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Spring Issue : 11

Sports Newsletter For more please see our new additional news site:

www.stjohnsprepandsenior.co.uk

St. John’s Senior School

Tel: 0208 366 0035

St John’s Senior School

The Ridgeway

Enfield

Middlesex

EN2 8BE

S t. John’s Prep. and Senior School are proud to an-

nounce the opening of our brand new outdoor multi use sports area. It has been designed using a Tiger

Turf Pro surface, providing an outstanding facility for our pu-pils to play Hockey, Tennis, Netball and 5 aside football on.

This new addition to our Sports Department is part of a big-ger goal to provide all St. John’s pupils with the very best fa-cilities in sport. The next phase is the building of our new

changing rooms and showers, which have already begun and are due for completion on September 5th, 2014. We invite all parents to come and view the developments in

sport at St. John’s and to speak to a member of our P.E. staff for more details. We also look forward to hosting a pupil and parents tennis

tournament in the summer so we hope to see you soon!

Opening Of The Tennis Courts

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U13’s North London Netball Champions

On the 31st March, St. John’s U13’s Netball Team competed in the North London Independent Schools Netball

Tournament, held at St. John’s Senior School. The girls played a variety of schools including The Kings and Northbridge House, conceding no goals in any of their games. This is a great achievement when playing against highly skilled schools. St. John’s were undefeated in all games

played in the tournament; this led them to be crowned champi-ons of the North London Tournament. A special mention goes to Jasmine Harvey-Stone for her excellent defending skills and

important interceptions. Well done girls!

Team Riana Unadkat, Millie Abraham, Ayowie Aimiuwu,

Antigone Yiacomi, Jasmine Harvey-Stone,

Harriet Duke, Semanur Karakurt, Eva Carne, Rachel

Connor, Oreoluwa Olagunju, Omodunni Fadeye.

Results St. John’s v Northbridge House W

St. John’s v St. Aubyn’s School W

St. John’s v The Kings School W

St. John’s v Sherrardswood W

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Netball Super League Trip

Boxing

Outdoor Pursuits

Since January boxing has been buzzing at St. John’s. The

lunchtime club has been well attended and many a punch

thrown. Luckily for me not many punches have landed on my

head, although Andreas Melekis has been trying his best to

do so. Reshat Osman has really improved and the two boys

have worked so hard to learn and develop sparring skills. I

have to say I will miss the boys next year. Up and coming

talent in the 2nd Form promises to fill their place admirably

and wish them all the best.

Mr. Hodgson

On the 10th February St. John’s 3rd, 4th

and senior teams visited Hertfordshire University for a Netball Super League fix-ture, the Hertfordshire Mavericks were

playing against Manchester Thunders. The overall score finished at 38 - 48, with the Thunders winning the game. All the girls had a fantastic time and were able to

watch some professional England Netball players. Overall, the girls were a pleasure

to take to the game and all came back with

new ideas and skill to put into their own

netball.

Over the past term a number of pupil’s have been attending Harlow Outdoor Pursuits Centre. Whilst at

the centre, the pupils have experienced Canoeing, Rock Climbing and Mountain Biking. The pupils Rock

climbing required them to learn how to work well in a team to allow

each other to climb safely. The pupils were able to explore the

climbing routes assessing their ability and striving to climb higher and

more complex walls. When Mountain Biking the pupils were cycling

along the canal working on a range of terrains. The pupils learnt how

to use their bike to overcome problems such as large hills, puddles

and debris on the floor. Although the weather was poor on most

days the pupils still rode with a smile on their faces and got to en-

counter some very large puddles! Finally, the pupils did kayaking; they

learnt how to travel around the canal safely in their kayaks. They

were taught basic strokes allowing them to be in full control of their

kayaks. Overall, the pupils had the opportunity to try some new

sports and be challenged both physically and mentally along the way.

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Swimming Gala

Results

Results 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place

1st Form Boys Breaststroke Denis Uche -----

1st Form Girls Breaststroke Jessica Klara Rasleen

1st Form Boys Front Crawl Joshua Zachary Zebulon

1st Form Girls Front Crawl Jessica Eva Rasleen

1st Form Boys Backstroke Joshua Zachary Zebulon

1st Form Girls Backstroke Amy Christie Olivia

House Relay Water Rats Moles Badgers

On 29th March, 1st Form competed in

Annual St. John’s Swimming Gala. The event consisted of 94 races, which in-cluded front crawl, backstroke, breast

stroke and relay. There was some fan-tastic races; special mention goes to Jessica and Joshua Cohen for being the

most successful 1st Form swimmers on

the night ! Well done to all of the 1st

Form that competed in the gala.

BOYS FIXTURES RESULTS

St. John’s v Aylward Academy W 5 - 0

St. John’s v St. Anne’s School W 21 - 0

St. John’s v Oasis Enfield Academy W 26 - 0

St. John’s v Kingsmead School W 5 - 0

St. John’s v Lea Valley High School W 5 - 0

3rd/ 4th Form Team

St. John’s v St. Annes’s School W 12 - 6

St. John’s v Oasis Enfield Academy W 28 - 0

St. John’s v Edmonton County W 28 - 2

St. John’s v Bishop Stopford W 10 - 4

St. John’s v Kingsmead School W 20 - 6

St. John’s v Enfield County W 17 - 8

Senior Team

St. John’s v St. Anne’s School W 5 - 0

St. John’s v Edmonton County W 9 - 0

St. John’s v Highlands School W 13 - 6

St. John’s v Bishop Stopford L 7 - 9

St. John’s v Lea Valley High School W 5 - 0

GIRLS FIXTURES RESULTS

Under 13’s Team

St. John’s v Northbridge W 1 - 0 ( Joel)

St. John’s v King Alfred’s W 3 - 1 (Ayo, 2 OG)

St. John’s v St. Auybn’s W 10 - 0 (Joshua 2, Ricki 2, Ayo 3,

Gianni, Joel, Harry)

Under 14’s Team

St. John’s v Northbridge W 6 - 0 (Kennedy (3), Yiannis

(2) , Anthony (1)

Under 15’s Team

St. John’s v Dwight W 13 - 1 (Yiannis (6), Ceykan (3),

Daniel (3), Tommy (1)

St. John’s v Northbridge W 4 - 1 (Yiannis (1) Ceykan (1),

Daniel (1), Anthony (1)

St. John’s v Portland

Place W 5 - 0 (Yiannis, Ahmed,

Ceykan, Daniel, Kishan)

Senior Team

St. John’s v Portland

Place

D 1 - 1 (Ahmed)

St. John’s v Northbridge D 5 - 5 (Ceykan (2), Daniel (2),

Richard (1)

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Golf Star Pupil Of The Month

Sports Clubs (Easter - Summer )

DAY

TIME

LOCATION

SPORT

YEAR

TEACHER

Mon 1:00 p.m. Tennis courts Tennis 3rd & 4th Forms Mr. Hodgson & Miss Pym

1:00 p.m. Sports field Rounders 1st Form Miss King

3.30 p.m. Tennis courts Tennis 1st & 2nd Forms

squad training Mr. Hodgson & Miss Pym

3:30 p.m. Off site Cricket 1st & 2nd Forms Mr. Russell

Tues 1:00 p.m. Tennis courts Tennis 1st Form Mr. Hodgson & Miss King

1.00 p.m. Sports Field Rounders 2nd Form Miss Pym

Wed 1:00 p.m. Sports Field Athletics 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th

Forms

Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Russell,

Miss Pym & Miss King

Thurs 1:00 p.m. Tennis courts Tennis 2nd Form Mr. Hodgson

1.00 p.m. Sports field Rounders 3rd & 4th Forms Miss Pym & Miss King

3:30 p.m. Tennis courts Tennis 3rd & 4th Forms

squad training Mr. Hodgson & Miss Pym

Rachel Connor

R achel is a determined ath-lete who is very enthusiastic

about sport. She always strives to

improve her technical ability and is committed to representing St. John’s School. During P.E. lessons

and extracurricular activities, Ra-

chel performs to a high standard consistently in a range of sports. Rachel has represented the

school in the County Netball League and often is one of the

star players.

Christopher Vazanias

C hristopher has had an excellent

start to the academic year. He

has excelled in fitness, football and

weights. He scores 10/10 on his

ho mewo rk f o r GCSE P . E .

consistently. In class, he listens and

answers questions to a high standard.

At the weekend he plays football for

Interwood and is a key member of

the school football team.