Sports News Second Half Autumn Term 2011

End of Term Boys' Sports report (16.12.11)
This term has seen many strong performances in football, rugby and basketball.
The under 13 football  team started the term with several good performances including a win against Rydon (2 -1). Another entertaining match against steyning resulted in a 3-3 draw which was a positive result, considering the the size of the school. Tom J was the top midfielder during the games, showing himself as the playmaker of the team. Ben H played effectively as the Sion Goal Keeper and occasionally in the midfield. In both positions he was a key player showing lots of potential for the future. Well played to Ben I who became the teams top scorer showing his quality finishing skills. Also well done to Callum, who constantly broke the oppositions attack by reading the game effectively.

The Under 16 Rugby team completed their last School league with amazing results. The team started the season at the Southern Area Tournament and defeated their top two rivals; Angmering and St Andrews to win the Competition for the third time in five years.  The team then went onto win the district league beating Durrington with an exhibition performance in the final. The team also won the league title in year 8 and year 10.  The whole team deserve tremendous credit for their enthusiasm and commitment to the school. Special mention goes to Benj who has captained the team during the final year. Well played to everyone!

The basketball season is also underway with the year 7 and 8 team having an excellent result against Worthing High School winning 34-2. The year 9 team have had three good results against Shoreham, Angmering and Sir Robert Woodard Academy. The leagues continue in the new year and we look forward to some more good results.

Congratulations to Jack F in year 8 who has been selected for the Elite player group as part of the Harlequins Rugby School. He is the third Sion player to reach the Harlequins Schools of Rugby and the second to be selected for the Elite Player group. Well done.

Thank you to everyone who has represented the school with typical high standards and enthusiasm.

Junior School Football
On Wednesday 7th December, the Junior School U11 team played Broadwater Manor and won 7-1.  They played brilliantly; Freddie scored 4 goals! Thomas and Sam also both scored goals.

Senior School Sports Report 9.12.11
Year 11 Netball
On Tuesday the Year 11 Netball team played in the South Area tournament. This is the final area competition for the Year 11 teams. Having already won the Area League the team were determined to finish on a high and they did not disappoint. They won all their matches. They had a tight game against Davison who were keen to win, but Ella and Amelia held their nerve when shooting. Well done to everyone who played and also to Shannon and Monika who were not playing on this occasion.

Golf
We would like to congratulate Megan in Year 8 who has been awarded the Under 18 Sussex Golf Order of Merit.

District Cross Country
This event was held at Lancing Manor on Wednesday 7th December. We entered 4 teams: Two Year 7 and Two Year 8/9.

  
The Full Team

On a very demanding course, the Year 7 girls were on first and ran very well, finishing in the top 21 runners. Well done to; Heather 10th, Millie 11th, Imogen 12th, Ellie 13th,Lauren 18th, Saskia 20th, Georgia 21st.

 
The Year 7 Girls' Team

 After the Year 7 boys, the Year 8 and 9 Girls ran. We had great hopes for this race and were not disappointed. Georgie and Amy, both coached by Mr Marsden, and Rebecca were running very strongly after the first lap. At the top of the hill Georgie stormed past the front runner and increased her lead to finish easily in first place. Well done! Amy finished 5th, Rebecca 7th, Faye 16th, Bella 37th and Harriet 38th.
With 4 in the top 20 this may place the team in 1st place.

 
The Year 8 & 9 Girls' Team

The Year 7 Boys tackled the course after the Year 7 girls, and all finished in first 30 runners. Ben N finished 9th, Louis 14th, Sebastian 16th, Barney 20th, Chris 25th, Ben H 27th and Jake 30th. Well done!

Four Year 8 boys ran in the Year 9 race and found the competition quite tough. Nevertheless they all finished in the first 30 runners. Tom J was 19th, Finn, Alex 27th  and Ryan 29th.

Well done to all the runners.

Boys Sports Report 9.12.11
Basketball
The year 9 boys' team played three matches this week, winning all of them. Their first game was against Shoreham Academy, who were an undefeated side. The game was close, but some outstanding lay-ups from Jason P helped give Sion the lead all the way to the last seconds of the match. The final score was 28-26 to Sion.
The second game, against Sir Robert Woodward Academy, was not quite such a hard-fought battle, and the Sion  team won 15-10.
Their final game was against Angmering School. This was a close contest, but the Sion team showed stronger play and defence, and finished the match 14-11.

The year 7 & 8 team played two matches this week, against Shoreham Academy and Worthing High School. The first match against Shoreham was very competitive, with Sion just in front at half time. Shoreham had an excellent start to the second half and went ahead with three quick scores. Sion tried hard to catch up, but were unable to do so, and the end result was 22-16 to Shoreham.
The second match against Worthing High was a different story. The boys played really well, scoring all their baskets and challenging rebounds with confidence. The final score was 34-2 to Sion. Well played!

Senior School Girls Sports Report 2.12.11
Girls'Football
Last Friday the Year 10 Football team played Davison. Although they held their own for the first quarter and Yasmin took some fine saves while in goal, the team eventually lost 4-1. Well done to Caroline, who scored an excellent goal.

National Schools' Netball Tournament
On Saturday the Year 11 and 9 netball teams went to Roedean for the National Schools Tournament. The weather can always play its part at Roedean and Saturday was no exception. With a wind that sent the shots horizontal and passes out of court the scores in the games were very low! Both teams did extremely well in the conditions, but congratulations go to the Year 9 team who reached the semi-final, but were beaten by Burgess Hill School.

Girls' Basketball
The two year 9 basketball teams played Worthing High on Monday. Sion 1, won 34-6 and Sion 2, 24-2. This should place them 1st and 2nd in the league. Sion 2 in top spot and Sion 1 the runner-up. Well done!

Senior School Lunchtime Table Tennis Tournament
All the matches in the table-tennis tournament that took place at lunchtimes this term have been played. the winners for each year group are:
Year 7: Winner - Chris P, Runner-up Louis S
Year 8: Winner - Harrison, Runner-up Jake T
Year 9: Winner - Hal D, Runner-up - Rob M
Year 10: Winner - Barney, Runner-up - Alex F

   
Years 7, 8 & 9 Winners                                 Year 10 Winners

Senior School Girls Sports Report 25.11.11
Basketball
The two Year 9 Basketball teams were in action on Tuesday at Angmering and both secured excellent victories, Positive and strong defence prevented the Angmering players from taking easy shots.
Team 1 beat Angmering, 24-8 and Team 2, 30-15.

Girls Football
The Under 15 Girls Football team started their league fixtures on Tuesday at Worthing High who are one of the stronger schools. Despite very good all round performances from the players, the final score was 2-1 to Worthing. A very close match.

Netball
The Year 9 and 11 Netball teams travel to Roedean on Saturday for the first round of the National Schools Netball Tournament.

Senior School Boys Sports Report 25.11.11
Rugby
The Under 16 Rugby team had a very successful game, beating the Shoreham College 35 -5. Well done!

Basketball
The Under 13 team have been in action twice this week. They lost to Rydon Community College 21 -18 and to Littlehampton Community College 14 – 9. They played will in both matches, and have plenty of time to improve their game before the end of the season.
The Under 14 and Under 16 Basketball matches were cancelled by Littlehampton.

Year 11 Netball News 18.11.11
Last week the Year 11 netball team played The Towers in the second round of the Sussex Knock-out cup. The team started slowly, but soon got into their stride and had a comfortable win 27-7. They will play Sackville or St Bedes after Christmas.

Senior School Girls Basketball News 18.11.11
Two Year 9 Basketball teams have been in action this week, with back to back matches against Durrington, The Littlehampton Academy and Shoreham Academy. They also had to play each other!
The results were excellent
Sion 1 beat Durrington 34-20   Littlehampton Academy 36-24  and Shoreham 20-16     
Sion 2 beat Durrington 36-16   Littlehampton Academy  22-12   and Shoreham 22-8
Some tremendous team play and excellent shooting by Chloe, Georgina and Natasha secured the victories.
The match between the two Sion teams was a very close and exciting affair. Despite Chloe scoring the first basket at the wrong end, she made up for it later and the Sion 2 team beat Sion 1  22-18! 
Well done to them all and good luck in the matches next week.

Year 11 Boys win Southern Area Rugby League
The Year 11 Rugby Team have won the U-16 Soutern Area Rugby League with a resounding win in the final against Durrington High; beating them 72 - 0! The Sion team played a superb and tight game against opponents who were completely outclassed. At the end of the match PE teacher and team coach Steve Danes was extremely proud of the team, but he also praised the Durrington team for their spirit and sportsmanship.

                                        
                                         
                                                      The full squad before the match

Click Here to see photos of the final match

Junior School Netball 14.11.11
On Wednesday, 9th November, the Junior School U-11 netball team went to the Westbourne House tournament. The girls played really well and won their group:
Drew against Twyford 5-5
Won against Cranleigh 3-2
Won against Portsmouth Grammar School 6-2
Won against Oakwood 5-4
They lost to Brighton College 4-0 in the semi finals, but won the 3rd and 4th play offs against Oakwood 8-6, finishing 3rd out of 10 teams. A very successful and enjoyable afternoon for all!