Maiden Erlegh In this Issue: Fixture List Results List Fortnight in Photos Sports Prefects update More PE Info Additional Notices Issue 5 Friday 09 November From PE Welcome back! OPPORTUNITY, DIVERSITY & SUCCESS FOR ALL We had a fantastic first half term of sport here at Maiden Erlegh and it is not dying down in the run up to Christmas. All of our girls football teams remain in the hunt in the ESFA National Cup competitions, which is an amazing achievement at this stage. We would like to wish the U14 & U16 girls netball teams the very best of luck as they compete this weekend in the County round of the National s Netball competition. We hope it isn t too cold! Thank you to Miss Grindey and Miss Young in advance for giving up your Saturday s taking them. Thank you to Miss Chapman and Mr Pringle for giving up their week before half term to take the Year 9 boys rugby and girls hockey teams on tour. I know they had a great time and the students behaviour was excellent. Should you have any questions regarding anything PE related, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Mr J Flynn Monday 12 th Friday 16 th November Odd Socks Week in PE! We want to see your best odd rugby/hockey socks in both of your PE lessons. Bring in a voluntary donation and we will be raising funds for the Anti Bullying Alliance and our Inclusion Department!
Fortnightly Fixture List Date Fixture Competition Venue Start Accompanying Staff 12/11/18 Yr10 Boys Basketball vs Luckley Luckley 3.45pm Mr Mackie 12/11/18 Yr7 A&B Girls Hockey vs LVS Ascot Maiden Erlegh 3.30pm Miss Grindey 12/11/18 U14 vs U16 Girls Basketball Maiden Erlegh 3.15pm Mr Bishop 12/11/18 U14 Girls Football vs Little Heath ESFA National Cup 3 rd Sol Joel 3pm Mr Pringle Round 12/11/18 U15 Girls Football vs Westgate ESFA National Cup 3 rd Sol Joel 3.20pm Miss Chapman Round 13/11/18 Yr8 Boys Rugby vs LVS Ascot LVS Ascot 3.30pm Mr Flynn 13/11/18 U16 Boys Basketball vs Bulmershe Berkshire League Maiden Erlegh 3.45pm Mr Mackie 13/11/18 Yr9 Girls SWIFT Netball SWIFT St Crispin s 3.45pm Miss Chapman 13/11/18 U13 Girls Football vs Stonehenge ESFA National Cup 3 rd Sol Joel 3pm Mr Pringle Round 14/11/18 U14 Boys Basketball vs Bulmershe Berkshire League Maiden Erlegh 3.45pm Mr Bryant 14/11/18 Yr7 A&B Girls Netball vs The Maiden Erlegh 3.30pm Miss Grindey Abbey 14/11/18 Yr7 Girls Football (To SWIFT Goals, Woodley 3.45pm Mr Pringle be confirmed) 14/11/18 Yr8 Girls Netball South East Berks St George s, 4pm Miss Young (tbc) Ascot 14/11/18 U15 Girls Football vs The Holt East Berks League The Holt 3.40pm Miss Chapman 14/11/18 Yr10 Girls Netball vs Piggott SWIFT League Piggott 3.40pm Mrs Thwaites 15/11/18 Yr7 A&B Boys Rugby Festival Berkshire Festival of Rugby Reading Blue Coat All day (Inset Day) Mr Crockford & Mr Morgan 20/11/18 U14 Boys Basketball vs Piggott Berkshire League Piggott 3.45pm Mr Bryant 20/11/18 Yr7 A&B Girls Netball South East Berks St George s 4pm Miss Grindey 20/11/18 Yr9 Girls SWIFT Netball SWIFT St Crispin s 3.45pm Miss Chapman 20/11/18 U16 Girls Basketball vs Sandhurst Berkshire League Sandhurst 4pm Mr Bishop 21/11/18 U15 Girls Football vs Piggott East Berks League Piggott 3.45pm Miss Chapman 22/11/18 Yr9 Boys Hockey vs LVS Ascot Maiden Erlegh 3.30pm Miss Chapman 22/11/18 U16 Boys Basketball vs Maiden Maiden Erlegh 3.45pm Mr Mackie Erlegh Reading Reading 22/11/18 Yr7/8 Girls Hockey SWIFT Waingels College 3.45pm Miss Grindey
Fortnightly Result List Date Fixture Competition Score Scorer(s) Player(s) of the match 30/10/18 U14 and U16 Netball Vs Marist Lost tbc N/A 30/10/18 U13 Girls Football Vs Downs ESFA National Cup 3 rd Round Won 4-2 F Meadows Tuson 2; E Raheja & I Perrin A Withers Yr7 Boys Rugby League Wokingham Floodlit League Drew 15-15 Lost 20-5 K Burton K Burton Yr8 Boys Rugby Playoffs Senior Boys Basketball Vs Forest Reading s Playoffs Lost 25-5 Lost 10-5 E Adu-Essah J Adams E Adu-Essah H Hamed Yr 7 Girls Football SWIFT 5 a side A 4 th B 4 th E Copeland & S Aseeri S Henderson I Foot Yr 7/8 Girls Rugby Vs Latin Grammar Won 60-20 M Munangwa 5; F Meadows Tuson 3; M Greenidge-Knell 2; I Phillips; J Carr M Munangwa 05/11/18 U14 Girls Basketball Vs Sandhurst League Won 24-6 N/A M Munangwa & M Greenidge-Knell 06/11/18 06/11/18 06/11/18 06/11/18 07/11/18 Yr 11 Boys Rugby Vs Waingels Yr7 Boys Rugby vs Luckley U16 Girls Rugby Vs Deanfield Yr 9 Netball Swift All ages Badminton SWIFT Wokingham Drew 28-28 Won 75-20 Won 35-25 A bt Waingels 19-4 B bt Emmbrook 7-4 B Lost Holt 18-4 Tries: R Gooding; D Wise; H Scott; J Burges Cons: D Wise 3; R Gooding L Springer 2; F Walker 2; F Ngot; A Dhaliwal; C Palmer. N/A D Wise H Vettese F Walker B Soutter N Sutton/ T Cook N Sutton 07/11/18 U15 Girls Netball South East Berks Postponed Due to Weather Rearranged 07/11/18 U13 Girls Football Vs Holt East Berks League Won 5-2 I Perrin 2; F Meadows Tuson; G Wardle; G Doughty E Raheja 08/11/18 Yr7 Boys Rugby League Wokingham Floodlit League Won 30-10 Drew 10-10 K Burton 2; O Nwachuku 2; J Vowell; A Barry K Burton; I Thompson R Smith 08/11/18 Yr10 Girls Hockey Vs LVS Won 8-2 H Hargreaves 3; T Harrington; O Barrett; F Thompson; B Reynolds. 10/11/18 U14 and U16 Girls Netball Berkshire Round of National s O Barrett
Fortnight in Photos
Student Sporting Profile Yr13 Charlotte West Sports Captain I have never been the most focussed of student; I m always thinking about what I would rather be doing and, for me, this has always been doing something sport related. I have tried to participate in as many sports as I can, and even now, I haven t really specialised in one sport. Whilst at primary school, I took part in anything. Name a sport and I would have tried it; gymnastics, dance, football, netball, swimming, the list could go on. I have never preferred performing in individual or team sports because at the end of the day, I will still be doing something that I enjoy. My first involvement in competitive sports came when I was 7 in netball (Woodley Netball Club) and football (Laurel Park FC). I enjoyed them equally, but training alongside all my other sports became very difficult as I grew older so one had to go, which unfortunately was netball. I was fortunate, however, to be able to continue playing netball in the school team and still play matches for the school now. Since I was 10 I have been part of Albatross Diving Club and Reading Athletics club, following an introduction to diving from council lessons at Central Pool and athletics at Aldryngton primary school where I enjoyed cross-country in the winter and athletics in the summer. Through athletics I have tried multiple events, including pole-vault, hurdling, discus and cross country, however I soon realized that these weren t the disciplines I wanted to continue. Instead, I decided I wanted to follow my sister s path and become a javelin thrower. Coaching has been a challenge as there was no permanent coach at Reading so my sister stepped in and no matter how much I thought I was right and she was wrong, she has always been there to give me tips and tell me how to improve. With hard work and determination, I managed to make the English s final when I was first year under 15, however, I got so nervous at my first big national event that I didn t even throw the qualifying standard. After this, I realized that if I wanted to become one of the best, I had to train more and start working harder to get to where I wanted to be. To do this, I started to train regularly both outdoor and started indoor strength and conditioning sessions in the gym. Diving is another sport I got into because of my sister. I enjoyed swimming and gymnastics, and diving was the perfect combination; the ability to fall off a board in style. I couldn t get enough of it, so my coach made me trial for Albatross Diving Club Reading where within half a year of joining I competed in my first national event; National Skills. Following this I moved straight into Age Groups where I competed from 2012 to 2017 culminating in an incredible year achieving a gold and two silvers at the Swim England National Age Group Diving Championships in Sheffield, the same weekend as competing in my second English s National Athletics Final in Birmingham tough I know but my mum is fortunately a willing driver. Following my Age Group achievements I went to Rome where I won silver on the 1m springboard against divers across Europe and as a result I qualified for the GB Junior Elite Diving Championships in 2018. As said previously, in 2017 I competed in my second English s National Athletics Final following qualification at Berkshire schools with a pb throw of 41.45m. Following qualification I did not think I could throw any better and I went into the competition trying to forget about what happened last time. Maybe it was the positive attitude, maybe I was relaxed from my silver diving medal of the previous day but whatever it was I matched my qualification throw with 41.13m leaving me ranking 8 th in the country. So could 2018 really be any better, I didn t expect so, but in diving April saw me compete on 1m and 3m springboards at the GB Junior Elite Diving Championships in Plymouth ranking 10 th in Great Britain and in July I went to Barcelona where I gained a bronze medal in the 3m mixed synchronised diving with my brother, James West. Through diving I have gained the Athlete Excellence Award, a recognized external qualification that will give me UCAS points and was funded at a training camp this summer in Croatia. In November I will be competing in Aachen, Germany. In javelin I qualified to represent Berkshire once more in the 2018 English s Athletics Final after keeping my Berkshire s champion title for the 4 th year running despite being the youngest in my age group and now throwing the women s weight javelin. I walked into the competition ranked 8 th without expecting to make the coveted top 8 cut but, in my second throw I threw yet another 3 metre pb of 42.78m pushing me up to a final 4 th place position. Looking back maybe my sister showed me the path in some sports but this has seemed to come to an end as she has decided to take up Iron Man and do marathon running, and I stopped distance running for a reason. It hurts even more than diving. I have been really lucky that in my primary school and at Maiden Erlegh the schools have supported me in my interest of sport by giving me lots of opportunities to be involved inside school and allowed me the time off that I have needed to compete outside of school. It has been difficult balancing my social life, school work, and sports but I have managed a good balance and found that even during the GCSE s I was able to carry on training and this helped relieve the pressure of revision. At the end of the day it has been worth it and I couldn t have asked for a better sporting life, my opportunities have been incredible and I have made so many friends and as a result I cannot see a time when sport will not play an important part in my life.
Year 9 Rugby & Hockey Tour 2018
The PE Department In October half term, PE s Miss Chapman & Mr Pringle took on the challenge of climbing the three tallest peaks in England, Scotland & Wales in 24 hours. They did the Three Peaks Challenge to raise vital funds for a local disability sport charity SportsAble. They raised over 5,000 for this worthwhile cause. If you are interested in adding to their fundraising efforts, their fundraising link is below: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fund/sportsablethreepeaks Over the last weekend, of the recent school holidays, Yr9 Katie Rolfe-Sturgess travelled to Birmingham and spent two full days attending the British Ballet Organisation Scholars weekend. This involved workshops in genres including: musical theatre, ballet, contemporary, Pointe and jazz. Katie is so committed to dance and it is fantastic that she is reaping the rewards of her dedication. Well done Maiden Erlegh team, competing out in Aachen, Germany for Albatross Diving Club. Yr9 James West & Yr13 Charlotte West competing again on the international stage and James once again came away with bronze on 1m. Well done former Maiden Erlegh pupil Matt Pipe who is on the coaching roster. Congratulations to Yr8 Gemma who has been selected to represent the Berkshire U13 County Football league side
gf Stars of the Month These students have shown outstanding levels of effort and achievement in both their PE lessons and extracurricular activities in the first months of the academic year. Congratulations: Year 7 Boy - Kasway Burton & Girl Rachael Burchardt Year 8 Boy James Adams & Girl Izzi Phillips Year 9 Boy - Charlie Cooke & Girl Sofia Hindry Year 10 Boy Frank Smith & Girl Lucy Swallow Year 11 Boy Finn Bate & Girl Millie Lamden Key Stage 5 Boy Finn Ward & Girl Rosa Brannen & Rebecca Daniels
Congratulations to Yr9 s Bo and debutant Charlotte who both represented Berkshire U14s against Devon during October half term. Unfortunately on the wrong end of a 3-2 score line. The very best of luck to Yr10 Lydia Vettese and Yr11s Monica Holyoak, Millie Lamden & Katie Guinn who will represent the U16s this weekend against Kent in the National Cup. Social Media Don t forget you can stay up to date with all things PE by following us on our social media platforms. We are on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/maidenerleghpedepartm ent/ https://twitter.com/pemaidenerlegh @me_pe_department Additional Notices - All Students require trainers for EVERY PE lesson. - As always, we love to hear about our students sporting success outside of school. Please keep us updated! You can email info/photos/videos to pn@maidenerleghschool.co.uk. - If anyone would be interested in sponsoring next year s Sports Personality of the Year Awards Evening or one of our sports teams, please also get in touch. - Please could all students ensure they name all PE kit. There is already lots of lost property in Reception that is unnamed.