Sports Report 2013 Autumn 2

PE DEPARTMENT
SPORTS
Year 9 In
Search Of
Cup Success
The boys from Year 9 kicked off their
cup run against Hartsdown with a
comfortable win on a difficult pitch.
Two weeks later, in round two Harvey
Grammar provided a far sterner test.
Scoring early put Harvey in the
driving seat and despite multiple
efforts from Lewis Doyle, DC were 1-0
down at half time. The introduction of
Nick Terziyski up front livened things
up and finally produced an opening
and Dane Court drew level. The game
progressed into extra time and
eventually Dane Court converted
their pressure into another goal to
produce victory. However the
celebrations were short lived, when
the minibus broke down leaving the
team stranded for three hours.
Our next opponents were Herne Bay
High and again we found ourselves
losing, letting in two sloppy goals.
Once more the team rallied together
and produced some excellent football,
scoring four goals through Walton,
Moir and the excellent Powell and
Bullard to win 4 - 2.
AUTUMN 2013
REPORT
DANE COURT GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Year 9 Boys with a great win against Harvey Grammar
Chris “Cooks” Up Interest...
Our Year Seven students were very fortunate to have the opportunity
to listen to Olympic swimmer CHRIS COOK on Tuesday 26th
November. Chris is an inspirational speaker and the delivery of his
message-‘ set your goals and even if you hit an obstacle, learn from
it and don’t give up’ was very well-received. Chris was very
impressed with the welcome and attention he received from our
students and is looking forward to visiting us again.
Chris Cook Celebrating
January 11th at 10am will see a
quarter final at Dane Court, please
come along and support.
Sport Leaders Invite...
'Aren't they *ny' was the cry from the Sports Leaders as Haddon Dene turned up for a fun a9ernoon of ac*vi*es organised by Miss Riley's group. A9er a quick change of equipment to accommodate the youngsters, the a9ernoon got underway. What followed was great excitement, enthusiasm and fantas*c fun. The Sport Leaders were superb as they guided, encouraged and supported the group of forty 5 and 6 year olds around an obstacle course. A special men*on must be given to Louis Clarke who must have made over 400 football saves during the course of the session; A great success. The Haddon Dene students went home excited and s*ll full of beans whilst our Leaders hit their beds very early, exhausted but delighted that everything went well.
Handball
Champions
BOYS REPORT
•••
Both of our U15 Handball teams
emerged victorious from the Thanet
Handball Tournament. With the boys
and girls teams securing success
against both Ursuline and Chatham
and Clarendon they will now go on to
represent Thanet at the Kent School
Games next year.
The boys passed the ball well to
secure two relatively comfortable
victories. Whereas the girls had to
work extremely hard and it took an
extraordinary goal from Morgan
Theodosiou (our goalkeeper!!!!) to
secure a 1-0 victory over Chatham
and Clarendon in their last game.
Well done to all involved!
Hartwell Loves to Score in the Cup
Following in the footsteps of the Year
9 boys, the year 7 team have made it
into the quarter final of the Kent
Cup. Having already beaten Castle
Community and Dover Grammar
Schools, we hosted Simon Langton
Grammar and were soon 1-0 down.
At this point, our midfield took total
control with Finlay Jarman-Hume
pulling all the strings. The increased
pressure brought 4 well taken goals
for Mackenzie-Hartwell and an
another for substitute Rhu Galloway.
The boys handball team celebrating
alongside the successful girls team
Mr Wallace delivering some interesting
words at half time.
Year 11 Football
The U16 boys continued their Kent Cup run with a convincing 4-0 victory over
Fulston Manor. Dane Court dominated the game and played some excellent
football; Alfie Foster scoring a hatrick, including two well placed free kicks. Todd
Jordan scored Dane Court’s other goal to consolidate what was a well deserved
victory. Dane Court are now through to the quarter finals and will be hoping to
reach the final and go on to win, as they have previously done twice before.
Year 7&9 Futsal Success
After a slow start to their first Futsal tournament, the Year 7s soon warmed to their
task. Victories over the Ursuline and King Ethelbert got us into a rhythm, so when
they played big rivals St Georges we dominated from the start, with superb
performances form the whole squad. This left us with two more games to play, and
another pair of sterling performances brought us overall victory and takes us
forward to the County Finals. The year 9 team also claimed their title going through
the tournament unbeaten.
NETTING PLENTY OF FISH...
Ollie Hampton-­‐Saint is clearly a man with a keen eye for fishing. He recently WON the Bri*sh Open in October 2013 which places him as No. 1 in England for Under 16 sea shore fishing!
Moreover, he has spent a day with the England Squad and has been invited to apply for membership of the Home and Interna*onal Under 16 Junior Sea Angling Team 2014.
His passion for fishing is obvious and we wish Ollie all the best in his future fishing career!
Judo... Josh Escudier
5th In The
British
Championships
Well Done!
ATHLETE IN
FOCUS
Girls Report
Mul, Sports Success...
Dane Court were awarded the under
15 girls team medal in the South East
Schools Biathlon. We are hopeful that
several competitors from Dane Court
will qualify for the national biathlon.
Name: Daniel Adams
Read about our individual success
later on...
Age: 16
House: Barcelona
Quote: ‘I’m not very
inspirational, but success
comes from hard work.’
Favorite Sport: Football
School Teams
Represented: Football,
Rugby, Athletics, Handball
and Cricket.
Sporting Hero:
Christiano Ronaldo
NUMBERS
Dane Court’s under 15s Biathlon
team with their medals!
Futsal Success
November saw the girls Futsal teams achieve a clean sweep in the District tournaments, which was an excellent achievement. The U12 team are quite small in stature but what they lack in height they make up for in skill and they were always going to be strong contenders. However, they drew their first two matches, albeit against strong teams. Goal difference was thus going to be the deciding factor and the team delivered by scoring 11 goals in ten MESSAGE FROM M
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minutes in their last match. Every member of the WALLACE
squad of six scored during the evening – testament For those of you who
to the versa*lity of the players.
are
coming to the end of yo
ur
time representing the
The U14 team also looked good on paper and school in the sporting
swept aside the five other schools, including Dover arena, we thank you for
your hours of dedicati
Girls Grammar, winning all their games. Emily on
and wish you all the be
st in
Downes caused the opposi*on all sorts of problems your futures, sporting
or
and was clinical with her finishing.
otherwise.
And remember in all ou
r
The U16 team were missing some of their squad endeavors,
who had gone to Ipswich with the U18 girls to play 'Knowing is not enou
gh;
in the Na*onal Cup match. However, the teamwork we must apply.
and determina*on shown by their replacements was Willing is not enough
;
we must do.' Johann
commendable and 3 wins and 1 draw saw us take the Wolfgang von Go
ethe
*tle of District Champions.
Sporting Highlight:
Being selected by Gillingham
to undergo their scholarship
programme, starting next
year.
All three teams now go forward to the Kent Schools Games Finals at the University of Kent in February.
Goals Scored This
Term
84
Sports Competed In
7
Number Of County
Representatives
6
Message
From Mr
Towe...
‘My quote.. I’ve got
to get this right.
Okay.. Mr Towe’s
quote: Give me
willing competitors,
yes, but above all,
give me winners,
winners, winners.’
A True Inspiration - Nelson Mandela
This image of
Nelson Mandela
presenting the
Springbok Captain,
Francois Pienaar,
with the Webb Ellis
Cup in 1995 has
become one of the
most powerful in
South Africa’s
history.
‘Sport has the power to change the world... it has the power to inspire. It has
the power to unite people, in a way that little else does.’ - Nelson Mandela
BADMINTON
Success has come for Dane Court in the
District Badminton tournaments.
The U14 Girls stole the show, being
unbeaten throughout to claim 1st place,
whilst the U16 Girls secured a respectable
3rd position in their competition.
The Boys U16s also powered to
tournament victory with Kain Smalling,
Harrison Wood,Dan VanHinsbergh, Harry
Holden and Josh Boughton showing skill
and agility throughout their singles and
doubles matches, displaying excellent
team work and tactics.The year 9s
competed hard but unfortunately lost by
2 points in their final game to Chatham
House to finish runners-up.
Biathlon Continued...
Dane Court had several representa*ves in the South East Schools Biathlon held at Medway Park, run by GB Pentathlon. The compe*tors had to complete a swim and a run, with distances increasing with age. Dane Court students were hugely successful and placed as follows:
50m swim/800m run
(under 12 girls)
st
1 Sommer Ansley
24th Nicole Cook • Mandela, who recently passed
away at the grand age of 95
understood how crucial sport
would be in uniting a deeply
divided nation.
• T h e d e c i s i o n t o a wa rd t h e
hosting of the Rugby World Cup
to South Africa was strongly
opposed by many black people in
the country at the time.
• Post-apartheid South Africa was
suf fering from economic
difficulties and there was a huge
threat of terrorism from the
right wing white population, who
were extremely angry that a
black man had taken power.
• The 1995 Rugby World Cup final
a n d S o u t h A f ri c a ’ s v i c t o r y
became a turning point for the
country thanks to Mandela.
• As president his public show of
support for the predominantly
white national team became a
gesture that became a nationdefining moment in the country’s
transformation to multi-racial
democracy.
• As South Africa’s first black
president, Mandela wore the
colors of the Springboks and
65,000 white rugby supporters
joyously chanted his name.
• Mandela played a massive part in
also helping South Africa win the
right to host the 2010 Football
World Cup, the first in Africa,
showing huge testament to South
A f ri c a ’ s p ro g re s s a f t e r i t s
apartheid struggles.
100m swim/1600m run
(under 13 boys)
4th Camron Macrae (under 13 girls)
4th Robyn Moon 200m swim/1600 m run
(under 15 Girls)
nd
2 Hannah Denny 3rd Ailsa Macrae UNSUNG HEROES
All the members of your
family that pick you up,
wash your kit, clean your
boots and give you that
extra big cheer whether
you win or lose.
OTHER STORIES
Cricket - Three Year 7 boys (Tom Coyne, Finlay
Jarman-Hume & Magnus Lewis) are part of the
county training squad
Basketball - Year 10 boys became Thanet Champions