Raine’s played a 3rd place

play off game beating Greig

City Academy to the Bronze

medal. Raine’s Basketball

coach, Laurent Irish was

very impressed with his

players effort and commit-

ment on the pitch, singling

out his guards Kailum Nicho-

las and Simon Olanipekun

for special praise as the best

players at the final 4s.

Raine’s under 16s repre-

sented not only Tower

Hamlets but the Eastern

region of London at the

London Youth Games. The

LDN Youth Games were

played at the Score centre

in Leyton. To get to those

finals the Raine’s under

16s came out of their Tow-

er Hamlets Borough com-

petition undefeated in 6

matches. Raine’s were

crowned Tower Hamlets

Borough Champions in all

age groups for Basketball.

Raine’s under 16s then

went on to beat Brampton

Manor School from New-

ham in the first round knock

out stages of the LDN

Youth Games creating a

second round tie against

Highbury Grove from Isling-

ton. Raine’s comprehen-

sively beat Highbury Grove

forcing an Eastern region

final against Dulwich Col-

lege who were representing

Southwark. Again Raine’s

under 16s defeated Dul-

wich College earning the

right to play at the LDN

Youth Games final 4s.

Raine’s were pitched

against Lampton Academy

from Hounslow in the first

Semi final narrowly losing

85-79 against the eventual

winners of the competition.

Raine’s Basketball at the London Youth Games

Raine’s Table Tennis in Tower Hamlets Clean Sweep

In January 2016 we took our table tennis teams to the Borough Championships at Morpeth School. Several other schools from the Bor-ough were involved. Raine’s entered 4 age groups – U13 & U15 boys and U13 & U15 girls. Needless to say that Raine’s Foundation had a ‘clean sweep’ on all levels and are now the undisputed Champions of Tower Hamlets Borough – winning every event without losing a single game.

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23/03/16 Volume 1, Issue 1

The Raineian: Sports Edition

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Inside this issue:

Coach L

Laurent Irish Bio

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Coach Maria

Maria Ingles Bio

P2

Raine’s Football P2

Rising Star

Kailum Nicholas

P3

Raine’s Indoor Rowing P3

Raine’s Girls Athletics P3

Head of PE P4

Your Half Termly Sports Update from Raine’s Foundation School.

My name is Laurent Irish and I am the Head Bas-ketball Coach at Raine’s Foundation School. Since starting in February 2014 with Greenhouse, and help of the PE depart-ment and schoolteachers, I have put in place a School Basketball Pro-gramme. We currently have 6 Basketball teams, 4 Boys and 2 girls. Due to Raines students showing such a big interest in the basketball programme,

myself with the Green-house charity provided the students with free basketball tickets to watch The London Lions—of whom I currently coach. The students and teach-ers had a great time and got the chance to see London’s only profession-al basketball team. As well as successfully running the basketball teams we have intro-duced a Basketball

Breakfast club, which is currently running on Wednesday & Friday mornings. All Raine’s stu-dents are welcome to at-tend. We also run an everyday basketball break time club and a lunchtime club on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. as well as basket-ball sessions for all ages after School. Raine’s has a rich history of Basketball success and I am very committed to bringing suc-cess back to the School.

The Raine’s Y9 and 10 foot-ball teams joined forces to compete at the Tower Ham-lets Football tournament held at Hackney Marshes. Raine’s had a good start winning their first game, but stumbled in the next 2 drawing them both 0-0. Raine’s went through to the semi finals as the second placed team from the qualify-

ing group. Raine’s ended up losing 1-0 in a closely contested semi final against a strong Bishop Challoner side. Raine’s ended up 3rd in the Bor-ough overall.

Greenhouse Basketball at Raine’s Coach Laurent Irish

Raine’s Boys Football update

Greenhouse Table Tennis at Raine’s Coach Maria Ingles

ble Tennis England National Coach of the Year.

At Raine’s I work with students

from Year 7-11. Over the past

couple of years we have gained

a reputation for being the best

table tennis school in Tower

Hamlets – winning the U13 &

U16 boys and girls titles in Tow-

er Hamlets. I have developed

beginners at Raine’s who are

now going on to compete in

the National Table Tennis Fi-

nals.

My main job at Raine’s is get-

ting the students to a high

standard of behaviour and

ability on and off the table ten-

nis table.

My name is Maria Ingles and I’m the Head Table Tennis Coach at Raine’s Founda-tion . This is my 3

rd year at

Raine’s. I have been involved in coaching table tennis for the last 6 years. My passion now is very much in coaching, I enjoy giving something back and helping youngsters de-velop. I have coached from grassroots to national level and have travelled all over the Country to do so with the sport. I was awarded the Ta-

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The Raineian: Sports Edition

Name: Kailum Nicholas

Year group: 11

DOB: 10/04/2000

Sport: Basketball

Position: Guard

Kailum began playing

basketball in Y9 when the

Greenhouse programme

was first introduced to

Raine’s. Kailum has dedi-

cated most of his spare

time to improving his bas-

ketball ability. Kailum has

not only improved on the

court but off the court too.

His predicted grades are

10 A* - Cs. Kailums goal

in life is to achieve a

Scholarship to play bas-

ketball in America. Kailum

is a role model amongst

his peers and is currently

one of the best Point

Guards in London.

by Gabby, Gabrielle, Pre-

cious & Lauren came 2nd

in the 4x200m relay. The

Year 8 team did very well

with Tianna coming 2nd in

the individual 200m, Jessi-

ca 2nd in both the hurdles

and long jump, and Gene-

The Girls Athletics Team

attended the Tower Ham-

lets Indoor Athletics

Championships. The

team did very well

throughout the day with

some individual success-

es.

The Year 7 relay team led

va 2nd in the

high jump.

Kylie from

Year 9 ran in

the year

10 800m

race and

came 1st!

Raine’s Rising Stars - Kailum Nicholas A Biography of one of our rising stars

Raine’s Girls Athletics Team

Raine’s Indoor Rowing Team

The whole team per-formed very well and we came 3rd as a school overall on points (before the relay) so well done guys!

The Rowing team was taken to compete in the Tower Hamlets Borough competition on 29th Jan-uary. The whole team did excep-tionally well and did a great job in representing themselves and the school. Some outstanding performances: Harry Morgan (yr.13) and Zuhey-da (yr.12) both came 3rd. Megan Perry (yr.8) and Gloria Mapamboli (yr.7) both came 2nd

Gbemi (yr.13) came 1st

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Contact us: Raine’s Foundation School

Approach Road

London

E2 9LY

Phone: 02089811231

Email:

success@rainesfoundation.org.uk

About us:

Raine’s Foundation Church of England Secondary School is an all ability co-educational

school for girls and boys aged 11-19. The School is rightly proud of its long tradition of

achievement within a Christian ethos and welcomes pupils from all faiths and those

with none. We are a local school for local children.

Raine’s Foundation School is one of the oldest schools in London and has played an im-

portant role in the East End for nearly 300 years.

We are an improving school as we strive towards our goal of ‘Achieving Excellence by

Unlocking Potential’

Exam results, in all areas, are improving and we expect further improvements in 2016

Our aim at Raine’s is to ensure that all our pupils can be the best they can be, every day,

ensuring they achieve their potential in all aspects of life.

Raine's Foundation School

Raine’s as well as producing this publication

every half term as a summary. Alternatively

you can follow us on Twitter for game infor-

mation, results, pictures and videos as the

games happen. (Twitter: @RFSpe)

I hope you have found this edition of the

Raineian: sports edition fun and informative.

Mr D Patten

Head of PE

Raine’s Foundation School

Email: d.patten@rainesfoundation.org.uk

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highlighting the sporting success and achievements

of students who attend Raine’s Foundation School.

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sure our local community is informed of results,

sporting achievements and highlights from the previ-

ous half term. The students of Raine’s Foundation

School work very hard inside and out of the gym to

ensure their School and Borough are well represent-

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