Regents Review Spring 2019

The Regents Review Spring 2019

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

number of good team tries. With some coaching between games the girls began to play a touch to tackle game in the afternoon. The girls enjoyed the physical side of the game, but playing against some Year 8s made tackling

the league and in the semi-final of the cup. The Year 7 boys team are currently second and Year 9 boys team are fifth. The Year 7 and 8 girls team are third. Good luck to all teams as the season draws to an end. We are looking forward to competing for the Southampton Rounders League following our success last year. Training will be on Wednesdays after school, all are welcome and matches are on Tuesday’s. We are pleased to say that cage cricket will also be returning after Easter with games scheduled against St Georges and Bitterne. Double Year 8 indoor football success: both our Year 8 boys and girls indoor football teams were crowned champions. They both qualified for the finals after beating tough competition and went on to win the respective leagues at the finals. Congratulations to all involved. Coming up: • Rounders Enrichment Day - Thursday 25th April 2019 • Southampton Swimming Gala - Wednesday 8th May 2019 • Southampton City Athletics Championship - Friday 5th July 2019 • Regents Park Sports Day - Monday 1st July 2019 Sports Day We are pleased to confirm that Sports Day 2019 will take place at Southampton Sports Centre (SO16 7AY) on Monday 1st July 2019. The day will comprise of sporting workshops followed by a variety of competitive tournaments. More information coming soon. Year 7 & 8 Girls Rugby Festival It was a fantastic experience to take a group of girls from Year 7 to play rugby at Winchester Rugby Club. Many of the girls had never played rugby before and it was wonderful to give these students their first opportunity to play. The girls began the day playing touch rugby, learning about creating space whilst passing the ball backwards. The girls quickly grasped the concept and as a result scored a

quite a challenge. All the girls had a fantastic day and I would encourage them to consider joining a rugby club. “I had one of the best

days; I got to have fun with my friends and play a really cool game. Mr Sinclair was really nice when I did things wrong and I really liked it. It was the BEST!” Rosie Pybus - Year 7 “I had fun, great day

playing rugby. I have learnt how to play and met some great teams. It was a fun and amazing day.” Sarah Rek - Year 7 Year 8 Boys Rugby Festival Year 8s attended a rugby festival at Southampton Rugby where they competed against a number of schools in Hampshire. All students were a credit to the Regents Park displaying many of rugby’s core values of: teamwork, respect, enjoyment, disciple and sportsmanship. For some students this was the first time they had played, let alone in a competitive situation. Unfortunately we lost all our morning games which meant we were at the bottom of our group. The groups were rearranged in the afternoon and we played the teams from the bottom of other groups. The games in the afternoon were much more competitive and enjoyable. We played some fantastic rugby with some ferocious defending at times. The students had a fantastic time and learnt a lot too. Well done Year 8.

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