Termly Sport Review
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Summary of the year
- 244 teams
- 1334 fixtures
- 49.5% win ratio highlighting a balanced fixture list
- 20 representative sports
- Project 1000: 1076 pupils represented the school (86.4%)
- 98.8% of Lower School played in fixtures, 94.9% of Middle School
- 50 Caps, for participating in more than 50 matches across the year, were awarded to the following pupils:
- Year 7 – Eva (69), Xavier (66), Imogen (56), Leo (55), Bella (55), Ivan (50)
- Year 8 – Oliver (80), Milly (74), Alice (65), Chloe (63), Stan (58), Ben (55), Peter (55), Isaac (50), Evalyn (50)
- Year 9 – Julien (64)
- Year 10 – Dibbe (70), Amani (55), Tasia (52), Imogen (50)
Athletics
At the Kent IAPS Championships:
- Navaah broke the school record for the 100m
At the Kent Schools Track and Field Championships:
- Matilda ran 10.93 in the hurdles, winning the event and breaking the school record
At the ESAA Track and Field Regional Cup:
- The inter girls team scored 465 points and have qualified for the national final
- The junior girls team scored 330 points
- The inter boys team scored 355 points
Basketball
The boys U14A beat Whitgift 54-52 in a thrilling match.
The boys U15A and U17A both beat Tonbridge.
The U12As played in the South-East Junior NBA finals, finishing fourth. Xavier won the shooting award.
Cricket
The U15 girls beat Hurst in the U15 T20 national cup to reach the regional semi-final. Ruby and Emily both scored 50s.
The U13 girls beat Epsom in the quarter-finals of the T20 national cup. Alice got 5 for 14 and Chloe scored 118 not out from 66 balls.
The 1st XI boys hosted a touring team from Northern India in a well-contested match.
Ruby scored 100 not out for Kent v Essex.
The U15A girls beat Forest School by 10 wickets and are now in the regional final.
The U13A girls are also in the regional final.
The U15A boys beat Sutton Valence in the County Cup quarter-final but then lost by 34 runs to Kent College in the semi-finals.
The U13A girls won the Reigate Sixes Tournament, winning all their matches on the day.
The U17 girls played in the national plate finals day at Haileybury, losing to Sedbergh and Culford. Ruby scored 131 not out against Culford in a tight-run chase.
Golf
Sanjana won the May Cup in Kenya, shooting level par. She has also qualified for the England Girls Open Championship, the Champions of Champions World Championships in Ireland, TKG Junior World Championships in Scotland and the Venice Open in the coming months.
Hockey
Millie, Chloe, Milly, Elisabetta and Eva have been selected for U13 South Saxons and will be competing in the UK Lions tournament in Nottingham next month.
Sailing
At the RS Feva National Championships at Dalgety Bay, Scotland. Sevenoaks performed brilliantly in the windy and challenging conditions, with two boats finishing in gold fleet and four boats in silver fleet, winning the Top School prize for the second year running.
Sevenoaks School hosted the BSDRA Hoad Shield at Bough Beech Sailing Club. The 26 teams competing from 11 BSDRA organisations were met with unseasonably blustery conditions which lasted throughout the day. The new kSail Single Change Swiss League format was used for both the Firefly and RS Feva divisions, which created close and competitive racing for all teams throughout the day. Stage 1 consisted of 64 races for the Firefly division and 50 races for the RS Fevas before moving onto the finals. Four teams represented Sevenoaks with two teams in each division.
Results:
RS Feva 2v2
- Sevenoaks Black, 2nd
- Sevenoaks Blue, 5th
Firefly 3v3
- Sevenoaks White, 3rd
- Sevenoaks Red, 9th
Shooting
At the Kent County Long Range Championships:
- Amanda – Winning C class
- Bella – Bronze in C Class
- Simi – 4th place in C Class
- Bella and Simi – 4th place Open Pairs
- Amanda – Silver in Ladies’ Competition
- Bella – Bronze in Ladies’ Competition
- Amanda – Bronze in Juniors
- Amanda – 4th overall
Squash
Ciara played in the U19 French Championships, finishing fourth.
Tennis
The U15 boys narrowly finished third in the 16-team tournament. They beat Bradfield, Whitgift and St Paul’s en route to the semi-final where they lost to Hampton by one point.
The U15 girls reached the last 32 of the national cup before losing to Bede’s.
The senior girls reached the last round of regional knockout before the nationals in the Aberdare Cup, losing to Bede’s.
The U15 girls won Division 1 in Youth Schools Year 9 and Year 10 and are through to the regionals.
The U13 girls won Division 1 in Youth schools Year 7 and Year 8 and are through to the regionals.
The U15 boys won Division 1 in Youth Schools Year 9 and Year 10 and are through to the regionals.
The Senior girls, U15 girls and U13 girls won the Kent Schools Doubles.
Isa and Lola won the Girls’ National Doubles Tournament at Wycombe Abbey.
The U15 and U14 mixed teams won the triangular tournament against Cranleigh, Epsom and Wellington, with the U18s finishing second.
Volleyball
Sevenoaks U15s finished third and fifth in the Tonbridge Mixed Tournament.
The girls retained the Brighton College Beach Tournament title, with the boys finishing second for the second consecutive year.
