Sports Newsletter December 2019 I have thoroughly enjoyed my first term Sporting at Schools Foundation. Highlights The opportunity to meet and talk to so many parents, especially on the side-lines whilst watching some of the huge array of sports taking place, has been really useful. from the Autumn Term It has been wonderful to see so many boys and girls playing and enjoying sport, and I believe that there has been somewhere in the region of 550 matches across 18 different sports, across the four Schools. It is tremendous that with this level of competition, there are so many boys and girls from the four Schools representing Grammar School Amherst School teams on a regular basis. It is no secret that studies showing the benefits from playing team sports, indicate that athletes who regularly play sports are happier, »»Over a quarter of the School »»A very successful healthier and achieve high academic grades, in addition to being a great way to population are actively engaged in Spanish netball tour took relieve stress. representative sport. place during October half-term, where 30 girls were coached Over the course of the term I have visited Loughborough University on a number »»The highlight of the Rugby season by the Manchester Thunder coaches of occasions and am delighted that we are developing a sporting link with arguably was the 1st XV match played at and played regional teams in Gibraltar. the best sports university in the country. The link has commenced with some shared Loughborough University under sports coaches, as well as the opportunity for some of our students to experience floodlights, where £3000 was raised »»Amherst competed well in the ISA skill based sessions with the university’s ‘Super’ coaches and to for Leukaemia Research. Midlands U13 hockey tournament undertake some strength and conditioning workshops in the Jo Hackett Foundation Director of Sport finishing 3rd overall. wonderful ‘Powerbase Gym’. »»Year 7 have had the highest participation rates, regularly fielding four hockey and four rugby teams Fairfield Prep this term. »»The U11 girls’ hockey team have Foundation »»Numbers of boys representing the set the standard by winning both School in hockey has continued to the Bromsgrove and Foremarke »»It has been fantastic to see cross- grow and it has been great to see the tournaments and finishing joint 5th at Foundation links in teams with the • If you need to quickly find an away Grammar School fielding three Senior the IAPS National Finals. basketball programme, in which there venue for one of our opponents boys’ teams from Year’s 12 and 13. was a combined Year 6, 7 and 8 team Useful you can either choose the map link »»The girls’ gymnastics squad are the from Amherst and the Grammar directly from a fixture, available via most improved team within the School. The number of pupils Information the “Details” button as described above, High School Foundation and the U11 team this year participating in basketball has been or you can select “Opponent Maps & finished 2nd in the team competition. a real growth sport this term across Links” from the main menu. »»In netball the U12, U13 and U15 teams the Foundation. have all qualified for the county finals »»Fairfield boys have continued to SOCS: location map of our opponent’s school. If you are visiting our sports website and the U14 team have qualified for dominate the local cross-country You can also see the team selected for on your mobile phone you will notice the regional finals next term. leagues with runners finishing in the From January all four Schools will be the fixture wherever you see this blue it loads up as a Mobile Web App. The top four in all age groups. publishing their fixtures via the SOCS image . Normally we announce team Mobile Web App will allow you to access »»The U13 hockey team are through to School Fixture Management Programme. selections at least the day before and in fixture and team sheet information on the 3rd round of the ISNC Cup after They can be found by following the links some cases 48 hours before. the go! Christmas whilst the U14 hockey team on the websites or through; are regional champions and progress • From the Sports Calendar you can To access any team sheets, you will need to the national finals next term. Loughborough High School - also click directly through to a team’s to use the password which will be sent to http://highsport.lsf.org fixtures and results listing by clicking you from the School Sports departments. »»The introduction of two new sports, the Team’s Name. e.g. click on the rugby and football, have been popular Loughborough Grammar School - “Girls-U16A”. and there has been success in their http://grammarsport.lsf.org first fixtures. • If you are following a particular Loughborough Amherst School - team(s), you can also select Sports & Twitter http://amherstsport.lsf.org Teams Fixtures & Results from the main menu. Then select a particular All four Schools now have a twitter Fairfield Prep School - sport and your team to see past results account, please do continue to follow us http://fairfieldsport.lsf.org and upcoming fixtures. for regular updates of everything that is going on with Foundation sport. Here are some useful tips to find • From any teams Fixture list you can information. “Spy” on the opponents recent results Jo Hackett by clicking on the spyglass button , @LsfSport You might want to save the address in or see the playing record by clicking on your favourites and send it to your family this button , or find their location by Fairfield Prep School: and friends. clicking on the map point button . @LboroFPSport

To see at a glance What’s On, Where and • From any team’s fixtures and results Loughborough Amherst: When you have a number of choices: listings you can also download the @LboroAMSport entire fixture list to your personal • You can either navigate to our Sports calendar on your PC or mobile device Loughborough High: Calendar via the main menu, and (such as an iPhone or iPad). Any @LboroHSSport then select the day you are interested changes we make to our fixtures will in, then click the Details link. This be synchronised with your personal Loughborough Grammar: shows the venue and if we are calendar whenever you connect your @LboroGSSport playing away will have a link to the PC or mobile device to the Internet.

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We would like to take the As you will see there are a opportunity to celebrate the high large number of fixtures level of coaching that students coming up next term and within the Foundation are receiving. we very much hope to see you there supporting your Emyr Lewis and Matt Sollars at the daughters and sons. We will Grammar School coach the 1st XV be celebrating the opening of and are level 4 and level 3 rugby the new Parkin Sports Centre coaches respectively. in May as well as a Super Summer Sport Saturday Rachel Lewis from Fairfield Prep More details of this event has just completed her level 2 in will follow after Christmas. netball coaching. This is also an opportunity In addition to this we are delighted for a sneak peek at the new to welcome Ella Clark in joining the strength and conditioning High School coaching team. Ella is a facility which will be open to current Loughborough Lightening 1st all Foundation pupils and VII team member and a member of staff from Year 9 upwards, the Leicester Riders Basketball team. next term. She boasts international caps in both sports. All that remains for me to say is have a wonderful Christmas break, keep active, relax and enjoy time away. We look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

Jo Hackett Foundation Director of Sport

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