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All the news from Ranby House School for Academic Year 2008/2009Sports Results - The latest sports results can be found in the Headmaster's NewslettersNEWS SUMMER TERM 2009Click below for the Headmaster's Latest Newsletter
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In Holland Stands a House 7/7/2009At Ranby House School the Year 8 children recently performed a stunningly emotional performance of ‘In Holland Stands A House’, a play based on the diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager whose account of her and her family’s struggle to exist, and of the ebb and flow of daily life spent in hiding and fear of discovery from the Nazis in occupied Amsterdam in 1942.
The play was performed on two consecutive nights to a capacity audience who were captivated and moved by this powerful story.
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Baptism at Ranby House 22/6/2009
Many congratulations to Patrick Gallagher who was baptised on Sunday 21st June during the Sunday morning service at the school. Patrick was given a full immersion in the school swimming pool by the Chaplain, Father Simon Paul, watched by family, friends and the school community. The Sung Eucharist then continued in St Augustine's Chapel.
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Summer Fair 22/6/09
A fantastic time was had by pupils, parents, friends and staff at the Summer Fair. Funds were raised for the Astro-turf project. For further photograhs of the successful morning please click here.
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'Welcome to Hollywood' Summer Ball 14/6/09
The Ranby House “Welcome to Hollywood” Summer Ball took place on Saturday 13th June. The 450 guests walked up the red carpet to enjoy a pink champagne reception.
A delicious dinner was served in a sumptuously decorated marquee, before dancing to the live band The Acoustic Angels.
A fantastic night was enjoyed by the guests and the school was able to raise funds for the Astro Turf project.
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British Heart Foundation Cheque Presentation 15/6/2009
A cheque for £740 for the British Heart Foundation was recently presented to the charity by Mr David Sibson and children of the pre-prep. The funds were raised by the pre-prep children from a sponsored Skip-a-thon.
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Prep School Inter Group Athletics 13/6/09
Ranby House had fantastic weather for the Prep School Inter Group Athletics. For further photographs of this excellent event please click here.
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Ranby House pupils collect 150 pairs of black shoes for Zambian charity. 12/6/2009
Ranby House School have been supporting a Zambian charity called
Isubilo.
The children have been bringing in their old black shoes that they have grown out of. They have collected over 150 pairs for the charity which have been sent to Zambia. All children in Zambia must have black shoes to go to school. The word “Isubilo” comes form the Bemba language, meaning HOPE!
The children of Ranby House School have certainly given HOPE to many orphaned children.
Record number of Awards to senior schools gained by Ranby House pupils 11/06/2009
Ranby House School are thrilled to announce that a record number of Scholarships, Exhibitions and Awards have been gained by their pupils to senior schools.
Twenty children have gained Academic, Sport, Music and Leadership Awards which is an outstanding achievement.
Pictured are the proud children who have gained these awards. Many congratulations to them all!
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£1200 for Lepra Charity 10/6/2009
On Friday 5th June Years 3 and 4 at Ranby House School enjoyed a fun workout with a fitness instructor organised by the Charity LEPRA. The workout was in celebration of £1200 raised by the pupils for the work of the charity.
A week earlier Trina Stubbs had spoken about the work of the charity in many parts of the world. She challenged the pupils to raise £21 each, the cost of treating and curing someone of Leprosy.
The photograph shows the presentation of the cheque for £1200 to the Lepra Charity by pupils of Ranby House School and the Headmaster, Mr David Sibson.
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Additional Awards 4/6/2009
Many congratulations to Oliver Hopkinson who has been awarded a Harden Bramcote Award to Worksop College and to James Lancer on being awarded a C B Fry Award to Repton School.
Worksop College Athletics Meeting 2009 15/5/2009
A super start to the athletics season saw the Ranby Boys’ and Girls’ win all four trophies at the Worksop College Athletics Meeting .
There were notable performances by:
A-L Huddlestone - 1st U14A 100m NPB 13.71, 1st U14A Long Jump
E Mitchell- 1st U14A 800m
R Haith -1st U14B 300m
P Wilson -1st U12A 300m, U12A 1st High Jump
G Smith- 1st U14A 200m
A Smith- 1st U12A 800m, 1st U12A High Jump NPB 1m 25
O Dane -1st U12B 800m NPB 2m 44.06
T Cundy- 1st U14A 800m
H Strawson- 1st U14B 800m
H Pymm- 1st U12A 400m, 1st U12A Long Jump NPB 4m 04
H Haith- 1st U14A 400m, 1st U14A High Jump NPB 1m 45
G Durdy- 1st U14A 200m
J Dane- 1st U14B 200m
U14 Girls’ 4x100m Relay - 1st
U12 Girls’ 4x100m Relay - 1st
U14 Boys’ 4x100m Relay - 1st
U12 Boys’ 4x100m Relay - 1st
Well done all.
ATHLETICS TEAM:
J McKAY, G DURDY, H HAITH, T CUNDY, P McKAY, J DANE, T FOULDS, H STRAWSON, R INNES, R EDWARDS, J TAYLOR, A-L HUDDLESTONE, S PARKER, J ARMSTRONG, M HALMSHAW, O McLEOD, G SMITH, R HAITH, A STRAWSON, E RIDDLE, H RIDDLE, H PYMM, A SMITH, O DANE, C BLACKMORE, S ROUTLEDGE, J HAWKINS, W CLOTHIER, S EDWARDS, D HEATH, P ELLIS, P WILSON, E MITCHELL, J VERNON, O STOCKS, M DAVIS, E JACKSO.N
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Bassetlaw Youth Games Orienteering 15/5/2009
Ranby House School’s first venture into competitive orienteering took place in Kings Park, Retford on Tuesday 12th May. We competed against seven other junior schools in the annual Bassetlaw Youth Games event. The competition was for Year 5 and Year 6 pupils, running in pairs and visiting 10 different control points. At the end of a very busy afternoon Ranby House were declared the winning team with our runners finishing in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th positions.
As a result of our performance we have been invited to represent Bassetlaw District at the Nottinghamshire Schools Orienteering Youth Games event, that is to be held at Teversal on Sunday 7th June.
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Additional Sports Award 12/5/2009
Many congratulations to Timothy Foulds on gaining a Sports Award (Cricket) to Worksop College.
Eco Committee 12/5/2009
The Eco Committee has been very pro-active in recent weeks. They are looking to achieve the Eco Schools ‘Silver Award’ and the committee has been looking at meeting the criteria required to achieve this award. As a result, the committee members are currently drawing up a ‘School Eco Code’ and have started work on a vegetable garden in conjunction with the Pre-Prep.
School Council 11/5/2009
On Wednesday 29th April elections took place for the inaugural Ranby House Pupil School Council. Ten brave candidates put themselves forward for the positions of Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary. All of the election speeches were extremely well-delivered and the rest of the Main School had the opportunity to vote. It was extremely close but the results are as follows:
Chairperson – Joe Watson
Vice Chairperson – James Dane
Treasurer – Lorna Heatlie-Edwards
Secretary – Laura Clements
The elected pupils will be joined by the current Captains and Deputy Captains of school (Timothy Foulds, Amber-Leigh Huddlestone, Rupert Innes and Megan Clothier).
St Benedict win Year 5 & 6 Group Rounders 6/5/2009
Congratulations to St Benedict Group on recently winning the Year 5 & 6 Group Rounders Competition. Also congratulations to St Columba Group on being the runners-up.
Additional Art Exhibition 6/5/2009
Many congratulations to Hannah May on being awarded an Art Exhibition to Worksop College.
St Dunstan win senior group rounders competition. 20/4/2009
Congratulations to St Dunstan Group on recently winning the Senior Group Rounders Competition.
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French Exchange Trip to Aurillac 29/4/2009
15th Inter-School Educational Exchange
As part of the operation of the Town twinning arrangement between Bassetlaw and the town of Aurillac in the Auvergne region of France, March once again saw parties of pupils and staff from Ranby House School in Retford and Collège La Jordanne from Aurillac visiting each other.
On 7th March a party of 40 pupils and 4 staff arrived at Ranby for a six-night stay, with each pupil assigned to stay with the family of a pupil at Ranby House to allow opportunities to practise their English. During their stay they spent time in school, visited historic Lincoln and the Jorvik Museum at York, spent a day discovering the history of steel-making in Sheffield, as well as shopping and learning to play cricket!
More recently, a party of 40 pupils, 3 GAP students and 5 staff set off for Aurillac, in France, with the Ranby pupils and students staying with the families of students at Collège la Jordanne to enable them to practise their French language skills. Daytime activities included skiing, as Aurillac is in the Massif Central mountains, exploring prehistoric stalactite-filled caves, discovering some of the historic sites in the area, as well as experiencing school life and French food!
The visit was completed by two nights and days in Paris on the way back, with visits to many of the most important and well-known sites.
This exchange has been in existence for nearly twenty years, and we expect to continue these visits each year in the future.
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Additional Art Award 23/4/2009
Congratulations to David Calinas-Correia on gaining an Art Award to Mount St Mary's College.
20th Birthday Celebration for the Pre-Prep 17/4/2009
The Pre-Prep Department of Ranby House School recently celebrated its 20th birthday. During the anniversary morning there was a sponsored skip for the British Heart Foundation and visits from past Pre-Prep pupils. The children had a party lunch followed by a concert for parents where the children sang their favourite songs. They all helped to blow out 20 candles on a huge cake and took home helium balloons.
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NEWS SPRING TERM 2009
Year 7 Production of Oliver 20/3/2009
At the end of the Spring Term, the whole of Year 7 put on a superb production of 'Oliver'.
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Additional Sports and All Rounder Awards 20/3/2009
Congratulations to Jake Domleo-White on achieving an All Rounder Award to Mount St Mary's College and to Oliver Dolby on receiving a Sports Award to Lincoln Minster School.
Red Nose Day 2009 13/3/2009
The Boarders Forum at Ranby House School decided to raise money for Comic Relief and did so in a variety of ways. The whole school dressed in red clothes and the boarders invited day pupils to board for the night and all the money raised as a result was donated to the appeal.
However the main event was a variety show held in the school’s performing arts centre. All the children raised sponsorship to ‘Do Something Funny for Money’. Eighty-four children laughed for over 2 hours whilst raising nearly £2,500.
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Sports Awards 11/3/2009
Congratulations to the following children who have gained Sports Awards to Worksop College:
Jaime Armstrong
Amber-Leigh Huddlestone
Guy Durdy
Rupert Innes
Harry Strawson
World Maths Day 4/3/2009
Ranby House School pupils had a mathematically filled week to coincide with ‘World Maths Day on Wednesday March 4th.
A series of maths activities were laid on all morning for one year group which complemented the whole school participation in the online mental maths challenges. During the ‘live’ period of World Maths Day, pupils at the school answered more than 81,000 correct questions, contributing to a massive world record score of more than 452 million correct answers around the world.
In addition, pupils in Year 5 took part in a team maths challenge in Staffordshire against 15 other school teams and emerged as victors.
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Academic Scholarship Success 3/3/2009
Congratulations to the following children who have gained Academic Awards to Worksop College:
Josephine Levick - Academic Scholarship
Megan Clothier - Academic Scholarship
Sophie Walker - Academic Exhibition
Daniel Parkinson - Academic Exhibition
Worksop College U13 and U11 Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country Meeting 3/3/2009
Three days later with many of the runners still feeling the effects of Saturday's run a group of dedicated Ranby runners made the short journey to Worksop College for the U13 and U11 boys' and girl's cross country. The weather was foul, so just right for running.
Our U11 girls looked strong and although we had good competition from other prep schools we were again team winners. Emily Mitchell won the race with Philippa Wilson a close 2nd. Philippa certainly made Emily work hard for her win. Ellie Jackson was 5th and Philippa Emmans helped the overall team score with a solid run.
In the U11 boys' Alistair Smith was a terrific 3rd, Oliver Dane ran one of his best races of his season to come 4th, Tom Wilkinson also ran superbly to finish 6th and Henry Pymm came in 8th to give the U11's a winning score of just 21 points.
The U13 girls ran well grouping in pairs. Rosie Haith was the first Ranby runner home with a fantastic run coming 3rd and Annabel Strawson was close by in 5th.
The last race was the U13 boys', this was a very competitive race. Guy Durdy found himself having to chase a very good runner who had beaten him at Berry Hill on Saturday. Guy had to settle for 2nd place. Harry Strawson was 4th, Tom Cundy 5th and Jack McKay 6th giving Ranby an awesome score of 17. This meant another team victory. FANTASTIC!
With three out of the four titles going to Ranby it was inevitable that we retained the overall cup.
This was a super afternoon for Ranby House School with another great team performance from all the runners. The boys' and girls' again were very supportive of one another and showed that they all have that Ranby House spirit.
Nottinghamshire County Cross Country Finals 28/2/2009
On Saturday 28th February 16 Ranby Boys' and Girls' travelled to Berry Hill Park in Mansfield to represent the district of Bassetlaw. The standard was extremely high and the length of the races challenging. Many Ranby runners were also competing against children a year older than themselves.
In the Year 7 girls' Race, Emily Mitchell was 4th and Philippa Wilson was 5th. In the Year 7 boys' Alistair Smith was 5th, Henry Pymm 11th and Oliver Dane 13th. Annabel Strawson was the only Year 8 girl runner and put in a good performance running against a very strong field. In the Year 8 Boys' Guy Durdy again impressed coming 11th. Guy has been selected as a county reserve for the county championship.
Individual Music Festival Winners 12/2/2009
Congratulations to the overall shield winners of the Individual Music Festival:-
Junior Final - Megan McKay
Intermediate Final - Jessica Vernon, Arabella White, Isabelle Woods and Emma Parkin (ensemble performance)
Senior Final - Leo Graves
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Music Scholarship Success 7/2/2009
Congratulations to the following pupils who have gained music awards to Worksop College:
Megan Clothier - Fletcher Music Scholarship
Rebecca Storey - Music Scholarship
Amelia Hale - Music Scholarship
Amber-Leigh Huddlestone - Music Exhibition
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National Public Speaking Competition - Youth Speaks 28/1/2009
Ranby House School took part in a national public speaking competition, Youth Speaks, in their theatre, in front of an audience of staff and boarders. This was the first round of a National Competition for schools and was organised by the Rotary Club.
There were two teams each of three children. One team spoke on the 'History of Flight' and the second team spoke about 'Portugal'. There were three independent adjudicators, Mrs Teresa Critchley, Mr Mervyn Waring and Mr Brian Cane.
The second team have gone through to the next round of the competition and will now go on to the district finals to be held in Alfreton, Derbyshire.
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Bassetlaw District Cross Country Championship 16/1/2009
Year 7 Girls’
Emily Mitchell 1st
Philippa Wilson 2nd
Rosie Haith 4th
Molly Halmshaw 6th
Caitlin Furniss 7th
Ellie Jackson 8th
Harriet Colman 19th
Year 7 Boys’
Alister Smith 1st
Henry Pymm 2nd
Jack McKay 5th
Oliver Dane 7th
Paul McKay 14th
Alexander Davy 16th
Matthew Browning 21st
Scott Thomas–Atkins 24th
Year 8/9
Annabel Strawson 7th
Year 8/9 Boys’
Guy Durdy 1st
Harry Strawson 4th
James Dane 10th
Thomas Cundy 12th
Henry Haith 17th
Timothy Foulds 25th
James Robinson 26th
A great performance all round with superb individual wins from Guy Durdy, Alister Smith (both lost a spike and had to run with just one for half the race) and also Emily Mitchell just beating Philippa Wilson after a sprint finish at the line. This was simply another super team effort by all Ranby Runners. Top 12 in each race and top four of the winning teams will represent Bassetlaw at the county finals. The Ranby teams were extremely supportive to each other and a credit to the school.
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54 Runners |
1st out of 8 teams |
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55 Runners |
1st out of 7 teams |
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Junior Girls Year 8 & 9 |
A.Strawson 7th out of 50 Runners |
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49 Runners |
1st out of 8 teams |
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Mummers Play 7/1/2009
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The Ranby House School “Mummers Group” celebrated its twenty-first year of operation by performing "St. George and the Dragon" a total of eight times in support of Scope. The charity was chosen by the performers after having heard of it during a Chapel presentation by a member of staff at Ranby House.
The total raised of £1316 (a new highest figure!) has been presented to Mrs Tracie Linehan, Principal of Rutland House School in Nottingham, which specialises in the education and care of children who have complex learning difficulties, including cerebral palsy.
NEWS AUTUMN TERM 2008
Senior Group Rugby 3/12/08
On Wednesday the Boys from Year 7 and 8 took to the fields to take part in the highly awaited Senior Group Rugby Competition. During the afternoon a series of gruelling and physical matches took place but in the end there could be only one winner and 'C' Group came out on top unbeaten in the competition.
The results were as follows:
'C' Group 3 wins
'A' Group 2 wins
'B' Group 1 win
'D' Group 0 wins
The standard of rugby was high and the children played with a good sense of Group spirit and enthusiasm.
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Service Of Baptism and Confirmation 30/11/08
On Sunday 30th November, a Service of Baptism and Confirmation took place in St Augustine's Chapel, Ranby House School. One pupil was Baptised and Confirmed and a further eleven pupils were Confirmed at this special and memorable service. The Right Reverend Anthony Porter, Bishop of Sherwood, presided over the service.
The Candidates for Confirmation were: Abigail Naylor, Troy Booth, Rosie Haith, Henry Finlay, Hannah Fowler, Nathan Barrow, Jordan Burke, Olivia Kennedy, Emily Mitchell, James Hawkins, and William Medlycott.
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Pictured are the twelve pupils who were confirmed, together with the Bishop, David Sibson (Headmaster) and Father Simon Paul (School Chaplin).
Autumn Term Drama 20/11/08
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The past fortnight at Ranby House school has seen a splendid array of Drama peformed in the Theatre. On Saturday the 8th of November Year 4 put on an entertaining rendition of the pantomime Cinderella.
Then on Tuesday the 18th & Wednesday the 19th Year 6 presented the humourous musical of the Beast's of St Bozo's. There was plenty of nonsense and laughs with pupils and teachers disappearing, a werewolf in the woods and a mad science teacher trying to turn everyone into zombies all set in a seemingly normal rural Nottinghamshire prep school.
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These two shows involved all of the pupils in Year 4 and Year 6 and was a tribute to the high standard of drama and music tuition they have received. Thanks must also be made to all the staff and parents that helped the children in putting on two excellent performances.
Christmas Shoe Boxes 12/11/08
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Pupils and parents at Ranby House School have been busy making up Christmas Shoe Boxes to bring hope and a smile to children caught in the midst of wars, natural disasters and extreme poverty and to show those children that they have not been forgotten.
The 151 boxes that the children have filled full of toys and goodies have been handed over to the Operation Christmas Child, Samaritan’s Purse charity who will be distributing them to some of the world’s poorest children.
DIAMOND JUBILEE ‘BIRTHDAY CAKE’ 13/10/08
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The year marks the Diamond Jubilee of Ranby House School. As part of the celebrations the school had a “Birthday Cake”. The picture shows some of the Pre-Prep children together with David Sibson, Headmaster, and Pat Connor, Head of Pre-Prep, blowing out the 60 candles!! Afterwards all the pupils and staff received a piece of the celebratory birthday cake.
Bassettlaw- Primary School Relay Cross Country Finals 15/9/08
As most were getting ready for the start of half term, eight Ranby runners in year 5 and 6 were making the journey to Mansfield to represent Bassettlaw in the Primary School Relay Cross Country Finals.
The girls’ team of Danielle Heath, Ellie Jackson, Philippa Wilson and Emily Mitchell were up first. Danielle went off first putting us in third place; Ellie then took over and paced her lap to perfection finishing strongly and we were in a commanding position up front. Philippa continued the superb team performance and piled on the pressure as our lead was extending. Emily had the last leg and comfortably brought us home in first place. A great team effort.
Then it was the boys’ turn. Could they be inspired by the girls’?
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Alexander Firth did the first leg and how well he ran keeping up with the main group who were tightly packed and handing over to Oliver Dane in sixth place. Oliver ran maturely and paced it to perfection taking the lead half way round and extending this to give Henry Pymm a good 25m lead. Henry added to the lead and Aggi Smith had the task of bringing the Ranby team home in style, which he certainly did. Another super Ranby team effort.
Harvest Festival 26/09/08
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All is safely gathered in, 'ere the winter storms begin, goes the old harvest hymn. And judging by the wonderful array of food donated by children at Ranby House School pre-prep department, it must have been a successful harvest in and around the village.
After the celebrations were over, the gifts were handed over to local elderly residents and The Well at Retford Baptist Church where they were directed to local families in need.
The Well administrator, Jean Coulson, said she was very grateful to Ranby House for considering those in need.
"The gifts will be used in the church's Family Kitchen – a project that provides bags of food donated by its membership to local families in need," she said.
"This is an important part of our ministry, which is a lifeline to families we know appreciate the help."
Ranby House School also raised £500 through a collection which will go to help provide poor African villages develop their farming techniques through the Send a Cow and Seeds for Africa projects.
By Stuart Bussingham (Retford Trader & Guardian)
2008 Group Music Competition 19/09/08
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The first major musical event of the term, the Group Music Competition, took place on Friday 19th September. All of the pupils and many members of staff took part in this exciting and hugely entertaining event. An enthusiastic audience provided great encouragement and the adjudicator, Mr Richard Leach (Worksop College), had the unenviable job of picking a winner.
This year the winning group was St. Albans with their witty presenters: Daniel Parkinson and Nancy McGuigan, their enthusiastic group rendition of "She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain" and Lexi’s, Lorna's, Georgina’s, and Caitlin's performance of "Thank you for the Music".
The SMT made an extremely entertaining appearance as the “Artless Bodgers” singing their own unique version of Consider Yourself.
U13A Hockey- Foremarke Hall U13 Hockey Tournament 10/09/08
Participating schools:
Witham Hall
Bromsgrove
Belper Hockey Club
Foremarke Hall ‘A’ and ‘B’
Beeston Hockey Club
Grace Dieu
Ranby House
Results of the league stage for Ranby House:
v. Beeston H.C. Draw 1 – 1
v. Grace Dieu Won 1 – 0
v. Foremarke Hall ‘A’ Lost 2 – 1
(All goals scored by Laura Donaldson)
From the league stage results, Ranby were placed second in their group. This enabled them to go through to the Semi-final against the winners of group 1 who were Witham Hall. Ranby won this match 1 – 0.
(Goal by Beatrix Easterbrook)
This result placed Ranby in the final to face Foremarke Hall ‘A’ once again. The Ranby girls were, however, not willing to be beaten once more and defeated Foremarke Hall ‘A’ with a convincing 2 – 0 victory.
(Goals scored by Laura Donaldson)
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