School News
U13 County Hockey Champions
Although Bedford High started their first 11 a-side tournament a little slow and Dame Alice showed that they were a group of very talented hockey players, Bedford High's Maddie Forbes and Fiona Ramsbotham (U12 player!) were focused from the beginning and did not allow a single ball past them in defence.
Soon enough the whole of the Bedford High team began to play some great hockey. With superb linking play from our county hockey players Maddie Pugh, Tilly Olney and Martha Jensen the ball often made its way to the forward line. After some very skillful play from Lizzie Corkery, the ball fell to Beth Summerfield who slotted the ball with pinpoint accuracy into the corner of the goal minutes before half time.
With a quick break the girls were ready and raring to go in the second half and it wasn't very soon after the start that the forwards were taking plenty of shots at the Dame Alice goalkeeper. It was only a matter of time before Bedford High would secure another goal and after some quick stickwork in the 'D' by Tilly Olney Bedford High won a short corner. After a superb injection of the ball by Olney to the top of the 'D' Martha Jensen struck the ball with force towards the goal, taking a deflection on the way into the roof of the net. The girls held this lead till the final whistle with superb workrate from the midfield line of Bethany Nutt, Maddie Pugh, Lizzie Corkery, Tilly Olney and Martha Jensen.
The final score was 2-0 to Bedford High School for Girls and they were crowned County Champions! The girls put in 110% effort throughout the game and they should be extremely proud of their performance today.
A special mention goes to Fiona Ramsbotham for an outstanding performance playing for the year above! Next stop....
U13 Mini tournament after half-term! Well done girls, a great team performance!
Team: Kate Summerfield, Amber Stewart, Maddie Forbes, Fiona Ramsbotham, Beth Nutt, Maddie Pugh, Bella Palmer, Lizzie Corkery, Minna Raban, Tilly Olney, Martha Jensen, Evi Craddock, Lucy Bayfield, Helen Knight, Cat Clark and Beth Summerfield.
