Summer Term 2019

Sports Review

Summer Term 2019

We come to the end of another academic year, having enjoyed a hugely successful summer term. Last

Saturday 5 July, our Year 7 & 8 athletics team travelled to Chelmsford for the National Track and Field

Cup Final. As the events got underway, there was an announcement that Croydon High School were

welcomed to this National event for the first time ever. What a special feeling for the girls who then rose

to the challenge by achieving many personal best performances. Croydon High came 12th out of the last 14

schools standing, which is a wonderful achievement. The girls loved every minute of it!

Wednesday 10 July was Sports Day and what a wonderful day it turned out to be. The weather was

perfect and everyone entered into the spirit of a whole school event. We were treated to some incredible

performances from girls in nursery right through to Lower Sixth and many school sports day records

were broken! Our sincere thanks must go to Mrs Beck who worked tirelessly to ensure that the event ran

smoothly and was enjoyed by one and all.

Libby Head

Director of Sport

Outstanding Individual Achievements

Saathana, Y9 won overall gold and a trophy for the highest scoring vault in Level 5 at the London

Regional South Zone Competition.

Ellie, Y7 won gold on floor and finished 2nd overall at the Clapham Gymnastics Competition.

Tay, Y10 won bronze in the 200m IM at the London Swimming Regionals with a brilliant personal best

time.

Amber, Y7 won gold and bronze competing for her club at the Surrey Athletics Championships.

Franky, Lower Sixth won bronze in her age group at the British Triathlon London Junior Series.

Zara Y7 came 2nd in the Surrey B summer meet in the U13 200m breaststroke beating her own personal

best by over 9 seconds.

Mya, Lower Sixth was voted Spurs U18 Players Player 2018/2019.

Kaylin, Y10 was selected as a training partner with the U21 England Nets squad.

Angel Y8, Lauren Y8, Maya Y8, Isabella Y9 and Chloe Y9 were selected for the Surrey Netball squad

2019/2020

Ariana Y10 and Sienna Y8 represented Team Croydon in tennis winning matches to qualify for the

London Youth Games Finals.

Tay Y10 and Orrin Y9 win gold at the London Region Open Water Swimming Championships.

Pippa, Y8 came 1st in the 1.5k open water swim at the South East Open Water Development Swim Camp.

Pippa then won silver at the Kent and London Region Open Water Championships qualifying her for the

National finals. Pippa also won individual silver at the London Youth Games Aquathlon competition

representing Team Croydon.

Amelia Y9 and Francesca Y7 both qualified for the European Biathle and Triathle Championships in

Madeira representing GB. Francesca won the individual bronze in the Biathle. Francesca and Amelia both

won silver medals in their respective Biathle relays at the European Championships and achieved 5th and

6th positions respectively in the Triathle. Amelia won individual bronze at the London Youth Games

Aquathlon competition representing Team Croydon and Francesca won individual silver representing

Team Bromley.

Eloise, Y8 won gold as a member of the winning tennis team at the London Youth Games finals.

Congratulations to you all.

We are very proud of you and your amazing achievements!

School Team Achievement

Y7, 8, 9 & 10 Croydon Athletics Champions

Y7, 9 & 10 Croydon Schools' Relay Champions

Y7 & 8 Area Track and Field Cup winners

Regional runners up

National Finalists and 12th position in England

Y9 & 10 Runners up in area Track and Field Cup, Regional Finalists

Y8 Under 13 Surrey Schools’ League Tennis Champions

Y10 Semi-finalists at GDST cricket rally, joint 3rd place

Y7, 8, 9, 10+ Overall GDST Athletics Champions

School Team Achievement

These have been set over the years and are extremely tough to beat. Congratulations to the following girls

who have beaten records in school competitions this term: -

Y7 200m & Y7 HJ Amber

Y7 70m Hurdles Lucy

Y7 800m Zara

Y8 300m Lauren

Y8 75 Hurdles & Y8 High Jump Jemima

Y8 Javelin Hannah

Y8 1500m Gaby

Y9 100m Chloe

Y9 300m Isabella

Y9 1500m Sophia

Y9 75m Hurdles Jess

Y9 Shot Putt Abi

Y10 200m and Long Jump Tamia

Y10 300m and Triple Jump Kaylin

Y10 80m Hurdles Renae

Y10 1500m Olivia

Year 5 – 8 Celebration of Sport, Friday 28 June

This was a truly lovely occasion where all girls who had regularly been committed to sport at Croydon

High were invited to share this with us. Parents and guardians joined us for a relaxed afternoon with

strawberries, cream and shortbread in abundance! Not everyone could win an award but those girls who

turn up week in, week out to try to improve their performance are just as important to us and their

commitment must be celebrated along with the prize winners. Congratulations to the following girls who,

after much deliberation, were selected to win the awards.

Sport Player of Year Most Improved

Y7 Netball Jessica Fallon

Y8 Netball Lauren Aila

Y7 Hockey Lexi Savannah

Y8 Hockey Pippa Hannah

Y7 Swimming Beatrice Emilia

Y8 Swimming Maya Nina

Y7 Cross Country Zara Milly

Y8 Cross Country Gaby Mia

Y7 Gymnastics Maddy Claudia

Y8 Gymnastics Lauren Eloise

Y7 Biathlon Francesca X

Y8 Biathlon Pippa X

Y7 Athletics Amber Aiyana

Y8 Athletics Hannah Jemima

Y7 Tennis Gisela Freya

Y8 Tennis Sienna Florence

Y7 Cricket Lucy Hollyann

Y8 Cricket Anya Ambreen

The PE department also felt that the following girls had to be recognised for their outstanding efforts

and improvements across a range of sports this year: –

Y7 Afra

Leah

Tobi

Y8 Sophia

Shenai

Finally, it was onto our main school trophies which have been donated by past pupils and recipient’s

names go back for many years. Congratulations to the following girls:

Progress in gymnastics Y7 Ellie

Tennis progress Y8 Jessica

Cricket progress Y8 Amy

Netball progress Y8 Talia

Hockey progress Y8 Angel

Swimming progress Y7 Lucy

Athletics progress Y7 Maddy

Cross Country best performance Y8 Gaby & Y7 Zara

Commitment & Progress in PE Y8 Eloise

Team of the Year Y7 & Y8 cross country team

Sportswoman of the Year Y8 Lauren & Pippa

Congratulations to all prize winners and to every single girl who has committed to training, fitness and

to competition this year. Roll on 2019/2020!

Senior Sports’ Dinner Friday 5 July

What a special evening! It was fantastic to have 73 senior pupils join us for our inaugural Senior Sports’

Dinner. Parents joined us for pre-dinner drinks in the drama courtyard and also voted for team of the

year after our four captains had reported on why their particular team should receive this accolade. The

four nominated teams were: Y9 biathlon team, Y10 netball team, Y9/10 athletics team and Y9/10 cross

country team. Over the course of the evening, we looked back on the wonderful year and all of our

sporting highlights. Sara Bayman was our special guest and kindly agreed to be with us to present our

awards. Sara played netball for England for many years and latterly, she captained the team. Having

hung up her trainers the season before last, she has now turned to a coaching role and in her first year

as coach of Loughborough Lightning, she has been voted the Vitality Superleague netball coach of the

year! Sara spoke to us all about her own sporting journey and inspired us to be the best we can possibly

be. We all loved listening to the positive message she was delivering. Sara is commentating for the BBC

at the Netball World Cup starting on Friday 12 July so we hope you will all tune in.

The following girls achieved colours in one or more sports this year: –

Year 9

Chloe, Isabella, Maddie, Abi, Orri, Lara, Jess, Tita, India, Sophia, Aviniya, Amelia,

Senaya, Inaya, Marion, Amelia, Ciara, Caya, Felicity, Saathana, Empress, Isobel and Katherina

Year 10 (athletics, cricket & tennis only)

Tamia, Renae, Olivia, Freya, Tay, Kaylin, Lucy, Ariana, Finty, Ines and Shayna

Year 11

Kiara and Kaitlin

This year, we decided to award a player of the year and a most improved player for each sport for girls in

Year 9 & 10. These were not easy decisions.

Two girls in particular had to be recognised for their outstanding level of commitment and effort in

netball this year – Y9 Yasmin & Y10 Sajni

Name Player of the Year Most Improved

Y9 Netball Isabella Jessica

Y9 Hockey Amelia Aviniya

Y9 Swimming Marion Felicity

Y9 Cross Country Amelia Ciara

Y9 Gymnastics Saathana X

Y9 Biathlon Amelia Orrin

Y9 Tennis India Senaya

Y9 Athletics Chloe Katherina

Y9 Cricket Abi Cindy

Y9 Dance performance Emily Shriya

Y10 Netball Kaylin Hannah

Y10 Hockey Freya Tay

Y10 Swimming Olivia X

Y10 Gymnastics Bethany X

Y10 Biathlon Tay X

Y10 Tennis Ariana Shayna

Y10 Athletics Tamia Olivia

Y10 Cricket Lucy Finty

Y10 Dance performance Jessica Bethany

Our main school trophies were awarded to the following girls:

Justine Guy Cup (gym best performance) Y10 Bethany

Rebecca Misson Cup (dedication to gym) Y9 Empress

Bethany Hutchings Cup (gym coaching award) Y12 Franky

Lucy Mars Cup (KS3 hockey player of year) Y9 Abi

Hockey player of the Year Y10 Freya

Dunbar Cup (senior hockey progress) Y9 Madeleine

Bingham Cup (hockey commitment) Y10 Tay

Hockey achievement Y9 Amelia

Petrie Cup (netball – loyalty, endeavour) Y10 Ines and Lucy

Netball senior progress Y10 Emily

Overall Netball player of the year Y10 Kaylin

Herman Cup for swimming contribution Y12 Maddie

Athletics progress Y9 Isobel

Athletics achievement Y10 Tamia & Renae

Tennis progress Y9 Inaya

Cricket player of the year Y9 Isabella

Commitment and progress in cross country Y9 Sophia

Emma Forsett Cup for leadership Y10 Olivia

Joanna Green Cup for effort and achievement in sport Y9 Chloe

Sally Williams Cup for achievement, endeavour & sportsmanship Y9 Amelia

Emily Beck Cup for Sportswoman of the year/contribution to school sport Y12 Vanessa

Team of the Year Intermediate athletics (Y9&10)

Goodbye

Sadly we have to say goodbye to Mrs Copland at the end of this term. She is off to seek pastures new and

we thank her for everything that she has done for us. Mrs Copland has been a fantastic asset to the

department for two years and her expertise has proved invaluable. We will all miss her!

Thank You

We all wish you a relaxing and happy Summer break. Parents, you have been so generous with your

time in transporting girls here, there and everywhere and girls, you have all been absolute superstars!

Let’s hope there are many more years to come with such great commitment, loyalty and an ever

increasing number of girls involving themselves in sport.

Thank you to everyone who has shown support, in whatever way, this year.

2019 Sports Day Colour Run in aid of Eusebia Hope

Foundation. Well done to Zaki and the Lower Sixth for

organising it and raising £400 for charity.

E V E RY G I R L - E V E RY DAY