Summer Term
2nd May
Athletics
The school hosted a large athletics match at Droitwich High School on Saturday, the schools attending were Oakham, Rugby, RGSAO, Kings Worcester, Solihull, Clifton and Malvern as well as our own athletes from both the senior and prep school. In a high quality event the following pupils finished in 1st place; Vicky Stokes-Hurdles; Jane Bourne-Shot; Celine Goodwin-Discus; Cat Allan-High Jump; Seb Mills-High Jump and Masa Inafusa-Hurdles.
Cricket versus RGSAO
Under 14b’s won by 12 runs In an exciting game – Sam Bolton top-scoring with 66 – Dan Young the pick of the bowlers taking 3 for 13.
The 3rd X1 won comfortably by 6 wickets – Sam Brown taking 4 for 25 and Matt Wix top scored with 47.
The 2nd X1 with a much improved all round team performance won by 7 wickets with Robin Hadley taking 3 for 23
The 1st X1 remained unbeaten with an excellent 28 run victory – Ryan Cleary top scored with 44.
Girls Tennis and Rounders
There were excellent victories for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd girls’ tennis teams against Malvern St James School on Saturday as well as victories for the U15A tennis and the U15 rounders teams against the same school.
Boys Tennis
The boys tennis 1st and 2nd teams faced tough opposition at Loughborough Grammar School last weekend. All 6 pairs fought hard in windy conditions with Vladimir Bondarenko and Maxamillion Feld securing a small victory for Bromsgrove in the last game.
Swimming
Last Thursday the boys' swimming squad competed against Harrow School and Charterhouse. Despite missing a few key swimmers Bromsgrove beat Charterhouse but narrowly lost to Harrow.
Basketball
The Under 16 squad played Lumleys School Pickering North Yorkshire in the last 16 of the national cup on Monday. It was an enthralling match where the lead changed hands several times, unfortunately for Bromsgrove several key players were fouled out in the last quarter enabling Lumleys top open up a ten lead. Final score Lumleys 94 Bromsgrove 84
Fixtures on Saturday 3rd May
Cricket versus Cheltenham College
Athletics match at the Ryland Centre
Girls Tennis versus Oundle
Rounders versus Oundle
25th April
Golf
The golf team played their first fixture of the term against Dean Close at Blackwell Golf Club. All three matches were close and went down to the last hole with Bromsgrove finally emerging winners 2 – 1. Todd Taylor and Michael Wyres won at 1st pair and Nick Spencer and Tom Koch at 3rd pair while Dom Wall and Jenny Sritragul, who is a new L4 pupil and was playing her first game for the school, had a tight game before finally losing on the final green.
Rounders
On Wednesday afternoon U18 and U16 rounders teams played against King’s, Worcester. Both matches were closely contested - despite good hitting and fielding from Bromsgrove King’s unfortunately secured narrow victories.
Cricket
The 1st X1 led the way with an excellent 3 wicket win against Warwick School – Jon Webb top-scoring with a high class 122 n.o.
The Under 14bs also recorded a victory in a tight game - winning by 9 runs. Other teams competed well in some very close matches and credit must be given to all players for showing tremendous spirit & enthusiasm in thoroughly cold, wet & miserable conditions.
Girls Tennis
The seniors and juniors played tennis matches against Dean Close. The 1st team were victorious by 6 sets to 3, however, there were defeats for all other teams.
Congratulations to James Freeman who played for England Under 18 rugby team at the European tournament in Treviso Italy.
Swimming
Dan Ruckwood was one of the few 15 year olds to qualify to swim at the Olympic Trials at the end of March where he set personal best times in all his events. It was a great learning experience for Dan to be competing against the best male swimmers in the country and his coach was very pleased with how Dan coped with the pressure of such a big occasion. Dan now has been picked to be on the prestigious “Target 2012 squad” where he is one of the youngest swimming squad members to be included.
Hockey
The U16 boys continued their dazzling progress in the National Outdoor Hockey Cup Competition. After thier tremendous win in the North-East in the quarter-final in March, they played at home against Langley Park School, Herts, in the semis. They enjoyed a hard fought win in a thrilling match. The score at the final whistle was 4-4 penalties followed where our team triumphed 4-2.
