This week we went into our game against Offley with a point to prove, after coming so close last week. The boys started well, taking early control of the game but Offley looked solid in defence and were always a threat going forward. After some good play the ball broke for Finley at the back … Read more
William Ransom took a clean sweep of the boys and girls table tennis tournament this week with some incredible performances. The teams went into the tournament with high expectations, after winning the tournament last year and the girls also progressing through the level 3 tournament, all the way to the nationals. We got off to … Read more
Our A and B teams travelled to Samuel Lucas on Thursday for their matches. As the weather was cold and it was starting to get dark we decided to play rolling halves, with the children rotating during their short breaks in play. The A Team made an excellent start, attacking the ball well. Play was fast but … Read more
Welcome to our new Orbit team for 2016/2017. We are all busy working hard on articles and reviews for the Autumn 2016 issue which will be finished later this term.
Well done to both our teams for their win at Offley on Wednesday evening. Despite chilly conditions, both teams worked together to secure their wins! The A team moved the ball well even though some struggled to find space due to tight marking from the opposition. With the evenings becoming darker much earlier, our game … Read more
We recently took part in the ESFA, where we had mixed success. We started with a good performance against Highover, managing to secure a 2-0 win. There was some excellent passing and brilliant finishes. Our next two matches were against the eventual winners and runners up of the tournament and so we were facing strong … Read more
We recently took four teams to compete at the NHSSP cross country event at Knights Templar school. It was a fairly difficult course, with lots of short but steep hills to negotiate. We had four boys and four girls taking part from Year 5 and 6. All children did extremely well showing great determination to complete the … Read more
The William Ransom girl's football team played Whitehill in the first round of the Wix Cup. With the score 2 all at full time, the game went into 10 minutes of extra time. Unfortunately William Ransom lost out as Whitehill scored and went through to the naxt round. Well done girls, you played some great football.
The girls played in the ESFA tournament on Wednesday last week. They played three games in their round. They beat Breachwood Green and Mary Exton. By losing out to Ickleford they went through to the next round as runners up in their group. Once again they had to play Whitehill who had won their group. Reversing the … Read more
Well done to both teams who won their games at Ickleford on Thursday evening. With only Roan out of the boys available to play, the A-team played well and over three thirds of 10minutes a third, managed to beat Ickleford 6-1. The games were fast and the speed sometimes caused some careless throwing and catching, but … Read more
