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Year 5 House Football Matches

Fri 23 Mar 2018 Mr McGrath

Congratulations to the celts who were the eventual winners of the house matches. The year 5 house football matches had to be rearranged due to a bout of heavy rain and cold weather during the first round of games. The enthusiasm displayed on both days was very pleasing but the standard and enjoyment was significantly higher during the warmer weather. All of the boys performed well and appeared to enjoy the occasion and competition.

Poppy wins the SW Regional Final of the Rotary Club Young Musicians Competition.

Thu 22 Mar 2018 Mrs Harrison

Congratulations Poppy!

I am delighted to report that on Saturday Poppy won the regional final of the Rotary Club Young Musician competition and is now preparing for the national final in Edinburgh on the 20th May. Over 8,000 students across the country enter this competition each year, competing for just 6 places in the final. Poppy will be competing against 16 and 17 years olds so this is a fantastic achievement.

Poppy - everyone at HSMS wishes you the best of luck!!

Year 7 Boys' Footballs vs Fairlands and Mark College

Thu 22 Mar 2018

Hugh Sexey 1 - 0 Fairlands

Hugh s Sexey put in an accomplished display against a gritty and determined Fairlands outfit. It was a wonderful atmosphere throughout with no player giving a back ward step in any challenge. Oscar Boorman was magnificent at the back and drove his team on. It was good to see Jacob Aberdeen playing with a smile on his face and he was one of a number of prominent players. Luc Griffiths broke the deadlock when he bundled the ball home bravely. The side then held onto a narrow victory. There were chances at either end but both keepers were in commanding form.

Hugh Sexey 9 - 0 Mark College

Many thanks to Mark College who made the journey to Hugh Sexey. It is always a pleasure to host Mark and I am thrilled that a prominent relationship is developing between the local schools. Kenny Poole and Liam Chick demonstrated there wonderful attitude by playing for Mark. They played with exactly the same level of commitment and drive that they would demonstrate playing for the school, and they were a credit to themselves, Hugh Sexey and Mark. It was a far closer game than the score line suggested with goalkeeper Toby Marshall busy throughout. Charlie Rant and Ben Turrell finished with hat tricks and their were goals for Lewis Conway, Freddie Willis and Henry Williams. Mark never gave in and demonstrated a resilience that we do not always see from our students when they experience defeat. They were a credit to their school and their teacher Mr Creaser.

Yr 7 House Football Matches

Thu 22 Mar 2018 Mr McGrath

Congratulations to the Saxons who were crowned winners of the year 7 house football. With so many able and enthusiastic footballers in year 7 it was always destined to be a well contested competition and it didn't disappoint. Harry Brown was a pillar of strength in goal and set a solid platform for the likes of Luc Griffiths, Ben Crook and Sam Callow. All of the players played with a terrific attitude and it was a pleasure to see them all enjoying their football.

Mendip Junior Cross Country League

Thu 22 Mar 2018 Mr Jackson

The final cross country race of the season took place at Tor Leisure in Glastonbury.

It was a fitting climax to the season where, up to the final race, the destiny of the winning Years 5&6 boys team remained in the balance.

The whole team have done themselves proud throughout the season. I have mentioned individuals in previous reports but this time I wish to namecheck the entire team of:

Year 5 girls - Emilia, Matilda and Sofia

Year 6 girls - Chloe and Katie

Year 5 boys - Charley, Charlie, Lewis, Liam, Misi, Ollie and Oli

Year 6 boys - Dennis, Finley, Nathan and Tom

There was an end of season award ceremony after the final race. Finley, having won every race, won the Year 5&6 individual boys trophy. Nathan, after another strong performance, achieved the third place trophy. The boys team were then also announced as winners (out of 25 schools).

First Schools Netball Festival - Thursday 15th March 2018

Thu 22 Mar 2018 Mr Waterfield

On Thursday we hosted the First Schools' Netball Festival at Hugh Sexey's, where the local schools participated in a netball tournament.

Weare, Wedmore, Mark, East Brent, and Lympsham all had 5 games against each other in a round robin tournament. I have to say all the teams played really well, the level of skills and team work shown on the day was superb. This was by far the best Netball Festival I have seen!

A massive thank you to Mrs Allen and the Year 8 sports leaders for running the festival: umpiring the games, collecting scores, and co-ordinating the games. As always they all did a fantastic job and everything ran very smoothly.

All the schools should be very proud of their teams, Congratulations to East Brent for winning the tournament, below is a lovely photo of them receiving the trophy from our Year 8 Netball Captain Mia.

U13 Girls Rugby - Somerset Schools Rugby Festival @Yeovil RFC

Thu 22 Mar 2018 Mr Waterfield

Hugh Sexey's entered two mixed Year 7 and year 8 girls team for this festival. It was great to be able to take everyone who has been working really hard in training over the weeks, to reward them with the chance to experience playing rugby against other local schools in Somerset.

What was really pleasing to see was that only 3 Hugh Sexey girls play weekly for local clubs -the rest of them don't play club rugby. For majority of these girls it was actually their first ever rugby match and they all did superbly.

Hugh Sexey Wolves was led by Aisling Kelway and Hugh Sexey Warriors was led by Hannah Gazzard; both girls play rugby for Winscombe RFC and they were both outstanding in leading their teams on the day.

The girls got to play 5 games; they all loved the experience and had great fun. As a result some of our players would now like to start playing more rugby - which is great to hear.

Well done to everyone involved, especially to the players of the matches: Rosa Roberts for her strong running skills, and Melissa Neill for her ferocious tackling and for scoring some great tries too.

It was a lovely afternoon of rugby - well done to all the local schools which participated. It is great to see girls' rugby improving massively year after year.

Mr Waterfield

Year 6 House Football.

Tue 20 Mar 2018 Mr McGrath

Many congratulations to the Vikings who were crowned house winners in the football competition. It was a joyous event with every boy taking part and playing their part in the competition. The level of performance was high, with Sam Tucker and Ethan Floyd doing a sterling job as referees.
Well done to all the boys involved.

Junior Cross Country Championships.

Tue 20 Mar 2018 Mr McGrath

Many congratulations to Hannah- 8JNB, and Henry- 8KS, who were placed 4th and 5th respectively in the Junior Cross Country Championships.

Rosslyn Park Rugby 7s trip cancelled Monday 19th March

Sun 18 Mar 2018

The decision has been made to not travel to the Rosslyn Park 7s. This is due to the recent weather and the potential hazards of travelling

Mr MCgrath

Leader of PE