Girls' Hockey
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i/c Girls' Hockey: Mrs NJ Klinkenberg (njk@blundells.org)
Blundell's girls' hockey continues to go from strength to strength and in many ways the 2003/4 campaign has been the best yet. We are definitely reaping the rewards of having an enthusiastic, experienced and ambitious coaching staff for all age groups and the fact that all girls are able to have some experience of our astro-turf pitch. We are encouraging a 'sport-for-all' approach where players of all abilities receive skills coaching and are thereby able to enjoy games at their appropriate level. The fact that so many senior girls opt to play hockey means that we can field 3rds and 4ths, and this is a strong testament to the validity of the overall games programme.
The hockey fixture list has been further strengthened this year, following the block fixture against Millfield in 2001, Canford and Marlborough are now welcome additions, and every effort is being made to provide all girls with the appropriate standard of opposition. The ever-increasing number of girls (currently 230) is now enabling us to run 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, U15 A&B, U14 A&B, U13 A&B, and U12 A&B.
Girls' Hockey, 2007/8
2007/8 1st XI hockey squad
Congratulations to the U18 Squad, who once again, were crowned Devon Outdoor Champions. In the finals they drew 1-1 against Torquay Girls Grammar, beat West Buckland 5-0 and Maynards 3-0 to finish on top.
U14s just failed in their bid to win the Devon Finals. They won three of their four matches,Churston Grammar 3-1, S. Dartmoor 1-0 and W. Buckland 2-0 but lost the deciding game 0-1 to Colyton Grammar.
The U16 Indoor Squad were runners-up in the County finals. Having beaten Exe Hockey Club and Exeter School, they found ISCA too strong. However, they still qualify for the West of England Finals at Cheltenham in December.
The U18 squad came desperately close to making the finals of the Indoor Hockey Championships. They comfortably defeated St Mary's and Wycliffe both 6-0 and then a fantastic 1-1 draw against Millfield saw a semi-final versus Cheltenham Ladies. In a very close encounter they went down 3 goals to 4 and ended up finishing in third place.
The Girls U14 Indoor Squad won the Exeter Area Tournament recently in a pool which included Exeter School, The Maynard and St Margaret's. They progress onto the Devon finals.
The U14s, having won the Exeter area Tournament, went on to win the Devon Tournament by drawing with Holsworthy, beating Plymouth College, Kingsbridge and Colyton Grammar to secure the trophy. Goal scorers were Hannah Watts (Captain), Mia West, Ciara O'Kelly,Tessa Ryder and Sophie Scott.
The U13 Devon Mini Finals saw our U13s lose a closely contested final to Exeter School. On their way through they beat Maynards 1-0, Dart Valley HC 3-0, ECVH Hockey Club 1-0 and Ivybridge 2-0. Charlotte Routledge led the way scoring 4 goals and the two Pollys, Carr and Thomas also netted goals.
The U13 Indoor Squad, once again, won the Hockey Skills Finals. Miss Hosking reports that they trained very hard for this event, finishing with a total of 141/2 points out of a possible 16. captain Charlotte Routledge gave an excellent acceptance speech when receiving the trophy from the Devon secretary.
Captain of Girls' Hockey: Jo Mardell NC/W
| 1st | 2nd | U16A | U15A | U14A | |
| Exeter School | Won 3-0 | Won 3-0 | |||
| Maynard School | Won 3-0 | Won 6-1 | Won 8-0 | ||
| Sherborne Tournament | Semi-finals | Runners-up | |||
| Plymouth College A | Lost 0-1 | ||||
| Sherborne Girls | Won 5-3 | Drew 0-0 | Won 4-1 | Won 4-1 | |
| West Buckland | Won 3-2 | Won 8-1 | Won 4-1 | ||
| Devon County Finals (Outdoor) | Won | Runners-up | |||
| Devon County Finals (Indoor) | Won | Runners-up | |||
| Clifton College | Drew 0-0 | Drew 0-0 | Lost 0-2 | ||
| Millfield | Lost 0-9 | Lost 0-2 | Lost 2-3 | Lost 0-5 | |
| Taunton School | Won 4-0 | Won 5-1 | Drew 1-1 | Won 3-1 | |
| Wellington School | Won 5-2 | Won 4-1 | Drew 1-1 | Won 3-1 | |
| King's Taunton | Won 3-0 | Won 2-0 | Won 7-0 | Won 2-0 | |
| Queen's Taunton | Won 3-2 | Lost 0-1 | Won 6-0 | Won 2-1 | |
| Canford | |||||
| Marlborough | Canc' | ||||
| West of England Finals (Ind') | 3rd | ||||
| West of England Finals (Out') | 4th/9 |
Other Fixtures
| One6s | U15B | U14B | U 14C | |
| White Eagles | Lost 1-4 | |||
| ISCA Dragons | Lost 0-2 | |||
| Plymouth College A | Lost 0-2 | Drew 2-2 | ||
| Sherborne Girls | Drew 1-1 | Drew 0-0 | ||
| Wellington School | Drew 1-1 | |||
| Exeter School | Drew 0-0 | |||
| Clifton College | Lost 1-2 | Won 8-1 | ||
| Exeter University | ||||
| Millfield | Won 3-0 | |||
| Taunton School | Won 1-0 | Lost 1-3 | Won 1-0 | |
| Exeter College | Won 2-0 | |||
| King's Taunton | Won 3-0 | Lost 0-1 | Won 1-0 | |
| Queen's Taunton A | Won 1-0 | |||
| Canford | ||||
| Devon County Finals (Ind') | ||||
| West of England Finals (Ind') |
School House
| U13A | U13B | U12A | U12B | |
| Mount House | Drew 0-0 | |||
| Blundell's Tournament | Won | |||
| Plymouth College A | Won 3-0 | Drew 1-1 | ||
| Sherborne Girls | Drew 1-1 | |||
| St Peter's, Lympstone A | Drew 2-2 | |||
| Wellington School | Lost 0-6 | Drew 2-2 | Lost 1-3 | |
| West Buckland | Lost 1-2 | Lost 0-5 | ||
| Clifton College | Lost 0-1 | Lost 0-4 | Lost 0-6 | |
| The Maynard | Lost 0-1 | Drew 0-0 | ||
| Taunton Prep' | Lost 0-5 | Lost 0-5 | Lost 1-2 | Won 3-1 |
| Grenville College | Won 7-0 | Won 11-0 | ||
| Stover School | ||||
| King's Hall | Lost 1-3 | Won 2-0 | ||
| Queen's Taunton | Lost 2-8 | Drew 1-1 | ||
| Exeter Cathedral A |
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