The Flagpole

Princethorpe pupils have helped Rugby and East Warwickshire's U14 hockey team qualify for the Regional Finals in the England Hockey Tier 1 Championship.

No fewer than six pupils were part of the squad that took Rugby and East Warwickshire through to the next round of the competition earlier this month.

Four victories against Bromsgrove 3-2, Beeston 4-2, Leicester 8-0 and a superb away win against Repton 8-2 on Sunday 8 March, helped the team finish joint top of table alongside Sutton Coldfield qualifying them for the Regional Finals.

The team's senior players have showed a great level of maturity throughout whilst the younger players have developed quickly, and together they have made a strong and cohesive passing team.

Unfortunately, as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak, the competition has been suspended. Nevertheless, this was a great achievement against the top clubs in the Midlands region. Tier 1 is the highest level of hockey a junior player can compete at.

Well done to Will Antrobus, Tom Hollis, James Robinson, Jamie Carr, Matthew Carr and Ben Smith. Definitely players to look out for in the future.

The Year 9 girls finished the season off with a friendly inter-house netball competition on Tuesday 17 March.

The girls have worked incredibly hard this year, so it was fantastic to get them out on the courts one last time to enjoy a final fun game. Of course, there was still plenty of great play with slick interceptions and tight defence but also plenty of light-hearted banter and amiable rivalry from all of the players.

The final results were 1st Fisher, 2nd More, 3rd Benet and 4th Austin.

Well played everybody, you have made great progress this year!

Inter House sporting activities kept all our spirits high last week and were a great way to finish the term. Well done to Benet House who took first place in a very competitive Senior Boys Football competition.

Final placings were 1st Benet, 2nd Fisher, 3rd More and 4th Austin.