Sports News Spring 2008

1st February:
Boys' Hockey: TS v. Canford
1st Draw 0-0
2nd Draw 3-3
3rd Draw 1-1
4th Draw 1-1
SCA Lost 4-1
JCA Draw 1-1
JCB Lost 4-3
14A Won 8-0
14B Won 3-0
14C Won 1-0
The Under 14A Team won the county
hockey round last Wednesday. A tremendous achievement all round.
King's Taunton 4-0
Queens Taunton 4-0
Semi- Final;
Wells Cathedral 3-3 (won on strokes)
Final;
Millfield School 2-1
Boys U14 Hockey Crowned Somerset Champions

All three U14 boys' hockey teams have got off to a great start to the season with the U14As, U14Bs and U14Cs winning all of their matches so far. In particular the U14A side have excelled. Not only did they beat Canford away from home in a tight game won 3-1, but they then went on to have a successful Somerset Cup run, which ended up with their being crowned Somerset U14 champions. The Boys on the Pitch In the two pool matches, Taunton beat both Queen's and King's Colleges 4-0. This led to a thrilling semi-final match against Wells Cathedral School. Taunton were nervous and were caught cold in the first half and went 2-0 down early. Fortunately Thomas Abell pulled one back just before half-time.
The side played with more composure in the second half and equalised through Josh Kelly. There was then a tense last few minutes during which Wells again took the lead before, in the dying seconds, Josh Kelly hit a screamer to take the tie to penalty flicks with the score 3-3 at full-time.
Eddie Hatfield in goal was the star of the penalty flick competition, saving all four of their flicks. With George Cook and Oliver Kelham scoring theirs, Taunton went through to the final against Millfield 2-0 on penalty flicks. The first half of the final was a cagey affair with both sides testing each other out. It looked as if Millfield had taken the lead, but the goal was disallowed, as the shot had been taken from just outside the 'D'. The hockey in the second half was much more fluid and the standard was very high. Millfield scored an excellent goal to take the lead and five minutes later George Cook scored the equaliser from a 'Sir Clive' short corner special. Then, with just three minutes on the clock, up stepped Josh Kelly again to score the winner.
Captain Oliver Large went up to receive the trophy, which had been won by Millfield for the last 16 years in a row. The Millfield Master i/c Hockey summed up the team performance when he said: "It was the first time in 30 years that he had seen a side with the selfbelief and ability to come from behind to beat Millfield in a Cup final." The team now go on to represent Somerset in the West finals on Sunday 10th February at Millfield School. Good Luck!

Netball: TS v. Wellington
U16 team won against Wellington's 1st team, 17-8.
2nd: Won 23-6
3rd: Won 16-15
The U14 team got through to the semi finals of the Regional Schools finishing joint 3rd overall and just missing out on a place at the National Finals. Results as follows:
Pool Matches: Taunton School
v Bristol Grammar Drew 7-7
v Humphry Davy, Cornwall Won 13-2
v Stroud High Won 7-5
v Godolphin, Salisbury Won 9-4
v Talbot Heath, Bournmouth Drew 5-5
v Colyton Grammar, Devon Lost 4-5 Taunton won the Pool.
Semi Finals: Taunton School v Bournemouth Girls' School Lost 15-4
Third/Fourth Place Play-off v Millfield, Drew 8-8
South West Regional Tournament. The U16 Team worked extremely hard and played some good patterns of netball. For a team formed together at the last minute because of players missing due to them being at the National Indoor Hockey Finals, the team did themselves proud. They won one match convincingly, drew against Dean Close and lost three others narrowly; one of these teams went on to win the tournament.

Girls' U18 Indoor Hockey Are Silver Medal Winners.
Taunton School’s U18 Girls' Hockey Team finished as silver medal winners in the National Indoor Finals, held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham on last Sunday. The team lost to Kingston Grammar School by 6 goals to 4 in a closely contested final, in which Taunton staged a spirited fight back in the last quarter of the match. With 4 minutes to go, Izzy Jeffs's goal brought the scores to 5 – 4 and set up a tense few final minutes. The silver medal winners Taunton could not quite get on level terms and force a penalty shoot out, eventually conceding a sixth goal to Kingston two minutes from time. The Taunton School girls had qualified for the National Finals by winning the West Regional Competition held in Cheltenham last December. In the end the Taunton girls finished as runners up . Their silver medals were presented by former GB goalkeeper Simon Mason, an old friend of Taunton School who has often attended the School’s hockey coaching courses. A superb achievement girls! Well done!

18th January:
Boys Hockey
The Boys' hockey teams made a great start to the season against Wellington last Saturday with seven wins and a draw. In total the eight teams scored 36 goals and conceded only 6.
1st XI Won 5-2
2nd XI Drew 1-1
16A XI Won 2-0
15A XI Won 4-1
15B XI Won 4-0
14A XI Won 7-0
14B XI Won 9-0
14C XI Won 4-2
The 1st XI have enjoyed an excellent start. As well as beating Wellington on Saturday they also beat Blundells 5-2 last week (The 2nd XI also won 4-1) and were unbeaten in a pre-season tournament at Seaford College the weekend before.
Results at Seaford:
TS vs. Seaford College Won 4-1
TS vs. Trent College Drew 2-2
TS vs. Ryde School Won 8-1
Netball
TS v. St Antony's
Congratulations to the 1st netball team who won 36-13 against St Antony's. After a nervous start to the first game of the season the team soon got into their patterns of play and produced an excellent win.
U15 Netball team lost 20-21
The U15 team played an U16 team from St Antony's which proved to be a good match.
Girls' Under U18 Indoor Hockey
Through To National Finals Back in December, the Girls’ U18 indoor hockey team became champions of the West by winning the Regional round of the National Schools and Clubs Competition. TS will now be representing the South West in the National Finals to be held on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th January in Worcester. Wishing the ladies the best of luck!
Girls' U18 Indoor Hockey Team
Team members: Captain - Beccy Gwynne-Jones Lotti Cargen Emily Hakin Kat Hart Robyn Collins Sarah Telford Izzy Jeffs Connie Schumann-Plekat Kristy Martin Chloe Fowler