Sports

Newsletter St. John’s Senior School

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St. John’s Senior School North Lodge The Ridgeway

Enfield Middlesex EN2 8BE

Winning ways at St. John’s Contents:

Pg 1

Introduction

Boys Football

Pg 2

Netball

Pg 3 White Water

Rafting

Pg 4 School Cross

Country Borough Cross

Country

Golf

Pg 5

Olympic Fact File

School Cross

Country results

Prize Giving

Pg 6

Notices

Biathlon

Sports Performer

of the month

Clubs timetable

The P.E. department is proud to an-

nounce that St. John’s football and netball teams

have once again exceeded our expectations, with

only two league defeats thus far this season, and

some outstanding performances. We are certainly

looking forward to exciting times and are pre-

empting more trophies to be won. The tough

fitness regime and skill work followed during les-

sons are giving us the cutting edge during games.

The results are testament to the winning mentality

adopted by both pupils and teachers alike.

Mr. Hodgson

All three football teams have had an

impressive start to the season with all three sides

remaining unbeaten. The Senior boys have won all

their matches comfortably. Tamilore has been the

pick of the players, dominating in midfield, and

Matthew has scored five goals in only two appear-

ances.

The under 15s team have started strong-

ly with Andrew Connor commanding in midfield,

assisted by the wide play of Bedros and Ethan.

Defensively this team has been solid, the full backs

Jake and Tomas Buckland have worked hard in

keeping the opposition out and producing some

excellent passes from the back.

Finally the under 13s team have broken

school records. The boys destroyed Kings 18-0,

then went on to break their own record by beat-

ing North London International School 23-0. A

special mention should go to First formers Harry

Young who has dominated the midfield with ag-

gressive tackling, creative play and shooting that

would not look out of place in the Senior team.

Also Yiannis who has provided strength and power

up front, scoring an unbelievable 15 goals in 4

BOYS FOOTBALL W = Win for St. John’s D = Draw for St. John’s

RESULTS

1st/2nd Form Team St. John’s Vs St Aubyn’s W 4 - 2 Ceykan x 1 Yiannis x 3

St. John’s Vs Northbridge D 2 - 2 Elijah x 1 Yiannis x 1

St. John’s Vs Kings W 18 - 0 Ceykan x 5 Yiannis x 5 Harry Y x 5 Elijah x 1

Daniel x 2

St. John’s Vs Northbridge W 6 - 1 Kennedy x 1 Yiannis x 5

St. John’s Vs NLIS W 23 - 0 Daniel x 5 Yiannis x 6 Harry x 2 Ahmed x 2

Ceykan x 4 Kishan x 1 Richard x 1 Nicholas x 1

Own goal x 1

3rd/4th Form Team St. John’s Vs NLIS W 4 - 0

Ismail x 1 Bedros x 1 Thomas P x 2

St. John’s Vs Sherredswood W 7 - 0 Ismail x 2 Ethan x 2 Thomas P x 2 Andrew x 1

St. John’s Vs Kings W 2 - 1 Ethan x 1 Andrew x 1

St. John’s Vs Northbridge D 1 - 1 Thomas P x 1

St. John’s Vs King Alfred W 9 - 1 Thomas P x 1 Ceykan x 2 Ismail x 2 Yiannis x 1

Andrew x 1 Tomas B x 2

Senior Team St. John’s Vs Kings W 2 - 0 Tamilore x 2

St. John’s Vs NLIS W 4 - 2 Tamilore x 1 Matthew x 1 Phillip x 1 Jack x 1

St. John’s Vs King Alfred W 5 - 1

Newsflash!! St. John’s wins Enfield Borough football

Under 12’s 5-a-side Championship!

Full story to follow in School Newsletter out next term.

See Page 3

Autumn Term Issue : 6

Prize Giving

Sports Newsletter

Olympics

Fact File

Did you know?

There will be 471 medal

events at the Paralympic

Games in 2012.

The dining room in the

athletes village will be

the size of three football

pitches and it seats 5000

people.

205 nations will com-

pete in the 2012 Olym-

pic and Paralympic

Games.

The Olympic Park is the

size of 357 football

pitches.

School Cross Country

Results

Top 10 boys

1. Tamilore Fayemi

2. Andrew Connor

3. Luke Loukaides

4. Ethan Jamieson

5. Tomas Buckland

6. Matthew Maloney

7. Jake Ward

8. Samuel Leigh

9. Dennis Tockan 10. Uche Bartels-

Williams

Tamilore ran the course in

20:01

Top 10 girls Joint 1st/2nd Katie Lodge

& Alexandra Behrouzi

3. Niamh O’Leary

4. Shriya Unadkat

5. Ellis Hobbs

6. Efeilomo Akande

7. Laura Bird

8. Dawn Fasanya

9. Louise Fligman

10. Isha Amin

Alexandra and Katie ran

the course in 28:49

Academic year September 2010 — July 2011

Physical Education subject awards

1st Form Christopher Vazanias

Richard Thorpe

2nd Form Louise Fligman

Henry Penhaligan

Claudia Camera

3rd Form Ismail Akarsu

Andrew Connor

4th Form (GCSE) Rochea Dyer

5th Form (GCSE) Marwan Warda

Netball

1st/2nd Form Kyria Constantinou

3rd/4th Form Rochea Dyer

Senior Nicole Couzens

Football

1st/2nd Form Ceykan Karagozlu

3rd/4th Form Harry Reynolds

Senior Marwan Warda

Golden Boot Tamilore Fayemi

Tennis

Player of the year Joseph O’Leary

Athletics

Female athlete Rochea Dyer

of the year

Male athlete Tamilore Fayemi

of the year

Boxing

Boxer of the year Luke Loukaides

Golf

Golfer of the year Nicholas Odysseos

Cricket

Cricketer of the Aliraza Syed

year

Rounders

Player of the year Niamh O’Leary

Hockey

Player of the year Laura Bird

Arakawa Prize

Sportswoman Katie Lodge

of the year

Sportsman of Yiannis Katsaros

the year

Page 5

Olympic White Water Rafting

Page 3

Pictured white water

rafting:

Ben St John

Ryan Patel

Joshua Payne

Oliver Whayman

Mr. Russell

Andrew Baker

Christopher Carey

Harley Wallace

Jack Vanderpump

On the 7th of October pupils from the 5th and 6th

Form were invited to experience the white water rapids at the

Lea Valley Olympic site.

The afternoon started by getting kitted out in wet-

suits and safety gear and then we were briefed on the safety

aspects of the activity. Once this was complete we practised

paddling techniques and commands on flat water, including

rescuing each other.

It was then time to take the raft onto the main 300m

course, which consisted of drops of 5.5m on the average

slopes and a pump-powered stream flow of 13 cubic metres

per second, which we were told could fill a swimming pool in

ten seconds.

We rode the rapids completing five loops of the

course and thankfully no one fell out. The boys described

their experience as their best P.E. lesson ever!

Sports Newsletter

NETBALL GIRLS NETBALL

RESULTS

1st/2nd Form Team St. John’s Vs Chace W 19 - 0

St. John’s Vs NLIS W 19 - 0

St. John’s Vs Northbridge W 31 - 1

St. John’s Vs Kingsmead L 7 - 6

St. John’s Vs Highlands D 10 - 10

St. John’s Vs Latymer L 28 - 7

St. John’s Vs Lea Valley W 11 - 0

3rd Form Team St. John’s Vs Highlands W 14 - 6

St. John’s Vs Chace W 21 - 1

St. John’s Vs Lea Valley W 16 - 1

St. John’s Vs Southgate W 7 - 2

St. John’s Vs Kingsmead W 5 - 4

St. John’s Vs St Annes W 14 - 0

St. John’s Vs Latymer W 11 - 6

4th Form Team St. John’s Vs Latymer W 15 - 4

St. John’s Vs Northbridge W 8 - 3

Senior Team St. John’s Vs Latymer W 10 - 8

St. John’s Vs Kingsmead L 9 - 6

W = Win for St. John’s

D = Draw for St. John’s

L = Loss for St. John’s

The girls have made an excellent start to the netball season. They have

been training weekly during their lunchtime sessions and during their games after-

noons. All teams have been focusing particularly on accuracy of passing and im-

proving footwork. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Form players have been entered into the

Enfield Borough Netball League. In addition to our league games, we also partici-

pate against other Independent schools, State schools and Academies. Even

though we are so few in number, it is amazing that St. John’s regularly beats much

larger schools who have hundreds of girls to select their teams from.

Outstanding performances this year were seen by the 1st/2nd Form

mixed team with wins including 31—1 against Northbridge Independent School.

The 3rd Form team have won all of their league games, confirming their position

as top of their group to have a guaranteed place in the semi-finals in February

2012. The 3rd Form players level of skill was highlighted by beating Kingsmead

5 - 4, which is a close score, however they were actually playing Kingsmead’s 4th

Form, a year above and St. John’s still came out triumphant.

In total, we have played 18 games this term, but we have scored 230

goals compared to the oppositions measly 90 goals. What an achievement! We

will continue training throughout winter, playing friendly fixtures and subsequently

aim to continue our outstanding record until we reach the end of the netball sea-

son at Easter. The girls also have the end of season tournaments to look forward to, which take place around March.

3rd Form Team

Senior Team

1st/2nd Form Team

Page 2

Enfield Borough Cross Country Championships

Page 4

CROSS COUNTRY

On the 21st October all 1st to 5th Form pupils participated in the

annual cross country event. The course runs through a large woodland area

and it is quite strenuous, with up-and-downhill stretches as well as varying

surfaces, making it even more challenging. On request of the students, we

included another water station and also recruited extra 6th Form helpers to

run alongside the 1st Form students. Pupils were encouraged to beat their

individual times from previous cross country runs. We are all very proud of

the pupils’ achievements and the enthusiasm displayed on the day.

Thirty six St. John’s pupil’s

competed in the annual Cross Country

Championships at Trent Park on the 15th

November. Six teams competed in the

various age categories. This was a team

challenge and pupils ran extremely well,

with some outstanding performances in

particular by Efeilomo Akande, Megan

Jones, Harry Cox, Andrew Connor and

Tamilore Fayemi.

Golf

During my Thursday Games afternoons this term I have been playing golf

at Oakwood Park. Over the course of the term we have played Texas Scramble, in

which two teams hit as far as they can and out of the team they play the closest to

the hole. I have really enjoyed this!

In lessons we have also covered the correct technique to hit the ball,

learnt about when to use different clubs in different situations and putting skills.

Our specialist instructor Joe James is really friendly and encouraging, I think he is an

amazing teacher and I enjoy his lessons.

For anyone who does not particularly like team sports such as football,

rugby and netball, I would definitely recommend golf as an alternative Games option.

Reported by Alex Evans (2 Blue)

Tamilore displayed exceptional talent during the event and will pos-

sibly be considered for the County Championships in February 2012.

The teams achieved particularly good overall results against the

large local schools. The boys senior team came second, the girls mixed 2nd

and 3rd Form team came third and the girls senior team also achieved third

place, with the girls 1st Form team finishing 4th overall.

Sports clubs (Jan—Mar)

Anthony Crittenden (November)

Sports Performer of the Month

First Form Biathlon

Sports fixtures will take priority over sports clubs.

All pupils are welcome to attend lunchtime clubs, regardless whetherthey are in the school teams.

NOTICES

First Form compulsory

Swimming Gala will be

held at Furzefield

Leisure Centre, Potters

Bar on Saturday 17th

March at 6.00 p.m.

Mini Olympics inter-

house competition

week coming soon!

PE lessons and games

afternoon options next

term (January till

March) are as follows;

1st Form

PE - Swimming

Games (on site) - Cricket/

Trampolining/

Games (off site) - Boxing/

Horse riding/Shokk gym/

Outdoor pursuits (canoeing,

mountain biking and indoor

climbing).

2nd Form

PE - Fitness

Games (on site) - Cricket/

Trampolining/

Games (off site) - Boxing/

Horse riding/Shokk gym/

Outdoor pursuits (canoeing,

mountain biking and indoor

climbing).

3rd Form

PE - Fitness

Games (on site) - Badminton/

Table tennis/Trampolining/

Games (off site) - Boxing/

Shokk gym/Outdoor pursuits

(canoeing, mountain biking and

indoor climbing).

4th Form

Games (on site) - Badminton/

Table tennis/Trampolining/

Games (off site) - Boxing/

Shokk gym/Outdoor pursuits

(canoeing, mountain biking and

indoor climbing).

5th/6th Form

Games (on site) -Trampolining/

Multi sports

Games (off site) - Furzefield

astro turf football/Horse

riding/Furzefield gym.

First Form have recently taken part in

trials for the British Schools’ Biathlon Competi-

tion. The Biathlon provides a fantastic opportuni-

ty for school children of all abilities to take part in

a multi-sports experience, with the chance of

qualifying for the British Championships.

The criteria for the Biathlon is a 50

meter swim and a 500 meter run. During P.E.

lessons, we recorded pupils ties, and the results

have been sent off to the organisers of the com-petition. We are now awaiting the results, in the

hope that some pupils might have made it through

to the championships.

DAY

TIME

LOCATION

SPORT

YEAR

TEACHER

Mon 1.00PM Sports hall Girls

netball

1/2/3/4/5 Miss Foley

3.30PM Sports hall /

Field

Prep School

Boys football

Prep School Mr. Russell

3.30PM Sports field Boys rugby 1/2 Mr. Hodgson

3.30PM Sports hall Girls netball

(squad training)

1/2/3 Miss Foley

Tues 1.00PM Sports hall Boys & girls

Badminton &

table tennis

1/2 Mr. Russell

Mr. Hodgson

1.00PM Front field Girls hockey 1/2/3 Miss Foley

3.30PM Sports hall Prep School

Boys cricket

Prep School Mr. Russell

Wed 1.00PM Sports hall Boys & girls

Badminton &

table tennis

3/4/5/6 Miss Foley

Mr. Russell

Mr. Hodgson

1.00PM Sports hall Boys

basketball

1/2/3/4 Mr. Petrou

Mr. Reese

3.30PM Sports hall Boys cricket 1/2 Mr. Russell

Thurs 1.00PM Sports hall Boys

indoor football

1/2/3/4 Mr. Hodgson

1.00PM Front field Girls football 1/2/3 Miss Foley

3.30PM Sports hall Boys & girls

Fencing 1/2/3/4/5/6 Gabor Hadalin

Fri 1.00PM Sports hall Boys & girls

Gymnastics

1/2 Miss Cullen

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RESULTS

Girls Boys

Swim

1st Megan Jones Ben Pott

2nd Charlotte Proffitt Harry Cox

3rd Efeilomo Akande Hassan Aknar

Run

1st Efeilomo Akande Harry Young

2nd Megan Jones Harry Cox

3rd Jodie Hall-McAteer Anthony Crittenden