Sports
Newsletter St. John’s Senior School
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St. John’s Senior School North Lodge The Ridgeway
Enfield Middlesex EN2 8BE
Winning ways at St. John’s Contents:
Pg 1
Introduction
Boys Football
Pg 2
Netball
Pg 3 White Water
Rafting
Pg 4 School Cross
Country Borough Cross
Country
Golf
Pg 5
Olympic Fact File
School Cross
Country results
Prize Giving
Pg 6
Notices
Biathlon
Sports Performer
of the month
Clubs timetable
The P.E. department is proud to an-
nounce that St. John’s football and netball teams
have once again exceeded our expectations, with
only two league defeats thus far this season, and
some outstanding performances. We are certainly
looking forward to exciting times and are pre-
empting more trophies to be won. The tough
fitness regime and skill work followed during les-
sons are giving us the cutting edge during games.
The results are testament to the winning mentality
adopted by both pupils and teachers alike.
Mr. Hodgson
All three football teams have had an
impressive start to the season with all three sides
remaining unbeaten. The Senior boys have won all
their matches comfortably. Tamilore has been the
pick of the players, dominating in midfield, and
Matthew has scored five goals in only two appear-
ances.
The under 15s team have started strong-
ly with Andrew Connor commanding in midfield,
assisted by the wide play of Bedros and Ethan.
Defensively this team has been solid, the full backs
Jake and Tomas Buckland have worked hard in
keeping the opposition out and producing some
excellent passes from the back.
Finally the under 13s team have broken
school records. The boys destroyed Kings 18-0,
then went on to break their own record by beat-
ing North London International School 23-0. A
special mention should go to First formers Harry
Young who has dominated the midfield with ag-
gressive tackling, creative play and shooting that
would not look out of place in the Senior team.
Also Yiannis who has provided strength and power
up front, scoring an unbelievable 15 goals in 4
BOYS FOOTBALL W = Win for St. John’s D = Draw for St. John’s
RESULTS
1st/2nd Form Team St. John’s Vs St Aubyn’s W 4 - 2 Ceykan x 1 Yiannis x 3
St. John’s Vs Northbridge D 2 - 2 Elijah x 1 Yiannis x 1
St. John’s Vs Kings W 18 - 0 Ceykan x 5 Yiannis x 5 Harry Y x 5 Elijah x 1
Daniel x 2
St. John’s Vs Northbridge W 6 - 1 Kennedy x 1 Yiannis x 5
St. John’s Vs NLIS W 23 - 0 Daniel x 5 Yiannis x 6 Harry x 2 Ahmed x 2
Ceykan x 4 Kishan x 1 Richard x 1 Nicholas x 1
Own goal x 1
3rd/4th Form Team St. John’s Vs NLIS W 4 - 0
Ismail x 1 Bedros x 1 Thomas P x 2
St. John’s Vs Sherredswood W 7 - 0 Ismail x 2 Ethan x 2 Thomas P x 2 Andrew x 1
St. John’s Vs Kings W 2 - 1 Ethan x 1 Andrew x 1
St. John’s Vs Northbridge D 1 - 1 Thomas P x 1
St. John’s Vs King Alfred W 9 - 1 Thomas P x 1 Ceykan x 2 Ismail x 2 Yiannis x 1
Andrew x 1 Tomas B x 2
Senior Team St. John’s Vs Kings W 2 - 0 Tamilore x 2
St. John’s Vs NLIS W 4 - 2 Tamilore x 1 Matthew x 1 Phillip x 1 Jack x 1
St. John’s Vs King Alfred W 5 - 1
Newsflash!! St. John’s wins Enfield Borough football
Under 12’s 5-a-side Championship!
Full story to follow in School Newsletter out next term.
See Page 3
Autumn Term Issue : 6
Prize Giving
Sports Newsletter
Olympics
Fact File
Did you know?
There will be 471 medal
events at the Paralympic
Games in 2012.
The dining room in the
athletes village will be
the size of three football
pitches and it seats 5000
people.
205 nations will com-
pete in the 2012 Olym-
pic and Paralympic
Games.
The Olympic Park is the
size of 357 football
pitches.
School Cross Country
Results
Top 10 boys
1. Tamilore Fayemi
2. Andrew Connor
3. Luke Loukaides
4. Ethan Jamieson
5. Tomas Buckland
6. Matthew Maloney
7. Jake Ward
8. Samuel Leigh
9. Dennis Tockan 10. Uche Bartels-
Williams
Tamilore ran the course in
20:01
Top 10 girls Joint 1st/2nd Katie Lodge
& Alexandra Behrouzi
3. Niamh O’Leary
4. Shriya Unadkat
5. Ellis Hobbs
6. Efeilomo Akande
7. Laura Bird
8. Dawn Fasanya
9. Louise Fligman
10. Isha Amin
Alexandra and Katie ran
the course in 28:49
Academic year September 2010 — July 2011
Physical Education subject awards
1st Form Christopher Vazanias
Richard Thorpe
2nd Form Louise Fligman
Henry Penhaligan
Claudia Camera
3rd Form Ismail Akarsu
Andrew Connor
4th Form (GCSE) Rochea Dyer
5th Form (GCSE) Marwan Warda
Netball
1st/2nd Form Kyria Constantinou
3rd/4th Form Rochea Dyer
Senior Nicole Couzens
Football
1st/2nd Form Ceykan Karagozlu
3rd/4th Form Harry Reynolds
Senior Marwan Warda
Golden Boot Tamilore Fayemi
Tennis
Player of the year Joseph O’Leary
Athletics
Female athlete Rochea Dyer
of the year
Male athlete Tamilore Fayemi
of the year
Boxing
Boxer of the year Luke Loukaides
Golf
Golfer of the year Nicholas Odysseos
Cricket
Cricketer of the Aliraza Syed
year
Rounders
Player of the year Niamh O’Leary
Hockey
Player of the year Laura Bird
Arakawa Prize
Sportswoman Katie Lodge
of the year
Sportsman of Yiannis Katsaros
the year
Page 5
Olympic White Water Rafting
Page 3
Pictured white water
rafting:
Ben St John
Ryan Patel
Joshua Payne
Oliver Whayman
Mr. Russell
Andrew Baker
Christopher Carey
Harley Wallace
Jack Vanderpump
On the 7th of October pupils from the 5th and 6th
Form were invited to experience the white water rapids at the
Lea Valley Olympic site.
The afternoon started by getting kitted out in wet-
suits and safety gear and then we were briefed on the safety
aspects of the activity. Once this was complete we practised
paddling techniques and commands on flat water, including
rescuing each other.
It was then time to take the raft onto the main 300m
course, which consisted of drops of 5.5m on the average
slopes and a pump-powered stream flow of 13 cubic metres
per second, which we were told could fill a swimming pool in
ten seconds.
We rode the rapids completing five loops of the
course and thankfully no one fell out. The boys described
their experience as their best P.E. lesson ever!
Sports Newsletter
NETBALL GIRLS NETBALL
RESULTS
1st/2nd Form Team St. John’s Vs Chace W 19 - 0
St. John’s Vs NLIS W 19 - 0
St. John’s Vs Northbridge W 31 - 1
St. John’s Vs Kingsmead L 7 - 6
St. John’s Vs Highlands D 10 - 10
St. John’s Vs Latymer L 28 - 7
St. John’s Vs Lea Valley W 11 - 0
3rd Form Team St. John’s Vs Highlands W 14 - 6
St. John’s Vs Chace W 21 - 1
St. John’s Vs Lea Valley W 16 - 1
St. John’s Vs Southgate W 7 - 2
St. John’s Vs Kingsmead W 5 - 4
St. John’s Vs St Annes W 14 - 0
St. John’s Vs Latymer W 11 - 6
4th Form Team St. John’s Vs Latymer W 15 - 4
St. John’s Vs Northbridge W 8 - 3
Senior Team St. John’s Vs Latymer W 10 - 8
St. John’s Vs Kingsmead L 9 - 6
W = Win for St. John’s
D = Draw for St. John’s
L = Loss for St. John’s
The girls have made an excellent start to the netball season. They have
been training weekly during their lunchtime sessions and during their games after-
noons. All teams have been focusing particularly on accuracy of passing and im-
proving footwork. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Form players have been entered into the
Enfield Borough Netball League. In addition to our league games, we also partici-
pate against other Independent schools, State schools and Academies. Even
though we are so few in number, it is amazing that St. John’s regularly beats much
larger schools who have hundreds of girls to select their teams from.
Outstanding performances this year were seen by the 1st/2nd Form
mixed team with wins including 31—1 against Northbridge Independent School.
The 3rd Form team have won all of their league games, confirming their position
as top of their group to have a guaranteed place in the semi-finals in February
2012. The 3rd Form players level of skill was highlighted by beating Kingsmead
5 - 4, which is a close score, however they were actually playing Kingsmead’s 4th
Form, a year above and St. John’s still came out triumphant.
In total, we have played 18 games this term, but we have scored 230
goals compared to the oppositions measly 90 goals. What an achievement! We
will continue training throughout winter, playing friendly fixtures and subsequently
aim to continue our outstanding record until we reach the end of the netball sea-
son at Easter. The girls also have the end of season tournaments to look forward to, which take place around March.
3rd Form Team
Senior Team
1st/2nd Form Team
Page 2
Enfield Borough Cross Country Championships
Page 4
CROSS COUNTRY
On the 21st October all 1st to 5th Form pupils participated in the
annual cross country event. The course runs through a large woodland area
and it is quite strenuous, with up-and-downhill stretches as well as varying
surfaces, making it even more challenging. On request of the students, we
included another water station and also recruited extra 6th Form helpers to
run alongside the 1st Form students. Pupils were encouraged to beat their
individual times from previous cross country runs. We are all very proud of
the pupils’ achievements and the enthusiasm displayed on the day.
Thirty six St. John’s pupil’s
competed in the annual Cross Country
Championships at Trent Park on the 15th
November. Six teams competed in the
various age categories. This was a team
challenge and pupils ran extremely well,
with some outstanding performances in
particular by Efeilomo Akande, Megan
Jones, Harry Cox, Andrew Connor and
Tamilore Fayemi.
Golf
During my Thursday Games afternoons this term I have been playing golf
at Oakwood Park. Over the course of the term we have played Texas Scramble, in
which two teams hit as far as they can and out of the team they play the closest to
the hole. I have really enjoyed this!
In lessons we have also covered the correct technique to hit the ball,
learnt about when to use different clubs in different situations and putting skills.
Our specialist instructor Joe James is really friendly and encouraging, I think he is an
amazing teacher and I enjoy his lessons.
For anyone who does not particularly like team sports such as football,
rugby and netball, I would definitely recommend golf as an alternative Games option.
Reported by Alex Evans (2 Blue)
Tamilore displayed exceptional talent during the event and will pos-
sibly be considered for the County Championships in February 2012.
The teams achieved particularly good overall results against the
large local schools. The boys senior team came second, the girls mixed 2nd
and 3rd Form team came third and the girls senior team also achieved third
place, with the girls 1st Form team finishing 4th overall.
Sports clubs (Jan—Mar)
Anthony Crittenden (November)
Sports Performer of the Month
First Form Biathlon
Sports fixtures will take priority over sports clubs.
All pupils are welcome to attend lunchtime clubs, regardless whetherthey are in the school teams.
NOTICES
First Form compulsory
Swimming Gala will be
held at Furzefield
Leisure Centre, Potters
Bar on Saturday 17th
March at 6.00 p.m.
Mini Olympics inter-
house competition
week coming soon!
PE lessons and games
afternoon options next
term (January till
March) are as follows;
1st Form
PE - Swimming
Games (on site) - Cricket/
Trampolining/
Games (off site) - Boxing/
Horse riding/Shokk gym/
Outdoor pursuits (canoeing,
mountain biking and indoor
climbing).
2nd Form
PE - Fitness
Games (on site) - Cricket/
Trampolining/
Games (off site) - Boxing/
Horse riding/Shokk gym/
Outdoor pursuits (canoeing,
mountain biking and indoor
climbing).
3rd Form
PE - Fitness
Games (on site) - Badminton/
Table tennis/Trampolining/
Games (off site) - Boxing/
Shokk gym/Outdoor pursuits
(canoeing, mountain biking and
indoor climbing).
4th Form
Games (on site) - Badminton/
Table tennis/Trampolining/
Games (off site) - Boxing/
Shokk gym/Outdoor pursuits
(canoeing, mountain biking and
indoor climbing).
5th/6th Form
Games (on site) -Trampolining/
Multi sports
Games (off site) - Furzefield
astro turf football/Horse
riding/Furzefield gym.
First Form have recently taken part in
trials for the British Schools’ Biathlon Competi-
tion. The Biathlon provides a fantastic opportuni-
ty for school children of all abilities to take part in
a multi-sports experience, with the chance of
qualifying for the British Championships.
The criteria for the Biathlon is a 50
meter swim and a 500 meter run. During P.E.
lessons, we recorded pupils ties, and the results
have been sent off to the organisers of the com-petition. We are now awaiting the results, in the
hope that some pupils might have made it through
to the championships.
DAY
TIME
LOCATION
SPORT
YEAR
TEACHER
Mon 1.00PM Sports hall Girls
netball
1/2/3/4/5 Miss Foley
3.30PM Sports hall /
Field
Prep School
Boys football
Prep School Mr. Russell
3.30PM Sports field Boys rugby 1/2 Mr. Hodgson
3.30PM Sports hall Girls netball
(squad training)
1/2/3 Miss Foley
Tues 1.00PM Sports hall Boys & girls
Badminton &
table tennis
1/2 Mr. Russell
Mr. Hodgson
1.00PM Front field Girls hockey 1/2/3 Miss Foley
3.30PM Sports hall Prep School
Boys cricket
Prep School Mr. Russell
Wed 1.00PM Sports hall Boys & girls
Badminton &
table tennis
3/4/5/6 Miss Foley
Mr. Russell
Mr. Hodgson
1.00PM Sports hall Boys
basketball
1/2/3/4 Mr. Petrou
Mr. Reese
3.30PM Sports hall Boys cricket 1/2 Mr. Russell
Thurs 1.00PM Sports hall Boys
indoor football
1/2/3/4 Mr. Hodgson
1.00PM Front field Girls football 1/2/3 Miss Foley
3.30PM Sports hall Boys & girls
Fencing 1/2/3/4/5/6 Gabor Hadalin
Fri 1.00PM Sports hall Boys & girls
Gymnastics
1/2 Miss Cullen
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RESULTS
Girls Boys
Swim
1st Megan Jones Ben Pott
2nd Charlotte Proffitt Harry Cox
3rd Efeilomo Akande Hassan Aknar
Run
1st Efeilomo Akande Harry Young
2nd Megan Jones Harry Cox
3rd Jodie Hall-McAteer Anthony Crittenden