The Courier

We were very excited to accept an invitation to the U9 Twycross House Mini Rugby and Hockey Festival. Spirits were high on the journey to Twycross, and what a difference a week can make in the weather, glorious sunshine unlike the torrential rain the week before.

Both teams played exceptionally well showing great promise for the rest of the season.

The girls hockey started with a 3-0 win to Derby High School 'B' Team, settling quickly and building on their knowledge of space from the previous week's games at Bablake. They then took on Derby High School 'A' and came away with a well contested 1-0 win.

The next game was against the host team, with some fantastic passing and attacking play the team came away with a 2-0 win. After a short rest break Crescent took on The Old Vic School, by this time the team had really gelled well and were making strong passes, switching play and showing some great dominance in attack, coming away with a 3-0 win.

The penultimate match was against Highclare, who had some strong ball carriers and saw us concede our first goal, some great movement and attacking play but we just couldn't quite finish it off. A great afternoon of hockey development finished off with a final game against Twycross resulting in some fabulous well worked goals. All of the pupils played fantastically.

Crescent U9's rugby team used all of the lessons learned from last week's match to devasting effect at the Twycross House Festival Of Rugby, playing fast-paced, flowing and phenomenal rugby throughout. After a hard-fought 2-1 win against the hosts in their opening game, Crescent went on to dominate the rest of the tournament, winning their remaining four matches by clear margins. All of the opposition coaches praised the side for their deadly blitz defence and crisp handling skills, as well as their fantastic attitude. Special mentions for Josh and Finn for their super try scoring, and to the undoubted player of the tournament, Feranmi for his incredible all-round play.

On Thursday all of the Year 3 girls travelled to Bilton Grange for a hockey festival against Bilton Grange and Stoneygate U9 and U8 pupils.

The festival was fast and furious with lots of opportunity for the girls to practise and develop their skills. All pupils played in six short games and it was fantastic to see how we made progress, learning from experiences in every game.

All of the girls worked exceptionally hard and showed great determination and resilience.

Mrs McCollin. Mrs Dowling and Mrs Chang

The U11 and U10 Girls Hockey teams made a wonderful start to their season against Crackley Hall.

The U11s took on Crackley Hall U11A team with an impressive performance showing great stick skills, pace, passing and tenacity to come away with a well deserved 2-1 win.

The U10s took on Crackley Hall U11B team. We had two teams and all pupils played exceptionally well, holding space, moving on to the ball and reading the ball well. Lots of attacking play and solid defence saw a 2-0 win and 2-1 win.

Players of the Game went to Sophie, Everly and Amber.

Fantastic results all around for Crescent in the fixtures against Crackley Hall, a great start to a promising season.  

Mrs McCollin, Mr Nelson and Mrs Dewes.

Crescent U11s got their rugby season off to a flying start with a comprehensive victory away at Crackley Hall. Despite many of the side only having had very limited experience of full contact rugby, Crescent adapted instantly to the style of play, passing and running with pace, and tackling with real power and determination. Excellent support play, quick rucking and an almost impenetrable defence enabled them to take a 3-0 lead at the break. Although Crackley did eventually manage to pierce the green defensive wall and score two tries of their own, Crescent responded strongly in attack, scoring four more of their own, leaving the final score at 7-2.

Player of the match voted by the opposition side was Alex B for his two lightning-quick length of the field runs, with special mentions for Herbie, Zac and Max for their ferocious tackling, Harry, Maxi and Sam for their creative skill with the ball and captain Ed M who hit every single breakdown with force and determination.

Mr Adkins and Mrs Dowling