Presdales PE

On Tuesday, Presdales took part in the District Pentathlon event at Wodson Park. The Year 7 team faced really strong competition and came 4th, however the girls gave 100% effort displaying a committed & positive attitude throughout the day.

Our year 9 team was placed 1st overall for the second year running, just beating Avanti Grange in a very close fought contest. Individual awards also went to Sophia Pettengell who finished 3rd overall and Lottie Stocker who finished 2nd overall.

A huge thank you also to the wonderful Year 9 Sports Leaders. The girls provided invaluable support to Mr Macrae on the day and couldn’t do enough to help.

All the girls represented Presdales brilliantly and showed great spirit and sportsmanship throughout. They are a credit to themselves and to Presdales. Well done to all the girls! 👏 🏃

Huge congratulations to Mia Nelson in Year 10 who has qualified to compete at Nationals this year in the 200m,100m & 50m Backstroke. 🏊🏻‍♀️

Mia competed at a number of high-level competitions during the selection window including Regional Championships where she claimed Silver in the 200m & 100m Backstroke and Bronze in the 50m Backstroke. This huge achievement will see Mia swim amongst some of the fastest swimmers in the country and she goes into the 200m Backstroke event ranked 4th in her age group.

The Swim England Summer Nationals competition take place at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge International 50m pool at the end of this month.

In addition to her competition success, Mia has also been selected for the Swim England National Age Group Development Programme 2025/2026, attending a number of training camps throughout the year where she has benefited from expert coaching and guidance from some of Swim England’s top coaches and athletes.

Well done Mia!! Good luck at Nationals at the end of the month, we can’t wait to hear how you get on!! 🤞🏼😬

Nicky Morris 2026

Nicky Morris as we know it has changed, previously the age groups were Year 7, 8/9, 10+. This year, unfortunately the older year groups have gone! It was year 7, year 8 and 9/10 combined. Massive thank you to all of our senior athletes that had kept the date free before the change of age groups. We were gutted not to be able to see you in action and attempting to break your previous records!

The girls today have performed amazing today… ☀️The following received gold medals in their events…

Y7 -
Discus - Sophie C🥇
Long jump - Sylvie T 🥇

Y8 -
800m - Lily F 🥇
1500m - Millie A🥇

Y9/10 -
300mH - Skye M 🥇
Shot - Jess B 🥇
Long jump & 300m - Lottie S 🥇
4 x 300m relay - Lottie, Sophia, Amelie & Skye 🥇

OVERALL RESULTS

Y7 team - 3rd🥉
Y8 team - 3rd 🥉
Y9/10 - joint 1st with Avanti🥇
Overall - 2nd🥈

Well done all of you, we are incredibly proud of your effort and determination throughout the day, your team work in the relays and supporting each other.

🏆Year 8 District Rounders WINNERS!!!🏆
An outstanding team performance tonight playing 6 consecutive matches, winning them all to be crowned District Champions! Huge well done to you all. Brilliant bowling and fielding to stop the opposition scoring! Lily F won every toss and chose to field first which set us up knowing what score we needed. The girls never crumbled under the pressure and batted competently avoiding the fielders! They took risks in the right places putting pressure on their opponents. So proud of you all! More importantly, with a team of 10, each game a different student volunteered to be off! I can’t pick a player of the tournament as you were all amazing!! 🥰⚾️🤩👏🏼

A huge well done to our U14 Athletics Squad who travelled to Jarman Park, Hemel yesterday to compete in the County League Plate Finals! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

There were some fantastic performances across the team, with special mentions to Millie, who claimed 1st place in the 1500m, setting a fantastic new PB in the process, and Lily, who delivered a brilliant gold medal winning performance in the 800m. 🥇👏🏻

The whole squad should be incredibly proud of their efforts, finishing 8th on the day and an impressive 16th overall in the county out of 48 schools that entered the competition.
💙 ❤️ 💛

Well done to the U13 Cricket team who played in the Chance to Shine Cricket tournament at St Margaretsbury CC. They performed so well, improving their batting and tactical knowledge of the game throughout. They were unlucky to loose one of their games by only 1 run! Well done all of you!

Huge congratulations to Amari in Year 7!! This weekend she competed at the NGA National Finals in Liverpool 🤸🏻‍♀️ Amari was one of the top 35 gymnasts in the UK at her level to qualify for Nationals and she finished 3rd All Around in her age group and also pick up a couple of apparatus medals 🥉🤩👏🏼 well done Amari, this is amazing!!!!

Well done to the year 9 cricket team who competed in the chance to shine cricket competition at St Margaretsbury CC last week.

1st game vs Beaumont - Won 97-94 runs

2nd game vs Ashlyns - Lost 64-67 runs

3rd game vs St Albans Girls - Won 94-63 runs

4th game vs Hitchin - Lost 79-74 runs

Unfortunately the girls just missed out on a place in the final but ended up in the 3rd/4th play off against John Warner where they Won 94-86 runs and came 3rd overall!👏🏼🥉

Special mention to our amazing sports leaders Erin & Taryn for coaching the team and being amazing!✨

A fantastic afternoon of Rounders against Chauncy for our Year 7 and Year 8 teams!

Our Year 8 team put in an excellent performance to secure a well-deserved victory, demonstrating some brilliant batting, fielding, and communication.
Presdales 9 v Chauncy 5 1/2.

The Year 7 team also gave their all and played with great enthusiasm. Although the result didn’t go their way this time, they showed resilience, supported each other throughout, and gained valuable experience.
Presdales 5 1/2 v Chauncy 10

Well done to Maisy, Liv and Amelie in Year 9 who recently won the U14 ENG Southern Region Cup with their Hertford Hornets team mates, thanks to an incredible last minute super shot from Maisy!🤩 This success qualified them into the National ENG Cup finals which took place last weekend, where they took on 15 other top teams from across England, and came a credible 9th place.
Amazing, well done girls! 👏🏼✨