Hambridge hosts CLP Year 3/4 Football

On Thursday the 16th June, 2016, Hambridge became the venue for the annual CLP Year 3/4 Football tournament.

9 schools from across the CLP played in a fantastic tournament that was played under sunny conditions.

Just like the European Championships in France, there was plenty of competitive action with all the teams being evenly matched.

After an initial group stage which saw Long Sutton and Curry Mallet advance from Group A and Charlton Mackerel and Hambridge advance from Group B. It came down to the semi finals.

Charlton Mackerel fought their way past Long Sutton and Curry Mallet held off a late fight back from Hambridge to advance into the final in which Curry Mallet proved too strong winning 3-1.

All the teams can be proud of the day they played on an afternoon where football was the real winner.

CLP Basketball

Team Hambridge returned from a competitive and enjoyable Basketball tournament proud and happy with their performance.

The team were unbeaten in the group stages but unfortunately were defeated by Levels Academy Trust rivals Middlezoy and Othery 1-0 in the semi finals.

Congratulations to Middlezoy and Othery who went on to win the competition and will now represent the Huish CLP at the South Somerset Area Finals

Hambridge 10 Huish 1

Team Hambridge football team produced a stunning second half display in this friendly game against fellow Levels Academy Trust School Huish Episcopi.

Hambridge found themselves 3-0 up at half time thanks to Joe R, Tom T and an own goal. But it was the second half where Hambridge stretched away. Tom completed is hat trick and Joe R scored a second half hat trick with Freddie scoring two to make it double figures.

The scoreline however didn't not reflect the game and on another day Huish could have scored a few themselves.

Hambridge Take Area Cross Country Title

Team Hambridge have won the Area Cross Country competition.

In wet and muddy conditions at Huish Academy Hambridge were trailing by 11 points going into the Year 5 and 6 boys race.

The boys finished strongly with Tom T and Oliver W claiming top 10 finishes to ensure the title came back to Hambrdge for another year.

The foudation was laid in the earlier races with Erin S winnning the Year 5/6 girls race, Will T winning the boys 3/4 race with Will M finishing 3rd and Thomas A  producing a fine run to finish 7th.

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.

Badminton Silver

Team Hambridge celebrated a silver medal at the Somerset School Games Finals at Millfield.

The team were narrowly beaten in to second by Wiveliscombe.

Badminton coach Mr Francombe was proud of his teams efforts. Having finished first and second at the South Somerset finals, Hambridge were represented by two teams. The A team, made up of year 6 pupils, performed amazingly well to finish second and collect the silver medal. The B team squad included a number of year four pupils who stepped up to represent Team Hambridge, due to the competition clashing with the Indoor Athletics final, proving the talent runs deep at Hambridge.

Indoor Athletics Success

Hambridge Indoor Athletics squad are today celebrating reaching the Somerset County Finals after a thrilling afternoons competition in the South Somerset Finals.

Competing against eight schools from across South Somerset Hambridge emerged as joint winners along side Milford Junior School.

The team put in some excellent performances especially in the Boys 4 x 1 lap relay, the girls 6-lap paralauf and the boys soft javelin.

The squad of eighteen children from years five and six will now go on to represent South Somerset at the county championships on the 15th December at Millfield.

Badminton Teams Make County Finals

Hambridge will once again be represented at the Somerset Sainsburys School Games Badminton finals.

After securing first and second place at the Huish CLP event both Hambridge teams went on to the South Somerset finals.

In a keenly contested afternoon, Hambridge A emerged as winners with Hambridge B finishing runners up. Both teams will now go on to represent South Somerset in the county finals at Millfield on the 15th December.

Girls make it a hatrick of titles

The Hambridge Girls Football Team claimed the Huish CLP Girls Football Title for a third successive year.

After a nail biting semi final that saw Hambridge win on penalties against old rivals Charlton Mackerel the girls played King Ina in the final.

The final proved to be as tense as the semi as Hambridge took the title winning 1-0.

Well played girls.

Hambridge Girls held at Charlton Mackrell

Hambridge Girls Football team played out an exciting 4-4 draw against Charlton Mackrell.

The game was an end to end affair that saw Charlton rush into a 3-0 lead by half time. Hambridge came back in the second period scoring three of their own. Charlton re took the lead however a spirited Hambridge team bounced back to equalise in the fading light.

Inter-house Year 6 Boys Table Tennis Tournament gets underway

The Year 6 Boys Inter house Table Tennis championship got underway on Thursday with the Group stages be played. The twelve boys from Year 6 were divided into two groups of six. Each player played five group games with the top two from each group qualifying for the Championship semi finals.

The players finishing third and fourth from each group go into the Plate semi finals with the fifth and sixth placed players from each group going into the Bowl semi finals.

All semi finals will be played after half term.

Group A
                      P   W   L  Pts
Freddie          5    5    0   15
Ben                5    4    1   12
Oliver            5    3    2    9
Joe C             5    2     3   6
Joe G             5    1     4   3
Joel                5    0     5   0

Group B      
                      P    W   L   Pts
Joe R             5     5    0    15
Tom               5     3    2    9            (Tom finishes second due to a better head to head record v Henry)
Henry            5     3    2     9
Stanley          5     2    3    6             (Stanley finishes fourth due to a better points difference)
Finlay            5     2    3    6
Andrea           5    0     5    0

Championship Semi Final draw
Freddie v Tom
Joe R v Ben

Plate Semi Final draw
Oliver v Stanley
Henry v Joe C

Bowl Semi Final Draw
Finlay v Joel
Joe G v Andrea

Year 6 Boys Football Team fall short at YTFC Tournament

The Year 6 boys football team finished runners up in the recent Yeovil Town Football League Schools tournament.

The event held at Huish Park, Yeovil on Friday 16th October, 2015 saw two teams from Hambridge take part further underlining the strength in depth at the school. Unfortunately, Hambridge B were unable to get out their group with Hambridge A qualifying for the knock out stages.

However the A side were taken to a nail biting sudden death penalty shoot out in their Semi Final against Wyke. Indeed they were indebted to goalkeeper Joe who made the all important save after Tom  had given Hambridge the advantage.

Unfortunately Hambridge's efforts were undone as they came up against a strong Selwood Academy side who went on to win the tournament.

The final result shouldn't detract from an excellent day's football. Well done to everyone who took part and a big thank you to Mr Francombe and Mr Akers for their help in organising the day.

Hambridge A & Selwood Academy

 Hambridge B

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