U9 kwik cricket vs Whittington Primary School

Our Year 3 and 4 boys and girls took part in the first ever kwik cricket festival to be held at Oswestry School. The visitors to school for this opening week were Whittington Primary school. The first hour involved a skill based circuit and allowed the children to interact and make new friends whilst also learning the basic skills required to play cricket.

After this the schools were split into four teams and played matches against each other. The Maes-y-llan was a sight to behold with four matches taking place at the same time around the cricket square, with both schools demonstrating some superb batting, bowling and fielding.

It was Oswestry that came out on top winning three out of the four matches that were played. All of the Oswestry boys and girls did extremely well with a special mention to  Katie Scott, Lola Kynaston-Evans and Anna Warner who the coaches thought showed the most improvement throughout the day. A huge well done to all the boys and girls for what was an excellent day.

 

JM

U11 Kwik Cricket vs Whittington Primary School

The U11’s cricket team played their first kwik cricket match of the season, in which they recorded a convincing victory over Whittington Primary School. The format was pairs cricket, with each pair facing two over each. Oswestry batted first and scored a very respectable sixty eight off their eight overs with Xavi Clarke and Sam Champion hitting twenty eight off one over. The opposition were under a lot of pressure to reach their target and through excellent bowling from everyone involved Oswestry were able to restrict Whittington to only twenty five. This was an excellent all round effort and the boys should be truly proud of their efforts. Well done.

 

MSL

Bellan House -Sports Day Programme

To view the programme for Sports Day on 25th May please click here

U16 Rounders win vs Rydal Penrhos

U16  Rounders v Rydal Penrhos

The U16’s started the rounders season at home with their first game against Rydal Penrhos. Oswestry School fielded first and demonstrated excellent teamwork with some very effective fielding to deny Rydal their chances. Natalie Makin also made an excellent catch in deep field and Fran Dyke was consistent with her bowling skills throughout. After twenty seven good balls, the batting innings was over for Rydal and we had fielded very  effectively only allowing them to score 2.5 rounders.

We then went into bat and Natalie Makin opened  the scoring with a rounder after an excellent hit. This was then followed by Emma Duncombe and we continued to bat well scoring  a mixture of half and full rounders. At the end of the first innings we led 9.5 – 2.5 rounders.

The second innings was much the same. Once again we demonstrated efficient fielding and only conceded  scored two rounders in this innings with Rydal’s score totalling 4.5. Oswestry School went into bat and again did very well with particularly strong performances from  Natalie Makin and Emma Duncombe. Oswestry managed to gain many half rounders with all of our players batting well and on the scoreboard. The match ended with a comfortable and convincing victory for us of 18 – 4.5. Well done to all players, it was an excellent start to the season.

Player of the Match: Natalie Makin

CT

Squad: F Dyke (Captain), N Makin, E Duncombe, Holly Payne, Ellie Chambers, Jessica Tomley, Elise Fisher, Evie Lacey, Darcie Farsworth, Bethan Walford and Lizzie Jones.

U9 tag rugby vs Whittington Primary School

On a wet and windy Friday afternoon our U9 B team welcomed Whittington Primary to Oswestry School for a tag rugby match. It was the first time the boys had played together and they put on a fine performance against a very strong Whittington team who eventually won the game 12-7.

Wearing a brand new kit (donated by the PA) the boys got off to  a slow start with Whittington scoring an early try, however the boys got to grips with the game and scored some excellent tries with good all round contributions and some very good team work.

All the boys played well and should be very proud of a superb performance. A special mention must go to Man Of The Match Josh Counter, Josh is only in Year 2 and he scored two very good tries against a Whittington team consisting mainly of Year 4 boys.

Well done boys and keep up the good work!!

 

JM

National Sevens Competition, Rosslyn Park

Oswestry U16s 7s team arrived at Rosslyn Park with optimism, the sun was shining and it was going to be a hard, warm day. The first game was against Hereford Blue Coats, we couldn’t have asked for a harder game as they were to go on and win the group. Oswestry fought bravely but lost comprehensively to a good Hereford Blue Coats side 54-7 with Daniel Harriman scoring following a kick and chase.

After a break and a team talk we went into the next game against Eastbourne College with a little more organisation in defence. This was a frustrating game as we played well but forced errors meant we lost 26-5, with Kostya Zolotaryov scoring our only try.

Oswestry then had an extended break for our third game, as we rested the other teams in our group played with Eastbourne College and lost to our next opponents Queen Elizabeth. We went into the game with high hopes; if we could cancel out the errors we would have a chance of winning. The first half proved to be the best display of attacking rugby I had seen all day.

Oswestry ended the first half leading 28–0. The scores were Daniel Harriman two tries, Callum Lloyd-Jones, Leon Parkes, Christian Blount-Powell all scoring a try each. The team were excited and Queen Elizabeth’s team continued arguing with the referee. As long as we could hold our defence strong for four minutes we could win. Nerves were getting to the team and Queen Elizabeth got closer and closer to our lead. The final score was Oswestry 28 – 26 Queen Elizabeth. An extremely exciting and tense finish to the game!

The final game was against Dartford College last year’s semi-finalists. We started the game brightly with Nathan Nottingham scoring within 30 seconds. However, Dartford began to build patiently and became too strong the final score being Dartford 24 – 14 Oswestry. Tri scores Nathan Nottingham and Jake Hunt.

I was very proud of the team’s performance and only disappointed for the boys that we couldn’t get the big win against Eastbourne or Dartford College.

Special mention goes to all the team C. Blount-Powell, J. Hunt, N. Nottingham, K. Zolotaryov, L. Parkes, D. Harriman, M. Mahoney, C. Lloyd-Jones and S. Potter. I would also like to thank Patrick Evans from EvaStore for sponsoring the kit and also Mason Owen for the shirt printing.

Kevin Evans

1st XV vs Kings, Chester, 21st March

Oswestry School v Kings Chester.

The team arrived in high spirits as we have had a great season up to this point and were on track for an undefeated season. Within the first few minutes, Ali Johnson received the ball on the wing and crashed over the line with brute force. This was shown to be the first of many, as within minutes of the last try Oswestry School won the lineout and scored from 10m out (Lewis Lee). This however seemed to slow down for the rest of the half with Kings remaining in the Oswestry School 22. We were constantly deemed offside by the referee.

The next half proved to be the proof of our potential as a team scoring tries with skill and initiative with Joe Zhou scoring a hat trick of tries, Ali Johnson scoring another one to add to his tally and Josh Hunt scoring two tries.

The final score was 47-17. Well played to all the boys and hopefully we shall maintain this winning streak.

J. Hunt

Team Report -U15 Netball win against Lakelands School

U15 Netball v Lakelands

With two of the squad players missing, Oswestry School's U15 netball team had to adapt their team positions. Oswestry made a slow start to the game and found themselves 4-1 down by the end of the first quarter. After a brief team talk, all players were focused on what they had to do and knew they had to raise their performance.

Oswestry started the second quarter with an excellent worked centre pass followed by effective passing into the goal circle. Caitlin Jones adapted well to the role of Centre and worked hard to link the passes together. Oswestry demonstrated strong attacking and dominated the possession. Laura Kendall and Mollie Robinson combined well in the defence and denied Lakelands several chances. Oswestry continued to maintain the pressure and led 7-4 at the end of this quarter, having worked extremely hard to get back into the game.

The third quarter was much the same with all players working hard and making many vital interceptions allowing Lakeland to score only one goal. Oswestry School were now in control of the game and led 10-5.

In the final quarter Lakelands began to fight back and possession was even. Laura Kendall and Mollie Robinson demonstrated excellent blocking to deny Lakelands their chances and we held strong to secure a deserved 11-8 victory.

Well done girls, it was a good team performance and great to finish the season with a victory.  Myself and Ms Willis are grateful for your efforts and we look forward to working with you all next season.

Overall player of the match went to Caitlin Jones.

Mrs Turner

Junior Cross Country Winners

S. Reincke, L. Bowen,J Winstanley, M Davies,J. Cyffin Jones, B Williams,A. Stojanovic, H. Jones

Oswestry School’s junior girls and boys had the chance to compete in the final round of the Primary School’s Cross Country held at Quinta. Over the four races the Years 3 & 4 boys  came  3^rd overall and the Years 5 & 6 Boys and Girls came 1^st respectively. They were awarded a trophy each for their efforts. This was a fantastic achievement, considering the number of primary schools competing in the local area.

At the Quinta race Beth Williams came 8^th and was the top Year 5 girl. Anya Stojanovic, Jenny Cyffin Jones and Hannah Jones also did very well, all finishing in the early 20’s. The Year 5 & 6 boys team put their best foot forward, Sam Reincke putting in a fantastic performance coming  3^rd and Laurie Bowen ,15^th.

Jacob Tidridge (Year 6), has won all four races and was crowned for the second consecutive year ‘overall champion’.

Special mention at the Quinta race must go Sam Freeman (Year 3 & 4 Boys) who came 8^th, his best position of the season and Laurence Jones in Year 2 who competed in the Years 3 & 4 race.

Laurence wasn’t able to gain a place due to his age but would have finished in 27^th position, beating a great number of older boys.

U14 Netball vs Lakelands- 28th March

U14 Netball vs Lakelands.

Congratulations girls, a comfortable win against Lakelands.

This match afforded us the opportunity to be versatile with positions.  It was fantastic to see you maintain fluency and strength in passing down the court.

Abi Adcock and Jessica Pugh, worked the space in the circle very well together.  Fast paced feeding into the circle with support from Amelia Mercer and Megan Williams put pressure on the Lakelands defence which secured the attack for much of the time.

In defence, Megan Perkins initiated the attacking tactics from backline passes with precision, and Issy Adegboyega and Antonia Laundy made some good mid court interceptions to initiate more attacking moves.

This was a great way to finish the year.  Well done girls; we look forward to working with you next season!

 

Final score: 13 – 3 win.

 

Ms Willis and Mrs Turner.