PE Results – 22/11/24

Well done to Mils 13SR who this week made her first start for Bristol Rovers women. Although Mils has had lots of game time for the Gas Girls this was her first start and we are so proud of her! Even better…they came away with a 1-0 win!

Mils is an amazing football ambassador at Hayesfield and a great inspiration to lots of our girls. Keep up the good work Mils – we love following your success!

Well done to our amazing U13 football teams who this week completed in the Girls Utilita Cup. This is a national competition, where each EFL team hosts a local tournament. The Hayesfield girls on Friday played in the Bristol Rovers Cup for the opportunity to represent both Rovers and Hayesfield at the South West Finals later in the year!

We were fortunate enough to be able to take two 7-a-side teams. Hayesfield Royal Blues were all Y8 with one Y7 and the Hayesfield Pale Blues comprising of all Y7.

During the group matches the girls were immense with the Y7s not conceding any goals and the Y8s only 1 in the final minute. Both Hayesfield teams dominated to win their group and progress to the quarter finals!

Hayesfield Royal Blues won theirs against Orchard School and the Pale Blues beat Kings Oak to progress to the Semi Finals. Unfortunately at this point our two teams met which was a real shame as we were desperate for an all Hayesfield final however after an amazing semi final the older Hayesfield Royal team progress to the final against Yate Academy.

In the final Hayesfield again dominated but went 1-0 down following a penalty however fought back to 1-1 and with seconds to spare Esme (8SL) scored an outstanding header to win Hayesfield the match and a place to represent both Hayesfield and Bristol Rovers in the South West Finals! We have everything crossed for the next round as the finals are played at Wembley on May Bank Holiday!

Both teams were outstanding all day both in terms of their performances and behaviour and it was wonderful to spend a day with 18 exceptional young footballers.

Thank you also to Mr Dixon for supporting the event too!

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U15 Hockey vs Kingswood

The U’15 squad showed great resilience in very wet and cold conditions on Monday night against Kingswood’s A team.  Despite the big difference in playing time and experience our girls fought hard to the end.  We showed some great defending skills and worked well as a team, making the most of any attacking chances, which included scoring our goal from a textbook short corner routine (injection by Maisie (10SR), straight strike from Lily (10SR)).  Although the final score was 5-1 the girls can be very proud of their performance and attitude.

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U15 Hockey vs Wellsway

We travelled to Wellsway to play their U’16 team in preparation for the BANES tournament in a couple of weeks time.  The girls played some excellent team hockey, with great attacking play, some beautiful passing moves and were well backed up by our solid defence.  Another great short corner routine resulted in our first goal in the first half, and the second came in the second half from a great solo effort from Lily (10SR).  Well done girls!

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U12 Avon Plate Champions

On Wednesday 20th November our U’12 squad entered the Avon School’s County plate competition.  We were one of 8 schools to play in the round robin tournament, and the only state school! This was their first tournament they have played together and they all worked tirelessly to support each other and play some great hockey.  Three hours of hockey, seven games, six wins, ten goals scored and none conceded resulted in us winning the tournament! Congratulations to Rose (7EL), Charlotte (7PR), Sofia (7PR), Bea (7EL), India (7PL), Flo (7SL), Lucy (7SL), Esme (7SR).

KES	2-0
Badminton	1-0
The Downs School	2-0
Royal High	0-0
Clifton College	1-0
Clifton High	2-0
Redmaids’	2-0

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National Swimming Finals Success

On Saturday 16th November we travelled to Sandwell Aquatics centre to compete in the secondary schools’ Team championships.  The girls had qualified for both the Freestyle and Medley relays by being ranked in the top 30 of all teams in the country from the regional competitions. After a formal opening ceremony and a speech from the Mayor, the girls took to the pool in the Freestyle relay first.  A fantastic swim from all girls saw them finish in 12th place in the country and the best non-selective state school in England! After such a success they then swam in the Medley relay, and again produced some excellent performances.  Having qualified for the finals in 17th place, they managed to improve their ranking to 14th in the country.  An absolutely fantastic effort, and one the girls should be very proud of!