The Chronicle

Junior 5 and Junior 6 girls took part in a triangular football tournament against Crescent School and Repton Prep on Wednesday 9 March. The event coincided with England Football's #LetGirlsPlay Biggest Ever Football Session and involved over 120 girls all delighted to put on their boots and head out to the fields to show off their footballing prowess, an initiative Crackley Hall School was delighted to support to help champion equal access for girls in football. #GirlsFootballinSchools

Everyone had a fantastic afternoon – a huge well done to all the girls who took part, it was super to see everyone getting fully involved and giving it their all.

On Wednesday 9 March, Crackley Hall Under 11s travelled to Repton School for the ISFA Midlands 7 a-side tournament. In blustery conditions, the boys soon settled and maintained an excellent standard of football throughout their matches, only losing once. They played excellently as a team, with all ten children contributing, regardless of which position they played. The boys finished 3rd in their group, having won three, drawn two and lost one; narrowly missing out on the top two positions, which would have taken them to the semi-finals. Well done everyone!

On Monday 7 March the U10 ISA Netball squad travelled to Stratford Prep for the ISA Midlands Netball tournament with Mrs Roberts and Mrs Duigan. Playing with the new rules of 5-a-side Bee Netball, where players change positions each half and each game, it all felt rather unfamiliar but the girls remained optimistic.

The team made a great start and won their first match 11-0. All the girls showed both great skills and flexibility, as they swapped from position to position. They then went on to win another three matches, 7-0 and 6-0 and 6-0. Up to this point the team had both shot and defended skilfully, and no one had had the chance to score against them. Our toughest match was against Tettenhall College, who beat us 4-2. We were delighted to come second place in our group.

The girls then played Tettenhall College again, to see who would come third and fourth. They started off really well and at half time we were drawing 1-1. It was a close match and both teams dug deep and played their hardest. At the final whistle, Tettenhall College just pipped us to a medal by winning 3-1.

All the girls represented their school extremely well, and they were a delight to coach, as they were real team players!

Well done, girls! Thanks for coming with us Mrs Duigan, and for the fabulous parent support.

The ISA Under 10 Netball squad were: Georgie S, Georgie R, Penny, Esme, Kate, Olivia and Emily D.

Well played to our U9s who took on Balsall Common on Thursday 3 March.

Our House football matches have been exciting us all this week. The results for the J3/4 matches are below:

• Jupiter v Venus 0-0
• Jupiter v Mars 4-0
• Jupiter v Saturn 3-0
• Saturn v Mars 2-0
• Saturn v Venus 1-0
• Venus v Mars 1-0

Final places and poits for the Houses are:

• 1st Jupiter 8
• 2nd Saturn 7
• 3rd Mars 5
• 4th Venus 4

Thanks to Mr Stedeford and Mr Kefalas for refereeing the matches.