Newsletter. Year 9 Football Team Progress in National Cup. Year 8 Rugby Boys go to City Wide Tournament

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1 1st Edition October 2015 Newsletter BLATCH SPORTS AMBASSADORS 2015/16 FOR #TEAMBLATCH SCORES AND UPDATES The role of a Sports Ambassador is completely voluntary and they give as much time as they possibly can, it is an extension to the Sports Leaders course done in years 9 and 10. The group of 15 Ambassadors selected this year are the first at Blatch and their role is to help promote Sport at Blatch and in the local community. Some of the things they will need to do are; assist with the planning and organisation of the very first Annual Blatch Sports Awards, train Young Sports Leaders and hopefully help them become the Ambassadors of the future, update notice boards, help the year 9 and 10 Sports Leaders organise Inter-form events at Blach, promote sports clubs and events in assemblies, help at open evenings, survey our students about Sport at Blatch, assist with Primary School Sport activities and help with Blatch after school clubs and put together a termly Sports newsletter, all this whilst maintaining their high standards in their own PE lessons. Year 9 Football Team Progress in National Cup. Year 8 Rugby Boys go to City Wide Tournament Year 7 Tag Rugby Winners Year 1o Girls Netball A Team, Brighton Year 11 Girls Netball Compete at Brighton Tournament Sports Ambassadors: Olivia Clark, Annie Bridges, Lauren Bishop, Matt Cordery, Kira Tarbutt, Emily Westgate, Cerys Salked Green, Lucy Sullivan-Alsop, Josh White, Harry Judd, Dean Wilks, Lucy Richardson, Dan Buttress, Annie Freeman, Alice Clasby.

2 An Introduction to the New Head of PE 6 years after starting at Blatchington Mill Mr Mowforth takes over as Head of PE. Below he opens up about his sporting life and why he became a teacher. Growing up with a brother who was better than him at most normal sports that they competed in, Mr Mowforth decided to change tack and do other things where he could excel. From a young age he started swimming and trained 4 to 5 times a week, between hours a week, working his way up to eventually competing at Nationals, and winning the 50m butterfly at the British College Competition at Loughborough University. Mr Mowforth also took up water polo, playing for Haywards Heath, Sussex and trialling for Southern England. When at Brighton University he took up hockey as he wanted to change from swimming and joined Eastbourne Hockey Club and later joining St Francis Hockey Club, where he is captain of the 1 st XI for the 5 th season. He also raced on the slopes for the university on skis and snowboard. His greatest achievement to date was qualifying for the British University Boarder cross semi-finals, only to crash out on the third corner! Having been sporty all his life Mr Mowforth decided to follow his passions and wanted a career in the sports industry. His PE teacher Mr Higginson at school was influential in his career path and is the main reason he is teaching today. At the age of 15 he knew that teaching PE was what he wanted to do and he never looked back. He is passionate about teaching and is relishing the challenge of his new post. Mr P Mowforth Interview conducted by Olivia Clark HOCKEY CLUB IS EVERY WEDNESDAY 3PM 4.30PM ON THE ALL-WEATHER PITCHES WITH EX-INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY COACH JOHN ROYCE, MS WHAPHAM & MR MOWFORTH

3 YEAR 7 Brilliant Win in Cup for Year 7 Boys Football Boys football is getting a great turnout with over 50 boys attending club nights. On 19th October the team won 12-0 against Downlands in the Brighton Cup. Otto Jebari and Billy Fuller both scored hat-tricks and Jamie Smith scored two goals. Their next game is against Angmering on 3rd November in the county cup. The boys have also been entered into division 1 and the national cup. YEAR 7 INTERFORM FOOTBALL WEDNESDAY 18TH NOVEMBER; 3pm 5pm Year 7 Tag Rugby Tournament Success The Year 7 rugby team attended a tag rugby tournament on the 16th of September, they entered two teams and both teams did very well. Each team represented a nation taking part in The Rugby World Cup, Blatch were Argentina. Team 1: After gaining two draws, team 1 managed to rack up 4 wins, thanks to great team play and brilliant runs from new and experienced players. This got them into the final. After a brilliant couple of tries, team 1 came joint first after playing Cardinal Newman. Netball Team 2: Following 2 draws, team 2 won two and lost 2, but they managed to get the 3rd position playoff against a team representing Fiji. Sadly, they lost this game and ended the tournament in 6th place. The year 7 Netball practice nights have had a great start with over 30 girls attending. The first league game saw Blatch A take on Blatch B with the A side winning. The girls will start playing fixtures against other schools soon. YEAR 7 INTERFORM NETBALL THURSDAY 12TH NOVEMBER; 3pm 5pm YEAR 7 INTERFORM HOCKEY TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER; 3pm 5pm Results: Football Downlands, 12-0 (win) Rugby Tournament (1st and 3rd) Netball Blatch A 5 v 0 Blatch B Fixtures: Football 3rd Angmering (Cup) Football 4th November (h) v PACA (Cup) Football 9th November (h) A & B v Newman (Lge)

4 Rugby & Hockey Results and Fixtures YEAR 8 Awesome Win for Year 8 Girls Football The year 8 s have won a convincing game against Vardean school. They played magnificently and came away with a 6-3 win. They had a strong side led by Miss Sidhu and captain Gracie Wainwright, who also has got into Brighton and Hove Albion along side Jessica Richardson. Well done everyone who played. The year 8 rugby boys played well in the Brighton Tournament and ended up coming 3rd overall out of 10 schools. What a great start to the season! Unfortunately they lost their first home game of the season but a lot of progress has been made by the boys and I m sure they will get some wins soon. The Year 8 Hockey club is growing ever week we have some strong players and fixtures will be played soon. Their first fixture is on Wednesday 11th November v Brighton & Hove High School. Boys Football Day Date Opposition Venue Competition Result Friday 25/9/15 Forest school away National cup 0-9 Wednesday 30/9/15 Kings school home Brighton Cup 4-0 Monday 5/10/15 Stringer Away League 5-4 Tuesday 13/10/15 Longhill Away League 2-2 Tuesday 20/10/15 Downlands Away County Cup Wednesday 25/11/15 Downlands Away Brighton Cup 3.30pm HOCKEY CLUB EVERY WEDNESDAY 3.15PM UNTIL 4.30PM ON THE ALL-WEATHER PITCHES Girls Football Day Date Opposition Venue Competition Result Wednesday 07/10/15 Varndean Home League W 6-3 Rugby Day Date Opposition Venue Competition Result Monday 13/10/15 Tournament Brighton RFU Brighton Schools 3rd Place Thursday 22/10/15 Hove Park Home Brighton Cup L TUESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER INTERFORM HOCKEY & THURSDAY 19TH INTERFORM NETBALL

5 YEAR 9 Year 9 Boys Football Team Sail Through To Third Round of National Cup Blatchington Mill beat both St John Baptist and Rickmansworth Schools to reach the third round of the ESFA National Schools Cup. The under 13s competition regularly receives over 850 entries making it one of the largest school competitions in Europe. In the next round they face Durrington High School at Blatch on November 11th, kick off is 2.45pm. Results & Fixtures Day Date Opponent Venue Competition Result Monday 21/9/15 St John Baptist Away National Cup R1 Won Wednesday 14/10/15 Rickmansworth Home National Cup R2 Won Wednesday 21/10/15 Ratton school Away County Cup R pm Wednesday 11/11/15 Durrington Home National Cup R pm Tuesday 17/11/15 Peacehaven Home League 2 pm Tuesday 24/11/15 Newman Away League 2.30 pm Tuesday 1/12/15 Patcham Away Brighton Cup 3pm Girls Netball The girls netball team won their first game of the season vs PACA. Their next match is against Hove Park on Tuesday 3rd November. Boys Rugby The boys Rugby team, run by Mr King, entered the City Wide Tournament. They won two games and lost two games. Following the tournament they beat Newman B 24-0 and then lost to Hove Park Their next game is against BACA at home on Thursday 5th November. HOCKEY CLUB EVERY WEDNESDAY 3.15PM UNTIL 4.30PM ON THE ALL-WEATHER PITCHES Matt and Alice is the best

6 YEAR 10 Netball Team Stormed into 1st Place On 14th October both A and B netball teams played in the Brighton and Hove Tournament. Both teams played amazingly with the A team finishing 1st and the B team came 6th. The girls also had a match against Hove park which they won 27-3 with great play from Amelia Knights and Captain Laura Hewlett. Their next fixture is against Steyning on 10th November. An u16 team has also ben entered into National Schools Competition which many of the girls will be playing in. Rugby The rugby team have had a quick start to the season with two matches and a tournament. Unfortunately they lost against Patcham in the Brighton Cup and 50-0 against Forest in the County Cup, despite this they came 5th in the City wide tournament. Boys Football The year 10 boys have had a busy start to the season. Unfortunately they have lost all four of their fixtures which resulted in them being knocked out of the County and National Cups. They also lost both league fixtures to Newman and Longhill. They still have the Brighton Cup to compete for as well as league games against Stringer, Peacehaven and Patcham. Results: Netball 1st and 6th in Tournament Hove Park 27-3 (win) Rugby- Patcham (L), Forest 50-0 (L) 5th in City Wide Tournament Fixtures: Football TBC Netball 10th November, Steyning Rugby- 17th November, Hove Park Outstanding Achievement A very well done to Monica Richards who has recently been selected for the County Netball Squad this goes along with her selection for the Sussex Girls Cricket Squad.

7 Rugby YEAR 11 2nd Place for our Rugby Team at Brighton Schools Tens Tournament On Tuesday 15th September the Year 11 Rugby team took a squad to the Ten aside tournament for Brighton Schools held at Brighton Rugby Club. They were beaten in the final by Newman in a close game. Mr Mowforth said there weren't many teams in the tournament but it is still a very good achievement to finish runners up, the boys played very well. Squad - Andrew Read, Jake Blow, Sam Boore, Sam Foulkes, Joe Bull, Moses Brazil, Tyler Ray-Hooper, Ali Aliseena, Finley George, Joe Richards, Inan Chowdhury, Hayden Papworth, Theo Reed-Martin. Our girls Rugby Club is on a Thursday after school, the numbers attending so far have been excellent but it would be great to see a few more come along and get involved. We are hoping to have some fixtures against other schools soon. Football The football team played 3 games so far, they lost their first game to Newman 4-1 in the National Cup, but then beat PACA 4-3 and drew with Hove Park 3-3 in the league. The next year 11 fixture is yet to be arranged, although they will soon be playing Downlands School in the Brighton Cup and County Cup competitions. Netball The Netballers have played their Brighton Schools Tournament finishing in a respectable 3rd place. They were 2nd in their group and faced Patcham in a 3rd/4th place paly off match. The girls have also played one league match beating Hove Park Results: Football; National Cup L 4-1 v Newman; League W 4-3 v PACA D 3-3 v Hove Park. Netball; Tournament 3rd Place; League W 13-8 v Hove Park Rugby; Tournament 2nd Place; League L v 34 7 Newman Fixtures: Netball - 24th Stringer; 2nd December (H) v Patcham High Rugby - 17th November (H) v Hove Park

8 BLATCH SPORTS CLUBS MONDAY YEAR 7, 8 & 9 BOYS FOOTBALL - ALL WEATHER PITCHES & GRASS PITCH ALL AGES CHEERLEADING - EAST WING GYM TUESDAY ALL AGES BOYS RUGBY - RUGBY GRIDS YEAR 10 & 11 NETBALL - SPORTS HALL / COURTS ALL AGES GIRLS FOOTBALL - ALL WEATHER PITCHES WEDNESDAY YEAR 7, 8 & 9 MIXED HOCKEY - ALL WEATHER PITCHES YEAR 8 GIRLS TRAMPOLINING - WEST WING GYM THURSDAY YEAR 7, 8 & 9 NETBALL - SPORTS HALL / COURTS YEAR 10 FOOTBALL - ALL WEATHER PITCHES FRIDAY BADMINTON & TABLE TENNIS CLUB - SPORTS HALL & EAST WING GYM ALL CLUBS START AT 3.15PM AND FINISH AT 4.30PM OTHER CLUBS WILL START IN NOVEMBER INCLUDING; GIRLS & BOYS BASKETBALL MORE TRAMPOLINING; FUTSAL FOR YEARS #TeamBlatch