All sporting match reports will be posted here detailing match results and more.
On Wednesday 4 October, our U14 girls welcomed Northampton Academy for the second round of the National Cup. The girls put in an absolutely outstanding performance, scoring 16 goals! They now advance to the third round.
Final score: CCS 16 - 0 Northampton Academy
After a successful season in Year 8, the now Year 9 football team kicked off their season with a national cup fixture at home against Weavers Academy on Tuesday 3 October.
CCS made a brilliant start, going 2-0 up quickly after the game started via goals from T. Goodman and C. Rosetti. Weavers hit back and scored two quickfire goals in return to take the game back to a draw. Undeterred by the setback, CCS pushed on and made it 4-2 at half-time after another goal from C. Rosetti and a great header from J. Fokou.
Weavers hit back immediately after the break to make it 4-3 and to make the game tight once again. CCS then hit their stride and scored four more goals before the final whistle with two further goals from C. Rosetti, J. Fokou and H. Mawer. Some resolute defending from the whole team including R. Southworth and O. McCarthy kept the Weavers score to 3.
The boys now progress into the next round to be played against Moulton school.
It was a wet and windy afternoon at Caroline Chisholm, but the boys were in high spirits, ready to play the first round of their National Cup journey. The boys started well, holding Lincroft at bay before going 1-0 down. However, a quick response from the boys saw us bring a goal back and take the game to 1-1. Some fantastic saves from Lenny F ensured us going into half time at 1-1.
A motivated group of boys went out to the second half prepared to give it 100% to try and get the victory. A quick counter attack from Lincroft saw us go 2-1 and then 3-1 down. The boys didn’t let their heads drop and brought a goal back through Toby M, taking the game to 3-2. Unfortunately, Lincroft added a further two goals taking the game to 5-2 but a 3rd goal for Toby M saw him secure his hat-trick and end the game 5-3. A massive credit to the Year 8 boys who played in the unpleasant conditions last night and gave it their all from minute 1 to minute 70. Good Luck to Lincroft in the next round!
On Tuesday 19 September, our U17 boys hosted the Royal Latin school from Buckingham for the first round of the National Cup.
CCS boys were under par in the first half but managed to end the half level at 2-2. Despite a far improved performance in the second half, they were unable to find the net and Latin scored to progress into the next round. 2-3.
This marks the end of formal competition for these boys, many of them started playing for the school in Year 7.
In June, the Year 8/9 hockey team won the School Games Year 8/9 District competition winning all their games against Sponne, Moulton and Magdalen. This result meant CCS qualified to represent South Northants at the School Games County Finals.
On Thursday 6 July, the team headed to Moulton College for the School Games Year 8/9 Hockey County Finals. The team were excited for the day and looking to follow on from last year’s success at the tournament. The girls played excellently, showing fantastic teamwork, enthusiasm and hockey skills to win 2 games and draw against a strong Wollaston side. The team scored 17 goals and only conceded 2 goals to be crowned County Champions!
CCS v Bishop Stopford 7-1 Win
CCS v NSG 9-0 Win
CCS v Wollaston 1-1 Draw
Coaches’ players of the tournament: E Spencer & F Robson
The team have been awesome all year and incredibly successful; School Games District and County Champions, U14 State School Midlands winners and 6th place at the England Hockey National State School Competition. Congratulations to all!
On Tuesday 11 July, two groups of our Year 7 girls travelled to Guilsborough. Group 7A took part in a league match and 7B enjoyed a friendly.
7A (pictured above) lost by just half a wicket, scoring 9 to Guilsborough's 9 1/2 win.
7B (pictured below) won their friendly match, CCS 9 - 5 Guilsborough.
Well done to all girls who took part.
Congratulations to our Year 7 girls who won recently in the League Rounders event. CCS won 14 1/2 runs to 9 1/2.
Player of the match: M Wittich-Jackson
A group of our Year 7 and 8 girls travelled to Magdalen on Tuesday 27 June to play a friendly game of rounders. The girls played incredibly well and won CCS 16 - 11 Magdalen.
Player of the match - A Lawrence.
The Year 9 hockey team have had a very successful season having won the district league and the Midlands finals. As a result of their success, the team were entered into the National Hockey Tournament held at Nottingham Hockey centre on the 4 May.
They travelled up to Nottingham in the morning for a day of hockey. A tightly packed schedule of 6 matches against schools from as far south as the Isle of Wight, to the North of Derbyshire awaiting. We travelled in the minibus with motivational tunes playing all the way the squad were excited and ready. Excitement grew as we arrived, and the scale of the event dawned. Six full size hockey pitches circling a club house, made a fine setting.
The group of 9 players have developed as individual players and as an effective team over the season and put together some well-coordinated and high quality plays. The team played some very strong opposition and put the defence under significant pressure. The assertiveness and commitment from Isobel. S, Mia. S and Radhika. M in defence to keep the score line low was exceptional. Emily M, from Y8 has had a fantastic year as the goalkeeper and has performed well beyond her years to make some very exciting saves during the tournament. Like the defensive play, the attacking performance got better and better though the tournament with many attacks being created by Ellie. S.
Weaving in and out of the opposition, great vision to release passes to the high forward Lucy. K, who relieved the pressure many times to receive the ball high up the pitch creating some super opportunities on goal against some very strong opposition, as well as some lovely accurate crosses to the back post. Another assertive player making great efforts in attacking and defensive play was Kiara. K. Last ditch tackles, never giving up on tracking back with a player or driving forward into space and having a significant influence on the play. The consistent and persistent efforts from midfield/wings Liv. S and Felicity. R. The distances covered by these two players, sometimes without receiving the ball, but to keep creating the opportunities was commendable.
With some games back to back the intensity was high. Rotating the players on and off the bench was managed well with the squad being supportive both on and off the pitch. CCS played their final match against the eventual winners of the tournament. By far this was the most impressive performance from the squad. The quality of the tackles, the communication and back up play was fantastic and really limited the opposition’s opportunities in front of the goal. Early on, CCS had an opportunity to score with a high pass from Ellie. S made to Lucy. K who narrowly missed. The high intensity continued throughout the game. The squad should be really proud of how the approached the high level of challenge and the quality of their performance. We are also very proud of how they conducted themselves at the tournament and how they responded to some difficult opposition.
The team finished 6th overall in the National A tournament.
Players player: Isobel. S
Coaches’ player: Emily. M and Kiara. K
