Year 5 & 6 Swimming Gala

Our 5th competition of the academic year was the highly anticipated Swimming Gala. 

Straight away the atmosphere was fantastic and the standard of swimming was very high. In our first session it was Julians Primary who dominated the medals followed very closely by Telferscot. There was also some strong swims by Woodmansterne & Dunraven. 

The second session was pretty open with the Gipsy Hill federation schools going head to head. Overall, the medals were shared out between all the schools. St Saviours, also swam a very quick boys front crawl which will no doubt go into the Moving Matters record book. 

The third session included reigning champions Henry Cavendish. Of course, they set the standards high straight away with some very quick times. They was pushed all the way by Holy Ghost as well as Raey and St Mary's but in the end Henry Cavendish had too much. 

On the podium, it was Henry Cav in 1st, Holy Ghost in 2nd and Julians Primary in 3rd. We look forward to seeing schools return for the year 3 & 4 gala. 

Year 5 & 6 Netball

Year 5 & 6 Tag Rugby Competition

With England playing in the World Cup final the following Saturday, schools turned up feeling inspired and excited. 

Throughout the group stage there was some terrific rugby played. Noticeable, was the high level of skills in attack and defence. With all schools well coached, the games were won by small margins making for some very interesting groups.

Semi finals were played at great intensity and in the end Julians edged Woodmansterne by 1 try and it was the same story in the other Semi final with Henry Cavendish beating Keyworth.

In the bronze medal game Keyworth beat Woodmansterne by 1 try to secure a 3rd place finish in their first ever Moving Matter's competition.

Then it was the final, Julians vs Henry Cavendish, perhaps the biggest rivalry in at Moving Matter's competitions in recent times. Henry Cavendish started by performing an unbelievable Haka but it was Julians who had the better of the early exchanges. From then on in it was a game dominated by great defence with the game finishing in a draw. Going into extra time, it was Henry Cavendish who ended up victorious, although either school would've been worthy champions. 

Overall a very fun day, with all schools playing the game in great spirit. CONGRATULATIONS everyone!

Year 5 & 6 Futsal Competition

This was the first ever Moving Matters Futsal competition and certainly won't be the last. We welcomed 21 teams and 19 schools to Kennington park, on a brilliant day of school sport.

Throughout the day we saw amazing technique, improvisation but most importantly CREATIVITY!

The players dealt expertly with the tighter spaces and the non bouncing ball, impressing all of the staff involved. Perhaps, the real difference between the teams was the standard of finishing and goalkeeping. 

After Bonneville eased through the knock-out stages, they met an impressive Elmwood team in the final. Bonneville went 2-0 up in the first 3 minutes and it was starting to look like it might be a similar story. However, Elmwood pulled 2 goals back and forced the game into extra time. 

The momentum with them, Elmwood grabbed another and held on, to win 3-2, sparking massive celebrations from the Elmwood team and staff!

Special mention to our losing semi-finalists, St Marys edging out Henry Cavendish in another tightly contested 3rd/4th place play-off tie.  

Larkhall took the fair play award after showing great sportsmanship throughout the day. 

Special mention to our MVPs, Gideon from Bonneville and Brandon from Henry Cavendish both goalkeepers, who showed tremendous courage and fantastic shot stopping on the day.

Thanks to everyone who came!