‘3 2 1 housey’ - Christ’s hospital hockey block competitions
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On the 16th of October, Christs hospital school held hockey block competitions to commemorate a good start to the hockey season.
Block competitions are a series of 7 to 11 a side hockey games where each girl’s boarding house plays against each other. Each round lasts around 7 and a half minutes.
Block competitions allow students to show their skills and assets and how much they have improved throughout the hockey season. The competitions are friendly matches that end in one girls house winning a trophy.
The houses that played included: Coleridge, Thornton, Leigh-hunt, and Barnes. Each team consisted of year 10 students
The First round was Coleridge v Leigh hunt – ending in 3-1 to Leigh hunt
We saw amazing play from Leigh hunt from the start. They brought energy and power to all the passes which brought them to their victory
Grace scored an amazing short corner goal for Coleridge
Second round was Coleridge v Barnes – ending in 3-1 to Coleridge
From the start, the defence from Coleridge skyrocketed. We saw some amazing defending from Sharon in Coleridge. The first half of the round ended at 1-1, with Zainab scoring for Barnes and Grace from Coleridge scoring at the last minute.
The second half of the round began to be intense. Simi from Coleridge said after coming off on the second half ‘I am feeling tired, but I am feeling very hopeful for Col because it looks like things are going up from now on’
The round ended with Sonya scoring a goal with an assist from Izzy and Theresa scoring with a lovely assist from Adanna
‘Amazing defending skills from Coleridge’ said Clara, sports captain of her house. Maka, member of the Coleridge team, added ‘and some energetic mid fielders’
The girls from both Coleridge and Barnes were very enthusiastic for the last and final round, shouting in support for their house.
Third round was Coleridge v Thornton - ending in a score of 1-1
‘I’m feeling excited, I really want to see us score ‘said Clara at the start of the match
Both teams put their all into the last round to secure a hopeful victory for their houses. Thornton showed off their attacking skills while Coleridge continued focusing on their defence
Izzy from Coleridge ended the game with an assisted goal
Chloe commented ‘it’s looking promising now’
After the matches, Mrs Graham, an umpire was asked if she thinks that the players have improved since the start of term, she replied ‘Definitely, some of the lower ones (players) were bringing their game on because they are mixed up playing with different people’
Students await the results of the matches, and one house will hopefully be able to claim victory!
