2002/3 Girls' Hockey
Events and Results
1st XI squad, 2002
End of Season Hockey Report - Dec 2002: What a fantastic season! Winning is something that has to be learnt and this year Blundell's girls discovered what it was like to be very successful. Across the board there were some great victories and we won far more games than we lost. More importantly there was a huge sense of pride and loyalty. I have been very fortunate to be supported by a very professional team of coaches who insist on high standards. We are fiercely competitive on the pitch but this is always accompanied by good sportsmanship. Blundellian's get the balance right.
The highlights:
- 1st Team only lost one match and this was when they played Canford away without their West of England players.
- Three full colours Sally Friend, Georgina Sawrey Cookson and Liz Lennox (all-rounder)
- U14 Team had an unbeaten season
- Lydia Allen's England Trial (U16)
- The U16 (indoor) Team were runners up in the National Finals - 2nd best side in the whole country!
- The U16 (outdoor) Team winning the West of England finals (finished 4th in the National Finals)
- Lucy Simon and Lydia Allen representing the West of England
- Devon Champions : -
- Twelve County Players
U18 Outdoor
U18 Indoor
U16 Outdoor
U16 Indoor
U15 Indoor
U13 Mini Hockey
The list goes on... It is always a great pleasure to coach pupils here as they are enthusiastic, attentive but above all great fun!
Nicky Klinkenberg
Head of Girls’ Sport
Dec' 2002
Our congratulations go to Georgie Sawrey-Cookson GH, Sally Friend NC and Liz Lennox TH who have all been awarded their Full School Colours. Georgie has been ever-present in the team for three years and has proved to be an exemplary captain. Sally has also been in the squad for three years and she has always set the standards during training. Many younger players would do well to appreciate how such dedicated attention to skills practice can reap such rich rewards and Sally is now one of the sharpest (and fittest) strikers on the circuit. Her fantastic equaliser in the last five minutes in the 2-2 draw away at Millfield will stick in many supporters' minds for some while. Liz has been a stalwart for the team in goal and thoroughly deserves this accolade for her all-round contribution to life at Blundell's.
England Trial
Lydia Allen
West of England Lucy Simon,
Lydia Allen
West Trial Rose
Bancroft, Lottie Miles, Hannah Bazley, Sonja Heckstall, Jo Mardell
Devon County
U17A
Lucy Simon, Lydia Allen, Issy Davies
U17B
Jess Dorse, Francis Urquhart
U17 Reserves Rachel
Cotton, Jess Seymour
U15A
Lottie Miles, Sonja Heckstall
U15B
Carla Keenan, Tory Pouncey
U14A
Hannah Bazley, Jo Mardell, Becky Blackmore
U14B
Grace Gabbitass
2002/3 Captain of Girls’ Hockey - Georgie Sawrey-Cookson (GH)
Block Fixtures
| Opposition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | U15A | U14A |
| Maynard School | W 6-0 | W 5-0 | L 1-2 | W 2-0 | ||
| Canford | L 0-3 | D 0-0 | L 1-2 | D 1-1 | ||
| Sherborne Girls School | W 2-1 | W 3-0 | W 2-0 | W 5-1 | W 3-0 | |
| West Buckland | W 3-0 | W 5-0 | W 2-0 | W 3-0 | ||
| Wellington School | W 3-1 | D 2-2 | D 1-1 | W 4-1 | W 2-0 | W 5-0 |
| Clifton College | W 3-2 | L 0-2 | D 1-1 | W 2-1 | W 2-1 | D 1-1 |
| Millfield | D 2-2 | W 3-1 | L 1-3 | canc' | ||
| Taunton School | D 2-2 | L 0-2 | L 1-2 | canc' | L 3-5 | W 2-1 |
| King's Taunton | W 3-0 | D 1-1 | W 3-1 | canc' | W 3-2 | D 0-0 |
| Queen's Taunton | W 3-2 | L 0-2 | D 1-1 | W 1-0 | W 2-1 | W 7-1 |
Other Fixtures
| Edgehill College, 1st XI | W 4-0 | W 5-0 | |
| Stoodley Knowle, 1st XI | W 1-0 | ||
| King's Bruton, 1st XI | L 1-2 | W 2-0 | |
| Blundell's Staff Team | L 1-2 |
B Teams
| Opposition | U15B | U14B |
| King's Bruton A | L 1-2 | W 2-0 |
| Sherborne Girls School | W 1-0 | |
| Wellington School | W 2-0 | L 0-3 |
| Clifton College | canc' | |
| Taunton School | W 3-1 | |
| King's Taunton | W 9-2 | D 0-0 |
School House Fixtures
| Opposition | U13A | U13B | U12A | U12B |
| Taunton Prep' 7 a-side | W 3-1 | L 0-5 | L 1-3 | |
| Exeter Cathedral | D 2-2 | |||
| Sherborne Prep' | W 1-0 | |||
| St Peter's Lympstone | D 0-0 | |||
| West Buckland | W 7-0 | |||
| Wellington School | L 1-3 | L 1-2 | ||
| Clifton College | D 0-0 | |||
| Maynard School | L 0-2 |
Sherborne U18 Tournament - Runners Up
The 1st Squad narrowly failed in their bid to defend their title at Sherborne, losing on penalty flicks to Taunton after a very close game...
Sherborne U15 Tournament - Won (4th consecutive win)
The U15 team won the tournament for the fourth consecutive year.
| Group | Wellington School | W 1-0 | Catherine Kingdom |
| Leweston | W 3-0 | Lottie Miles x2, Sonja Heckstall | |
| Taunton School | D 0-0 |
Squad: Charlotte Vantreen NC
(Capt'), Rose Bancroft NC (V.Capt'), Jodie Coles TH, Laura
Friend NC,
Emily Albon NC, Hannah Bazley NC, Lottie Miles NC, Alice
Kerr NC, Lizzie Watts GH, Catherine Kingdom NC,
Stephanie O'Reilly NC, Sonja Heckstall NC, Tory Pouncey
NC
Devon County U18 - Won
West of England U18 - 7th
Devon Indoor U18 - Won
| Maynard School | W 3-1 | Lucy Simon, Issy Davies x2 |
| Exmouth Hockey C | D 2-2 | Lucy Simon, Sally Friend |
| Exeter School | W 7-1 | Lucy Simon x2, Issy Davies x2, Sally Friend, Emma Harris |
Squad: Liz Lennox (Capt'), Georgie
Sawrey-Cookson, Rachel Cotton, Amanda Norman,
Lucy Simon, Issy Davies, Emma Harris, Sally Friend, Anna Crosse
West of England Indoor U18 - 5th
Devon County U16 - Won
West of England U16 - Won
...qualified for Nationals on 3rd March 2003 and finished 4th
| Millfield | W 1-0 | Lottie Miles |
| Canford | W 2-0 | Lottie Miles x2 |
| Daunsteys | W 3-0 | Lottie Miles x2, Amy Morris |
| John Masefield | W 1-0 | Jess Dorse |
| Cheltenham College | D 1-1 | Lianna Hill |
| Clifton | L 1-3 | Amy Morris |
| Mount's Bay | D 0-0 |
Devon County Indoor U16 - Won
West of England Indoor U16 - 2nd
...qualified for Nationals on 24th - 25th Jan 2003 (see below)
| Gordano | W 2-1 | Rose Bancroft, Lydia Allen |
| St Mary's | D 2-2 | Rose Bancroft, Jess Dorse |
| Maynards | W 2-1 | Rose Bancroft, Lydia Allen |
| Millfield | L 0-1 | |
| Canford | W 4-1 | Rose Bancroft, Lottie Miles x2, Jess Dorse |
| Cheltenham Ladies | D 1-1 | Rose Bancroft |
Squad: Frances Urquhart (capt'), Jess
Dorse, Jess Seymour, Lydia Allen, Judith Durrant,
Rose Bancroft, Lottie Miles, Sonja Heckstall, Hannah Bazley, Tory
Pouncey, Karla Keenan
National Finals Indoor U16 - Runners Up
What a fantastic achievement! The U16 Indoor squad qualified with Millfield to represent the South West in the National Finals held over two days at Worcester. The girls, under the tireless direction of Miss Hoskings, have spent many evenings honing their indoor skills and they won their pool convincingly. Their only loss was after they had already won the pool and the U14s were given invaluable playing experience. They played their best game in defeating Coopers & Coburn (East Champions) 3-0 in the semi-final. In the final against Wycombe High, there were chances to have taken the game but on the day the opposition were worthy winners. It was a superb team effort, with Frances Urquhart giving exemplary leadership and the dynamic duo of Lydia Allen and Jess Dorse showing all the benefits and experience gained from a year playing in the 1st squad. Rose Bancroft caught the eye of the West U15 selectors and has been invited to attend trials in March.
National Finals Outdoors U16 - 4th
It was a matter of so close yet so far! The team were never outplayed and with a little luck could have finished at least second. The first game was lost to eventual winners Fallibroome 1-2. In the next match we overran Gresham's but just couldn't score and then lost to a sucker last minute goal 0-1. Then we played Eastbourne College and thanks to a fantastic display of goalkeeping by Claire Bowen we withstood their early pressure to run out 2-0 winners. In the last game against Repton we again dominated but fell to another last minute equaliser, 2-2. Fourth place in England is a magnificent achievement and the Technical Delegates and Umpires commented on our exciting style of hockey. Perhaps it sounds disappointing but we were so close - we were not outplayed in any sense and had several chances to win every game. It was a great experience for the girls to play on such a stage and we had the around 35 very vocal supporters helping to really put Blundell's girls hockey on the National map.
Squad: Frances Urquhart (Capt'), Claire Bowen,
Alex Steel, Judith Durrant, Jess Dorse,
Jess Seymour, Lydia Allen, Lucy Bazley, Lianna Hill, Jenna Witcombe, Tory
Hosegood,
Lottie Miles, Rose Bancroft, Alice Kerr, Sonja Heckstall, Amy Morris.
West of England U13 Mini Hockey Finals - 3rd
With the best 8 teams in the S West competing, this was always going to be a tough tournament. For most of our squad it was their first exposure to this level of competition and it was a steep learning curve. Many of School House have not played competitive hockey, or some no hockey at all, before they join Blundell's at age 11. The SH girls beat St Edward's, Glos 3-2 in their first game but lost their second 2-3 in a close match against Downs, Hereford. Two comfortable victories followed against Truro School 6-0 and Marlborough HC 7-0. Next came a hard match against the eventual winners, Millfield, which was lost 0-4. A win over Castle Court 4-0 restored morale but we lost 2nd place in the last game by allowing Clifton to equalise in the last 10 seconds for a 3-3 draw.
Squad: Jo Mardell (Capt'), Grace Gabbitas,
Becky Blackmore, Charlotte Venning, Laura Cole,
Bobby Frankpitt, Alanna Fraser, Laura Meadows, Louise Gillespie, Dido
Graham.
Devon County Indoor U15 - Won
Devon County Indoor Skills U13 - Runners-up