By Simar Anand and Mahi Patel On Monday 18th March 2024, the Tier 4 Hockey Finals took place between Kingsdale School and St. Augustine’s Priory, with our U16 team winning gold. This was a really eventful match between the two schools, with Kingsdale travelling all the way from Croydon to play. The U16 team, consisting […]
Category Archives: Sports
Report: Asian Games 2023
By Simar Anand The Asian games is a continental multi-sport event. Much like the Olympic games, it takes place every four years and involves players from nations from all across Asia. It gathers athletes from 45 countries every time and has more than 450 events. It has become the oldest and most esteemed event on the […]
Sporting Scandal Causes Social Upheaval in Spain
By Olivia Henry On the 20th of August 2023, history was made as the Spanish Women’s National football team won the Women’s World Cup for the first time, beating England by a goal to nil at Stadium Australia in Sydney. However, smiles fell to frowns and victory disintegrated into rage during the post-match awards ceremony […]
St. Michael’s Triumph Again: Senior Sports Day Review
By Lucia McQuillan-Puccetti and Simar Anand These couple of weeks have been especially eventful for all students at St Augustine’s Priory. Senior sports day took place on Monday 26th of June and was a key highlight of the week. There were a wide range of field and track activities; from 100m, hurdles, javelin, tug of […]
A Sport England Grant Scheme is Transforming the Lives of People with Complex Disabilities
By Simar Anand A sport England grand scheme is changing people’s lives and they are now being provided with great opportunities. This is a change being brought into activities from sensory tennis to climbing. People such as Dieumerci Yanga and Kian Kotecha are examples of how, despite the complex disabilities, the extreme sports have changed […]
Brazilian Professional Footballer, Casamiro, Leaves Sunday’s Match After Being Given a Red Card
By Simar Anand Casamiro, a Manchester United midfielder, had to leave the football match just 34 minutes later after receiving a red card. He now has the consequence of missing four games after the match on Sunday with Southampton; which did end in a draw. Anthony Taylor, the referee, did originally give the Brazilian player […]
Lionesses round off successful year at the BBC sports awards
Following their victory at the Women’s Euros in the summer of 2022, the England Women’s National Football team have been named BBC sports team of the year. After a 2-1 win against Germany with 25-year-old Chloe Kelly scoring the extra time winning goal, the Lionesses became the first English national football team to lift a […]