Squash

The 'B' team had six games this year, and while they often played good skilful netball their opponents had more competitive aggression and will to win. However, there were some close matches and they enjoyed their games; mention must be made of Alison Pike who played extremely well throughout the year.

P. Fletcher

The following girls represented the U.14 'A' team:

S. Baines, C. Brisby (captain), S. Chapman, R. Fishley, L. Hodf.don, H. Oram, E. Taylor, S. Henderson.

The following girls represented the U.14 'B' team:

V. Bray, L. Cleaver (captain), K. Cockill, H. Fowler, S. Henderson, R. Linaker, C. Mee, C. MiddletonWalker, A. Pike, L. Wallace.

Results — U.14 'A': v Woodhouse Grove v Manor v York College v Giggleswick v Queen Margaret's v Giggi eswick v Ackworth v Pockington v Queen Margaret's v Woodhouse Grove v Mount St. Mary's v Huntngton U.13 v Bootham v Worksop

U.14 ' B ': v Manor v Gigg! eswick v Queen Margaret's v Ackworth v The Mount v Pock: ington (H) (H) (A) (A) (A) (H) (A) (A) (H) (A) (H) (A) (A) (H)

(H) (A) (A) (A) (H) (A) Won Lost Won Lost Drew 121313-

7--14

9- 9 Abandoned 3Won Won Lost Won Won Won Won

Lost 1516122 119151714- 8 -14 - 5 - 1 -12 - 7 -15 - 9 -11 -14 - 8 -16

Won Drew Lost Lost Lost Drew 9545168- 6 - 5 - 9 - 8 -39 - 8

Junior House Netball

These House matches were held on a Wednesday games afternoon in February, with the Houses put into two 'pools' then semi-finals and a final. The standard of netball was good, the shooters particularly so, with the result that Clifton played The Rise in one semi-final while Temple played Dronfield in the other. Clifton beat The Rise 13-5 in their match and the Temple/Dronfield match was close but Temple won 13-10 at the end. Clifton were convincing winners in the final beating Temple 14-6. The overall platings were:

1st Clifton 2nd Temple 3rd The Rise 4th Dronfield

Once again the girls had an extremely successful season, and finished the year unbeaten. Despite competing against some strong opposition, such as Harrogate Ladies College, who had good individual players, our team showed that the school has a continually improving standard of squash. This year we have fielded one of our strongest teams ever, and our results have shown that St. Peter's are one of the better teams in Yorkshire at school girl level.

Individually congratulations go to Katy Pittman and Danielle Powley for their 100% achievement in winning all of their matches. Both of them are good players and Danielle must be one of the quickest players on the court that we have seen at school. The captain, Colette Humphreys, played in all the fixtures, losing only one match at Woodhouse Grove. It was unfortunate that Rachel Owen-Barnett was only available to play in half the matches, mostly through illness but when she did play she demonstrated a "Never Say Die" attitude and the good team spirit that I have come to expect from the players. Rebecca Fisher, still the "baby" of the team but playing the number one string for the majority of the season, put in some excellent performances against good opposition. Sadly, we will be losing Rachel, Colette and Katy as they move on, but fortunately we have new players to call on. Katy Ramskill, a newcomer to the lower sixth, made her team debut against Harrogate and did particularly well to win 10-9 in the fifth game. I would like to thank the other players who filled in for the team on occasion and for their enthusiasm in wanting to play. The interest in squash within the school remains high and this can only encourage more players for future seasons.

The season ended with the Inter-House Competition and this was played in a very competitive and enthusiastic manner. It was pleasing to see some younger players involved in the matches. However, a very experienced Dronfield team featuring three of the first team players beat Temple in the final by 127 to 69 points.

Finally I would like to thank Colette for being a most helpful captain, and to all the players for making the coaching enjoyable for me. I shall miss the upper sixth leavers, not only for their efforts on court but also for their "in-house entertainment" off the courts and travelling to matches. I wish them well!

The following represented the team:

**Colette Humphreys, **Rachel Owen-Barnett, **Katy Pittman, *Danielle Powley, *Rebecca Fisher, Hazel Curry, Rebecca Turl, Miki Ayton, Anna Dixon, Katy Ramskill.

* denotes Colours ** denotes re-award

Results:

v Woodhouse Grove v Harrogate College v Pocklington v Queen Margaret's v Pocklington Won Won Won Won Won 5-

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443-0 -2 -2 -1 -3