Hampton Academy News Team report for the London Broncos!

Hampton Academy students Sam and Jack from Year 9 were invited to report on the London Broncos community match day event- The Purdham Cup. London Rugby League development officers had seen the impressive work of our New Team and invited Sam and Jack to the Twickenham Stoop to cover the mini Rugby League event.

Sam created this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ubWv6h9_JA&feature=player_embedded#!

Jack wrote the report that features on the London RL website: http://www.londonrl.com/article/7453/minis-celebrate-purdham-cup-success

Below is Jack's thoughts about their great day

On the 21^st July, Samuel and I travelled to the Stoop Rugby ground in Twickenham, to cover the Purdham Cup for the RFL. The Purdham Cup is a mini Rugby League festival for London’s under7s, 9s, and 11s teams. Twenty four teams from around the region arrived at the Stoop for an action packed community event before the London Broncos v Wigan Warriors Super League match.

The day started at around 10 o’clock, when the first game kicked off. There was a very high standard of Rugby league being played, and some really good pieces of play. Samuel and I were granted access onto all of the pitches, and we were allowed to take pictures and get some good footage of all of the games. There were under 7s, 9s and 11s league tables, and they were all very close.

As the day went on, there were some very big scoring games that took place, and the Medway Dragons teams were all looking very strong. Mr Giblin was running two of the pitches, and blew the air horn before and after every game to signal the start and finish of the matches.

The games went on, and finally we reached the semi finals, where there would be some very high scoring games. One game ended 16-12, and since the games were only 8 minutes long, that’s very impressive!

Eventually we reached the Finals, where Medway Dragons would win the under 11s, and Sussex Merlins would win the under 9s. A big thank you to the RFL and the London RL for inviting us to report on the event.

Hampton Academy Girls' Sports Team Photo Evening

Hampton Academy PE team recently held the inaugural Girl's Sports Team Photo Evening.

The event was a chance to celebrate the recent sporting successes at Hampton Academy girls and reward all the girls that have represented the Academy in fixtures and competitions this season.

This event was to document the achievements of those involved and begin the archive for staff, students and their families to look back upon for decades to come. Mr Giblin, SSCo would like to congratulate the girls that appear in these photos and for showing such pride in their Academy.

 

A small selection of the photos are below, including a mock of what the photos may look like in 50 years time.

 

 

Hampton Academy perform at the Borough Cricket competition

Hampton Academy continue their fantastic sporting form. This time the Year 7/8 Inter Cricket teams competed in the Borough Championships. The Girls finish 3rd overall and the boys went one better and claimed second in Richmond. Students and Teachers were very lucky to also have England ladies Cricketer Beth Morgan there to coach on the day.

Hampton Academy Olympic Canoeing

Hampton Academy Year 8 students were given a unique opportunity this week. Selected students were given the change to try some canoeing on the River Thames at Richmond Canoeing Club.

Hampton Academy Y7 Boxing Club

Hampton Academy Girls RoundersYear 7/8 Team

Hampton Academy Girls RoundersYear 7/8 Team

Hampton Academy Year 7/8 Girls win the World Rugby 7s Tag Rugby Event

On Wednesday 9^th May, Mr Blount and Miss Barnes took eight Year 7 and 8 students to the Rugby Football Union Sevens Rugby event at Grasshoppers RFC to celebrate the HSBC World Sevens series.

Our girls met and trained with the England Ladies squad, as well as seeing three other international teams; England Mens, Portugal Mens and USA Mens. The squad included; (Year 7) Jasmine Dillon, Bella Thomas, Jody Wallis, Caroline Berry, Grace Griffin and (Year 8) Alison Connolly, Charlotte Gildersleave and Constance Ageymang.

The day started with two warm up sessions focusing on defending as a team and attacking as a team taken by two RFC coaches. Players from the Ladies team, including Sonia Green, Rachel Burford and Katherine Merchant, stepped in to help our girls warm up and prepare for their matches.

Our girls played two matches in their age group and came home tournament champions.

The first of the two games was against Brentford B’s, with a brilliant result for our team of 5-1. The first try, scored by Grace from a switch from Bella, blew Brentford out of the water, putting us in the lead 1-0.  Brentford managed to squeeze a try, equalising. Hampton then went on a rampage, scoring another four tries, Alison gave us the lead making it 2-1, with Caroline ensuring our victory, making it 3-1. Alison then scored again making it 4-1 and, right at the last minute, Caroline ran half the length of the pitch through a cloud of opponents to make it 5-1.

After a team talk from Mr Blount, the girls went into their next game all fired up. Hampton were now against Brentford A’s. Rain unfortunately blighted the start of the game and we slipped behind 1-0. An inspirational pass from Bella to Jasmine allowed her to rocket to the try line to equalise, 1-1. The girls managed to hold onto their lead and increase it with Alison scoring after a mammoth run from Charlotte down the wing, passing to Bella, then to Jasmine who slipped but managed a pass to Caroline, then Jody stepped in for a short pass to Alison making it 2-1. Brentford equalised after a slip from two of our players. The girls were still determined to give it their all and Jasmine went on to score 2 more tries, the match ended 4-2.

The girls worked incredibly hard and didn’t let the bad weather get them down;

Bella ‘We learnt a lot from the England Ladies Team and we put the skills and methods into our games. We had a lot of fun playing, the whole day was a success and I want to play more’

Charlotte ‘The best bit was learning how to work as a team to defend’ (video team tag)

Grace ‘It was amazing because we met the England Ladies Team and pout our skills to good use’

Jody ‘Everyone played as a team therefore we won both of our games even though it was very wet’

Jasmine ‘It was a great opportunity to meet the England players and it was a fun day. I learnt a lot and I used different skills that I didn’t know before. I scored 3 tries!’

Students at PGL Netball Weekend

On the 23 of March a mixture of year 7, 8 and 9 students had the amazing opportunity to attend a PGL Netball weekend. The team played several teams from across the UK and gained a wealth of experience in skills and tactics. Not only did the girls get the chance to play competitive Netball but were also encouraged to take part in PGL adventure activities such as the GIANT swing and the zip wire!

Sophie Berry, Dannielle Rooney, Holly Cronin, Jasmeen Bajwa, Shefali Pandhi, Maisie Sellwood, Olivia Sweeney, Bella Thomas, Jasmine Dillon & Briony Bailey

What a great weekend! Can't wait to do it again!!!

Boys Cricketers Claim Silver

Hampton Academy Year 7/8 Cricket team claim second place in the Richmond Borough Indoor Cricket competition. This achievement is great preparation for the Hampton Academy boys to defend their league title from last year.

Hampton Academy Year 7 Boys Rugby League

Hampton Academy Year 7 Boys Rugby League

Team Richmond Cricket

Hampton Academy Y8 student, Henry, represented the borough at the London Youth Games Cricket Cup at the weekend in Harrow. The team did really well finishing in second place in their group. They beat Harringey and Hounslow but lost their last match to Hillingdon. Team Richmond missed out on a place in the finals due to point’s difference.

Team Richmond teammates Ryan and James went along to support the team too

Hampton Academy Follow Local Olympians

Our Olympic Ambassadors Jack and Holly have selected two local Olympians for Hampton Academy students to follow. The two Medal hopefuls that Hampton Academy will be supporting are Mo Farah and Jess Walker. Mo Farah has just won Gold in the indoor international athletics and Jess Walker is a former student of Hampton Community College. Check out the Olympian biographies below

Name: Jessica Walker

D.O.B: 24/06/1990

Olympic event: Kayaking

Hometown: Brighton/Hampton Hill(London)

Height/Weight: 170/170lb

Coach: Miklos Simon and Trevor Hunter

Hobbies: Running/Canoeing

Interesting facts: Jessica grew up in two places, Brighton and Hampton Hill. She went to school in Hampton, going to Hampton Hill junior school, and rectory grove, or as it is known now, Hampton Academy. She is the youngest ever British female Olympian to ever participate in an event. Her first event was the K2 500M in Beijing. She came 17^th.

Name: Mo Farah

D.O.B: 23/03/1983

Olympic events: 1500M, 3000M, 5000M and 15000 M. (Running)

Hometown: Hounslow.

Height/Weight: 1.75/140lb

Coach: Alberto Salazar

Hobbies: Football/Running

Interesting facts: Mo was born in Somalia, but is a British civilian. He has supported Arsenal football club since a very early age. He is a married man, married to long time partner in running and in love, Tania Nell. They married in Marble Hill, Richmond. He has one daughter, Rihanna. In his career, he has won a total of 6 gold medals, 2 silvers and 1 bronze.

Introducing our newest Olympic Ambassadors

Hampton Academy have two brand new Olympic Ambassadors! Jack P and Holly C to continue on the work done by Matthew G and Izzy H. Our new Olympic Ambassadors introduce themselves below...

Hi, I’m Jack and I’m in Wordsworth, and I’m in year nine. I’m also one of your four Olympic ambassadors. My job is to keep you up to date about the Olympics and what we can do as a school.  

In my spare time, I like going out with friends, playing football for a team every Sunday morning, and in the summer I play cricket for a team. I’ve also supported Chelsea all my life.

I work closely with my year nine partner Holly, who’s in Conrad.

Hi I’m Holly. I am in year 9, in Conrad. I have been chosen to be an Olympic ambassador working with Jack. Our job is to keep everyone updated about the Olympics and what we can do as a whole school.

I have been in the school netball team and the borough sports. I have recently joined Whitton netball team as goal defence and centre which I enjoy.

Rising Stars- Hampton Academy Cricketers

Hampton Academy are the defending Richmond Schools Y7-8 Cricket Champions, and the strength of the squad looks set to continue as four students make the final training squad for Team Richmond.

James H, Owen G and Ryan McC from Year7 and Henry N-S from Year8 were selected from the Richmond trial for the final training squad ahead of the 2012 London Youth Games. Team Richmond are the defending champions and will be looking for another winning performance across all sports. For more information about London Youth Games and to apply to represent Team Richmond at other sports visit http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/leisure_and_culture/sports/sports_development/london_youth_games.htm

Congratulations to all four boys and good luck to them and the entire Hampton Academy Cricket squad in the 2012 season.

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