Hockey, Form Hockey Tourney for Charlotte Hartey Foundation

During the games lessons today and earlier this week on Tuesday, pupils from the Senior and Middle Schools played in a fun hockey tournament to raise funds for the Charlotte Hartey Foundation.

Netball, v Emmanuel College, Gateshead (h) 10am

I would like to take this opportunity to thank both the teachers and girls from Emmanuel College, Gateshead for taking the time out of their tour to come over and play us.

Rugby v Emmanuel College, Gateshead (h) 10am

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Shooting, School v Old Oswestrians, 2pm

If you are an Old Oswestrian and would like to take part in this event, please email John Evans or ring 01691 830540.

Football, 1st XI v Old Oswestrians, 2pm

Our senior side were defeated by a squad made up from school teams of old at the weekend. Traditionally the Old Boys' game is always a fun event and it was no different this year with many of the OO's commenting on the good natured spirit in which the match was played.

Although we played some quality football at times, we could not stop the Old Boys side from scoring despite some great saves from Callum Morris. We were simply unable to finish our chances. A special mention should go to our younger players who did their best against a physically stronger side. The final score finished 7-2 with goals from Sean Crompton and Scott Vallely. Man of the Match is shared between Callum Morris and Scott Vallely.

Great game with OOs winning 7-2. Dave Lancaster lifts the new OO challenge shield!

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Hockey, 1st Xl v Old Oswestrians, 2pm

Congratulations to all the School girls who played against the Old Oswestrians at the weekend. The game was quite physical, however, when the School girls were in possession of the ball it was played at a fast pace out wide and switching the play to score eight fantastic goals from Natalie Renwick, Alex Mowbray, Rebecca Long and Laura Doyle. The defence played solidly with Lucy Williams making a fantastic defensive diving save.

Final score being 8-2, this was a very well-deserved win for School.

Well played girls.

Miss Jones and Mr Othen

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OO Team with Mrs Keighley

Netball, 1st Vll v Old Oswestrians, 1.30pm

A comfortable win for the Old Oswestrians, umpired by Miss Jones and Mrs Keighley who returned for the afternoon.

Result 19- 14 to the Old Oswestrians

Thank you very much to the girls who played for School on Founder's Day. The game was played in good spirits and evenly fought, however this time it was the turn of the Old Girls' to reign victorious.

Next year girls!

Well played

Miss Jones

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School

OO Team with Shield

OO Team

Sailing, Wind, Rain, Rainbows and Boats

Taking advantage of the Oswestry School RS Feva boats kept at Whitemere, Year 11's Douglas Laundy and Sam Foggin spent a challenging windy and rainy afternoon at the sailing club with Mr Arnott today.

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Hockey, 1st Xl v Shrewsbury School (a) 2.15pm

Today we went to play Shrewsbury School's first hockey team; we knew it would be a tough game so determination was a must. The game was on Astroturf, which we weren't used to, so we had to attempt to adapt our skills which proved more difficult than initially thought.

Swimming, North Shropshire Gala (Moreton Hall) 2pm

I would like to express my thanks to the pupils who took part in the swimming gala today at Moreton Hall. I was very happy with all of the events that they did and I am satisfied that they all gave 100%. They faced some very stiff competition from many seasoned swimmers and they had to compete against County and National swimmers as well as two of the best triathletes in the country.

Hockey, U13 v Marches School (a) 3.15pm

Congratulations and well played to the U13 girls who played in the match today. The game consisted of largely of our girls being dominant in attack, threading the ball through from the defense, playing the ball wide then finishing with accuracy and precision. All the goals came from Verity Bowen, Captain on the day, who therefore received Teacher's Player of the Match. Captain's Player of the Match went to Amelia Mercer who was prolific in setting up the attacking opportunities.

Well played to all the girls and thank you for your time and efforts.

Result: Won 3-0.

Miss Jones

Cross Country

Inter-Counties Schools Cross Country Match, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent

Daisy Tickner (Year 10) ran a storming race in the mud and the rain at Staffordshire University today to lead home the Shropshire Intermediate Girls' Team. Despite being one of the youngest in her age group, she came in 1st for Shropshire, and finished 17th in the field of 51 runners from the 10 counties competing. Other teams were from Merseyside, Cumbria, Surrey, West Midlands, Kent, Cheshire, Warwickshire, South Wales and Staffordshire.

Daisy's sprint finish took her past the photographer before he could capture her in action so the image here is of Daisy and some of the Shropshire Intermediate Girls' Team (Daisy is 2nd from right).

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Hockey, Senior Girls House Competition

1st = Burnaby 10 pts

2nd = Oswald 6 pts

3rd = Spooner 4 pts

4th = Donne 2 pts

Click here to see the latest House Competition Table.

Cross Country

Oswestry and District Primary Schools (Rhyn Park 2/4) 4.00pm

The Oswestry and District Primary Schools Cross Country competition moved on the Rhyn Park for the first time today. Some excellent runs from our pupils - Jacob Tidridge and the Champion brothers leading the field with other excellent runs taking place. Here are the listings for the races:

Hockey, U13 v Adcote (h) 3.30pm

Well done to all the girls who played against Adcote today. Through the wind and rain the girls all played brilliantly! Although we had much of the ball in attack, we did not manage to get on the score sheet as the game finished 0-0.

Hockey and Football

First Teams Train at The Venue

Despite driving rain and the beginnings of this weekend's storms, the 1st Football and Hockey teams were able to train under floodlights on the artificial Ligaturf pitch this evening at The Venue, Park Hall, home of Welsh Premier League team, The New Saints FC.

Darren Hollingsworth, Oswestry School's Director of Sport, says "This facility will be available to our players throughout the dark months of the winter terms".

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Sports Department, Sporting Weekends Ahead

Daisy Runs for County

Daisy Tickner from Year 10 has been selected to represent Shropshire Schools U15 girls next weekend (Saturday 21st November) in the County Cross Country Competition at Staffordshire University against Merseyside, Cumbria, Surrey, West Midlands, Kent, Cheshire, Warwickshire, South Wales and Staffordshire.

Hockey, 1st Xl, U15 v Ellesmere College (a) 2.15pm

1st XI

After the warm up and team talk, the match began with Ellesmere having first push back. For the majority of the first half, ball possession was fairly even between both teams. The teams were evenly matched which made the match harder than expected. Play was backwards and forwards as both teams had strong defences. Sophie Yates and Hannah Foggin worked well together, covering the goal area and not letting the ball go past them to Lucy our goal keeper.

Football, U12 5-a-Side N Shropshire Tournament, Thomas Adams, Wem

Our Yr 7 boys battled hard to secure 5th place in the North Shropshire School's' tournament on Tuesday. All the boys played exceptionally well with strong wins over Rhyn Park and The Corbet. The Oswestry School fighting spirit showed throughout each game and the boys simply did not stop trying. The afternoon was enjoyed by all!

The squad was made up of

Elliot Blount Powell, Ryan Cox, James Jones, Oliver Renwick, Matthew Gale, Matthew Thornton, James Bell, Sasha Arridge and Tom Nicholas.

DH

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Hockey, U13 North Shropshire 7-a-Side (SJT) 1.30pm

Well done and thank you to all the girls who participated in the tournament today, who represented the school brilliantly with their effort and determination during all the games.

The girls finished joint 3rd in their group with The Marches; unfortunately they did not make it to the semi-finals. However it was very close with a win against Adcote beating them 2-0 with goals from Verity Bowen, no score draws against Ellesmere A and The Marches and a loss against Ellesmere B. Megan Williams' Captain's Player of the Tournament went to Verity Bowen and my Player of the Tournament went to Kyla Welsby. Well done girls - great play.

I would like to thank those parents that came along for their continual support - thank you.

Well done girls.

Miss Jones