On Monday 9th May, the Sports Scholars were invited to a special session as part of their Ready To Compete programme.
The Sixth Form have been enjoying an introduction to kayaking in the pool.
There have been some good results over the last few weeks for the St Mary’s Calne Equestrians.
On 4th May, Downe House hosted another excellently organised and competitive summer competition. St Mary’s attended with our U13, U15 and U18 Teams to compete against eight other schools.
On Wednesday 27th April, the UV, Sixth Form and PE Department of St Mary’s joined together for the first annual Sports Presentation Dinner in three years, which celebrated the fantastic sporting achievements of the girls over the last year.
There was a lot of excitement in the build up to the Staff v Leavers lacrosse game on 27th April, with some UVI comparing it to the 100m final in the Olympics or the World Cup Football final!
St Mary’s Calne Seniors played their first tennis fixture of the year with an away match against Kingswood School, Bath, on Saturday afternoon.
On 26th April, St Mary’s Calne Seniors had their first mixed doubles tennis matches of the season with Radley Seniors.
Last Friday, 22nd April, the LIV and MIV travelled to the Cotswold Water Park to take part in their Challenge & Adventure (CAA) programme.
Congratulations to Evie (LV) who has been training with the Wiltshire Development Squad and has now been selected to play for Wiltshire County Netball.
We are very pleased to share good news from the Lacrosse Home Internationals (8th-11th April), held at Edinburgh University and won by England.
Our equestrians and their horses had a very successful time over the Easter holidays.
Our Junior Teams fought hard at the Nationals and there were some great skills and stickwork on display!
The Lacrosse Nationals made a return after a two-year absence, due to Covid. Our teams were excited to get back on the pitch and play against lots of different schools.
During Half Term and the two weeks that followed, Tallulah (LVI) and her three show jumping horses headed out to Valencia in Spain to compete in the CES Spring Tour, under the GB flag.
There was some great play on display at the South West Regional Lacrosse Tournament, which was also a good opportunity for the lacrosse teams to get used to competition play in the build up to Nationals.
Last Thursday, St Mary's hosted the U15 Area Netball tournament. It was the first time this tournament had been hosted since 2019.
Both Florence B. (LIV) and Florence P. (MIV) recently competed at their County Swimming Championships.
On Friday 11th March, the minibuses were packed with girls, netballs, bibs and food and the U16, U15 and U14 Netball Teams travelled to Condover Hall in Shrewsbury.
Many congratulations to May (UIV) who played a Grade 5 Tennis Tournament in Oxford, performing at her best level with a run to the final, eventually coming runner up to a very talented player.