang for our final two matches. We’ve already raised over £1000 towards the tour and a musical evening is planned shortly.
James Tilley. The players ran several legs with the students, encouraging the participants to go as fast as they could to achieve the record. This was a fantastic achievement by all pupils that were involved and to anyone who donated to two worthy causes. For more information and pictures check out www.saintsrlfc.com.
FOOTBALL The team got off to a good start by putting a strong performance in front of a good home crowd in very wet conditions. 17 lads featured in the game and goals from James Griffin and James Gregory mirrored a very good effort indeed. Man of the Match was David Collum Marsh, for his high solid tackling and overall energy shown throughout the game.
EXTRA CURRICULAR TIMETABLE
Lunch Time
After School
Monday Tuesday
Year 7 & 8 Basketball (SF) (AGN) Girls’ Fitness (NS) (EC) Weights Year 7 Table Tennis Dance Course Support
Year 11 & Sixth Form Football Girls’ Badminton Girls’ Rugby
Inter House Competition Indoor Hockey Year 8 & 9 Weights Year 7/8/9 Dance
Year 7 Rugby Year 9 Rugby Year 9/10/11 Netball Senior Rugby U16 Rugby Table Tennis (All years) (EC)
Wednesday
Year 9/10/11 Basketball Bike Track Trampolining Year 11 Dance
Girls’ Rugby Year 7 Football Year 10 Rugby Senior Hockey Year 8 Rugby Dance Company
Thursday
Weights Girls’ 5-a-side Gym Club (LF) Year 8 Indoor Hockey Year 10/11/12/13 Dance
Year 8/9/10 Football (SF) (AGN) Year 7 & 8 Netball
Friday
Year 8 Hockey - 8am - 8.45am Year 7 Hockey Year 7 Rugby
Staff Football
PUPILS OF THE TERM Year 7 8 9 10
Boys Ryan Walker Brad Bailey Chris Follin Jack Huyton
Girls Courtney McNamara Chloe McNamara Aiesha Greenall Emily Hughes
COWLEY INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE Principal: Mr C Sheeran Hard Lane, St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 6PN Tel: 01744 678 030 Visit: cowleyinternationalcollege.co.uk