Category: Sport
Oliver Wroe continues his winning ways on the water. Last weekend he triumphed in the junior 16 single sculls division of the Ely small boats head, finishing the 3000m course (into wind and rain) in a time of 15:45 – nearly five minutes ahead of second in his category. He raced in amongst J15, J16 and J17 scullers and double scullers, finishing eighth overall out of the 37 crews, but first in his category.
During half term our riders went to Wix Equestrian Centre in Essex and competed in an Inter Schools Show Jumping competition. It was a very busy, long day, starting at 9am and finishing at 9pm! Schools from all over East Anglia and London were taking part. The first 4 classes were qualifiers for the Grassroots Regional Final being held in December. Woodbridge School entered a team in all 8 classes and several individuals too.
It was certainly a day for coming 4th – our teams in the 40cm, 50cm and 90cm all came 4th! Individually, Neve Walker and Rohan Brooks did particularly well winning the 60cm and 90cm respectively, both classes had over 40 entries – so a great result.
Full results – 40cm – Oliver Reid 4th, 50cm Ada Marson 3rd, Tess Walker 5th, 70cm Fleur Ludgrove 4th, Tess 5th, Ada 6th. All riders qualifying for the Regional Finals – very well done! Also, Rowena Wilson –Smith came 4th in the 90cm individual.
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A great start to our golf this year in the ISGA matchplay golf competition where we won 2-1, beating St Joseph’s College in the first round. Round 2 is against Langley to be completed by end of term.
Results
William Morcombe won 10 and 8
Guy Maynard won 2 and 0
Congratulations to Harriet Petley for her amazing success!
Our riders had a full day today at ‘The Jays’ in Bury St Edmunds, competing in the Schools Arena Eventing.
We achieved fantastic results at all levels, with 4 out of the 6 classes being won by Woodbridge individuals, and two team wins. All in all everyone did very well. The course consisted of 16 fences, very twisty with several very narrow fences and a difficult corner. A challenge well handled by the Woodbridge riders!
Full results-
50cm – 1st Olivia Lubbock, 3rd Oliver Reid
Woodbridge School team of Olivia Lubbock, Ada Marson & Oliver Reid WON
60cm– 1st Ada Marson, 2nd Olivia Lubbock, 3rd Oliver Reid.
Woodbridge School Team of Ada, Olivia, Oliver and Olivia Brown WON
70cm – 1st Olivia Lubbock
Team of Ada, Olivia, Olivia Brown were 3rd
80cm-No individual placings but
Team of Ada, Olivia & Olivia Brown were 5th
They were the youngest team by far competing at this level.
1m – 1st Tessa Lye, 5th & 6th Rowena Wilson-Smith
On Sunday 11th October eleven of our riders competed in an inter schools style jumping competition at Newton Hall, Swilland. It was the first time representing the school for several of them and what a great success it was too.
The team of Oliver Reid, Ada Marson and Eve Marson won the 60cm, with Ella Reynard, Olivia Lubbock and Maddy Ayres coming second. The Woodbridge School teams wiped the board with their third team gaining a 3rd position – Lily Waterer, Grace Childs and Zoe Newman. With a commendation to Lily for her riding on Poppy.
In the 65cm individual class, Woodbridge school held the top 6 placings – 1st Oliver Reid, 2nd Olivia Lubbock, 3rd Grace Childs, 4th Olivia Brown, 5th Ada Marson 6th Eve Marson.
Olivia Brown won the 70cm, with Ada in 2nd and Olivia Lubbock in 3rd place. The 80cm class saw Ada come 2nd on her new pony – Rolly Rascal, a 3rd for Olivia Brown, 4th for Olivia Lubbock and 5th for Lara Bell on her young horse. Lara is our Riding Captain for this year and it was great to have her there to encourage the younger riders.
Next weekend the riders will be off again to another competition. Good luck!!
Normally rowing regattas are raced over 2km or less, and winter head races up to 5 or 6km. There are a couple of much tougher challenges, though: The ‘Great Ouse’ covers the 22km between Denver to Ely while the ‘Boston Marathon’ covers the 50km stretch between Lincoln and Boston rowing clubs. Both events took place recently in lovely weather and featured two of our pupils. Many congratulations to Tristan Hilger whose crew won its division and Olivia Bakewell whose crew beat the previous course record for its division, coming second overall, at the ‘Great Ouse’, and to Tristan again for a strong row at the ‘Boston Marathon’.
U14As
It has been a busy few weeks for the U14A team. Before half-term, they travelled to Ipswich High for one of their last league matches with only the bare 7. The girls knew this was going to be their toughest game yet as Ipswich High’s U14s had made it through to the Regional competition back in January. From the starting whistle, the girls cannot be faulted for how they approached the game with dedication, determination and want for the ball. Katy Garnett and Maddie Felton both had a storming game shooting and hardly missed, and Eleanor Berridge and Mollie Biddle kept the pressure on the opposition’s shooters. Zara Lye made her debut for the A team and played an absolute blinder – especially after feeling very anxious about playing! Chloe Outen and Flora Johnston played faultlessly in the centre court and supported their attackers superbly. Well done girls on an excellent performance – definitely the best of the season so far! Won 23 – 12
St Joseph’s game was a completely different story after half-term, as the girls did not want it as badly as the Ipswich High game. However, after a shaky start, with the ball being thrown away at every opportunity, we managed to regain our composure and begin to think about our movement both on and off the ball. Even after the opposition putting on a younger and more experienced player, to help their team succeed, our girls managed to hold it together and fight until the final whistle. Luckily we won – by 2 goals!! Won 11 – 9
A friendly match v St Felix, enabled us to include Florence Appell and Ella Sambrook into the mix. This was a scrappy game to begin with, but at half-time, the girls began to think about their dodging and passing down court, which enabled us to take control of the game. A good performance from all and whichever combination played, every one gave it their all. Well done! Won 21 – 9
U12As
The U12As have had an extremely busy few weeks with matches v Culford, The Abbey, Ipswich High and St Jo’s, not forgetting to mention the South Suffolk tournament too.
In our matches against Culford’s U12A & B teams, we showed superb team work and communication, enabling us to get away with a strong lead in the first half. Going into the 2nd half 6 – 0 up, the team knew they had to work hard to prevent Culford from scoring whilst trying to increase our score. At the final whistle, the girls knew they had achieved what they set out to do. Instead of playing South Lee’s U11A team, as this was arranged as a triangular, we played Culford’s U12B team. The team should be pleased with their performance – especially as positions were swapped around, enabling the girls to prove their worth on a netball court. v U12As Won 10 – 1 & v U12B Won 15 – 0
We knew the fixture v Ipswich High was going to be our toughest yet, so the girls warmed up and prepared themselves both physically and mentally. In the past, it has taken a quarter to get into the games we have been playing, but not on this occasion, we had to put in 100% from the starting whistle and the girls cannot be faulted for their grit and determination. Our movement down the court was not only superb, but effective and enabled us to lose our defenders, therefore keeping possession of the ball. An excellent team effort by all – and some of the best netball this team have played. With the score 6 – 6 at half time and 11 – 10 to us at the end of the 3rd quarter, the girls had to give everything they had in the last quarter to ensure we came away with a win. The ball was going from end to end, with a goal being scored every time. Finally, we managed to close IHS down and score on their centre, therefore going ahead by 1 goal. This was the crucial point as it made us realise we could win the game – and we did. Well done girls!! Won 16 – 12
After a successful Friday afternoon of netball against The Abbey, where the As won 22 – 4, even with every single girl playing a number of positions, including shooters, it was an early Saturday morning match v St Jo’s next on the agenda. The girls were in good spirits as they had had a successful week. Their performance cannot be faulted as they applied themselves in exactly the same way as the Ipswich High game and played some excellent netball. Preventing their opposition from scoring half was their target – which they achieved!! Well done!! Won 37 – 15
13 U16 hockey players represented Woodbridge at the regional qualifying tournament. With no time to train together as a team and only one substitute the team was prepared for a tough challenge. Woodbridge finished joint third on points but had to settle for fourth place due to goal difference. The school can be very proud of this group of players – their performances today and how they conducted themselves.
We started poorly the first half against eventual winners, The Leys. A much improved second half performance set the team up for the rest of the day despite losing this game heavily. Alfie Agar scored for Woodbridge after good linking between Hugo Kelleway and Oliver Whiting.
The second match against Greshams saw Woodbridge cause the first upset of the day. A very good team performance, and some important saves from Felix Kibble in goal, lead to a very exciting 0-0 draw. Fatigue started to set in but the boys dug deep and were unlucky to lose the third match against Watford 0-3. Watford scored two penalty strokes during this match and Woodbridge had several chances. A good performance from Woodbridge not being reflected in the scoreline.
The final match of the day was a scrappy affair. Woodbridge played the better hockey and dealt with the fatigue better than their opponents from Samuel Whitbread College. The players showing great character to win 1-0. Alfie Agar the scorer again.
It was very encouraging the improvement in skills, decision making and positional play throughout the day. Jasper Beaumont particularly impressed with how he took information on board and implemented it. James Meakin stepped into various positions during the day to good effect, possibly saving his best game for last. Tim Smith had good impact once we got more ball to his side of the pitch. Jack Grant lead by example and gave 100%, despite getting battered and bruised. Jakob Hatfield, Alex Farquharson and Will Pilkington were solid in defence stepping up their marking and distribution fantastically as the day progressed. Hugo Kelleway made an impressive return from injury being outstanding all day.
Forwards Oliver Whiting, Abraham Hew and Alfie Agar worked tirelessly and impressed with their work rate, especially in the press. Goalkeepers Miles Budden and Felix Kibble were kept busy and the stood up to the test well.
Player of the day: Hugo Kelleway.