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County and Midlands Hockey Champions

04 May 2010

Bedford High School for Girls U11 hockey team this week added to their County title by becoming Midlands Champions.

Bedford High School qualified for the Midlands Championship following their recent success in the Bedfordshire County Tournament where they beat, local opposition Bedford Modern and Dame Alice to win the County round.

In the Midlands Tournament the team won their group and progressed into the Semi Finals as a result of 4 straight wins beating:-

The Croft School, Warwickshire 2 - 0
Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire 5 - 1
Shrewsbury Prep, Shropshire 2 -0
Beachborough School, Northants 1 - 0

The Semi Final was against the very competitive Worcester Royal Grammar School but a well taken goal from Kate Axford clinched a much deserved place in the final. Despite the journey to Cannock for this tournament we met local rivals Bedford Modern in the final.

It was an exciting match that saw a number of goal scoring chances that neither team could capitalise upon. It was therefore down to penalty strokes which the girls took with skill and composure beyond their years. At 5 - 4 to Bedford High, our Goal Keeper Ffion Lucas made a crucial save which crowned Bedford High School for Girls Midlands Champions.

Squad:
Ffion Lucas, Lily Pettifar, Claire Kearney, Rebecca Downing Holmes, Katie Parrish, Elena Salmon, Ellie Collett, Octavia Cavill, Kate Axford (Captain).

This places the girls as one of the top 4 U11 School sides in the Country, which is an achievement that all of the team should be extremely proud of.

 

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
Fax:+44(0)1234 353552
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