PE (continued) BADMINTON
The annual West Wilts School Games Badminton tournament at took place at Center Parcs on November 30th. Matravers took four strong teams and nine officials after over sixty students had attended the trials in the build to the competition. Matravers have a strong tradition in this tournament with both officials and players, and we are the reigning champions in the KS4 girls. This year we took nine officials who worked diligently to make sure that the tournament was fair but also enjoyable for all the players and supporters. Four officials were appointed team leader, continuing the standard set by last year’s tournament officials, thank you to; Zach Pearce, Joe Morse, Jake Dudley, Tiffany Crockford-Ward, Ella Pearce, Millie Wells, Charlotte Rice, Hayden Bailey and Lewis Smith. Lewis was the youngest official at the competition and was voted the young official of the day by the organisers.
Four teams represented Matravers this year, KS3 girls, KS3 boys, KS4 boys and the KS3 girls; trying to defend their title won in 2017. The KS3 girls and boys teams saw a number of year 9 students returning to the competition following their first experience last year. Both teams battled tirelessly and demonstrated great resilience throughout the day with both teams finishing 3rd in their competitions. The KS4 teams drew on their skill level and experience from the start, with outstanding performances. The KS4 boys’ team battled hard throughout the day winning one match
BASKETBALL
Wednesday 21st November saw the KS3 girls compete in their first basketball tournament. With over 25 girls to choose from, the PE department entered two teams to allow as many girls as possible to experience playing basketball. Ellie Johnson captained the team and led them in some warm up practices and the players responded well to her leadership. Despite the girls only playing together as a team for a short while they played well under the pressure. Students from year 7, 8 and 9 made up both teams and the blend from each group allowed the girls to play a fast-paced game from the start.
The boys’ competition was hosted by St Augustines where a strong boy’s team competed hard but were eventually over run by the more experienced St Augustines and St Laurence outfits. Camron Williams led the team superbly once against after doing so in year 8 at last years competition. Oscar Thorne and Sam Pym were the two-standout performers this year with Oscar defending tirellsy and Sam demonstrating a great attacking performance. Basketball club will continue next year as we prepare for friendly matches.
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outright, but narrowly losing in some closely fought battles. The KS4 girls’ team also battled hard all day, but their battle started before the tournament with a number of injuries forcing some of the team to withdraw. Thank you to Georgia Bryant for filling in last minute to allow the team to enter the tournament.
The squad members representing the school were: KS3 Girls – Cody Joyce, Lily Sperring, Ellie Johnson and Leah Rendell. KS3 Boys – Todd Pearce, Camron Williams, Ethan Srawley and Casper Morris. KS4 Girls – Ellie Gough, Lucy Pennell, Georgia Brynat and Sammie Kirk. KS4 Boys – Gustavo dos Santos Pereira, Harry Throne, Nathan Lintern and Luke Morris
It was a pleasure to see so many of our students representing the school and leading the tournament as officials.
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