First Edition - September-October 2019

U14 Football LSS 1-2 Ashlawn: After a tense first 15 minutes, with no clear cut chances going either way, Jake Thornton was brought down just inside the box. With the referee awarding a penalty almost instantly, Uzair Mirza stepped up and buried it into the bottom left hand corner, putting Sheriff 1-0 up. However, after just 5 minutes, an error by the defence allowed the Ashlawn striker to square it across the box for a simple tap-in, making it 1-1. The first half was concluded by a series of brilliant saves by Marcus Bald. Not a lot of action happened in the second half. Although there was a period when some high-quality saves occurred from each side. The last ten minutes were tense, but the winner was finally scored with less than 2 minutes to go, from an Ashlawn cross which resulted in our centre back being beaten in the air, the ball just escaping Marcus’ reach. A good game of football, resulting in a 2-1 win for the visitors. MOTM: Marcus Bald By Zach Bishop and Daniel Pinks Yr8 LSS U14 Football LSS 5-1 William Parker ​ LSS recovered from an early scare in this game to run out comfortable winners in the end. MotM Jake ​ Thornton

LSS U14 Football Bilton 6-2 LSS ​ Sheriff struggled to get to grips with their opponents but gradually worked their way back into a game and made it a competitive second half. Well done all. MotM Joe ​ Moore

U14 Football vs Lynwood High(School from Australia) Lynwood High travelled from Perth, Western Australia to face us on 8th October. It was an even game from the start, with some brilliant chances for each side, but Lynwood broke the deadlock just before the half-time whistle, with the ball being turned in from a corner. We were on top at the start of the 2nd half, with Nathaniel Knight-Robinson tapping in. A tense 20 minutes ensued, but Lynwood burst through and

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finished into the top left with the last kick of the game. 2-1. MOTM: Jasper Blount. Report by Zach Bishop and ​ Daniel Pinks.

U12 Football LSS 1 - 3 Ashlawn

U12 Football LSS 2 - 0 Vaon Valley

U16 Football Avon Valley 3 - 2 LSS

U16 Football Bilton 2 - 1 LSS

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House football: The last week of half term has seen each year group participate in our house football competition. Teams of 10 (max 3 per house) battled it out with 3 games against each other. Results will follow but well done to all that participated.

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U12 Rugby Avon Valley 22-21 LSS LSS came together for their first match against Avon Valley. Playing 15-a-side to give as many of the boys game time as possible the team did excellently against a strong and physical opposition with plenty of attacking threat. Initially Sheriff struggled in and around the break downs but soon got to grips them, gradually becoming more competitive as the game went on. LSS improved greatly once our running was straighter as this created space out wide for Gower and the impressive MotM Umar Sharif. A good work out and plenty to learn from the game, well done all. ​ ​

U12 Rugby Ashlawn 10-15 LSS In the first half nothing happened; they almost scored but our defence managed to fend them off. Early in the second half they scored a try but Ollie Smith ran through them and managed to score the equaliser. Later on, John did the same to make it 2-1. He then did it again by ripping the ball and running to the exact same corner that the other two tries were scored in. Unfortunately they scored twice but the second one was controversial, as they had 14 people on the pitch instead of 12, and there was a clear knock on but the ref missed it.. Mr Orford-our rugby coach-claimed it as a 3-2 victory with John Musukuma as man of the matchwith 2 tries for him and a very good match. J​ ohn Musukuma (MotM​) By Gabriel Barlow and John Musukuma

U13 Rugby Ashlawn 10-70 LSS Sheriff exerted their dominance over near neighbours Ashlawn with an excellent display. Mrs Orford who oversaw the fixture made a point to highlight how impressed she was with the boys attitude and application. They represented themselves and the school superbly and played some great Rugby! Well done.

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U13 Rugby Harris 0-60 LSS LSS played their second game away at Harris and from the off overwhelmed their opposition with powerful running and explosive tackling. Well done on another convincing display!

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In Other News! A snapshot from around the globe...

West Brom vs QPR:The Baggies came to life after shading a forgettable first half, with QPR keeper Lumley atoning for Ferguson's opener by ​ thwarting Charlie Austin, and Kyle Edwards as the visitors asserted their dominance. Ferguson, 18, was given time to stride forward and beat Joe Lumley with a speculative 30-yard shot for his first senior goal, with Matheus Pereira's free-kick putting the game beyond st the hosts, who had sent off for bringing down Hal Robson-Kanu. This game put West Brom 1 ​ and they would now follow on to th st ​ face Leeds in 4 ​ on the 1 ​ of October. This win was deserved for the baggies as they had 15 shots with a total of 7 on target while their ​ ​ opponents only had 5 shots and none of them were on target.

Leicester .vs. Bournemouth:Leicester City proved too clinical for Bournemouth as Brendan Rodgers' side cruised to a 3-1 win at the King Power ​ Stadium. The game kicked off in frenetic fashion with both sides taking turns to counter, but Leicester struck first after Ben Chilwell hit a long ball behind Bournemouth's defence, with latching onto it to lob Aaron Ramsdale. Bournemouth piled forward at the restart and Ryan Fraser picked out Callum Wilson with the England international hitting a delicious chip over Kasper Schmeichel's outstretched leg to level the scores. But the Foxes continued to cause all manner of problems for 's defence, with Youri Tielemans tapping his side ahead before the interval and Vardy netting his second of the game midway through the second half.The game could have panned out differently if Tieleman’s had received a red card for a wild challenge after the break, which appeared to buckle Callum Wilson's ankle - but VAR adjudged 'no red card' after several replays. Bournemouth stopper Ramsdale was almost caught out by Vardy's relentless press, intercepting the young 'keeper's distribution on two occasions. Indeed, it was Vardy who also harassed Steve Cook before threading a pass across the six-yard box for Tielemans to tap the Foxes ahead, before the Belgian repaid the assist to seal the win midway through the second half. Howe handed Harry Wilson a start after scoring his second successive stunner from range against Manchester. City last week, but the Liverpool loanee ​ struggled to sparkle at the King Power and was subbed off with 30 minutes to go.

Pedersen pulls off shock victory at World Championships West Brom vs Cardiff Mads Pedersen shocked the world by defeating top names such as Peter Sagan, Mathieu Van Der Poel and Philip West Brom returned to winning ways and went top of the Sky Gilbert and winning the UCI World Championship Road Bet Championship with a 4-2 win against Cardiff. Slaven Race in Harrogate. The Dane, who is only 23 years of age, Bilic's promotion chasers led 3-0 until the 75th minute but rode straight past top sprinter Matteo Trentin with 200 substitute Danny Ward's double made things nervy for the home fans until scored the Baggies' fourth metres to go in a flat out sprint for the line. goal in the third minute of added time. Charlie Austin also In an interview afterwards, Pedersen said to reporters “This scored his first league goal for West Brom after first-half is unbelievable” Clearly the new rainbow jersey didn’t think strikes from Matheus Pereira and Grady Diangana. Albion he could stay in the break with Trentin and Swiss rider showed the midweek defeat at Leeds was a blip with their Stefan Kung.”I didn’t expect this and it wasn’t the plan.” second successive 4-2 home win. The newly relegated side now look to improve and West Brom look to carry their Pedersen replied when asked about whether it was the th beastly ways and look to beat Middlesbrough on the 19 .​ tactic the team were employing. The entire time he was up ​ the road, Pedersen expected his teammates Michael Valgren and Jakob Fuglsang to catch up with him. For many, the most amazing thing about his triumph is that Tyson Fury beats Otto Wallin after brutal hit in the eye. only the Danish team expected it. Most people expected Tyson fury, British professional heavyweight boxer boxer Denmark to be backing Astana leader Fuglsang for the win. After reading this article, I hope you will join us in wishing won on the 14th of september against Otto Wallin, Swedish him well for the rest of his career. boxer. During the match in the third round Tyson got hit in the eye which blinded him temporarily making him have 20-0 vision for the rest of the match.However he was still able to pull through and win the match. The scores at the end made Tyson Fury unanimously win.

Two more signings for rugby town On the 19th of September, home team Rugby Town sign two new players, James Hancocks and Dylan Parker from Stratford in the hope that they’ll help the club get back on track with the wins they need. When the unlucky team drew at Pinchbeck, Rugby Town boss Carl Adams had enough of what was going on. Due to the club going 4 games without a win, he made a decision to sign 7

two Stratford players which he claims to be worth all the money back in the game, Matt Taylor scored in the 71st minute, spent on them. In an interview, Adams said, “James is a tough making the game slightly more comfortable for Oxford. In tackling midfielder and is very vocal too. He featured regularly for me in my last year at Knights Lane, so I know he can perform well the 84th minute, Tariqe Fosu scored, making the game an at a higher level. Ryan is quick and dangerous and he has a goad embarrassment on West Ham’s behalf. To rub salt in the goal-scoring record, and with the departure of Kieran Fitzgerald wounds, Shandon Baptiste scored in injury time to make it gives us extra options up-front again. Oxford 4-0 West Ham. Before the 21 year old James signed for Rugby, he had previously played at clubs in the locations Bedworth, Kidderminster and Daventry. 19 year old Dylan has been on a dual registration at Reflection on UFC 242 Stratford Town and MFL club FC Stratford. He has already scored a On Saturday 7 th September the world watched as the hat trick for them in the FA Vase qualifying rounds already. th Rugby are to play Gresley in the FA vase on the 10 ​ of October. Ultimate Fighting Championship went live with another ​ With their fit new players on the team, it seems unlikely for them colossal Pay-Per-View in which the main event saw Khabib to lose. Good luck Rugby! Nurmagomedov defend his hefty 27-0-0 record and his UFC By George Morris Year 7 Lightweight Championship against Dustin Poirer, who Tyson Fury beats Otto Wallin after brutal hit in the eye. carried an impressive record of 25-6-0. The Early Tyson fury, British professional heavyweight boxer boxer Preliminary card was fairly standard with Don won on the 14th of september against Otto Wallin, Swedish Madge defeating Fares Ziam by decision, Omari Akhmedov boxer. During the match in the third round Tyson got hit in defeating by decision, Muslim Salikhov the eye which blinded him temporarily making him have defeating Nordine Taleb with a 1 st round TKO and Behal 20-0 vision for the rest of the match.However he was still Muhammad defeating Takashi Sato via submission in the able to pull through and win the match. The scores at the 3 rd round. The Main Prelims began at 17:00, and saw end made Tyson Fury unanimously win. Ottman Azaitar defeat Teemu Packalen via KO in the 1st round, Sarah Moras defeat Liana Jojua via KO

in the 3 rd round, Lerone Murphy and Zubaira Tukhugov go The Carabao Cup to a decision draw and Joanne Calderwood defeat Andrea All football fans tune in! After some shocking events, last Lee by decision. And finally we make it to the Main Card. To minute winners, penalty finishes and goal fests, here are begin, Carlos Diego Ferreira defeated Mairbek Taisumov the top 5 results of the 3rd round of the Carabao cup. by unanimous decision in an impressive showing for the Tottenham out to Colchester! division, which dominated the Main Card. In the Firstly, we start off with one of the most shocking results of only non-lightweight bout on the main this week’s round of fixtures. Colchester hosted Tottenham card, Curtis Blaydes defeated Shamil Abdurakhimov via TKO in what came to be the humiliation of Spurs. It was a very in the 2 nd round. In the other lightweight bouts, Islam tight game and ended in a narrow penalty victory for Makhachev defeated Davi Ramos by unanimous decision, Colchester. and defeated Edson Barboza via split decision.

And now we make it to the main event. The undefeated Liverpool cruise to a 4th round spot! Khabib Nurmagomedov faced off against in a Next we head to Milton Keynes where Liverpool and MK 5 round UFC Lightweight Championship fight. The battle Dons locked horns. The first chance of the game was made it into the 3 rd round, where, to some presented to MK Dons however they were unable to dismay and other’s delight, Khabib defeated Poirier with a convert. After hitting the bar through Harvey Elliot, making rear-naked choke, mirroring the way he defeated Conor his first team appearance, Liverpool managed to convert McGregor so famously in 2018. through James Milner in the 41st minute (after a mistake The event itself was a fun one. I was personally a little bit from the keeper). From then on the game was quite disappointed at how many fights went to decision, but I uneventful, however a header form Ki-Jana However in the was happy that Khabib retained. Who will be the first 69th minute settled the game. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain hit person to defeat this goliath? We are yet to find out. the post after a long shot as the last decent chance of the game. By Oscar Elliott

Written 03/10/2019

Oxford thrash West Ham! UEFA Euro Qualifiers Results 13/10/19 - 15/10/19 Now, we head to Oxford where West Ham had a night they Kazakhstan 0:2 Belgium would not want to remember. The first half was relatively Scotland 6:0 San Marino uneventful, however the game really started to take shape Cyprus 0:5 in the second half. A goal from Elliott Moore in the 55th Belarus 1:2 Netherlands minute broke the deadlock. As West Ham looked to get Hungary 1:0 Azerbaijan 8

Estonia 0:3 Germany ● Ireland 35-0 Russia Wales 1:1 Croatia ● South Africa 49-3 Italy Poland 2:0 North Macedonia ● Australia 45-10 Uruguay Slovenia 0:1 Austria ● England 39-10 Argentina France 1:1 Turkey ● Japan 38-19 Samoa Lithuania 1:2 Serbia ● New Zealand 71-9 Namibia Iceland 2:0 Andorra ● France 23-21 Tonga Bulgaria 0:6 England ● South Africa 66-7 Canada Ukraine 2:1 Portugal ● Argentina 47-17 USA Moldova 0:4 Albania ● Scotland 61-0 Russia Kosovo 2:0 Montenegro Finland 3:0 Armenia ● Wales 29-17 Fiji Gibraltar 2:3 Georgia By Arjun Sidhu and Jorvan Meyrick Romania 1:1 Norway Liechtenstein 0:5 Italy vs Robert Whittaker Fight Report Switzerland 2:0 Republic of Ireland Israel Adesanya already had an impressive Win-Loss Sweden 1:1 Spain Record leading into the main event of UFC 243, with Faroe Islands 1:0 Malta 17 wins and 0 losses before this event. Adesanya had Greece 2:1 Bosnia-Herzegovina tackled goliaths and G.O.A.T.s alike, most recently Israel 3:1 Latvia defeating Anderson Silva in February. And on the 6th ​ October Adesanya fought Robert Whittaker in a bout for the UFC Middleweight Championship in Melbourne, Australia at the Marvel Stadium. This was Adesanya’s RWC Results So Far: first championship fight after winning his Interim The 2019 Rugby World Cup is the ninth Rugby World Cup Championship, and his perfect undefeated streak was ​ and is being held in Japan from the 20th of September to put to the test. ​ ​ the 2nd of November. This is the first time the cup has been Round One was fast paced. Whittaker started with a held in Asia and outside the traditional heartland of rugby flurry of power shots but Adesanya was able to avoid ​ ​ ​ union. We are England supporters but we appreciate that any damaging shots, and almost won in the first round ​ ​ not everyone may be so we will also include information with a magnificent right hand. Whittaker was saved by about other countries as well. So far the results are as the bell. The second round was similar, but Whittaker shown below. was more capable with a couple of strikes landing, however it would take a lot more than that to put World cup until 09/10/2019 Adesanya down. Adesanya then used a beautiful ● Japan 30-10 Russia right-left combo to secure the TKO win, defeating ● Australia 39-21 Fiji Whittaker in his home country. This fight demonstrated ● France 23-21 Argentina exactly why Adesanya is my favourite MMA fighter, as ● New Zealand 23-13 South Africa he managed to keep his cool and finesse his way ● Italy 47-22 Namibia around the damaging shots, eventually winning him ● Ireland 27-3 Scotland the Middleweight Championship and extending his W/L ● England 35-3 Tonga record to 18 wins 0 losses. ● Wales 43-14 Georgia By Oscar Elliott, 9C ● Samoa 34-9 Russia ● Uruguay 30-27 Fiji Wales win an amazing match against Australia in rugby ● Italy 48-7 Canada world cup ● England 45-7 USA The first half was all about Wales, scoring a drop goal within the first 40 seconds Wales’ were already gaining a serious ● Argentina 28-12 Tonga advantage. Already this match was heating up, with Wales ● Japan 19-12 Ireland taking possession they were slowly edging towards the try ● South Africa 57-3 Namibia line then. Wham! There’s a breakthrough strait through the ● Georgia 33-7 Uruguay middle scoring an amazing try. Then the action seems to ● Wales 29-25 Australia have stopped for the first half. Then when the games just ● Scotland 34-0 Samoa reset Australia have the ball a long pass is given and it’s ● France 33-9 USA intercepted by number nine and he makes a storming run ● New zealand 63-0 Canada for the try line the score was 3-17. The second half was all about Australia scoring tries fast and furiously. Wales trying ● Fiji 45-10 Georgia 9

to make a kind of defence manage to score a try making the score 10-22 unfortunately during this a penalty was given The top seed breezed past French rookie and it made the score 13-22. This match was getting closer Humbert 6-3 6-2 6-3 on Court One to reach the than first thought the game then carried on and it seemed last eight for the 11th time. the action had stopped. Then bang a try was scored and wales were hanging on by the skin of their teeth. It seemed that Australia were going to pull it off after all but wales Quarter-final – scoring yet another try might just keep Australia out of reach. It did as well with Australia only scoring another try Djokovic strolled into the last four (Mike wales won the game 25-29. Egerton/PA)

Wimbledon 2019: Simona For eight games this was a contest, then Djokovic Halep's journey to the final won 10 in row on his way to a 6-4 6-0 6-2 victory and a ninth semi-final.

Wimbledon 2019: ’s Semi-final – journey to the final Djokovic only dropped two sets en route to the final (Tim Ireland/PA) Spaniard Bautista Agut took the second set, only First round – the second Djokovic dropped all fortnight, but was still taken apart 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-2. Novak Djokovic saw off Philipp Kohlschreiber first ​ up (Steven Paston/PA)

Djokovic began his campaign with a double fault Final – and a drop of serve, but still secured a straight-sets victory, winning 6-3 7-5 6-3. Djokovic then went on to save championship points in the final and secure the victory against Second round –Denis Kudla former champion Federer. The match was the longest singles final in Wimbledon history, which Djokovic eased past Denis Kudla (Victoria Djokovic eventually won 7-6 1-6 7-6 4-6 13-12 Jones/PA) after 4 hours 57 minutes. Plain sailing for the world number one, who won the opening five games and strolled to a 6-3 6-2 6-2 win in 93 trouble-free minutes. Jamie Saunders Third round – Hubert Hurkacz

Djokovic dropped a set in round three (Victoria She was ranked world No. 1 for the first time by Jones/PA) the ‘Women's Tennis Association’ (WTA) on Djokovic dropped a set for the first time at the October 9, 2017, and won ‘WTA’s ‘Fan Championships but it proved only a minor Favourite Singles Player’ honour the same inconvenience in a 7-5 6-7 (5) 6-1 6-4 win. year.

Fourth round – Ugo Humbert She was ranked the year-end No. 1 by ‘WTA’ in 2017 and 2018. Having held the No. 1 rank for Ugo Humbert was no challenge for Djokovic (Mike Egerton/PA)

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a total of 64 weeks, Halep grabbed the tenth I am hoping that next Easter will see spot in the history of women’s tennis. the very first ‘Varsity Sports Day’ Breaking records to be ranked among the between Lawrence Sheriff and world’s top 50 tennis players in 2012, she Ashlawn, an event that will help scaled up to feature among the top 20 in increase the enthusiasm to represent August 2013 and, finally, among the top 10 in the school at the highest senior level January 2014. In 2013, she won six ‘WTA’ titles. She has experienced many highs and and a chance to create yet more lows in her career. tradition.

Having faced consecutive losses at the 2014 ‘,’ the 2017 ‘French Open,’ and the There is much on the horizon, be it the 2018 ‘Australian Open’ finals, she finally won voting in of new house captains or the her first major tournament at the 2018 ‘French Cricket tour to India we are determined Open.’ to oversee a positive year of sport at In both 2014 and 2015, she became the most LSS and give ourselves a solid popular player of the year. She won ‘WTA’s foundation on which to build a new ‘Fan Favourite Singles Player’ title in 2017 and sustainable model for competitive and 2018. She also won ‘WTA’s ‘Player of the Year’ title in 2018. recreational PE.

In December 2018, was Thank you to the parents also for your featured on the list of ‘ESPN’s 20 most-dominant players of the year. In 2019, she continued support, and to the students won her first Wimbledon title. who have been so committed this year.

The former world number one will be gunning All the best, for her second when she plays in the showpiece on Saturday. Mr Orford Gina Asante Head of PE

The Final Whistle Thank you to the staff who have given up their own free time to organise and run fixtures for the students in this first term. We will continue to try and get more games for the students over the coming months, including A & B senior netball fixtures!

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