Saturday Football League Tables

Year Group	Played	Wins	Losses	Draws	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
7	4	2	1	1	11	8	7
8	4	2	0	2	11	3	8
9	4	2	1	1	16	10	7
10	3	3	0	0	12	2	7

Year 10 beat Roundwood Park

The year 10 Basketball team played Roundwood Park last night in the District League. The team won 75-21 in what was another solid performance with all playing a major role. Max Hood was excellent throughout, both offensively and defensively contributing 16 points. The second 5 started the game and put the team in a comfortable lead early on, making it hard for Roundwood to get into the game. The win puts the team in a good place with much confidence for Wednesdays game against St. Columbas away in the County League.

Year 10's Daily Mail Vase Campaign

The Year 10 rugby team have made an impressive start to the season. After meeting tough opposition in the opening round in the form of Berkhamsted Collegiate School the team dropped down into the vase competition. They have played two games and fought incredibly hard for two close wins. They beat a strong Kings Langley team 36 - 29 and had an attritional battle against Tring school, winning 12-10. The team have worked hard on improving their defence and the performance of Max Hood last week epitomised the fighting spirit of the team. They play Roundwood Park on Thursday to see who progresses into the next round.

Year 8's see off Sports College Queens

The year 8 Basketball team, in what was their first game of the season, put in a very impressive display against a strong Queens side who were very organised and right in the middle of their County League fixture card. The team were almost at full strength and started brightly. The height of Goldingay, Boost, Jacobs and Newman-Booth gave us a real advantage when rebounding at both ends. The fast break off Goldingay's accurate passing also ensured that we were able to make quick transitions from defence to offence and score quickly on the break. Nat Nicholls put in an excellent performance when he came off the bench and showed how much progress he has made since last year. This was a great display from the team who eventually ran out 41-32 winners.

Y9 and 10 Basketball teams go down fighting

Both the year 10 and year 9 teams lost to Beaumont and St. Columbas respectively. Both teams put in some excellent performances in what were 2 very tough match up's against the last years Y8 National Champions and some of Beaumont's National finalists. This show's the hard work and determination of the school's basketball teams and how far they have come in such a short space of time.

There were many positives to come out of the games and also some areas that need to be worked on for the future and for us to ensure we continue our run of success within the county and beyond.

Yr 11 Girls Win Plate Final!

This week the year 11 girls triumphed over STAGs in the plate final. Having recently competed in a close match against STAGs, the girls were prepared for another exciting match. The team was captained by Kazia Adams who dictated the pace of the game as centre right from the very start. We took an early lead and prevented STAGs from scoring at all in the first quarter due to some fierce defending by Lily Wright. In the middle quarters of the game STAGs fought back and managed to go into the last quarter with a one goal lead. The whole Sandringham team pulled together and with the shots by Ellie Glover and Alice Lawrence going in one after the other, we managed to clinch the win in the dying seconds of the game and gain the first bit of silverware of 2011 for the Sandringham School trophy cabinet. Huge congratulations to the whole team.

Team: Kazia Adams, Sophie Flynn, Alice Lawrence, Anna Podmore, Amy Hanton, Ellie Glover, Lily Wright, Hannah Saunders and Emma Poole

Sandringham success against Cavendish

Our footballing success continued yesterday, as our rearranged fixtures against Cavendish school saw us pick up one win and two draws. The year 9 team were away and playing on Cavendish schools 3G astroturf. The team came away with a 3-3 draw with goals through Max Bull, Luke Foster and an own goal. The team felt they should have had a last minute penalty to seal the game, but unfortunately the decision didn't go their way and they had to settle for a point.

The year 7 team also shared the game 3-3 against a strong Cavendish opposition with what was a controversial last minute equaliser in the very last kick of the game. Goals for them came from Alex Cox and Tom Levy who continues to find the net.

The year 8 team off the back of two consecutive draws and back to a full strength team produced a solid performance in the tough conditions. The team won 6-0 with Ed Freer (2), Tom Goodall (2), Matt Potter and Charlie Stubbs all on the score sheet.

Next week sees the year 8 and 9 teams both play their County Cup ties. The year 9 team play Kings Langley at home on Wednesday and the year 8 team travel to Stevenage to play John Henry Newman on Friday.

Saturday's football moved to Thursday night

This Saturday's football fixtures versus Cavendish school has been moved to Thursday night. The games have been changed due to Saturdays Rugby World Cup quarter final against France. The year 7 and 8 teams will be at home for a 4:00 KO and the year 9 team will be away. This week the year 10 team will have a weeks rest.

Another undefeated Saturday

Yesterday saw us take on Sir John Lawes, the ever strong outfit, who always present a strong test for our football  teams. The year 7 and 9 teams were at home and both managed to pick up wins. The year 9's took the game 2-0 with goals from Toby Parker and Tommy Wright against a well organised and battling opposition. The score could have been more if it wasn't for the woodwork as the team hit the bar 3 times. Dan Mair also showed his talent producing a fantastic double save at 0-0 which may have been the turning point.

The year 7 team again showed more sign of what is to come this year after scoring 5 without reply in what was a very one sided encounter. The team played some fantatsic football at times and are already making huge progress both individually and as a team.

Away at Sir John Lawes the year 8's and 10's both battled hard to ear themselves a draw. The year8's again playing some fantastic football were able to maintain their unbeaten record as they came from 1-0 down to take the lead 3-1 through Goodall (x2) and Ed Freer before being pegged back late on to 3-3. The year 10's thought they had earnt their first win against SJL in 4 years after going 1-0 up early on, however a second half equaliser was enough to share the points even through sustained attacks from the red and black outfit.

Another successful week for Sandringham's football teams. Next week sees games against Cavendish, let's hope there's no more clashes with the RWC 2011 again!