Sports Reports Term 2: 2025-2026
Year 7 Netball
STJ v Pewsey Vale
The Year 7 Netball team faced Pewsey Vale at home and continued to build on their strong start to the season, with some new faces joining the squad. They showed excellent teamwork and determination throughout the game, demonstrating great movement on the court and strong defensive play. Their effort and focus were rewarded with a well-deserved 5–1 victory.
🌟 Players of the Match: Tilly S and Jasmine S for their excellent teamwork and game play. 🌟
Key Stage 3: Halloween Netball Tournament
🎉Well done to everyone that dressed up and played in the Halloween Netball Tournament🎉
It was fantastic to see so many Year 7–9 St John’s students dress up and take part in the Halloween netball tournament. Everyone really got into the spirit of the event, creating a fun and lively atmosphere. There was some excellent teamwork and impressive play displayed across all the teams
Year 8 Netball Teams
Area Netball Tournament
Well done to our Y8 Girl’s netball team!
The Y8 team faced tough competition at the annual Area Netball Tournament held at Malmesbury School.
St John’s entered two teams, giving players the chance to showcase their training and teamwork. Both teams demonstrate excellent movement on the course, strong defensive play and great determination throughout.
Team A secured a commendable 4th place with two wins, one draw and two losses.
Team B showed fantastic improvement across their matches and achieved an impressive 3rd place finish.
Congratulations Girls!
St John’s Netball Leaders
🌟Well done to our St John’s netball leaders for their impressive leadership skills.
Our Year 9–12 students did a fantastic job running and umpiring the Primary School Netball Festival held at Marlborough College. There were some highly competitive games between St Mary’s and Ramsbury Primary Schools, and our leaders umpired fairly and positively throughout. They represented St John’s brilliantly and were excellent role models for the younger players.🌟
Cross Country Trials
Congratulations to all students who took part in the Cross Country Trials!
It was fantastic to see such a great turnout from Years 7-11. We are looking forward to seeing the qualifying students represent St John’s at the Kennet District Trials at Marlborough College on 20th November 2025
Cross Country: Kennet District Championship
Well done to all St John’s students who competed in the Kennet District Championship on 20th November hosted at Marlborough College.
The top ten fishers in the race proceed to the Wiltshire Cross Country Championships. Of the 18 STJ runners, 16 have qualified!
Congratulations to everyone who took part on a very cold day.
Year 7 are the Swindon Schools’ Rugby Champions!
St Johns 45 – 5 RWBA
After a successful rugby campaign in which the year 7 rugby team were undefeated in 4 matches, the team made the journey to Cirencester rugby club for the Swindon Schools Final against RWBA.
After a strong start St Johns broke the deadlock, some good work at the break down led to us breaking the defensive line and scoring our first try. RWBA pulled a try back from an incredible run from their Winger.
However, the boys heads did not drop, and they demonstrated excellent resilience and continued to dominate the ball possession, creating many attacking opportunities without being able to find the final pass. Our dominance on the ball finally paid dividends towards the end of the half with 2 quick tries to go in at Half –Time with a 15-5 lead.
After a few tactical tweaks and some substitutions, St Johns came out the blocks quickly with Ed Hawthorne scoring from an incredible run with the ball. St Johns dominated possession of the ball, the break down and were making lots of strong tackles when not on the ball.
An outstanding last ditch tackle from Harry Reader stopped Bassett from making it 20-10, but from then on St Johns didn’t look back, the tries continued to flow, eventually leading to a huge 45-5 win.
Try scorers – Edward Hawthorn x2, Teddy Baverstock-Seaman, Joe Harvey, Billy Harvey, Noah Courtney, Max Waine, Elliot Wildin, Zach Sainsbury
A huge shout out to the players in the final, as well as all the other players that played in the earlier rounds, It was a real squad effort!
Year 7 rugby team
Barney Bough (Captain), Harry Reader (VC), Teddy Baverstock-Seaman, Noah Courtney, Freddie Edwards, Ossy Halls, Billy Harvey, Joe Harvey, Harry Taylor, Max Waine, Elliot Wildin, Edward Hawthorn, Ruben Hough, Zach Sainsbury, Daniel Capoferri. Cadel Addis, Hugo Degouve, Max Gill, Teddy McSkimming, Noah Prosser, Ben Bailey,
Y7 Rugby
RWBA 11 -9 STJ
With many of the squad who featured in the recent Swindon Schools Final taking a well-earned rest, a fresh and enthusiastic group of St John’s Y7’s travelled to Royal Wootton Bassett for a friendly fixture.
RWB kindly supplied a few players to ensure the match could go ahead, setting the stage for a spirited and good-natured contest.
From the first whistle, both teams showed real energy and intent. St John’s settled quickly, moving the ball with confidence and showing excellent teamwork despite the unfamiliar line-up.
The tries flowed throughout, with both sides producing some excellent finishes.
St John’s worked hard, tackled bravely, and showed fantastic determination in every area of the pitch.
The hosts, however, managed to edge ahead, and despite St John’s pushing right to the final whistle, Royal Wootton Bassett secured a well-taken 11–9 victory
New Age Kurling: St John’s Reach Wiltshire Finals
St John’s celebrated an amazing performance at the New Age Kurling competition. We were particularly proud of them for the camaraderie amoung the team and the students from other schools.
The first part of the day gave players a chance to practise their technique, get used to the floor surface and fine-tune the running of the stone through various target challenges.
Teams
St John’s proudly entered three teams:
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Team 1: Ashley W and Shane H
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Team 2: Bella D , Alfie S, and Rhylee
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Team 3: Toby A and Alfie D
Awards
Both Rhylee and Ashley were awarded medals for their outstanding performances during the practice rounds and for demonstrating excellent focus and sportsmanship. Alfie S was recognised by his fellow players with the Most Improved Player award.
Competition