b'SPORTSFootballRugby We celebrated the first fixtureopportunity to learn how to playThe Year 10 rugby team played of the school year with thea match, learning the differentthe first match in almost two U15 girls team playing againstroles in the team, developingyears in November. There were Stover School. Sport staff weretheir football skills and tacticalexcellent debuts, a hat trick of incredibly impressed with theawareness. And, wow! They alltries and some huge impacts.standard of play, and even moredid amazingly well! The players thoroughly enjoyed it impressed with the amazingand are looking forward to more efforts in the torrential rain! TheA mixture of wins, draws andtraining sessions.match ended as a 1-1 draw, withlosses throughout the day, but theFinal score:the Stover goalkeeper makingteams were undeterred by thePaignton 36 - South Dartmoor 33. some outstanding saves to denyscores and just wanted to play us more goals. Thank you to Liamwell and encourage each other.and Jack, our Ctech leaders, for refereeing in such interestingAt the end of the tournament weather. the students were all presented with a medal each to congratulate Our players were invited tothem on how they played attend the Devon FA six-a-sideand for showing such good football tournament, on theirsportsmanship. They were newly refurbished astro turf inall extremely proud of theirMr Fuller and Mr Maller took the Newton Abbot. This focused onachievements and how theyYear 7 rugby team to Churston developing students confidence,progressed throughout the day.Ferrers Grammar School to team work and enjoyment ofMrs Mason and Mrs Ogley alsocompete in the annual U12 sport. There were six teams inhad some brilliant feedback fromtournament. The team played Years 7 and 8, including two fromstaff at other schools. against 15 other schools from all SDCC. over south Devon and finished their group in first place, winning Mrs Mason said: Our studentsall seven games with 30 tries had a mixed experience ofscored and only four conceded. actually playing football before,a couple had played for a clubThe team then lost in the closely or in PE, but a majority had veryfought final to Torquay Boys little experience. This was a greatGrammar School, but put in an immense performance full of determination and skill. The students performed superbly well throughout the day and represented the school with pride and passion. A great achievement for this talented group and one of many as they continue to grow together as a team throughout their timeat South Dartmoor.TruthRespectEqualityExcellence southdartmoor.devon.sch.uk 11'