Saturday 24 October 2015

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

Tuesday 20 October 2015

Hambridge Storm into South Somerset Finals

Hambridge Schools Indoor Athletic Team stormed into the South Somerset Finals with a comprehensive win at the recent Langport event.

Taking a lead into the second week of competition Hambridge improved their scores across the events to win by a massive 700 points.

The win means Hambridge will represent the Langport CLP schools at the South Somerset Finals in December.

Well done Team Hambridge

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 2nd of October to the 9th 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 3rd and 4th position. Blue then played Green for 1st and 2nd.  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 3rd place and with Yellow finishing 4th

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

Thursday 15 October 2015

Hambridge Humbled by High Ham

Hambridge Year 6 Football team were humbled in their second league game of the season at home to High Ham.

Having beaten King Ina in their opening fixture Hambridge were full of confidence however they were facing an up hill battle from the very start as High Ham rushed into a 4-0 lead. Tom pulled one back after good work by Finlay put him in one v one with the keeper but High Ham hit straight back to take a 5-1 lead at half time.

The second half saw a fight back as a more resilient Hambridge emerged. Tom once again took the lead grabbing two quick goals to complete a hat trick and reduced the deficit to 5-3. With the pressure building on the High Ham goal Hambridge couldn't find away through and High Ham pounced on the break to seal the win with a sixth goal.

Hambridge will look to bounce back when they travel to Curry Rivel on Monday.

Year 6 celebrate Indoor Athletics Success

The Year 6 Indoor Athletics Squad they came away from their recent competition at Huish Academy having swept the board with excellent results.

Although the overall team competition results will be published on Monday results were given out for the highest scoring Boys and Girls in the first round of competition held on the 8th October 2015.

Phoebe  took first place with Lily  finishing second. In the boys competition Hambridge completed a clean sweep with Tom finishing first, Joel  taking second and Joe finishing third.


Year 3/4 Football Festival @ Ilminster Football Club

Year 3 / 4 Football Festival at Ilminster Football Club
Tuesday 13th October

The up and coming football stars of Hambridge School took part in their first football festival of the season. The friendly competition saw two Hambridge teams go up against teams from Hinton St George, Broadwindsor and two sides from Greenfylde.

The match of the tournament saw Hambridge A draw 1-1 with Hambridge B proving that the strength in depth is certainly there.

Well done to all those that took part.

Full results are listed below

MATCH RESULTS
Pitch 1 Hinton 1 v Hambridge A 0
Pitch 2 Hambridge B 2 v Broadwindsor 1
Pitch 3 Ilton 1 v Greenfylde A 1
Pitch 1 Hinton 1 v Ilton 0
Pitch 2 Hambridge A 2 v Broadwindsor 1
Pitch 3 Greenfylde B 0 v Hambridge B 3
Pitch 1 Hinton 3 v Broadwindsor 0
Pitch 2 Greenfylde A 0 v Greenfylde B 2
Pitch 3 Ilton 0 v Hambridge B 4
Pitch 1 Ilton 0 v Greenfylde B 1
Pitch 2 Greenfylde A 2 v Broadwindsor 3
Pitch 3 Hambridge A 1v Hambridge B 1
Pitch 1 Broadwindsor 5 v Greenfylde B 1
Pitch 2 Hinton 2 v Hambridge B 2
Pitch 3 Hambridge A 4 v Greenfylde A 0


Wednesday 7 October 2015

Football Report Hambridge V King Ina Thursday 1st October, 2015

On Thursday 1st 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 

Tuesday 6 October 2015

KS1 Fun Run Success

On Thursday the 1st of October twenty children from KS1 competed in the first KS1 Fun Run of the year.

An excellent afternoon was had by all with Hambridge taking a 1 (Amelia),2 (Rose), 3 (Maisie) in the Year 1 Girls race as well as a second place for James in the Boys Year 1 race.

In the Year 2 races Poppy and Kiera recorded first and second place respectively and Jack Male won the Year 2 boys race.

Cross Country Success

Wow! Was how one parent has described the first cross country event of the school year. Out of 86 pupils in Key Stage two, forty of them pulled on the green and white of Hambridge to run. You must admit this is fantastic for a school of our size.

Despite the testing conditions every one of the Hambridge team performed brilliantly.

Congratulations to William  who finished 1st in the Year 3/4 Boys race. There was also top three finishes for Erin  and Joe both recorded 2nd place in their respective Year 5/6 races.

Saturday 3 October 2015

Silver Award


We are proud to announce that Hambridge Primary School has achieved the Silver Award from Sainsbury School Games.

This award further underlines the schools commitment to developing wider opportunities for our pupils.

The award is given based on the number of children participating in school sports clubs as well as the number of children who are given the opportunity to take part in sport against other schools.

Last year we entered teams into competitive competitions in Football, Netball, Tennis, Rounders, Cricket, Gymnastics, MultiSports, Indoor Athletics, Badminton and Hockey.

In 2015/2016 we aim enter more competitions with more teams increasing the opportunities for pupils at Hambridge.