Category: Sport
U10 Boys Football Tournament @ St Aubyn’s
St Aubyn’s School hosted a football tournament on Thursday. Avon House were drawn in a challenging group against high-level opponents. The boys lost games against Chigwell, St Aubyn’s A and Keble, and failed to hold on to a 1-0 lead against St Aubyn’s B, drawing the game, 1-1. It came down to goal difference for…
U11 Girls and U10 Boys Football v Bancroft’s
One U11 Girls squad and two U10 Boys squads travelled to Bancroft’s School last Friday afternoon to take part in football fixtures. In what were all competitive matches, the scores were as follows: U11 Bancroft’s School Girls 4 – 0 U11 Avon House School Girls U10 Bancroft’s School Boys 1 2 – 0 U10 Avon…
Sports Council and Sports Leaders Join Force
Representatives of the Sports Council voiced how they would like to encourage more positive and engaging playtimes and lunchtimes for fellow pupils. As a result, a timetable has been created, with each representative allocated days and an area of the school to lead fun, active games. Sport Leaders have also been offered the opportunity to…
U11 Girls Netball Tournament @ St Aubyn’s
On Friday 6th October, the Netball team went to our very first tournament of the season hosted by St. Aubyn’s School. To start we played 4 matches and won 2 of them. This meant that we went through to the ‘Plate’ competition. We got off to a flying start, winning 3 matches so it all…
Arsenal Women v Liverpool Women
Girls of the Prep attended an opening fixture of the Women’s Super League on Sunday 1st October – Arsenal Women v Liverpool Women. Played at Emirates Stadium, the match was a record attendance for the WSL at 54,115. This eclipsed the previous record of last season’s Arsenal Women against Tottenham Women, of which the school…
Prep Sports Leaders
Monday saw the Prep Sports Leaders group deliver their first planned session to the Pre-Prep Ball Skills group at the Wells. The Sports Leaders had been tasked the previous week with planning a differentiated coaching session with the children from the Ball Skills group after school. The weather held and the skills being delivered varied…
U11 Boys Football @ Forest
Forest School hosted a U11 Boys Football Tournament on Saturday that was contested between five teams in a round-robin format. Avon House finished a respectable third-place after impressive victories again Forest (1-0) and Daiglen (5-0). There was defeats against St Aubyn’s (1-2) and Loyola (0-3), but the boys should take great confidence and pride from…
Inter-House Cross Country
Last Friday saw the Prep’s Inter-House Cross Country competition take place at Woodford Green Cricket Club. Prep pupils had prepared for the event in PE in a range of fitness-related lessons. Despite previous downpour, the sun shone strongly for the afternoon with many parents and family members in attendance. The circuit, that includes the Winston…
U11 Girls Football Tournament @ St Aubyn’s
On Tuesday, St Aubyn’s hosted an Under 11 Girls Football tournament. With emphasis on providing girls with the opportunity to play football, the team should be proud of their efforts. Despite not managing to win a game, it was an invaluable experience for some girls who have never taken part in an external football match….
U11 Boys Football v Loyola
Despite fixtures against WGPS being postponed, we were able to arrange a last-minute training match against Loyola last Friday. The boys played three fifteen minute thirds, with emphasis on coaching whilst playing. Despite the relaxed manner of the fixture, both teams were competitive throughout and fought hard to win each mini-match. Loyola won each third, 3-0,…
