December 2017
WYCOMBE HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS BULLETIN Autumn 2017
Welcome to the Sports Bulletin, a half-termly update of our students’ sporting achievements. Go to the Sports website for details of fixtures and follow us on Twitter @WycHighsports.
Swimming
Individual Success Golf
Congratulations Millie Samsone who has been awarded ‘England Talent Athlete of the Year’ for open water swimming! Millie has been competing in open water swimming for the past 3 years, last year she was selected to compete as part of Team GB. Millie has recently progressed to stage 2 of the England talent camp in hope of being selected the European open water team for the 2017 - 2018 season.
Over the summer Allie Holtom has continued to work hard in her golf training, altering her technique which has increased both her accuracy and success in the sport. In July, Allie and her team mates represented Oxfordshire at Bicester, with Allie narrowly losing her first scratch match to Buckinghamshire by a putt on the 18th green. Allie also represented Oxfordshire at the following events: vs Tadmarton Ladies at Tadmarton Heath GC vs Buckinghamshire at Oakland Park GC
Another highlight for Allie was a victory with her Oxfordshire team mates in the Midlands South Stableford at Robin Hood GC in Solihull. This was a large event with teams from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Tae Kwon Do Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Hereford Congratulations to Navya Sareen who competed County Golf Associations. in the Tae Kwon Do World Championships and placed an amazing second place in the age 10 black stripe category. Since her podium finish Allie also finished the summer season with a Navya has been awarded her 1st degree black whopping 6-0 win against Gloucesteshire at Frilford Heath GC, with Allie winning her match 3- belt after six years of training and competed in Tae Kwon Do. 2. Well done Allie, a vey successful season!
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Individual Success Continued
U14A Netball
The U14 Netball A team have had a brilliant first term in the season. The team’s first game was Mia Waterhouse has been selected to represent Bucks Saturday 16 December in the inter counties against Sir William Borlase Grammar School unfortunately they lost 16-8. But the team went cross country championship in Oxford. Mia has been having a great country season this year with into their next game feeling optimistic and won 23—3 against Sir William Ramsay! Hoping to get the Wycombe Phoenix Harriers U17 team who are a second win of the term against St Michaels in bronze medal position at the moment in the Catholic School, the team fought hard to Chiltern League. eventually gain another win, scoring 16-8. Knowing that it their last game before the Christmas holidays, the team played with determination, during the game against Great Marlow school. With the support from our family members, we won 25-4. Scoring 72 goals in total and making a total goal difference of 41, makes the first term’s netball matches a very successful few games!
Cross Country
Team Success Netball National Netball Tournament—Saturday 4 November 2017
Kingsmead recreation ground was the venue for the first round of National Schools’ Netball competition . Wycombe and district schools were invited to attend this round and as usual, we filled all three categories with a team at each level of the tournament U14, U16 and U19. It was a chilly, wet day full of high-paced, high level netball. Well done to all girls who were selected and arranged their plans around taking part and thank you to all of our supporters, families, friends and canines!
U14B Netball
With many new players to give the team a fresh start for the new season, the under 14’s B team was raring to go. After training with coach Sarah, focussing particularly on shooting, some teammates found new strengths and performed excellently in every match. This year, the team has worked incredibly hard, putting in all the effort they can in training and games, and it has paid off! In the matches the girls have made sure to be there for every interception, every pass and every goal, even in the cold, the rain, and on the slippery courts! As a team, the girls continue to keep putting in all the effort they can and get the results they truly deserve. There’s been loads of laughs along the way and we cannot wait to see how the rest of the year goes for them!
Our very strong U16 team, coached by volunteer coach Sarah Grey, performed as brilliantly as expected and have secured a top 2 spot, progressing to the regional round of the competition in February. We are immensely proud of the dedication and commitment of these girls to netball and will do everything we can to support their future progression. Well done! Results: U14 6th (winners Pipers Corner School) U16 2nd (winners Beaconsfield High School) U19 4th (winners Beaconsfield High School)
Football U15 League Results
Well done to all the U15 footballers who competed in the Wycombe District Football League. There were some outstanding performances and Wycombe High scored the most goals in the league (13 in total). We narrowly missed out on 1st place by 2 points, however this is an amazing achievement to come 2nd out of 7 schools in the league. Keep it up girls! After Christmas it will be down to the U13 teams to battle it out in the league! 2
Swimming
U15 Squash
League Results
Match report for Tring A vs WHS
On Wednesday 15 November the second round of the Buckinghamshire Schools Swimming League took place at Wycombe Abbey School. The WHS teams performances were excellent and as a result WHS are currently sat in second place, only a few point behind first! the Junior team placed 1st with Annie Oakes breaking the 50m Breaststroke record swimming 40.62 and Caitlin Ireland swimming a 36.83 in the 50m Butterfly. The Inter team improved on their previous 4th place finish and placed 3rd, Megan Daley set more league records, breaking her own records in the 100m IM (1:12:60) and 50m Breaststroke (37.01). The Senior team did not disappoint placing 1st overall by 9 points! Harriet Pugh set records in 100m IM (1:13:62) and the 50m Butterfly (33.17). The third league gala will take place on Wednesday 31 January.
ESSA National Championships 2017
The team arrived at the squash club raring to go. They had some doubts about winning as Tring A is a very string team, with their number 1 player being ranked the best in England and N.Ireland for U15. Kassia Goosen was our number 1 player, she played very well but sadly lost her match but with a valiant effort. Emma Bassett played as number 2, she also sadly lost her game but played exceptionally well. Emily Akehurst who played 5 won her match with a very good performance. At this point our spirits were lifted as Rachel played 4 and also won her game. The match all came down to the final game which was Nikhita Banerjee, player number 3. Nikhita had not won a game in competition so far this season, so it was even more impressive that even feeling pressured she won her game! Despite sustaining an injury Nikhita carried on which led to her winning the game and the team winning the match for the team. A fantastic team performance!
Furthering the WHS junior and senior swimming teams successful national qualification from the regional round in both medley and freestyle relays, on Saturday 18 November both teams travelled to the London Aquatic Centre for the National ESSA finals.
Inter-house Results Below are the results for the autumn term. Well done to everyone who took part from Years 7 After a fantastic effort from the junior team in both to 11! Below are the results for the autumn term relays they placed with a respectable finish in both (Netball, Badminton and Football). events coming 21st in the freestyle relay and 14th in the medley relay. The seniors followed with strong swims in both events and secured a place in finals for the freestyle and medley relays amongst the top ten teams. The senior team just missed out on a medal in the freestyle relay placing 4th and placed 5th in the medley relay, but in both events, were the highest placing state school! Well done girls outstanding performances!
Benchball Fundraising Tournament On 12 December the Year 12 Sports Leaders produced an inter-house Saff v Sixth Form benchball tournament raising £152.00 for the Play Your Part for Sport Campaign. 1st place was joint between Curie and Bronte; 2nd place was Nightingale and 3rd place was Pankhurst.
Sports Achievements
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