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Indoor Team Athletics - Years 7 and 8

Thu 24 Oct 2019 Mr Jackson

Fifteen of our sports stars from Years 7 and 8 took part in an indoor team athletics competition at Wells Cathedral School. Hugh Sexey was competing against Crispin, Oakfield and Selwood.

The competition consisted of track events including an obstacle relay, and field events including shot put and standing triple jump.

Several of the running races were won by our runners. Winners included Chloe, Emmie, Olivia, Finley, Harry and Marcus.

It was less straightforward for to identify the winners in the field events. There were various scorers with clipboards. James standard long jump was amazing; as was Sofia's vertical jump. The technical prowess of Charlie and Finley's standing triple jumps were also sights to be marvelled at.

At the end, our Year 8 Boys team were declared winners of their team competition. Our other teams were very competitive too.

Hockey Match v Fairlands @Home

Thu 24 Oct 2019 Mrs Allen

Wednesday 23rd October.

Year 7

This was the girls’ first match against another school this term . They were a little apprehensive at first but soon began to play with flair and confidence. Great goalkeeping from Maddie R who made some vital saves in the first half. Fion H gave her all in midfield and Jez and Anna worked hard trying to get the ball into the net. Malikia and Sophie A were solid in defence. The second half , the girls fought back well. Izzy and Avril hit letting any thing through. Hugh Sexey managed to score three goals in the second half which meant the match ended In our favour 3-0

Well done . A very inspiring performance.

Year 8

An experienced team who did very well in the Mendip tournament last year. The first half ended with 1-0 to Hugh Sexey. In the second half captain Charli B blasted two more goals at a very strong Fairlands keeper. The team played very well as a unit, Beau,Jemima, Sophie, Jess F, Chloe and Scarlett in goal. Just before the final whistle, Sophie managed to place one more goal in the net. The final score was 4-0 to Hugh Sexey. .

Well done.

Thank you to Miss Crossland and the other girls who have trained constantly on a Wednesday evening.

Hockey club will continue after half term.

Year 8 Hockey vs Wells Blue

Thu 24 Oct 2019 Miss Crossland

Last Thursday, 14 year 8 girls attended a hockey fixture at Wells Blue School. After a slightly late start the girls were raring to go! We played our A and B team in 2 separate matches. Both teams started off well with the B team scoring an early goal against the opposing side. Scarlett put in a fantastic effort as goalkeeper with Katie making her debut as goalkeeper for our other team. The girls finished the matches with one team winning 2-0 and the other team unfortunately facing a 3-0 defeat. Gemma and Freya scooped the player of the match but all the girls played very well and should be proud of their efforts!

British Sequence Dancing Championship

Tue 22 Oct 2019 Mrs Hall

Alexa (6AF) and her partner Scarlett travelled all the way to Blackpool at the weekend to compete in the British Sequence Championship - a first for them. They danced really well and reached two quarterfinals against some excellent competition.

Well done Alexa!

Leweston Cross Country - boys team races

Wed 16 Oct 2019 Mr Jackson

Two teams (Y5&6 and Y7&8) of four took part in a boys team cross country event at Leweston School in Sherborne.

The competition was between four schools; Hugh Sexey, Colfox, Leweston and Millfield. All teams were strongly represented with a high standard of runners thorughout.

Our boys pushed hard over the 3 km course, which was slippy in places and had fallen apples to contend with in others, but didn't manage to win the team event.

Fynn, who continues to go from strength to strength, did win an individual medal.

A great effort from our Y5&6 team of Fynn, Jamie, Oscar and Zach and our Y7&8 team of Charlie, Ellis, Finley and Nathan.

The Leweston girls team races take place in November in which over 20 schools are expected to run.

Senior Cross Country League - Race 3

Tue 15 Oct 2019 Mr Jackson

The third and final cross country race for Years 7 and 8 took place at Millfield Prep School.

The course resembled a typical cross country with the inclusion of a mound and a water feature.

Well done to all of our runners for their impressive effort; Emmie, Jemima, Matilda, Olivia, Sofia, Charlie, Ellis, Finley, Lewis, Nathan and Oli.

Results not yet received for this race. This report will be updated if they are.

HSMS hosts Cross Country Festival

Tue 15 Oct 2019 Mr Waterfield

Last week (Thursday 10th October) we held our annual cross country festival where our feeder schools come to compete against each other in cross country.

The Year 3's did 1 lap around the school field (approximately 1 KM) and the Year 4's did 2 laps (approximately 2KM)

The five schools competing were Axbridge, Lympsham, Mark, Weare, and Wedmore. Everyone who participated did their schools proud, and did really well to complete the course despite the awful weather conditions

Congratulations to Wedmore for just piping Axbridge at the post, and winning the team event. Well done!

Our year 8 sports leaders ran the event and were absolutely brilliant. They led the warm-ups, ran with the children around the field, acted as marshals telling the children where they should go. Most of all they were very encouraging and kept the younger children going. Well done guys.

Also massive thank you to Mr Jackson for helping with the results/data.

Below is a photo of Wedmore's winning team, taken by Alex Thomas (Year 8 Sports Leader)

Football - U12 ESFA Nationals round 1

Tue 15 Oct 2019 Mr Waterfield

Gryphon School 2

Hugh Sexey Middle School 3

What a football match this was! A truly superb and nail biting match from two very good teams in very wet and horrible conditions

Playing on Gryphon's very wet boggy pitch , Hugh Sexey's started the match brightly and kept Gryphon in their half. We put their goal keeper under a lot of pressure, and some excellent work from our midfield four - Archie Whittaker, Eric Newton, Charley Boorman, and Noah Hutchings - enabled Oliver Kemsley (his first game back following an injury) to test the home goalkeeper with some great shots. Shortly after this Gryphon scored to put them 1-0 up.

As the weather got even worse, both teams continued to play some really good football, then Noah Cook slotted the ball home after capitalising on a great pass from Kemsley, running through to level the score at 1-1.

It was Gryphon who then came back stronger for rest of the first half. Following some defending errors from us, Gryphon striker scored to put them 2-1 up.

Half time score Gryphon 2 Hugh Sexey's 1.

At half time we had a team talk which was very inspirational. We all spoke about how we could turn things around, and as a group we made some tactical changes.

All credit to Charlie Halford who moved to defence enabling us to change to 4-4-2 formation, and allowing Harry Olliff to go on the wing to use his pace to put Gryphon under pressure.

Immediately in the second half we were able to put pressure on Gryphon and it wasn't long before our 'goal machine' Noah Cook scored his second of the game, slotting the ball home from the spot after being fouled in the area. The lads were now confident, relaxed, and believed they could actually win the game and score more goals. Hugh Sexey's now dominated the game, moving the ball all over the pitch and putting Gryphon under immense pressure.The final goal came when Harry Olliff set up Noah Cook, who drove it home for his hat trick.

Wow what a game - credit to all the lads; after being 2-1 down at half time they kept their heads and believed in each other.

A special mention should go to Josh Turrell who stepped in as our goal keeper. Josh was put under immense pressure throughout the game. He played superbly in the second half, making numerous great saves to keep us in the game.

Zak Ajai-Rowan and Michal Eames were rock solid at the back during the whole game - reminding me of the Ferdinand and Vidic days at United.

First Schools Tag Rugby festival 03/10/19

Fri 11 Oct 2019 Mr Waterfield

On this very wet day all the local schools came to Hugh Sexey's to compete in the tag rugby festival.

All the youngsters who participated should be very proud for representing their schools; the skills and team plays showcased on the day were fantastic. It was a close competition but Wedmore School turned out to be the winners on the day. Congratulations to Wedmore.

The Year 8 Sports Leaders led the festival and organised some coaching for the schools that didn't have a game. They took these schools off and did some skill zones with the pupils, concentrating on the areas that they needed to improve ready for their next game. All our sports leaders were superb at this.

A special mention must also go to Max Scantlebury and James O'Brien for refereeing the games - they did an excellent job.

It was a great day of rugby despite the weather. Well done to all involved.

Below are some photos from the day taken by Jasmine Lyons (Year 8 Sports Leader).

Georgina has talent !

Thu 03 Oct 2019 Mrs Harrison

Congratulations to Georgina (8RA) who came second in the Wells Got talent competition at the weekend. She was the last of 19 acts to perform, and wowed the judges and audience alike with her rendition of Defying Gravity from the musical Wicked.