Sports News
Senior School Year 7, 8 & 9 Rounders Teams all win their District Leagues
Stop Press - The Year 7 Team have also won the Worthing and District Junior Netball League, the finals of which took place on Monday 5th July.
The Year 7 & the Year 8 Rounders Teams won all their pool games, played earlier in the term, and qualified to play in the finals of the District Rounders League, at Durrington High School on Tuesday 29th June .
The Year 8 team beat Steyning and Chatsmore, and played the Towers in the final game. Our Lady of Sion Girls won the match 6 – 1 to clinch the title.
The Year 7 team played a ‘round robin final’ and beat The Towers, Angmering, Littlehampton Academy and Rydon to win the league.
The Year 9 team had also won their league, earlier in the term
A Clean sweep for Sion - well done to all of them.
Junior School Tennis
The Sussex County Schools’ Tennis Championship Events took place this year on the championship courts at Devonshire Park in Eastbourne. Year 5 and Year 6 Boys and girls competed on different days during the week of 17th – 21 May.
Both of the teams did really well; Ryan Farrow, Year 6, won all of his matches, and the Year 5 Girls Team, of Millie Jones, Saskia Lower, Darcy Kenna and Imogen Lower, also won all their matches and are now the Sussex U-10 Champions. Well done to all of them! The Year 4 Girl’s tennis event takes place on 24th June.
The photo shows the winning girls at Eastbourne after the presentation of their medals.
Junior School Summer Evening Netball League
The Under 11 and Under 10 teams have won all their matches so far. Watch this space for further news!
Joseph Setten Sussex U-14 Golf Championship and Pyecombe Junior (U-18) Golf Open Champion
Joseph Setten, a Year 9 pupil at Our Lady of Sion School, has won the Sussex County Under-14 Championship, and is now the County Champion in his age group. There were 40 entrants in the tournament, which took place on 14th April. Joe had a great round, finishing with a score of 46 points to take the Steve Stone Trophy, and the championship.
As well as the championship, he played in several tournaments for Hill Barn Golf Club Juniors, over the Easter period, including the Parsons Four-man Trophy, in which his team came second, and the Junior Get-together Drawn Pairs, in which he and his partner were also placed second.
Joe with his trophies
(Photo courtesy of Hill Barn Golf Club)
During the summer half term holiday, Joe won the Pyecombe Junior Golf Open with a nett score of 69, which is 2 under par. The competition was open to under 18's, so Joe was one of the youngest taking part.
Well done Joe!
Joe with his Pycombe Open Trophy
Year 9 Rounders Team win Area League
The Year 9 Girls Rounders Team have won the Southern Area Sports Partnership Rounders League. They had previously won through in their section, and on 25th May, they played in the finals. They played four matches; they won three and drew one. They beat Lancing College, The Towers and Davison, and drew with Angmering, to win the Area League. Well done to all the team members.
South of England Senior and Under 20 Championships and English schools Championships- 12th June
Britanny had a brilliant win in the 1500m U-20 race in the South of England Athletics Championships at Crystal Palace, leading the race from the front all the way, and winning easily in a time of 4mins, 40.85 secs. She is now South of England Champion, and has qualified for the English Schools Championships.
The South of England Championships unfortunately clashed with the English Schools Championships in Crawley, and Abi Fowlie ran at this meeting to win gold in the 800m race. She has also qulaified for the English Schools Championships, which will be held on the 10th/11th July in Birmingham. Very well done to them both, and watch this space for updates!
British Milers' Club Races - Crawley 19th May
Brittany Saville and Abi Fowlie both went to Crawley on 19th May to run in the BMC Races. Britt was first to race in 1500m. In a strong and competitive field she was able to maintain consistent pace throughout the race, to smash her own recent club record. Her new personal best is 4:34.87, taking almost 4 seconds off her previous time. Abi was put in an extremely tough race which started at a great pace. She ran fantastically well to achieve a new personal best of 2:14.38, which is almost 2.5 seconds faster than she has run before.
Brittany is now ranked 9th in the UK 1500m U-20 and Abi is 23rd in the UK 800m U-20. Well done to them both!
Sussex County Athletics Championships - Crawley 9th May
Brittany Saville won the Under-20 1500m event, in a personal best of 4mins 38.5 seconds (setting a new Harriers Athletics Club record!).
Abi Fowlie won the Under-29 800m with a time of 2mins 17 seconds
Junior School Netball Tournament Results
U9 Netball Festival at Windlesham House on Wednesday 17th March
The Sion U9 team came second, after beating Windlesham House, Farlington, Arundale and St. Bedes, but losing to Broadwater Manor and Prebendal.
U9 Westbourne House Tournament on 3rd March
The U9 team came first in their group, beating Brighton College, Westbourne, Great Ballard, Prebendal and Windlesham. They lost in the semi-finals to Highfield School.
U10 Burgess Hill Tournament on Saturday 6th March
The U10 netball team came 2nd in their group, beating Broadwater Manor, The Towers and Brighton and Hove School, losing to Brighton College in the final.
Girls Sports Report Easter 2010
This Winter season has seen some excellent achievements in all the activities.
Netball has been particularly good. The Year 11 team were runner up in their tournament. Year 9 did the double, winning the Southern Area Girls PE Association League and the Independent Schools Tournament. Year 8 won their Southern Area Girls PE Association League and will play in their tournament next week. Year 7 also did the double, winning the Southern Area Netball Tournament two weeks ago and the Southern Area Girls PE Association League on Tuesday 23rd March. They beat Steyning 9 -1, Angmering 10 - 4, The Towers 6 -1 and in the final, Thomas a Beckett 11- 4.
Year 13, Year 12 and Year 9 also play in the Worthing evening league giving them valuable experience. The Year 12 team, captained by Haylee Cawdell, are to be promoted to the Premier League for the summer. Well done!
Basketball has also seen some great successes. Year 7, 8 and 9 teams are unbeaten and Year 11 have only lost one game.
The Gymnasts and dancers are have been hard at work, preparing for the Sussex Competition and Floor Spots. Well done to Pia Parker and Amelia Watson who were placed 3rd in the Pair Apparatus.
On the 20th March, Abigail Fowlie and Brittany Saville competed at the English Schools Cross Country Championships. In appalling conditions and with the course cutting up really badly under the 350 runners who were in each race, they both did exceedingly well. Brittany was placed 30th and Abi 37th.
Thank you to everyone who has participated in teams this term and good luck to the Year 10 Netball team in their tournament today.
Boys Sports Report Easter 2010
The term has been full of success stories with some great victories against the local schools.
Basketball
The year 7 mixed Basketball won the District Tournament without losing a game, which is a good indication of the team’s ability and potential for the next few years.
The year 8 Basketball team had a good season, finishing 2nd the league and reaching the semi finals of the Southern Area Tournament.
The year 9 Basketball team finished joint 3rd in the league and had an excellent run in the tournament reaching the final and only losing to St Andrews who went onto win the county competition.
The Year 11 Basketball team played a great match against Shoreham College in the pentultimate week of term. They worked hard but in spite of wearing their new kit, presented by the RAF Outreach Motiational Team that morning, the Shoreham team were too tall, which stopped Sion from claiming many rebounds! The end result was 40 -30 to Shoreham.
Indoor Athletics
The indoor athletics team have had lots of fun competing against other schools in year 5, 6 and 7. They had to run, throw and jump to earn points for the school. After lots of hard work and great support from parents, the team eventually finished 4th in the shield final.
Rugby
The Under-14 rugby team have had a good run in the County Cup, reaching the last eight and once again meeting the county champions in the quarter finals. The team have made a good start in the Southern Area League winning six of their seven matches. The team played their best game against Shoreham College with every player working hard against a good team. The team ended up confident winners with a score of 64 -17.
Well done to all those who have competed and represented the school with great commitment.
Gymnastics
16 girls entered the West Sussex Schools Junior Gymnastics Competition. The team has been hindered with many injuries in the final weeks of practice: a sprained ankle, a broken foot and a broken toe!!
Despite these hiccups, the girls performed their routines beautifully and were placed 3” overall in West Sussex. In addition, Pia Parker and Amelia Watson came 3rd in their section; the Pair Apparatus. Congratulations to all of them.
Cross Country
English Schools National Championships
On 20th March Brittany and Abi both went to Manchester for the English Schools National Championships where the top 8 athletes from the 45 counties of England compete. It was a very tough race in awful weather conditions, which made running very difficult. Of the 277 who managed to finish the race, Brittany was less than 200m off gaining 10th place; she was placed 30th, which shows what a tight finish it was; Abi finished just 11 seconds behind Brittany in 37th place. Both girls would like to have done better, but their coach had broken down on the way to Manchester, and the weather was definitely against them! Even though they are a little disappointed, everyone at school is very proud of them for their achievements.
UK Inter-County Cross country Championships
This event was held in Birmingham on 13th March. Brittany Saville and Abi Fowler both took part in the event running for Sussex. There were about 50 counties represented in the event. Abi was first in the Sussex team and 28th overall; Brittany came second in the Sussex team, and was joint 29th overall.
Brittany Saville competes in the English National Cross Country Championship
On 27th February Brittany ran in the English Cross-country championships at Roundhay Park Leeds. There were 249 athletes entered into the event, which is the National Cross Country Championship. Brittany had a sparkling run to finish 19th in the U20 women’s race; her performance is fantastic considering she is running against girls who are up to two years older than her. She was just 30 seconds behind an GB international who finished 12th......that’s around 150metres in a cross country!
Sussex Schools Cross Country Championships
Seven pupils from Our Lady of Sion school qualified to run in the finals of the Sussex Schools' Cross Country Championship, which took place at Lancing Manor Sports Ground on Saturday 23rd January.
Harry Forrest, Jeremy Parker and James Burn all qualified for the boys U-13 race, and all ran a good race. Harry was placed 23rd, in a strong field, and the other two acquitted themselves well.
Ella Forrest, Chloe Lelliott, and Caroline Hodgson all qualified for the girls U-13 race. Caroline was unable to take part, due to a Brighton Youth Team Football commitment, but the other two ran well; Ella was placed 34th.
The star of the day was Brittany Saville, who was running in the Senior Girls’ Race (U-18). Brittany has been competing in this event for the last six years. She finished this year's race more than a minute in front of her nearest rival, to win the title for the fifth successive year.
To see photos of the cross-country go to Senior School Photo Galleries
Sion's other top Senior Cross Country runner, Abi Fowler, did not take part in the Sussex Schools Cross Country, although she had qualified to do so. She was in training for the Worthing Harriers Lido 4 mile Run, which took place on the 8th Feb 2010. There were 400 entrants, and Abi came first in the women's race with a time of 24 minutes 30 seconds, beating the second place runner by a full 15 seconds. She has now qualified to compete for Sussex in the UK Inter-County Championships to be held in Birmingham in March.
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