Match Reports
Boys' Senior School House Football B Team
Hawk vs Peregrine
Man of the match: Thomas B
The match started even with both teams struggling to create good goal scoring opportunities. Then suddenly two good chances, one for each team and two goals scored. With the score at 1-1 both teams were working hard to get ahead, with confidence high for both teams there were more and more opportunities to score. This led to the final score being 7-5 to Hawk, Peregrine kept putting on the pressure which led to Tom B making some great saves to be awarded Man of the match. Well played to everyone involved and congratulations to Hawk.
Mr Orme
Kestrel vs Buzzard
Man of the match: Charlie G
The match started with a great intensity with opportunities from both teams. Buzzard edged the lead by scoring a spectacular goal to start off proceedings. This encouraged Kestrel to fight back with a determined attitude. Ozzie H hounded the goalkeeper to make a mistake to make it 1-1. Before the half-time whistle the match was end to end, with Buzzard adding three more goals to their tally. In the second half both teams came out with a renewed confidence and it was all to play for again! Kestrel had many shots on target but it was Buzzard’s goalkeeper, Harley B, that kept on pulling off save after save. Buzzard went on to score a few more goals in the second half leaving the final score 8-1. Well played to everyone involved and congratulations to Buzzard.
Mr Boden
Boys' Senior School House Football
This week, we witnessed the incredibly well contested conclusion to the House Football Competition in Years 7-11. All matches were exciting, full of effort and determination and played with a wonderful spirit of sportsmanship.
The Year 7 & 8 matches were played on Wednesday afternoon. One tournament was played on the Wilsons' Pitch and the other on the Front Pitch. The winning team on the Wilsons' Pitch was Hawk and on the Front Pitch it was Peregrine. The match on the Front Pitch was decided by a fabulous goal by Jamie P.
Year 9-11 also had tournaments being played simultaneously. The winning team on the top pitch was Hawk who played out a 7-5 thriller against Peregrine. Hawk also won the final on the Front Pitch against Buzzard. The standard of football in all of the competitions was great to see. Well done to all who played, the final results are as follows:
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Front Pitch
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Wilsons’ or Top Pitch
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Years 7 & 8
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Years 9-11
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Years 7 & 8
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Years 9-11
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1st
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Peregrine
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Hawk
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1st
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Hawk
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Hawk
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2nd
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Buzzard
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Buzzard
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2nd
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Kestrel
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Peregrine
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3rd
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Hawk
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Peregrine
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3rd
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Peregrine
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Buzzard
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4th
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Kestrel
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Kestrel
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4th
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Buzzard
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Kestrel
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Mr Herbert
Hockey: U14/15 Hockey v. Farlington
On Tuesday afternoon, the U14/15 girls' hockey team prepared themselves for a late fixture against Farlington. They spent some extra time at school with Miss Vickers, going through some tactics and positioning both in the classroom and on the pitch. It was dark once the girls arrived at Farlington but luckily not too cold! The match was exciting from start to finish with fantastic team work on display! Duke of Kent School went 1-0 up with a fantastic break away goal from Alex K. Shortly after, Farlington came on the attack and Fleur S made some great saves to keep the team ahead. The attacks just kept on coming and eventually Farlington broke through the epic defence of Helena K, Esme P, Abi W, Tilly C and Ava W. The score was 1-1 with all to play for. The play continued to be end to end with both teams creating scoring opportunities. Farlington scored a well worked goal just before half time so went 2-1 up. The U14/15 team regrouped and discussed the importance of going towards the player with the ball to apply pressure to their pass or shot. Everyone upped their game in the second half, with our midfielders, Emily B, Frankie M, Violetta P, Eva L and Macy B working tirelessly to attack and then come back to help defend. An opportunity arose early in the second half and Duke of Kent School took advantage with Ella S finishing off the goal after some well worked passes from Frankie M and Maddie I. The last 5 minutes were very exciting with both teams having an opportunity to win the game but neither team could convert the goal so the score ended a very fair 2-2! It was a brilliant experience for the Year 9 & 10 girls to play an 11 a-side game on a full sized pitch. Most importantly, it was great to see how much they had remembered from the team talk earlier that day! Well done to everyone involved for a great game of hockey!
Miss Vickers

Girls' Football: U13/12 A v. Belmont
On Wednesday afternoon, the U13/12 A girls made the short journey to Belmont for a football match. After a quick warm up, the teams were ready to go! Duke of Kent School started well with a wonderful run and goal by Niamh A after just a few minutes of play. However, Belmont were fighters and they continued to create opportunities to score throughout the first half. The game was very even with end to end play and some quality football on display. Saoirse W, Anna S and Sydney R rotated in the defence with Daisy R in goal, they made countless epic tackles and managed to keep the game to a 2-2 draw at half time. After a quick team talk, the girls were ready for the second half. Bella S and Jess I continued to demonstrated good dribbling skills and created some great opportunities for Niamh A and Sydney R to score. Belmont continued to press and went 3-2 up. Then, one of the most exciting moments of the game was an epic pass from Niamh A into Sydney who connected perfectly with the ball and hit the cross bar with her shot with just minutes left to play! The game was extremely close until the last moment of play. Well done to all the girls involved for a brilliant game of football!
Miss Vickers
Girls' Football: U13/12 B v. Belmont
On Wednesday the girls' played Belmont away in football. The girls played exceptionally well from the very start. Clara H-S was brilliant in defence making multiple strong tackles and clearing the ball down the pitch when needed. Up from was a team effort between Tidly C, Maggie B, Tabbie S-B and Iona H. The girls worked so hard making tackles, passing the ball into space and determination to finish their hardwork with a goal. The girls finished this brilliant game with a score of 5-0 thanks to some great goals from Iona H and Maggie B. Special mention to 4 goal Iona! Iona scored an astonishing 4 goals in this match and we were all so proud of her. Well done to the whole team!
Mrs Woolgar