The Flagpole

On Thursday 15 February the U13 Hockey Girls were crowned county champions for 7-a-side.  In three exciting matches they beat Stratford Girls Grammar 3-0, King’s High 2-0 and Bablake 2-0.  The girls have now qualified for the regional finals which will take place later this month.

Head of Hockey, Kat Berns commented, “Their latest win means that the girls are double county champions at both 7 and 11-a-side.  It was an excellent afternoon of hockey with great games and great competition from all the schools involved.”

Playing in the team were Issy Bunting, Eve Farquharson, Molly Harper, Jess Mackenzie, Evie Phillips (Captain), Jasmin Rose, Grace Thomas, Lara Tripp-Smith (Vice Captain), Molly Wincott-Thomas and Zoe Wallis.

Legends Hockey Camps will be returning to Princethorpe this summer, where you spend four days living hockey. Getting coached by world class coaches, playing some great hockey, and having a great time.

The dates for the 2018 Camps are:-

Camp 1 24 - 27 July

Camp 2 31 July - 3 August

All details for the camps, including booking can be found by visiting the website https://www.legendshockeycamps.co.uk

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Dexter on 07807 274421 or email colindexter@sky.com who will be most happy to assist you.

Before half term, from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 February, talented Princethorpe College Year 7 footballer Finn Osborn travelled to Barcelona to compete in the International Carnaval Cup.  Finn who plays for West Bromwich Albion’s U11/U12s team was competing against U13 junior teams from across the world including squads from Real Madrid, Valencia CF and Manchester City, as well as teams from as far afield as Japan, the United States, Ireland, Belgium and Finland.

The 28 teams taking part were split into seven groups with the winners progressing to a knockout stage. Finn has played in international competitions before and this time the young goalkeeper played in four matches. His team won their first group match 1-0, drew the second 0-0 but then lost the third 0-1.  They then lost their play-off match 0-2.  Valencia were the overall tournament winners beating Espanyol 1-0 in the final.

Finn commented, “It was amazing to travel to Spain and to take part in the Carnaval Cup.  I was pleased with how I played, I stayed focused and managed to save most shots.  The weather was much warmer than here at home and we even had time to go to the beach.  I also managed to learn a little Spanish.”

What a fantastic experience for Finn.

Any items of sports kit that require initialling can be done during the forthcoming Easter break.  Please drop your kit into the School Shop by 4.00pm on Wednesday 28 March 2018.  Please note all articles of clothing must be new or freshly laundered if they are to be sent to the embroiderers.  Items will be ready for collection from the shop when school reopens on Wednesday 18 April 2018.

You can have up to three initials and these must be include the first name initial and surname initial. 

If you have any queries please contact our Nicola Browne on 01926 634272 or email nicolabrowne@princethorpe.co.uk

Nicola Browne
Foundation Shop Manager