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Sport Successes from the Autumn Term ATHLETICS Anna Brophy and Elise Thorner represented Somerset at the English Schools’ Combined Event Championships with the team winning bronze and the girls finishing 12th and 24th respectively.

BIATHLON Thirty Millfield and Millfield Prep athletes qualified for the National Biathlon final.

CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING Millfield hosted the annual Millfield Challenge, playing host to 80

pupils from ten schools. Two teams went to the annual Marlborough Sporting Clay Shield at Barbury where the A team placed 2nd and Alex Maddock won High Gun with Freddie Frost coming in at an amazing 3rd place on his first runout for Millfield. Eight pupils competed

in the Scottish Schools’ Nationals, with the 1st team winning the overall competition and the 2nd team winning the B team competition. Martha Jacobs won the second Ladies High Gun and Ewan Sands won the Skeet competition by a competitive one shot. At the Marlborough Sporting Clay Shield, pupils competed against ten other shooting schools with Alex Maddock winning High Gun with a score of 34 out of 40 and Martha Jacobs finishing 3rd in the ladies competition.

FENCING Millfield competed at the South West Senior Championships where James Yuen and Arianna Balestrieri won the Senior Foil titles for the South West Region and Somerset. James retained his titles from last year, making him the first to do so in 20 years. Arianna Balestrieri and Becci Curwen have been selected to join the GB U17 team going to Austria with the aim of qualifying for the World Championships.

FOOTBALL Several of our football players have been selected for the Independent Schools Football Association (ISFA) South teams.

GOLF Emily Price and Mimi Rhodes have been selected for the England U18 team. At the Alex Quin Invitational in St Mellion, the Millfield team finished 3rd overall and in the HMC National Foursomes they beat King’s Taunton 3-0.

HOCKEY Seven Millfield players have been selected for a High Performance Assessment Camp with England Hockey and a further nine players have been selected for the England Hockey Futures Cup competition. The U16 girls’ squad have joined the U18 girls through to the Regional Outdoor competition and the 1st XI won the Indoor County tournament. In the USA, Old Millfieldians Olivia Allin (2008-15; Overleigh) and Torzie Boylett (2013-15; Warner) won the Ivy League Championship with Harvard University; it is the first win for Harvard since 2004.

MODERN PENTATHLON Abigail Lebus was a member of the GB team who won bronze in Hungary at an Olympic Hopefuls event.

NETBALL The U14 and U16 teams won the County Schools tournament to become county champions and progressed to the regional round in January 2017. In the season to date, the 1st team are unbeaten in the Somerset adult league and recently won their second round ISN Cup match against Wellington College.

Welcome

Millfield Sport continues to provide depth and breadth in the choice of sports for all pupils.

This is reflected in the Spring Term Showcase Calendar which highlights an extensive range of fixtures, tournaments and events coming up, whilst also recording the sports successes from the autumn term.

This Sports Showcase Calendar cannot cover all our sports, so please follow the full range of Millfield’s sports fixtures, results and news at millfieldsport.com, or keep up-to-date via Twitter and follow @MillfieldSport.

We hope you are able to join us at some of these highlighted events throughout the spring term.

David Faulkner, Millfield’s Director of Sport

RUGBY Captain Cameron Brown has been selected to the England U18 training squad. Rhys Davies, Carl Morgan and Kieran Griffiths have all been selected for the Welsh Exiles regional team. Old Millfieldian Huw Jones (2007-12; Keen’s Elm) was named the 2016 Western Province Rugby Football Union Players ‘Player of the Year 2016’ in South Africa.

SKI RACING The boys’ team won the British Independent Schools Ski Association indoor trophy at Hemel Hempstead.

SQUASH Jamie Baird won the Millfield Junior Squash Open U15 boys category and George

Sawrey-Cookson competed in the U19 National Closed. Kimberley Galea won the Polish Junior Open and Vedika Arunachalam gained selection for U19 Indian national team.

SWIMMING Millfield swimmers had a hugely successful British and ASA Nationals. At the English Schools Relays they won eight out of 12 finals breaking several records along the way. At the regionals Millfield had 45 finalists coming away with 21 medals and 25 swimmers have qualified for the British Championships in April.

28 January 2017

Saturday Showcase

All welcome

A competitive mix of teams and sports playing against high-quality schools and clubs.

SWIMMING: Mixed U18A v Somerset ASA 28th & 29th LC County Championships

8.00am / Swimming Pool

FENCING: Mixed All Age Groups, South West Age Group Sabre Championships

2.00pm / Fencing Salle

FOOTBALL: Boys U16A/B & U14A/B v Truro School

2.00pm / Kingweston Playing Fields

HOCKEY: Boys 3rd XI & U14C v Bromsgrove School

2.15pm / Butleigh Astros

HOCKEY: Boys 1st & 2nd XI v Bromsgrove School

3.30pm / Butleigh Astros

SPECIAL MATCH FEATURE

RUGBY: Bath RC U18 Academy v Exeter RC U18 Academy

2.00pm / Sir Gareth Edwards Pitch

12-15 February 2017

Desert Springs & Millfield European Schools Golf Team ChampionshipsThis event is open to all schools and includes teams from Loretto, Whitgift, Bradfield College, Bede’s and Uppingham School, giving a total of over 90 players in the Team of Four event. The tournament is being played over three days - first two days 4BBB and the third and final day the best two gross scores from each team.

Millfield’s Director of Golf and PGA Golf Professional, Karen Nicholls and Golf Tutor-in-Charge, Kevin Hawksworth, will be leading 17 Millfield pupils at the event in Spain.

25 February 2017

Saturday Showcase

All welcome

A competitive mix of teams and sports playing against high-quality schools and clubs.

FENCING: Mixed All Age Groups v British Schools Team Fencing Championships

9.00am / Tennis Centre

MODERN PENTATHLON: Mixed U18A v British Schools Team Fencing Championships

9.00am / Tennis Centre

NETBALL: 1st VII v Knights

1.00pm / Jubilee Sports Hall

FOOTBALL: Boys 1st/2nd/3rd/4th XI & U16A v Malvern College

2.00pm / Kingweston Playing Fields

HOCKEY: Boys 2nd/3rd XI v Taunton School

2.15pm / Butleigh Astros

SQUASH: Boys 1st VI v Shepton Mallet Squash Club

2.30pm / Squash Courts

HOCKEY: Boys 1st XI v Taunton School

3.30pm / Butleigh Astros

25-26 February 2017

British Fencing Schools Team Championships

8.00am, Tennis Centre / All welcome

Millfield hosts the British Fencing Schools Team Championships; the only team event which is open to all schools across the UK and the first time it’s being held in the South West region. Teams from throughout the UK are expected to attend and it can therefore involve up to 200 competitors. We will have about 40 teams from Millfield and Millfield Prep fencing over the weekend, competing in all weapons (epee, foil and sabre), both genders and all age groups.

24 March 2017

Sports Captains’ Table

6.30-9.00pm, Wilson Pavilion / Invited pupils and guests only

An educational and social opportunity for the sports captains to welcome an Old Millfieldian to share their sporting achievements and advice in a formal setting. These evenings often contain an activity workshop, Q&A session and a formal three-course dinner hosted by Millfield’s Director of Sport.

Sports Tours and EventsRecent Tours:

Boys’ U18 & U16 Cricket and Girls’ Cricket Tour to India10-21 December 2016

An exciting and challenging tour to Mumbai, which was only the second time that Millfield pupils have visited India for a sports tour and the first occasion for boys’ and girls’ teams to travel and compete abroad together.

The tour involved 45 players and seven staff who enjoyed an impressive tour itinerary which included five fixtures per team in some world-class stadiums. The pupils also coached girls from a Mumbai school linked to the GCS charity coaching programme. The group attended a test match between India v England, plus a programme of cultural and shopping activities around the bay and city of Mumbai. It was a truly magnificent experience for all Millfield pupils, staff and parents involved.

Boys’ 1st XI Hockey Tour to India 12-22 December 2016

A squad of 20 players and four staff visited Chandigarh and Delhi for a busy programme of fixtures and sightseeing activities. All seven matches were against Indian academy sides from Punjab, who proved to a be consistently strong opposition for the Millfield team. As outlined in the tour programme, Shaun Matthews, Performance Hockey Coach predicted:

“The hockey played in the subcontinent will be an eye-opener for some of our young athletes, stretching them as players who all have ambitions to develop their game. The challenge is for our pupils to learn within an environment that thrives on a fast-paced and direct style of hockey with individuals of utmost brilliance.”

Upcoming Tours:

Year 9 Boys’ and Girls’ Hockey Tours to Holland3-7 April 2017

Year 9 Netball and Rugby Tours to Disneyland, Paris9-13 April 2017

A mix of Year 9 sports tours are planned for the Easter break to provide a fantastic sporting challenge and educational opportunity for our younger players. These short tours will include playing in international tournaments within national stadiums, where they will compete against English, Welsh, French and Dutch teams. Top class coaching clinics will be given, and the pupils will be provided with good, overseas hospitality and high quality entertainment.

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