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BHSG: County Badminton Champions 2009

23 January 2009

'Play it, Love it, Live it'.....the motto of Badminton England.

Since September, the Year 8 team have done just that every Wednesday night under the guidance of Colin Pearson, the County Badminton Coach.

This was our first visit to the County Finals and the girls got off to a flying start with a Bedford High 5-0 win against Ashton School. Stopsley School provided a sterner test and Alice Devaney showed the value of a well-executed drop shot during her doubles matches.

Hana Staddon used her tennis experience to great effect in her singles to move her opponent around the court and secure a 21-10 victory as the team took the match by 4 games to 1 and move into the semi-finals!

Harry Elston played a real cliffhanger and narrowly lost 20-21 but she rallied in her doubles match with Lucy Page and the girls eased their way through to the final! Application, perspiration and inspiration were the ingredients of a nail-biting 3-2 victory.

Georgina Hind, Alice Devaney, Lucy Page, Harry Elston and Hana Staddon had played it, loved it, lived it and WON IT!

Bedford High School for Girls are the 2009 County Badminton Champions.  Congratulations to all the girls and a very special thanks to Colin Pearson for his coaching expertise.

GCSE Results

Girls have once again achieved some truly excellent results in their GCSE examinations this summer. 29% of all results were at A* grade, 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B.

 Carla Barberio, Rebecca Murray, Hannah Short and Surina Taneja all achieved 10A* grades, Tessa Forbes and Chloe Scott 9A* grades, Connie Fan, Yasmin Jamil and Frances Whittaker-Wood 8A* and Emily Myrtle, Lauren Roberts and Georgia Austin Greenall 7 A* grades.

Eighteen girls were sitting their examinations having spent, in most cases, only 3 years studying in English, and yet between them they amassed results which closely mirrored the overall percentages: 21% A*, 54% A*-A and 76% A*-B.

Although I am sad that our boarders are unable to progress to Bedford Girls' School for their Sixth Form studies, I am delighted that most of our very top achievers will be going on to take A level or IB courses there.

I wish every girl who left Bedford High School at the end of Upper 5 the very best of luck for their future studies.                       

Julie Eldridge 

 
Dahs Bedford High School for Girls
Bromham Road, Bedford MK40 2BS UK
Tel: +44(0)1234 360221
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