This half term, our senior hockey teams have been competing in the England Hockey T3
National Schools competition.

In the Yorkshire Finals, our U18 squad started steadily with a draws against Mount St.
Mary’s and Tranby. However once they found their flow they were able to successfully
defeat both Queen Ethelburga’s and Silcoates. This placed them as runners up on goal
difference to successfully qualify for the next round.

In the Regional Finals, they started well with a 1-0 win against Mount St. Mary’s with a goal
from Ellie. However, their squad was sadly depleted through illness and injury so the lack of
substitutes took its toll in the following matches with losses to Dame Allan’s and Durham.
Despite the disappointment of not having a full strength squad to compete for the title, the
team should be very proud of their final standing of third in the North East.
Our U16 squad played some fantastic hockey in their yorkshire round, beating Cundall
Manor 2-1, Mount St. Mary’s 3-0 and St. Mary’s 2-0. This meant that they qualified for the
next stage as Yorkshire Champions!

In the Regional Finals, they started well with a hard-fought 1-0 win against Dame Allan’s,
thanks to a well worked penalty corner goal from Libby. They then faced the challenge of
playing reigning National Champions Yarm in the final. Sadly, they were undone by the Yarm
penalty corners to finish the match with an agonising 1-2 scoreline. The team were
devastated not to have reached the National Finals, but should be incredibly proud of all the
progress they have made and to be able to call themselves North East Runners-Up.