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1 SPORTING TIMES EAGLES KO SAINTS PARDEW’S PALACE ADVANCE TO FIFTH ROUND OF FA CUP AS SAINTS GO OUT IN FIVE GOAL THRILLER Southampton 2—3 Crystal Palace skills by easily gliding past two Crys- Almost straight after this Palace tal Palace defenders before he was broke down the middle with Camp- Crystal Palace continued their per- fouled by left back . The bell who passed to debutant Yaya fect start under new coach Alan free-kick was taken by James Ward- Sanogo whose shot was parried by Pardew. This was their 4th game Prowse but was deflected out for a Forster straight into the path of since his appointment as their new corner. James Ward-Prowse deliv- Marouane Chamakh who slotted it manager and he still has a 100% ered into the box and the ball landed home to level the tie. winning record with the club. They at Graziano Pelle‟s feet and he edged a five goal thriller at St Mary‟s prodded it in from three yards out. Almost straight after this, Tadic gave to reach the FA Cup 5th round for the ball away to Chamakh who just the 1st time in five seasons. crossed it into Sanogo who was one Crystal Palace only had two absen- on one with the Saints‟ keeper who tees;Yannick Bolasie and Mile Jedi- wasn't having a very good day. For- nak due to the African Cup of Na- tunately, this time the goalkeeper tions. was on top. started a Saints‟ attack by booting the ball up- Southampton, however, had many field. The ball was passed out to the more; Toby Alderweireld and Victor Saints players warm up right to right-back but Wanyama both had hamstring inju- Saints put pressure on right back his poor cross failed to reach its tar- ries and Morgan Schniederlin had a Martin Kelly through get. It looked as though it was going thigh injury. Sadio Mane, Maya Yo- and Dusan Tadic, playing one-twos straight into Palace keeper Wayne shida and Emmanuel Mayuka were with each other which left the de- Hennessey‟s hand until all missing due to international duty fender puzzled. The ball was passed slid in unchallenged to put the ball in at the African Cup of Nations. to Ward-Prowse who passed and to his own net! This sent the Saints‟ The game started in favour of gave the ball away. The Southamp- fans wild. Southampton with new signing Eli- ton fans got very angry at his deci- Continues in Page 3... jero Elia showing off his dribbling sion of passing instead of shooting. SIX NATIONS SPECIAL Jac Edwards and Will Rockett review the 2015 Six Nations Tournament… Which of ’s Euro-heavyweights triumphed this year?

1 2 Analysis MORE EURO AGONY FOR ENGLISH TEAMS

stepped up to score. This was a performance I‟ve been teams Surely this would be waiting for a long time to see in Eu- enough to get them rope. They‟ll be scratching their head fail to make the last through? No. The Bra- in the morning wondering how they zilian centre back Silva are out against Monaco.” made up for his earlier MAN CITY eight of the Champions’ mistake with a fine A Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi mas- header from a set ter class over the two legs was ulti- League for the second piece minutes from mately Man time to send PSG fans City‟s undoing. consecutive season... wild. Graeme Souness Luiz Suarez questioned Chelsea‟s got both the approach to the game goals on his By Alex Markiewicz and their gamesmanship: “When he return to Eng- [Mourinho] reflects on what went land in February. In the second leg, With Chelsea flying high in the Prem- wrong against PSG and addresses Barcelona dominated. If it wasn‟t for ier League and Manchester City it , I hope - yet doubt - that will in- the heroics of keeper Joe chasing their tales for most this sea- clude the obsession with gamesman- Hart, the scoreline could have been son, you would think that all the Eng- ship. It seemed more important to much worse. Messi‟s sublime pass lish teams would be causing havoc in Chelsea than getting on the ball and floated over the top of the City de- Europe‟s elite competition. But sadly, taking on PSG in a game of football, fence and fell to Ivan Rakitic, who this is not the case. Since February, which they were more than capable chipped for the winning goal the last 16 ties of the UEFA Champi- of winning. They are a far better team of the tie. A late goal from the spot ons‟ League have seen English foot- than they showed. Getting the oppo- by Sergio Aguero would have given ball fans bitterly disappointed as all sition booked by their excessive reac- City a magnificent chance of pro- three remaining teams (Chelsea, Ar- tion to fouls became their priority. I gressing but his shot was poor and senal and Manchester City) all failed was angered and saddened by that saved well by Barcelona keeper Ter to progress to the last eight. Chelsea approach.” Stegen. BBC pundit Robbie Savage crashed out on the away goal rule to ARSENAL was very critical of Manchester City‟s PSG. Arsenal effectively ended their For Arsenal it was the same old story poor performances. He said "I think hopes in the first leg by conceding as the last five years. A terrible first Pellegrini's time will be up. Would three goals to Monaco on home turf. leg performance against Monaco left Diego Simeone leave Atletico Madrid And Manchester City, for all their rich- them with it or Carlo Ancelotti leave Real Madrid? es, fell short once again to a superior all-to- do in That's the kind of manager I would Barcelona team. Monte Carlo. In look at for City. But I personally think CHELSEA the first leg, that Pellegrini should stay till the end Chelsea can be very disappointed Alex Oxlade- of the season and see how close he with their performance over two legs Cham- berlain can get to Chelsea.” against PSG. Branislav Ivanovic‟s 91st minute crucial away goal at the Parc Des strike would have set up a thrilling Liverpool have had an even worse Princ- es in a 1-1 second leg , only for the goal scorer run in the Champions‟ League follow- draw should to give away the ball in midfield ing their first return to the tournament have seen them minutes later and kick-start a Monaco in five years. A third place finish in pro- gress. counter attack which led to their third their group And in the se- and most pivotal goal in the tie. A one meant they cond leg PSG -sided 0-2 victory for Arsenal in failed to qualify striker Zlatan saw them fire 17 shots on for the knockout Ibrahimovic was sent off, leaving his goal to Monaco‟s three. But it was stages and team to play for over 90 minutes with ultimately too-little, too-late and they slipped into the 10 men. Chelsea took the lead exited the competition in the last 16 Europa League through ‟s strike but ex- for the fifth season running. Sky pun- where they lost to Besiktas in the Chelsea player David Luiz shocked dit Charlie Nicholas said on Soccer round of 32. To further rub salt in the fans around Stanford Bridge by scor- Special: “We do the same thing every wound, the only English club left in ing with a bullet header four minutes year. We‟ve done it against much Europe were their bitter Merseyside from time. Extra time. Again, Chelsea better teams than this. We‟ve done it rivals Everton who then held a 2-1 were in the driving seat when PSG‟s against Bayern Munich and we‟ve aggregate advantage over their oppo- captain Thiago Silva handled the ball done it against Barcelona. You name nents Dynamo Kyiv. to concede a penalty. Eden Hazard it we‟ve done it. This is a cruel one.

2 3 Match Day SAINTS OUT OF FA CUP IN 4TH ROUND

Continuing from page 1... with centre-back Florin Gardos being having their fair share of attacks and replaced by Saints academy young- set pieces midway through the se- After this Crystal Palace had a few ster Matt Targett who played left- cond half. With Saints losing the will good attacks and one led to a goal. back. This forced Ryan Bertrand to to shoot and try and pass their way Campbell was running down the right deputise as centre-back. Saints start- into the box, Alan Pardew made an- flank when he cut inside and passed ed the half with lots of energy and other defensive substitution with to Sanogo who tried to curl the ball to determination, but they found that Sanogo being replaced by defender the right of the goalkeeper. Unfortu- Crystal Palace could counter attack Adrian Mariappa. Saints were push- nately, the Saints‟ right back headed very easily with their pacey ex- ing and pushing in the final stages of it to the left of his goalkeeper and de- Manchester United wingers, Frazier the match with Ward-Prowse playing flected it in. The goal still went to Campbell and Wilfred Zaha. very well and creating all the chanc- es. In the dying seconds of the game Ward-Prowse passed to Elia who shot straight for the top corner but the goalkeeper was right on it and saved in amazing fashion. At the end of the day, Saints fans went home disappointed that they did not get through to the 5th round of the FA Cup and a potential draw against Liverpool at home. With current title favourites Chelsea and Manchester City both suffering shock exits at the hands of lower league opposition, Saints fan might rue this as a missed opportunity to challenge for silver- There was a sell-out crowd at St. Mary’s to cheer the Saints on ware this season. Sanogo. After the scores became Tadic was just strolling around the level, Saints were very eager to get in pitch during the early minutes of the front yet again. Ward-Prowse and first half which angered fans. Cork Davis both tried long range shots and went off to be replaced by striker both missed the target by a whisker. Shane Long. This tactical change Shortly after, Jack Cork made a last backfired, however, when Long was minute tackle on Chamakh. The Ea- injured and taken away in an ambu- gles quickly got the ball back; Joel lance with a suspected cracked rib. Ward got the ball and ran past two He was subbed for debutant Ryan defenders on the right hand side and Seager. This just added to the pres- slotted the ball through to Chamakh sure that Southampton were under to who finished with ease. As a result, sign a new striker in the January the Eagles went into the break lead- transfer window. ing by three goals to two. Tadic went to take the first corner of Saints players huddle before KO After this, Saints fans were expecting the half for the Saints and he passed Manager Ronald Koeman said after a goal-filled second half but they were to Clyne who gave it away. This the match “It's not normal that a team disappointed because the play was made fans even more angry. like Crystal Palace – with all due re- scrappy from both sides and Crystal Chamakh, on for a hat-trick, was re- spect, because they played very well Palace played very defensively. Half placed my old Saints boy Jason Pun- – creates so many possibilities”. Time 2-3. cheon. Both sets of fans applauded Exclusive Match Report The second half started with Ronald his return to St Mary‟s for the first Koeman making a tactical substitution time since he left. Both teams were by Alex Markiewicz

3 4 Extreme FLIPPIN’ SCOOTERS! Leave your BMX in the garage, your roller blades on the shelf and your skateboard underneath the car… Levi Evans shares his thoughts on how Extreme Scootering is bunny-hopping its way to the top of the league of extreme sports...

When it comes to extreme sports like hance your new skills such as the Glebe Skate Park scooters, skateboards and BMXing, I „bunny hop‟, „the briflip‟ and the „deck think people‟s first impressions of grab‟. These moves are more suited scootering in particular is that it‟s bor- to beginners but for the more experi- ing or not extreme enough. They may enced and precise scooter rider, picture a young boy, not old enough there are also flip tricks such as to do proper skateboarding or BMX- „backflips‟, „front flips‟ and „flairs‟. ing (his mum says “you‟re not old RESEARCH SURVEY enough yet!”) just whizzing around on two wheels annoying the general In a recent survey of nearly 20 stu- public. They are rushing through dents at Wyvern College who use Other research my survey uncovered shopping centres, making a nuisance scooters, I found that they know tricks was that even though everyone had of themselves and disturbing the to do with scootering. Extreme tricks, visited a skate park at least once, peace. made famous by world-class scooter only half of those surveyed said they riders who compete all over the visited regularly. One reason for this Nothing could be further from the world, are now being learnt by young might be that they live too far away truth. Extreme scootering is an in- people, including students at Wyvern. from their local skate park. Therefore, credible pastime for all which is These include the front flip, back flip, quickly becoming one of the fastest- if amateur riders want to get better at briflip and tail whip. However, there growing and most popular extreme these incredible, death-defying tricks, sports right now. Since its revival in are loads of other complex tricks that they need to make more effort to visit 2009, there are over 1500 products you can master, such as the inward, and make use of the skate parks‟ available from the best scooter the footless and the „tuk-no-hander‟. unbelievable ramps, rails and boxes. brands in the world to help you en- I visited my local skate park in White Trees in Knowle Park, Fair Oak and one young rider said “I wish I could try a new trick”. I suggested “Why don‟t you try the briflip?” because when you scale the air ramp, you can spin the scooter in the air before landing on it on your feet in quick enough time. After some practice, this young kid managed to catch it in the air with one foot but not both. He soon managed it with both and I be- lieve this shows that if you take your time, effort and never give up, you will make progress in conquering the-

4 5 se extreme tricks. I also asked scooter riders at Wyvern College about what colour schemes they would prefer for their own scoot- er. Colours were varied and ranged from red-blue, to purple-white, to black-yellow, to even the colour pink! This showed that scooter lovers want a scooter that reflects who they are as a person. Dark or bright? Red or blue? It doesn‟t matter. They want a scooter which links with their person- ality. THE BEST TRICKS I HAVE SKATEBOARDING, BMXING OR LOCAL SKATE PARKS SCOOTERING… WHICH ONE MASTERED SO FAR For younger people that do extreme SHOULD YOU CHOOSE? I think the best trick so far is a flair scootering, I think there are some I think you should choose scootering because it‟s a backflip and 180 put excellent, local skate parks that over BMX and skate boarding be- together. It is an air trick but if you‟re match their style and practice and cause if you try a trick on a skate feeling even more clever or confident when they go there, they will find it board it‟s harder. When you flip out a enough, you can do it out of a ramp. suits their abilities. There is Glebe trick and there‟s no handle bars to However, most people that can do Skatepark, Bishopstoke and that have probably got a sponsorship Knowles Park, Fair Oak. by a scooter company.

White Trees Skate Park DAKOTA SCHUETZ Dakota Schuetz is my favourite rider. This is because he is the X4 world‟s champion. He rides for a great team which is the Lucky Scooters.

Also, he is a crazy man! He does a backflip easily like he‟s doing a bun- catch on to, you‟re maybe doing that ny hop in 2 seconds – DEAD ON! trick for longer. However, with a His world record is for doing 12 back- There is also White Trees Skate scooter, you can learn tricks in days flips in 1 minute. I really like him be- Park which is good for mostly young- because it‟s really lighter to push cause he is a challenging person. er people as they might need to around. practise their skills and tricks; howev- He must really enjoy the sport and I really don‟t think you should pick er, it is also cool and fun to go there to become the X4 from 7 years BMXing because they are really so they can learn the basics. (because he started when was 10 heavy and also you might take a re- years of age and had lots of practice) ally long time to learn a new trick and

is just incredible. new street skills.

BY LEVI EVANS

5 6 Analysis Will McLaren-Honda ever “catch up” in this season’s F1 Grand Prix?

McLaren-Honda’s poor qualifying New Zealand racer Bruce McLaren 2015, they reunited with Honda for performance at the Australian who passed away in 1970. Four the first time since 1992. Grand Prix on the opening day of years after this the team won their Currently standing 11th, Jenson But- the 2015 Formula 1 season has left first championship. McLaren was tak- ton is hoping to improve his position McLaren-Honda fans disappointed. en over by Ron Dennis in the early at the Malaysian Grand-Prix next It was the slowest car in Australia by 1980s and after splitting with Honda, week. He said “it has been a beautiful a mammoth margin. Jenson Button they found a new engine partner with day for me driving the car and explor- and Kevin Magnussen were 1.5 se- Mercedes. With a new Mercedes en- ing some of the potential. Obviously conds away from getting out of the gine, the team triumphed with cham- we are running with some limitations first round of qualifying; they were 2.9 pionship wins in 1998 and 1999, with still with the engine and the power, seconds slower than Mercedes in Mika Hakkinen taking the drivers‟ title but definitely the car felt better than at that section. The former world cham- in both years. McLaren gained a sig- Jerez. There is a little thing with the pions were slower on tyre so an extra nificant amount of followers in 2007 brake balance we need to fix, gear- second was added to this gap. For- but the team was implicated in a shift to improve, there is a tempera- mula 1 fans have been left to wonder scandal over alleged spying on rivals ture that goes too high, too low, but it whether the five second pace of each Ferrari. As a result of this, they were is a learning process.” lap will ever be closed. McLaren rac- fined $100 million and were thrown ing director Eric Boullier shared his out of constructors‟ championship. The McLaren team are mainly relying thoughts: "It may take more than a Both Lewis Hamilton and Fernando on the weather and for once they will couple of years to catch up". Yasuhi- Alonso lost their drivers‟ titles in the be hoping for rain and cool tempera- sa Arai, Honda Motorsport boss said last round by one point each. But the tures to ensure that have a chance of "I expected in Barcelona much better team bounced back in 2008 when scaling the leader board and winning pace in Australia, but unfortunately Hamilton won the drivers‟ title in dra- the prestigious F1 title once more. we don't have the experience of high- matic fashion. Years later, McLaren er temperatures so we could not [risk] parted with Mercedes in 2014 and in By Kierney Frampton losing the engine in the first race." Driven by Button and Magnussen, the car was the slowest the Australian Grand Prix Former F1 cham- pionship winner Jenson Button added that the car‟s poor perfor- mance was “no real shock”. McLaren‟s fall from grace is par- ticularly tragic. The team is one of the oldest ac- tive teams in For- mula 1 and has also taken part in every annual competition since 1966. This team was formed by

6 7 Match Day EASTLEIGH PUNISH PURLEY

Before the end of the from the restart, some brilliant pass- Eastleigh RFC humiliated half, Eastleigh scored ing movements from Martin Kirby Purley John Fisher in an another try through a saw Adam Gallagher cross the game great combi- incredible 0-50 victory nation be- tween Jack in glorious swansong for Curtis and the try scorer Ad- coach Andy Boyes... am Kidd. Once again, By Joshua Devereux Phil Baldwin converted. Eastleigh went into the Eastleigh went into the match on the break leading 14-0. back of an impressive victory last The second half saw some Scrum time out against table-toppers Ando- great rugby including Sean ver, whereas Purley John Fisher em- Hayes as scrum-half and Russell barrassed Ellingham and Ringwood line and this time, Phil Baldwin man- Smith as second row. Soon, East- with an impressive 50-8 victory. With aged to convert the try to make it 0- leigh scored again and this time it Eastleigh residing in 4th place and 38. Soon after, a cracking tackle from was through Adam Gallagher with Purley John Fisher in 7th place, it was Paul Fudio saw him make a break some great individual play. For a third all to play for. and with a fast flowing offload to time in a row, Phil Baldwin Chris Cove, Eastleigh were over the converted the try and East- game line for an incredible seventh leigh began to wonder if 21- time. With a conversion scored by 0 was enough for a victory. Eastleigh as well, they were 0-45 up. Minutes later, the score- Finally, with the last kick play of the board changed once again game, Adam Kidd scored his second and this time, for his se- of the match to make it 0-50 to East- cond of the match, Adam leigh. Coach Andy Boyes, in his last Gallagher scored. Alt- game in charge, said: “It was a great hough, the conversion was- game and a superb end to the sea- n‟t converted, Eastleigh had son.” Both Eastleigh and Purley John Eastleigh charge for the try the bonus in the bag. More- Fisher finished below the promotion over, it seemed that East- places in the league and will there- Eastleigh starting the game very leigh wanted more tries even though fore both play in the West quickly and instantly made the break- the scoreboard showed 0-26. Three league again next season. through. Full – back Jack Curtis‟ neat With five minutes left, footwork and an excellent off-load to Eastleigh scored again. Sean Hayes saw the ball placed un- Tempers flare in a hard fought match However, this try was der the posts. Phil Baldwin converted made by Adam Kidd‟s bril- and Eastleigh were 7-0 up inside the liant charge down and the first 20 minutes. Shortly after the try, ball was put over the game Purley John Fisher received a yellow line by John Williams. Un- card for their NO.6. With a front row fortunately the conversion of Dan Achilles, Stu Mason and Ad- was missed. However, this am Payne, Eastleigh were dominat- didn‟t deter Eastleigh at all ing and winning every scrum and who were 0-31 up with on- ruck. However, that was affected ly a couple of minutes to when Adam Payne was sin binned. go. Seconds later, right

7 8 Six Nations Special IRELAND RETAIN! In what can only be described as one of the closest tournaments in recent history, the luck of the Irish shone through as they retained their Six Nations crown!

By Jac Edwards & Will Rockett Ireland

Ireland kicked off their campaign face a Welsh side that felt they as current champions, away in were still in touch with the title. Italy. The men in green were not The roared hoping for a repeat of the last as two Six Nations heavyweights time they visited . Italy went to battle. Both teams had famously won their previous opportunities to snatch a win, but meeting in Rome. However it was Scott Williams' try and a thanks to Ian Keatley's trusty solid, superb Wales defence that boot and Conor Murray‟s and ended Ireland's hopes of a Grand O‟Donnell‟s clinical finishing, Slam. However, Ireland showed Ireland won their RBS Six Na- real pressure and some would tions defence with a well earned say they were unfortunate to victory in Italy. have lost. Notably legend Paul O‟Connell made his 100th ap- Ireland carried on their form into pearance for the Irish. the next game with the French. Key player Johnny Sexton re- Despite the defeat in , turned for the men in green and Ireland were still favourites for proved to be the difference. Sex- the RBS Six Nations. After ton scored five penalties for the Wales‟s sublime performance, hosts along with blood sub Ian Ireland had to win by a 20 point Madigan. It is safe to say that the margin to go top of the table. French couldn't match the physi- Ireland won comfortably with a 30 cality of the Irish. point margin. Sean O'Brien Paul O’ Connell crossed for a double as Ireland Round 3 of the tournament saw sealed a comfortable win. The Ireland‟s biggest test in an un- result at Twickenham meant that beaten and confident England Ireland were crowned RBS Six side. Despite the pressure, Joe Nations Champions consecutive- Schmidt's Ireland claimed re- ly; the first Irish team to achieve venge for their defeat at Twicken- this in 66 years. Ireland now look ham last year. A superbly execut- forward to the World Cup. If they ed Robbie Henshaw's second- carry on the form from the Six half try won it for Ireland, Along Nations, they should be listed as with another brilliant kicking dis- one of the favourites to become play from Johnny Sexton. World Champions. Next up Ireland visited Cardiff to

Coach: Joseph Schmidt Results Italy 3 - 26 Ireland Ireland 18 - 11 France Ireland 19 - 9 England Wales 23 - 16 Ireland 10 - 40 Ireland

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Wales

Wales kicked off their Six Wales beat a strong Ireland Coach: Warren Gatland Nations campaign against side to set up a tense a last England in fiery night in weekend of the tournament. Cardiff. Wales started the Lastly, Wales faced a deter- Results game well before England mined Italian team in grew stronger and eventu- Rome. The Welsh had an Wales 16 - England 21 ally came from behind to outside chance of getting beat the Welsh on their own their hands on the trophy turf. Obviously as Wales but only if they made up Scotland 23 - Wales 26 lost this was their worst and exceeded the high performance of the cam- points difference set by France 13 - Wales 20 paign. Also it meant the England and Ireland. Wales Grand Slam would have to did with a fine attacking 2nd wait another a year. half performance of finesse Wales 23 - Ireland 16 Wales soon answered and skill. There were six some of the critics when different try scores; Italy 20 - Wales 61 they won two games on the amongst those was George road against France and North who secured a well Scotland. A strong defense deserved hat trick. Despite against attacking sides let Wales‟ best efforts in Wales hold out for the victo- Rome, the Welsh had to ries, but failure to put signif- settle for 3rd place. icant points on the board Overall a sloppy second George North would cost them later on. half against England cost Back to the Millennium and them a Six Nations title. Wales were determined to However the other four win in front of their home wins will give them confi- crowd and they did with fine dence going into the World fashion. Clinical attacking Cup this September. and valiant defending saw

Coach:

Scotland Results

Scotland started their Laidlaw looked to have France 15 – Scotland 8 campaign in a closely- secured Scotland‟s first fought match against win of the tournament, Scotland 23 – Wales 26 France. Despite scoring only to be outdone by a the only try of the game, last minute try and con- & Scotland 19 – Italy 22 Scotland were outdone version by Italy. by the boot of Camille Away to England was England 25 – Scotland 13 Lopez, scoring five pen- the following game for alties and all 15 of the Scotland and the match French points. Their was looking very prom- Scotland 10 – Ireland 40 following game was ising for Scotland going another close score line into the half time break, with Wales at Murray- holding a 13 – 10 lead. field. The Scots fancied However a poor second their chances with an half saw Scotland fail to early try from Stuart secure a single point Hogg. However the and allow England to Welsh dominance soon take a good victory as showed through with a well as the bragging slender win, although rights of the Calcutta the Scotland team Cup. would have been happy The final day and Scot- to see the Welsh only land had the chances to beat them by 3 points in ruin Irish dreams and a game that may have stop them from winning been predicted to be successive grand slams, many more. although once again, a The next obstacle for pointless second half the Scotland team to saw them lose all five overcome was a wood- games of the tourna- en spoon decider ment with the 40 - 10 against a winless Italy defeat rounding off a side. The Italians had disappointing tourna- scored three tries to ment and resulting in Scotland‟s one. Howev- the Scots taking home er points from Greig the wooden spoon.

9 10 Six Nations Special Italy

Italy were the first team to against Scotland. The two face Ireland, the 2014 winless sides fought it out reigning champions. Italy but it was Italy who came had won their previous out on top by crossing the meeting in the Stadio line three times. It was Olimpico against Ireland Italy's first RBS Six Na- and were seeking victory tions win since 2013 and again. However the Irish‟s only their second ever impressive form shone away. through, as they battled However France saw Italy Sergio Parisse Italy for the win. It was as a perfect game to get safe to say Ireland had back to winning ways after done the Italian job by two defeats. France restricting them only to a scored two second-half penalty. tries as Italy failed to score any points. It was The Italians then headed poor performance consid- over to the British Isles to ering France‟s recent from face a strong England and the fact that Italy have side. Italy started the beaten Les Bleus the last game in style and were two games they came to Coach: Jacques Brunel ahead within five minutes Rome. where Sergio Parisse Overall, I think Italy will be Results scored Italy's first try of content with finishing the tournament. But be- above Scotland. However Italy 3 - Ireland 26 fore you knew it England‟s I do believe they wish that stuttering and pedestrian they could have offered England 47 - Italy 17 start turned in to a bit more of a threat to the more of a swagger as other teams. I think the they put points on the rugby world will have to Scotland 19 - Italy 22 board and eventually se- wait a while until Italy cured the win. challenge for the title but I Italy 0 - France 29 Italy continued this im- do believe they could proved attacking threat throw a surprise in this Italy 20 - Wales 61 into their next game year‟s World Cup.

Coach: Stuart Lancaster

Results England Wales 16 – England 21 England came in to the tour- one for England. Down 13 – nament missing players but 10, the English team required England 47 – Italy 17 not missing any hunger. Their all the help they could get opening match saw them from the crowd at Twicken- Ireland 19 – England 9 come up against a strong ham and finished the game Welsh team. Wales started with a win of 25 points to 13, the game in great form taking not allowing the Scottish a England 25 – Scotland 13 a 16 – 8 lead into the second single point in the second half half. However a second half and taking home their 73rd England 55 – France 35 try from Jeremy Joseph and Calcutta Cup. eight points from an in-form Going into the final day, Eng- George Ford saw England land saw Ireland and Wales win their opening game on take impressive wins mean- Welsh territory. ing they had to win against Backed by the home crowd at France by a margin of 26 Twickenham, the England points. In this open game, team racked up a 47 – 17 win both teams showed off their against a weak Italian team. impressive attacks. However, Going into their next game, at even after scoring their most the home of the reigning points ever against France in champions Ireland, England a single game, the England failed to take advantage of team trudged off the pitch the momentum carried from after losing out on the final the previous games and lost day. The performance in disappointing circumstanc- against Ireland would be es. seen as the downfall of Eng- Next up for England was a land‟s tournament but the Chris Robshaw fiery encounter with their final result was not bad for closest rivals, Scotland. The the weakened side. first half was a disappointing 10 11

France

Les Blues went into the second-half try and the tournament looking for accurate boot of Leigh their first championship Halfpenny secured title and Grand Slam Wales a fourth succes- for 5 years. sive win over France.

In their first game they Both France and Italy hosted Scotland at the were in desperate need . Ca- for a win to improve mille Lopez proved to their respectively aver- be the difference as he age start to the tourna- scored all of France's ment. In recent en- Pascal Papé points. France edged counters France had past Scotland in a tight- struggled against Italy ly fought match. but this year, France powered on through to France hoped to im- grab a convincing win prove on this perfor- in Rome. This win gave mance by hopefully France a slim chance getting a result against of Six Nations glory. a confident Irish side in . The Irish confi- When the French ar- dence and physicality rived at Twickenham, was too good that Sat- they knew their title Coach: Phillip Saint - Andre urday evening. A fine chances were over. and precise kicking They needed Wales display saw Ireland and Ireland to lose. Results take all the points Despite having nothing against Les Blues. to play for, France went France 15 - Scotland 8 out and gave the neu- Next up France faced tral a thrilling end to the Ireland 18 - France 11 another contest against Six Nations and a a Welsh side, where „Super Saturday‟. The France 13 - Wales 20 Warren Gatland was French I'm sure took looking for his first win some joy in spoiling the Italy 0 - France 29 in the Stade France. party for England who The first half was tense were seven points as the teams went in short of winning the England 55 - France 35 with Wales leading. competition. However, Dan Biggar's

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11 12 Season Review YEAR 7 RUGBY TEAM SEASON REVIEW

Y7 rugby newcomer Ben Jarvis shares all the thrills and spills from the Year 7 rugby team’s excellent opening season at Wyvern...

Throughout the year the year 7 rugby Our next test came in the form of the The last match of the season was away at team have churned out a number of im- Hampshire County Tournament at Win- Henry Beaufort School. This win was a pressive victories this season and have chester. This day was a showcase of the suitable way to end a brilliant first season been showing off their skill and organisa- team‟s talent and potential; our newest and we won 7-4. Unfortunately we missed tion towards the rival schools. player Kye Donovan proved his worth as a large amount of opportunities so the he went on to scores 7 tries and was score could have been vastly higher. The season started with an impressive named Man of the Tournament by Mr performance at the Hampshire County „I have enjoyed working with the year 7 McCracken. The morning was a roll of Tournament and we finished 4th out of rugby squad. I have seen them grow as success as we won 3 consecutive match- around 16 other strong teams. We had players and as individuals. By the end of es; we were one of two teams to go into success in the morning and were unde- the season the squad were playing as a the afternoon undefeated. It was feated; however we were caught off guard team and for each other. This resulted in „champagne rugby‟ said Mr McCracken, by the level of quality of the teams in pool us coming 4th in a county tournament year 7 rugby coach. The afternoon came 1. (having lost in the semi-finals). Although as a shock to our team and the teams we there was some special individual tries Our next match was at home against faced showed superior skill and we suf- and tackles, for me it is the coming- Westgate. However we were unfortunate fered 3 losses at the hands of the Group together and gelling as a team. I can‟t wait to lose 7 tries to 2, with Jack and Josh A contenders. Kings went on to claim 1st. to work with these boys again in Septem- Devereux using a combination of passing However we secured a well deserved 4th ber,‟ quoted the first class coach, Mr skill and the strength of their runs to score place out of 22 teams in total. Our suc- McCracken. one try each. However Westgate showed cess was due to individual skill in the form sophistication and skill as they beat us. of Cormack Oliver, Harry Mann, Kye Do- To conclude, this season has been an Overall it was an even match with both novan and the Devereux twins. We also emotional rollercoaster of wins, losses teams making many chances but West- saw many players come into their own and a few almost-made-its. We are all gate were the winners by the final whistle. with some outstanding performances from looking forward to seeing the team back „A fantastic first match for the year seven Roan Firman-Miles, Sam Foster, Alfie together next year for, what will hopefully team; just a shame the score board was- O‟Connor and Davey Smith. Success was be, a year of even more tremendous suc- n‟t on our side,‟ Josh Devereux said after also born from the superb coaching and cess. the match. management of Mr McCracken; the team couldn‟t have done it without him. By Ben Jarvis The next match was a tense clash with Greggs school. This was another close loss at home with a final score of 4-8 to Greggs, and our 4 tries were scored by “3, 2, 1… BALLS!” the brilliant Josh Devereux who relied on pure brawn to bulldoze through the oppo- sition.

Days before we would be put to the test at Winchester, the team had another tourna- ment to attend. Overall this tournament was a success and really helped the squad to settle after the loss of key play- ers saw the introduction of new recruits and a couple of weeks of inconsistent training. The tournament ended with us winning group C and many players mak- ing fantastic plays. Man of the Tourna- ment went to Harry Mann or „The Flash‟ as nicknamed by the team and coach Mr McCracken; Harry demonstrated his phe- nomenal speed throughout the tourna- ment.

12 13 Match Day SPIRITED WYVERN FALL SHORT AGAINST POWERFUL PERINS

Y8 netball girls rally with valiant effort against superior Perins School team...

An early goal was scored superbly Perins coach at the end of the game Wyvern College 6 — 18 Perins by goal shooter Lydia Symes. Was who disclosed that five out of seven A wet and cold afternoon at the Wy- there a stunning comeback on the of the Perins team played netball for vern netball courts saw some excel- cards? Unfortunately, it was not to Hampshire, so despite the large lent netball on show. In a friendly be and a fierce Perins attack ran the score Wyvern fought well in a hard Wyvern were playing Perins School show with the third quarter finishing battle. Speaking with Mrs K at the of Alresford; a community sports Wyvern 6 – 16 Perins. end of the game, she said “They college just half an hour down the fought very well. I‟m very proud of With both teams tired, the game road from Wyvern. Before the game my team.” was over for Wyvern in the last started, long-serving Wyvern netball quarter. Perins slowed the pace Special mention should go to Wy- coach Mrs Kochanowska said “We down, keeping possession, and vern Centre, Lea Gerrard and Goal- know we‟re in for a tough game; gradually wore the Dragons down keeper, Becca Anders who kept the they‟re a sports college and we‟re with two more excellent goals. At score low despite the experience of not, but they shouldn‟t underesti- full-time, the game finished Wyvern the Perins School team. mate us.” 6 – 18 Perins. Player of the Match: Lea Gerrard After a traffic delay, Perins finally It was interesting to hear from the arrived and the match started at By Jamie Benjamin 3:45. It was a great start from the Wyvern Drag- ons, gaining an early lead going 2-0 on Perins. How- ever, Perins responded well and, after a well- fought first quarter, it fin- ished Wyvern 4 – 3 Per- ins. A stern team talk from the Perins coach followed; the team was inspired and they unleashed their power and experience in By Jamie Benjamin netball to outplay a bat- tling Wyvern . The half- time score was Wyvern 5 – 11 Perins. The Year 8s gave it their best shot going into the start of the third quarter.

13 14 Wyvern Ski Trip 2015 STUDENTS GRACE SKI SLOPES

Alex Markiewicz shares journey. Some people tried to get more Selfies! sleep whilst others played games on his exciting experiences their phones. I did not know that I would spend 60 hours without Wi-Fi. of this year’s Wyvern When we arrived all you could see were ski trip on the slopes of the icy mountains covered in snow. It was dark but we could still make them Saalbach, Austria... out. When we all got to the hotel we were called to try our boots on. After this When we left Wyvern we were expected we all took our stuff up to our rooms and to get on the ferry at 9pm. But then had to unpacked. In most of the rooms there was stop off on the M25 because the wind- one single bunk bed and a double bunk screen wiper had broken. This delayed us bed. After dinner we all settled down in by 3 hours whilst we had to go to a gar- our new beds for the week and after a few age and fix it. hours of excitable talking and an increas- Maisie Truscott who has gone on this trip ingly agitated Mr. Gregory telling us to go twice now and plans to go again in year to sleep, we eventually did. 11 said “The wait was really long and Every morning we all got to choose be- she went to check it out she was told that boring for the new windscreen wiper to be tween cereal or bread. And then we set she could not ski for the rest of the week. fitted but our friends kept us entertained.” off into are groups, each organised into She said “I was very annoyed, still the When we finally arrived in Dover, we best week ever though!” boarded the midnight ferry to Calais. “Most people decided to Most of us spent the ferry ride trying to get to sleep or just wondering take it easy and go down The new slope was still small and around. When we arrived in France, about a few meters long but we all it was 1:20am on Valentine‟s Day weaving like normal but still managed to fall over! Amateurs! and none of us were feeling particu- On this slope, we had to learn how to larly loving or passionate. No one me… No! I went straight turn because we had to weave in and really remembers the first parts of down as fast as I could.” out of cones and arches. our journey through France because After 7 hours of falling over and some we were either sleeping peacefully or „Beginner‟, „Intermediate‟ and „Advanced‟. brutal snowball fights, we finally went dreary-eyed and lifeless like zombies! This was my first time skiing so I went in back to the hotel. Indulging in a hot show- the beginner group. We started out on a We woke up in the morning and stopped er for the first time since we set off on the very small slope which most of us strug- off at a service station in Metz. Many of long journey through Europe had never gled to get up on our first attempt. We the Year 10s will remember back to a felt so good in my life. After this we all year ago when most of us took our had time to relax and talk about our days French GCSE and used it to eat and pay to our friends from other groups. We all for breakfast. After this we all were awake had to eventually go down stairs and and ready for the long journey to Austria. have dinner. But before we could eat, we We saw the first glimpses of snow in East had to indulge in an old Wyvern ski trip France and into West Germany at around tradition… The Wally Awards. This is 10am. This got us all in the mood for ski- where people can nominate their fellow ing even though we knew we weren't ski- students or teachers, we all clapped for ing until the next day. We all settled down who we thought was the funniest. and tried to watch some movies and All of the forfeits that were given out were passed through Stuttgart and Ulm. When started off learning how to go down and outfits to wear at either the evening enter- we started to drive through Munich all the stopped in an area cordoned with orange tainment or on the slopes the next day. boys tried to get a picture of the Allianz cones. This helped us learn how to stop. But the person who got clapped for the arena, home of German football champi- As the instructors thought we were good loudest got Rocky. Rocky the Rock was ons Bayern Munich. It was a match day enough for a lightly bigger slope, but just Mr McCracken's pet rock. If you got rocky and waves of excited footy fans were before we moved Rosie fell awkwardly on you would have to keep him for the next flooding into the stadium. They beat Ham- her knee, she looked in a lot of pain. She 24 hours. And if someone asked “Where's burg 8-0. The rest of the journey was had to sit out for the rest off the day. After Rocky?” to you, then you had to show spent trying to take your mind off the long

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IN AUSTRIAN ADVENTURE them where he is within five seconds or Callum Tait said “Ski wasser is like a drink looked in utter agony. The entire beginner else. from the Gods; it is so simple but tastes group watched him being carefully taken so good.” across the slope from the top. After this After dinner which every day was a differ- we all went for lunch discussing what he ent soup as a starter then a main which When we finally got back to the hotel, the had just witnessed. This time we all re- varied every day, we all went to our showers felt even better than the day be- membered our phones and messaged rooms. We had to come down a few fore. We then all relaxed before a day out home; this was a massive relief to our minutes later to go ice skating. For some at an outdoor party where people go to parents seeing as they hadn't heard from of us this was fun but for those who do watch extreme motor cycling and skiing. us in 60 hours. not know how to skate it was difficult. The next day, we met our instructors and When we got back we all got to sleep a lot After we all refreshed are selves we finally were greeted with disappointment. They quicker that night because we were all went up to the top of the mountain. The took us to the same old boring slope, but knackered from five hours skiing! views were amazing. Views you will never fortunately it was only a warm up and forget. Views even better than before. We The next morning, the beginners set off then embarked on another action packed were split up into two groups, „Advanced with their instructors for another day of day. The views yet again perplexed us but Beginners‟ and „Beginner Beginners‟. skiing. We went to the same place to the atmosphere of utter astonishment was With the advanced beginners, we started practise our turning. We did the same broken when Callum Vincent fell over out by going down a nice easy bit of the thing over and over until it was stuck in while on the mini lift! He was dragged up mountain, but it wasn't going to be easy. our heads. On these slopes, we were When we finally got into the main part of surrounded by six year olds who were “We eventually made our the slope, we all struggled. I was in the much better than us, some gliding the middle of the pack and we slowly made slopes effortlessly and with ease. way down the mountain our way down going left to right. I could- On that day we went to a different more into Saalbach… We all n't stop bumping into people. The in- difficult slope but there were still kids structor sent me to the front and from who were half our age showing us up! were knackered by the then on, I barely fell over again. On this slope we were high up; this is We eventually made our way down the when we got to use the gondolas for the time we got back to the mountain into Saalbach, just. We all first time. Gondolas are basically cable were knackered by the time we got back cars but they are used as ski lifts. On hotel.” to the hotel. This time I had to run up the the new slope when you get pulled the mini slope by his bag and the force of stairs to beat Rhys to the shower instead along by a bit of plastic connected to a the mini lift broke his collar bone! I was on of walking up with no pressure. We all cable, you can see everything. The views the lift right behind him; he quickly moved relaxed and played a bit of table tennis in were the best we had seen all week. We out the way so I could go past, but he the games room which was right at the skied on this slope for the rest of the day and hoped we would come back to this one tomorrow. We had lunch in a restau- Gear up! rant for the first time. It had Wi-Fi. But sadly some people forgot their phones, including me, so we didn't get to message home and check the F.A. Cup and Cham- pions League scores.

At the restaurant the choice for food was outstanding; however, the menu was in German, so we had to ask some A-level year 11 students to translate it for us. Most of us only had drinks because we already had packed lunches. On our ta- ble, there was a wide range of drinks that had been ordered from hot chocolate to „Ski wasser‟, which translates to Ski Wa- ter in English. „Ski wasser‟ is basically just a fizzy or non-fizzy fruit drink that is meant to give you energy for skiing. It was a favourite for nearly everyone on the trip.

15 16 Wyvern Ski Trip 2015 bottom of the hotel. After dinner and the daily Wally Awards we all went down to Saalbach, Austria the games room for Mr McCracken's games. We all got put into different teams and had to play weird games against each other. The first few games consisted of single player games where one mem- ber of each team had to do a challenge against the other, one being the strength contest. Then it came down to the team “I did not fall; I just majestically did a backflip onto my face.” games. We all had to get in a line and we had to alternate which way we put a key with a bit of string attached to it down/up our clothes. After our team lost most of the games and another team was skiing back down the same route. When ever been on.” crowned champion, we all went back to we were completely warn out, we treated The next morning, students took part in a our rooms to relax. ourselves to a shop around Saalbach‟s Slalom race. Slalom is where you ski town centre. The main thing the boys By our fourth day of skiing, we had all got down a slope and weave in and out of brought was a blue Fanta which tasted the hang of it. As a result, we went to a barriers as fast as you can. The beginner like posh soap. Some people who didn't brand new slope. It was bigger than any group went down quite early on in the go last year brought a Saalbach top that we had practised on and there was a ski day, so we were warmed up. I went near people from the other year brought last chair to get us up to the top. On this new the end of the line. Mel was the person to time. slope we followed our instructor down, go before me. When she fell over, it made weaving gracefully at a steady pace. We After dinner, a great night out at my first me even more nervous. But thankfully I did this over and over, and we got faster ever ice hockey game awaited us. When did not follow in her footsteps. and faster. On this day Mr McCracken we entered the arena we got handed a Mel said after the race “I did not fall; I just was with us and he went on one of the folded-up piece of card which we used as majestically did a backflip onto my face.” chair lifts with me and Mel. We sang a clapper. We had to wait a while for the Christmas songs all the way up to the teams to come out. When the game start- The rest of the day we all went down dif- amusement of some of the locals. When ed the crowd was really loud. You could ferent slopes and even went over really we were told that we had one last run on small jumps. This is when I had my worst the slope before lunch, our instructor told “Skiing is great and fall. I was going as fast as I could down us we could go down the slope however one of the slopes, overtaking people left we liked. Most people decided to take it skiing is cool. Please and right when, suddenly, my ski lifted off easy and go down weaving like normal come along; don't be the ground slightly. This put me off and I but me… No! I went straight down as fast fell. I was scraping down the slope on my as I could. When our instructor got down a fool!” bum. When it was over, I got back up and she laughed at me and said to go a bit carried on despite aching all over. slower next time. see different schools were there too be- That evening we all were gathered in the cause they were standing up the whole We went to lunch in a new place. It was a dinner room and were presented with our time. The final score was a close 10-11 pizzeria, with no Wi-Fi…but we lasted. medals for the Slalom. I came a respecta- victory for the away team. It was in my After this we went back up to the top of ble fourth place out of eight. I was pre- opinion the best day of the ski trip be- the mountain and went down a new route. sented with my award by the instructor cause we got to ski on a very good slope This was a lot easier than the massive Teya. It was then that people started to and enjoyed a goal-packed ice hockey one we did the day before. We all loved it, realise that their time in Austria was run- game! because we had learnt and practised how ning out and we were making the most of to turn and stop. It was a lot easier and George Gilmore in year 11 said “At the ice the little time we had left. we felt we could finally control where we hockey game there were too many fake That evening, we all dressed in fancy were going. We kept on going back up the fights but still a sick atmosphere. I wish I dress and went to a night club in Saal- gondola to the top of the mountain and could go on the trip again, it‟s the best I‟ve

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bach. Not many people in Year 9 or 10 into the jump and I fell on my back. My our rooms and made are food. It was got up to dance on the dance floor, but skies were still on the snow and I didn't time to finish packing; the odd person the Year 11s were dancing all night. All stop. I scraped up the jump and slowly giving up on looking for a lost pair of un- the teachers dressed up as „Where's stopped at the bottom. I slowly got back derwear or trying to work out which tooth- Wally‟ costumes, so we all made fun of up and went back to the group; thankfully brush was theirs. Finally we managed to them and called them Wallies. no one was watching me go down. fit all our stuff into our bags and hauled them down the stairs. When we were all The next day we were all very sad be- We all collected as a group by the gondo- finally done, we said our last goodbyes to cause it was our last day, so we were all las and had a final look back at the slopes the breath-taking mountain views and the determined to make the most of it. Our we had had so much fun on for the past hotel. That night on the coach, we all instructor decided to treat us and take us few hours. Then we went down the moun- slept in peace. The rest of the journey to a new slope; this one was really big tains for the last time. was peaceful and it felt a much quicker and steep. You had to go up by T-bar lift. return journey. When we got to the top, our instructor took us down it a tiny bit and said that we “The teacher’s dressed After the ferry ride we could all finally use will have a race. I really like having races our phones to text home without having a because I loved going as fast as I could. up… We called them huge phone bill. When we finally started Out of four races, I came in the top three Wallies!” to recognise the scenery of Winchester, in all of them, with Becca Philips right we started to say our goodbyes by shout- behind me for most of them. When we ing through the coach. Home. There was When we got the mini bus back to the went up for the last time, we all decided to no time to say goodbye to everyone, just hotel we were all quiet and didn't really go down the big ski jumps. On the first set the odd hug and wave to the people you want to talk because we were exhausted we all went over them slowly so we didn't knew well. It was over. But only for anoth- and sad to be leaving. After our showers, hurt ourselves. But on the second set I er year. In Mr Weaver‟s words “Skiing is we relaxed for a few minutes and ate our decided to go as fast as I could. This was great and skiing is cool. Please come final dinner together. The final Wally a bad idea; I went back too much when I along; don't be a fool!” Awards were handed out and we all said was going down the slope about to go thank you to the people who helped clean By Alex Markiewicz

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Team McCracken

Paragliding

All the gang together! Lovely day for it!

Visors should be worn at all times! Double trouble!

Coming through!

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Kieran goes pro! Stunning Views

Team Greggers

Nice braces!

She makes it look so easy!

Do not try this at home!

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