Indoor Athletics team take Bronze

Team Hambridge Indoor Athletics team took home the bronze at the Somerset School Games county finals at Millfield.

The team of Year 6 and Year 5 pupils competed admirably with notable performances from Erin and Benjamin in the sprint relays and Freddie and Ellie in the field events.

The result capped off a good indoor season for Hambridge. Attention will now turn to the outdoor events in the summer term.

Blue House take KS2 Girls House Football Competition

The 2^nd of October to the 9^th of October was international girl’s football week at Hambridge School. We already have a successful girls football club so we decided to play an inter-house girls football tournament. The first matches were Blue vs Red and Green vs Yellow for KS2.

In the Blue vs Red match there was a lot of throw ins and goal kicks. But Blue advanced to the finals after beating red 6-0. In the Green vs Yellow match  there was a lot of goal kicks and saves but it was the Greens that advanced into the finals against Blue with a 4-1 win. It was great!

These results mean that Reds played Yellow for 3^rd and 4^th position. Blue then played Green for 1^st and 2^nd.  In the Blue vs Green match Erin got slide tackled twice by Jess the goal keeper and Lily! But she was okay. Despite a gutsy performance by Greens, the Blues proved to be too strong and took the title with a 4-1 win! We shook hands and congratulated each other. In the game between Yellow vs Red, Red won 4-0 letting them take 3^rd place and with Yellow finishing 4^th. 

Thank you, girls for taking part you played amazingly, well done. Also thank you to our referees Mr Thompson and Mr Francombe. Thank you to Mrs Mckay for organising this great event and a massive thank you for coaching us.

By Phoebe and Daisy

Football Report Hambridge V King Ina Thursday 1st October, 2015

On Thursday 1^st of October 2015 Hambridge took on King Ina In their first league football match of the season. King Ina dominated the opening four minutes with shots coming in from every direction. Luckily Joel in the Hambridge goal was equal to everything they threw at him. In the fifth minute however King Ina’s pressure paid off and they duly took the lead. Hambridge took the centre and within seconds Finlay crossed to Tom who scooped the ball round with his left foot and past the helpless keeper to equalise.1-1. King Ina took the centre and Hambridge won possession back quickly. The busy Joe produced a fine through ball to Freddie who saw his shot juggled by the keeper allowing Freddie the chance to score. Goal! 2-1 Hambridge. King Ina came back. Suddenly, the ball flew into the air. Smack! Faulkner was down and was forced off due to clash of heads. Oliver came on as Finlay came off holding his head in pain. But as soon as Oliver had entered King Ina caught Hambridge on the break and scored. 2-2. Come on Hambridge. Hambridge weren’t giving up though. Wild got the ball and dribbled to the edge of the box where he found Joe who coolly scored to put Hambridge back in front. 3-2 to Hambridge.

The whistle blew for the start of the second half. King Ina took the centre and within minutes they scored. 3-3. Hambridge kept on pushing but couldn’t get a goal back for 15 minutes. It was so tiring but we knew we could win it. Suddenly, Freddie was on the ball he passed it to Tom who nutmegged one and then Maradonna’d the second and scored. 4-3. Hambridge were in the lead. But King Ina were right back on the attack with a period of sustained pressure and a number of corners, Hambridge were having to dig deep. With seconds remaining a King Ina corner landed at the feet of Robinson who passed it to Trickey. His instinctive pass found Finlay in space. Out numbering the King Ina defence three one Finlay took the shot and scored. 5-3. The final whistle went Hambridge had done it. The man of the match was Henry for his excellent leadership at the back and for some timely interventions..

What a start to the season. Hopefully, Hambridge can carry on this form.

By Tom, Henry and Joe