Woking Ladies
On Tuesday 30th April Miss Exworth and Miss Singleton took the Year 7 Girls Football Team to The Woking Kingsfield stadium, to watch a very important football match: Woking Ladies VS Binfield Ladies. This was the last game in the Woking side’s title fight for the league!
The Winston girls settled in on the front row, ready to support the local women’s' side! They watched on as the Woking team pulled out in front, ending the first half 2-0. Winston, cheering and clapping all of the lady's teams success.
The second half started and it wasn’t long before the Binfield side won a penalty. 2-1! The Woking team, did not give up, however and the final score was 4-1.
It was a late night, with the game finishing around 9.30pm, but Winston watched as the Ladies enjoyed their match success. Witnessing the result of hard work, passion, and resilience. It was an important lesson for Miss Exworth and Miss Singleton to show their Year 7 side: that they can triumph under pressure, that they can work hard for the results they deserve and that working as a team can get them every success on the football pitch. The girls discussed their upcoming Cup Final (to be played that Thursday) on the mini bus drive home, and they were all fired up and ready for the challenge that would face them at Leatherhead Youth Football Club!
Habitat Projects
8CG have been working on a project that explores the habitats of a number of species. I hope you enjoy the outcomes.
Year 8 Girls Rugby Team
On the 14th May we visited The Harlequins Stoop stadium to take part in the last of many rugby tournaments that took place throughout this year's season. We participated in a series of matches and our newly put together Year 8 girls team scored the highest in our grouping, winning EVERY match. Our players acted with respect and dignity towards the opposing teams, congratulating them after every match. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties when adding up all the scores, our Y8 Winston team should have played in the final for 1st place, but sadly didn't. We were however very gracious in accepting this on the day and applauded the school who were actually presented with !st place and overall winners. The organisers were honest about their mistake and said that we were shining examples of what the tournament is all about, focusing on respect, teamwork, sportsmanship and enjoyment. We can feel very proud about ourselves as we all did amazing!
A special shoutout to the girls involved - Matilda Battershell, Ayesha Thompson, Emily Veats, Amelie Brooks, Ellen Turner-Gadd, Scarlett Dawson, Joely Hartwell, Isla Berriman, Emma Huang, Rebecca Strang, Sama Alafifi & Angel Abraham (Sama & Angel truly embodied sportsmanship and kindly went an played for Hinchley Wood School as they were short of players).
Well done to those who had never played before - let's hope for a successful rugby season next year! REMEMBERHarlequins will be back at Winston every week coaching rugby after school for all girls.
Written by Y8 Joely Hartwell
Year 7 Girls Rugby Team
The Y7 rugby girls were invited to a tournament at the Twickenham Stoop. It was the final rugby Switch festival with Harlequins. We played 3 games and we improved our rugby skills. We worked together as a team by collaborating and communicating. We learnt to ruck, to scrum and to tackle as well. By trying out rugby we are now inspired to join a club and continue developing our skills. We look forward to the next season!
Written by Y7s Rebecca Wheeler, Erin Gallagher, Charlotte Gallagher, Bo Kent, Catrin Adcroft, Erin Philps, Emily Hughes, Asya Durmus, Matilda Tuthill & Emma Bailey.
