St Peters High School Gloucester Sports News

Boys Tennis:

2008-06-19T13:42:00.001+01:00

St. Peter's Under 19 Tennis Team got through to the Regional
Semi-finals. We beat Wycliffe College and a very strong Monmouth College
before going out to Cheltenham College. Cheltenham College have since
reached the national finals. The squad consists of Phil Hazelwood,
Oliver Duffy, Chris Cole, Kris Smith and Jordan Gleadell-Burt.

In the Under 13 and Under 15 events we are still in the County stages
but have beaten the 4 schools we have played so far. These include;
Cleeve, Kingshill, Balcarras and St. Edwards. We have 2 matches left to
play against Sir Thomas Riches and Marling.

The teams are:

Under 13 - Elliott Hopson, Charlie Ferrett, Jake Haywood, Liam
Britton-Jeal and Will English.
Under 15 - Chris Cole, Jordan Gleadell-Burt, Will Gardner, Seb Desando
and Chris Stephens.

Tennis

2008-05-08T14:07:00.001+01:00

St Peter's recently won through the regional first round of the
Glanville Cup Boys Under 19 Tennis Competition. The team consisting of
Phil Hazelwood, Oliver Duffy, Chris Cole, Kris Smith and Jordan Gleadell
Burt beat Wycliffe College from Stroud 4-2. The boys now face Monmouth
School in the next round.

The Under 13 and Under 15 school competitions start this week.

Our National Junior Club League teams that compete at the weekends have
done well. Our Under 12s consisting of Elliott Hopson, Jake Haywood,
Charlie Chapman (St. Marys Primary) and Ollie Palmer (Twyning Primary)
have a County Semi-final tie against East Glos Club from Cheltenham.
Our Under 16s consisting of Chris Cole, Will Gardner, Kris Smith and
Jordan Gleadell Burt have beaten Oxstalls Indoor Tennis Centre 4-2 and
lost 4-2 to Esporta. The match against Esporta could have gone either
way as at 1 stage we were up in 3 out of 4 singles and we ended up just
winning 1. We just have Cirencester left to play in this division.

Individually, we have had some great results lately.

Chris Cole in Year 9 won a Grade 4 Regional Tournament in Malvern in
March beating the Number 1 Under 14 in Gloucestershire in the final.
Chris has also just represented Gloucestershire in the Under 14 County
Cup where he played at Number 3 and won 4 out of 5 matches.

Elliott Hopson in Year 7 has won 2 Grade 5 County Tournaments in the
last 2 months - 1 at Oxstalls Indoor Tennis Centre and 1 at Esporta in
Brockworth.

Chris and Elliott are both currently ranked 4 in Gloucestershire for
their respective ages (Under 14 and Under 12) and both will hope to
build on these rankings this Summer.

There are several boys in our school who have seen their national tennis
ratings go up in the last month these are: Chris Cole (gone up 2
ratings), Jordan Gleadell Burt, Kristofer Smith and Elliott Hopson.
Kristofer Smith in Year 11 has had a dramatic rise as he only started
playing tennis at the end of Year 9. He is already ranked 18 in
Gloucestershire for his age and has beaten the Number 7 ranked boy at
Under 16 level in the last month.

In addition to the players already at St. Peter's - there are younger
members of our academy. These include Charlie Chapman (aged 9) from St.
Mary's RC Primary and Oliver Palmer from Twyning Primary near
Tewkesbury. Charlie Chapman has recently won an Under 10 County
Tournament at Esporta and Ollie recently attended Under 9 Midlands
Performance training at Solihull. Only the top 6 boys at this age in the
Midlands attended this training.

Tennis Results:

2008-02-12T15:25:00.003Z

Quite a few of our tennis academy boys have been in action lately.

Elliott Hopson in Year 7, played very well to win a Grade 5 County Tournament at Oxstalls on Saturday 9th February. Elliott is currently ranked Number 4 in Gloucestershire at Under 12 but should be moving higher on the back of this result.

Kris Smith in Year 11 has won 4 matches out of 4 in Grade 6 matchplay events at Cheltenham Ladies College the last 2 Sundays (3rd and 10th February) and Jordan Gleadell Burt in Year 10 has won 3 out of 4 in the same Grade 6 matchplay events.

Chris Cole (Year 9) recently represented Gloucestershire in an Under 14 County Match against Wiltshire.

Charlie Chapman in St. Mary's RC Primary School who is part of our Tennis Academy played at Number 2 for Gloucestershire Under 10's against Wiltshire on 3rd February and he won both matches. Charlie also won a 'Super G' tennis event at Oxstalls which is open to all kids under 10 from Hereford and Worcester, Gloucestershire, Avon and South Wales. Oliver Palmer who also accesses St Peter's Tennis Academy (he attends Twyning Primary, near Tewkesbury) and is a year younger than Charlie finished Runner-Up in the same event. These were exceptional performances from the 2 youngsters who have very bright futures.

Oliver Duffy in Year 12 will be jetting off to Jersey to compete for Gloucestershire in the Under 18 County Cup Competition - so good luck to him.

Netball

2008-02-12T15:25:00.001Z

Recently our Years 8 and 9 Netball Teams have beaten Katherine Lady Berkeley school who seem to be getting a bad time at the hands of St Peter's lately!

Hockey Results:

2008-02-12T15:24:00.001Z

Year 8 - have enjoyed taking a couple of notable scalps since Christmas and they firstly beat Whitecross school 2 - 1 and then Katherine Lady Berkeley School by 8 goals to 1.

Rugby

2008-02-12T15:23:00.000Z

We beat Wellington College at Newbury (neutral) ground 12 - 10 in the last 16 of the Daily Mail Cup and we are waiting to find out when we will be playing the Quarter-Final. It has been postponed due to a dispute with the RFU so as yet there is no fixed date for the match.

In the Under 15 competition the Year 10 team put up a real fight against Wellington who are possibly the best team in the country at this age. They eventually went down 12-5 but put in a great performance.

Rugby

2007-12-11T15:37:00.001Z

St. Peter's first 15 beat Royal Grammar School High Wycombe by 23 points to 10 it was a tough match but St. Peter's were too strong for the Buckinghamshire outfit. Next up at home are Wellington College in the Last 16 in the New Year.

Hockey

2007-12-11T15:36:00.001Z

In the Hockey Arena - St. Peter's qualified as winners of the West Division of the Girls Under 16 indoor hockey. The girls did very well to beat Cheltenham College by 3goals to nil.

Tennis

2007-12-11T15:32:00.001Z

The Under 19 boys team beat Bristol Grammar School on games convincingly. The match score was 3-3 and St. Peter's won by 29 games to 18.

Tennis

2007-11-28T16:01:00.001Z

2 weeks ago the Under 19 boys team beat the regional League leaders St.
Mary Redcliffe and Temple School from Bristol by 4 matches to 2. This
puts the boys back in contention to go through to the Nationals if they
can win their next 2 fixtures comprehensively against Bristol Grammar
and Beechen Cliff school from Bath. The boys are performing
exceptionally well and the team is Phil Hazelwood, Oliver Duffy, Kris
Smith and Tom Gadbury.

Rugby:

2007-11-28T16:00:00.001Z

St. Peter's Under 15 side beat Crypt away on Tuesday 27th November in
the latest round of the Daily Mail Cup. This was a great effort as this
was the school who knocked out Colstons from Bristol. Although it was a
tight game, the boys came through 10 - 5.

Rugby -Daily Mail Cup

2007-11-12T10:16:00.000Z

On Wednesday 7th November St Peter's 1st 15 beat St Bartholomew's College 64 - 18 in the last 32 of the Daily Mail Cup.
Next up are Royal Grammar School - High Wycombe at home in the Last 16. Good luck to the boys!

Half Term Hockey Tour

2007-10-30T15:17:00.000Z

Year 10 girls faced stiff opposition as they played Portadown Sixth Form College and they lost 5-0. They also played Atletic Terrasa and won 4-0.

Year 11 girls played CD Terrasa in their first match and drew 0-0 and beat Matadepera 4-0 in their second match.

The contribution of Miss Porter to this tour must be acknowledged as it was absolutely invaluable from preparation to delivery.

Half Term Rugby Tour Results

2007-10-30T15:14:00.000Z

BarcelonaThe Year 10 rugby team won both of their games against Geieg University RFC at Geieg University and against CEU RFC held at Barcelona University complex.

Ipswich
The first 15 rugby team won all their matches on the first day at the St Josephs Festival in Ipswich but their progress wasn't as easy on the 2nd day.

Rugby:

2007-10-28T10:18:00.001Z

St. Peter's first 15 beat Sir Thomas Riches school on Wednesday 17th October in the latest round of the Daily Mail Cup. The lads now progress to the regional stages of the National Competition.

The first 15 this weekend travel to Ipswich for the annual St. Joseph's festival of rugby.

Tennis

2007-10-28T10:17:00.001Z

Boys Under 13 Tennis:

South West Regional Final v Chase School, Malvern.

It was played at Oxstalls on Tuesday 16th October and the lads played exceptionally well but went down 4-2. Chris Cole won his singles by 6 games to 4 against a higher ranked opponent and kept up his record of not having lost a school singles or doubles rubber at his age group all year. Will Gardner accompanied Chris to win the other match - with a doubles victory. Elliott Hopson played extremely well as did Jake Haywood but they lost to 2 lads who were 2 years their senior.

The Under 18 side drew with Colstons on match wins but unfortunately lost overall on games.

Rugby:

2007-10-14T10:33:00.000+01:00

St. Peter’s are into round 3 of the Daily Mail Cup where they play Sir Thomas Riches School on Wednesday 17th October. The last round saw St. Peter’s beat Marling 51 - 0 and the game was stopped after 60 minutes due to 50 points difference.

St. Peter’s Under 15 team recently beat Central Technology Collegel 50 - 0 in the first round of the Daily Mail Cup and the game was again stopped after 60 minutes. On Tuesday 2nd October St. Peter’s Under 15’s beat Chosen Hill School

Skiing:

2007-10-13T13:31:00.001+01:00

An U19 Ski team was entered into the Regional area qualifiers at
Gloucester Ski Slope.

Tom Wilkinson, James Mozol and Hayden Williamson raced to win their age
group and came second overall on the day. They travel, with James Davies
who has been injured, to compete in the National Finals in Stoke on
October 13th/14th. We wish them all the best!

Hockey:

2007-10-13T13:30:00.000+01:00

Years 8, 9 and 10 are all unbeaten this season.

The Year 11 team are competing in the U16 National Schools Tournament on
the 11th October.

Tennis:

2007-10-13T13:28:00.000+01:00

The Boys Under 13 Tennis Team are through to the South West Regional Final where they will play The Chase School from Hereford and Worcester. The boys have had a great run this year including knocking out St. Edwards from Cheltenham in the County Final 4 - 0 without needing to play the doubles. They actually lost to St. Edwards 6 - 0 in June which makes the result all the more satisfying. In the regional semi-final they then saw off Dauntseys School from Wiltshire by a score of 5 - 1.

The team consists of Chris Cole, Will Gardner, Elliott Hopson and Liam Britton-Jeal.

The Boys Under 19 Team start their Winter campaign in the Nestle National Winter Competition against Colstons from Bristol on the 9th October 2007. The squad consisting of Phil Hazelwood, Oliver Duffy, Kris Smith, Tom Gadbury and Dan Young will be looking to go further than the Regional Semi-Finals that they achieved last year.

County Championships Performances by our players in August:

Oliver Duffy - Boys Under 16 Runner-Up and Boys Under 18 Doubles Runner-Up.
Chris Cole - Boys Under 14 Plate Winner and Boys Under 14 Doubles Semi-Finalist
Elliott Hopson - Boys Under 12 Quarter Finalist.
Will Gardner - Boys Under 14 Last 32.
Charlie Chapman (St. Marys - feeder primary) - Boys Under 9 Quarter-Finalist and Under 10 Doubles Semi-Finalist.