The Chronicle

We are pleased to announce that Marley Hardwick has been awarded Gymnast of the Week.

On Friday 23 March 2018, Crackley Hall sent two large enthusiastic squads over to Princethorpe College to participate in the ISA Midlands U11 Rugby Tournament.  Fifteen schools from across the Midlands were taking part including fellow Foundation junior school Crescent School, Burton Hathow Prep School, Heathfield Knoll School, Lucton School, Pitsford School, Tettenhall College, Mylnhurst Prep School, Akeley Wood School, Highclare School, Stafford Prep School, St Peter’s School, Old Vicarage School, Dixie Grammar and Castle House School.  Crackley Hall was one of only three of the schools to enter both a Contact and a Tag team.

In the Contact competition Crackley started well, playing confidently and scoring plenty of tries that ensured three wins out of four in the group stage. Crackley then faced Mylnhurst Prep in the play-off but sadly lost to a more powerful team 15-25 to finish fourth overall on the day.

Junior 6 Fynn Walker was epic in defence, with crunching tackles despite having been on crutches only a few days before!  Assistant Head, Charles Lamprecht, commented, “The rugby from all the schools was very entertaining, with some really hard-fought matches on display. Fynn has not been a regular in the A-team this year so for him to come in and perform the way he did was exceptional.” 

Joining their Contact sport peers at Princethorpe was Crackley Hall's Tag Rugby team, a mixed team of 15 girls and boys. In matches against some of the best in the region the Crackley team played exceptionally well, winning two out of three pool games convincingly, and just losing the third narrowly, so qualifying for the play-off for third place.

The Tag play off, again against Mylnhurst Prep, came straight after the last of Crackley’s pool games. The team started well, running freely and led for most of the match but towards the end of a fast and furious game they began to run out of steam.  Just as the last whistle was blown their opponents frustratingly scored a try to take the win and 3rd place. Crackley finished fourth overall.

Steve Vaughan, Teaching Assistant and Team Coach, summed up, "The Tag team were fantastic with plenty of strong evasive running and good all round team play.  It was really good to have girls and boys playing together and we were really unlucky not to come third."  Players of the match went to Seb Owen and Kaena Wasley for their tireless tagging and superb try scoring.

Well done to both teams!

The England Cricket Board have launched a new initiative to try and get more children into cricket at an early age called All Stars. 

Kenilworth's All Stars session is on a Sunday morning at the bright and early time of 9.30am-10.15am.  There is a free taster session at Kenilworth Cricket Club on Sunday 6 May 9.30am-10.15am and then the All Stars official 8 week cricket coaching course runs from Sunday 13 May. 

It is aimed at Reception to Year 3.  Sign up is online and the children receive a little kit pack once they are signed up.  Access to the All Stars website can be found by clicking here.