This summer term has been a successful and rewarding one for our athletes and sportswomen. We are pleased to have the opportunity to report on all our activities and are delighted to be able to present so many girls with medals, awards, trophies and colours.

Rounders
Rounders is always a popular sport at Edgbaston and this year we have seen the same popularity. The Year 7 squad have trained hard all year under the guidance of Mrs Hewison and highlights of their season include successes against King Edward VI Girls High.
The Year 8 squad led by Mrs Evans achieved a number of victories, the highlight being the strong victory against Bablake School after a highly competitive fixture. This team have some notable consistent strong performers in Natasha Smith and Eleanor Burns and congratulations go to both these girls. Well done to all the players and we have high hopes for this team next year.
The Year 9 teams led by Shona Williamson have had a great year. They have had large numbers at training sessions and fielded both A and B teams throughout the season. The highlight of the season was of course beating King Edward VI Girls High but Mrs Batchelor would also like to recognise the superb performance the teams put in against Princethorpe School; both umpires commented after the match that it was one of the best and most competitive rounders fixtures they had seen.
The Year 10 squads once again have been an incredibly strong team; they have been simply superb and King Edward Girls High summed up this team by commented they were just "too good".

Tennis
It has been another outstanding Year for the tennis players of EHS.
We began the year with two sixth form teams participating in the 99th year of the Midland Girls Lawn Tennis tournament. Unfortunately they narrowly missed out on progressing to the finals but both teams played extremely well, beating some outstanding competition on a very cold wet day.
Tennis club has been extremely popular once again with over 25 girls regularly attending the Thursday club after school. Year 8 and Year 9 girls have been the most regular players and as a result have made excellent progress. Look out for the next Maria Sharapova!!!!
Finally, the Year 8 and Year 10 teams have once again participated in the National Schools Championships. The Year 8 Team came 2nd in their league and the Year 10 team won their league and will now progress to the regional knockout round. The Squads were outstanding throughout the term, beating KEHS, KE Camphill, and Sutton Girls School along the way. We wish them luck for the next stage of the tournament in September.
The squads consisting of Grace Farrell, Ashwini Mohan, Emilia Hau-Walker, Suzy Derry, Jessica Lloyd, Katie Cheswick, Kira Watson, Eleanor Burns, Georgia Khanna, Natasha Smith, Ruth Fox and Hannah Gibbons are to be commended. Well done to all girls who participated in Fixtures this year.

Athletics
In athletics we have again had large numbers at the Monday evening athletics club, led by Miss Suter and Miss Barlow. The U15 team have been superb this year and they reached the Midland Final of the National Schools competition, finally finishing in a very strong 5th place. The team should also be congratulated on all their performances as they were one of the most consistent teams in the competition. There has been some outstanding individual performances in this age group, in particular Emma Maslen for the long jump and Sam Turner for the hurdles. Congratulations must also go in this age group to Gabrielle Kinney who has been selected to represent the West Midlands at the English Schools Athletics Competition this weekend.
The U13 team athletics squad performed well. They are learning their athletics techniques and making weekly improvements and we have high hopes for them next year.
Awards for the Summer Season are:

Rounders Half colours:
Sarah Bracey, Shona Williamson, Suzy Derry, Harshita Vig, Giorgia Distefano, Hayley Williamson, Jessica Jones, Katie Cheswick and Ellie Wasserberg
Full colours:
Daisy Guttridge, Harleen Mandla, Molly Haley

Athletics Half colours:
Samantha Turner, Sarah Bracey, Katie Cheswick, Charlotte Hollies and Evie McGrail
Full colours:
Lucy Finnegan
Clem Macliver
Philippa Watson

Tennis Half colours:
Suzanne Derry
Tennis player of year:
Katie Cheswick
Edgbaston Serving Cup:
Jessica Lloyd

The following trophies are awarded this term:
The Athletics Cup - Lucy Finnegan
Progress in PE - Sophie Hook
Improvement in Rounders - Rose Marshall
The Middle School Rounders Shield - Shona Williamson
The Penny Speer Award for Physical Education in Years 9 & 10 - Molly Haley

Year 7 Swimming Gala Results
On Friday morning all of Year 7 headed to the pool; excitement and nerves filled the changing rooms and the races began. The numbers entering this Year's gala were superb and all of Year 7 should be congratulated on their achievements. There were some incredible performances. In particular we would like to congratulate all of Miss Vann's swimming group members for their indidividual successes. The outstanding performance of the day came from Katie Shannon who won 3 out of the 5 finals.

The final results were as follows:
in 5th place with 38 points were St. Andrew
in 4th place with 53 points were St. Patrick
in 3rd place with 55 points were St. George
in 2nd place with 58 points were St. Francis
and in 1st place with 64 points were St. David

Captains for the winter sports next year will be as follows:
Hockey - Rosie Tomkins
Netball - Ellie Davis
Swimming - Hannah Cuthbert
Gymnastics - Hilly Scholes
Dance - Pari Farahnak
Fencing - Harriet Shirley-Priest
Lifesaving - Jessica Falconer
Games Captain is Laura Kennea
Games Secretary Hannah Cuthbert

Mrs Batchelor would like to thank all girls for their hard work this summer and throughout the year. Also, thanks to all the P.E staff for their hard work, in particular Miss Barlow who has been brilliant this year and will be greatly missed. Finally, a big thank you to Matron for all her help with P.E. injuries.

 
Molly Haley

Katie Cheswick and Shona Williamson