Massive congratulations to the Compete Netball team, who recently came home with the gold medal position in the High Suffolk HSSSP schools tournament! This consisted of teams from over ten schools, and is a prestigious and very competitive event!
On a mild, sunny day, we took two teams, consisting of Compete: Tobie, Daisy, Bella, George, Imogen, Lydia and Eden, and Develop: Niall, Maisie, Sienna, Elizabeth, Oliver, Scarlett and Edward, all children from Years 5 and 6. The games were short (ten minutes each) with no end changes, with children playing different teams on different courts. With a quick changeover time between games, children needed to be at the right place, at the right time. Our opponents included a local school which is very competitive, and fielded three Compete teams.
Games were refereed by sports mentors from Framlingham College, who were fair and helpful with all the teams. In the Compete tournament, Fressingfield made a cracking start, with a rapid hat-trick from Tobie, who then scored another goal! In the second match, Fressingfield had an even more decisive win. We then heard that one team had had a national coach to work with them – we drew with this team, who had children who were very tight in their passing. After the first six games, the Compete team had won five games and drawn one. With the children making their own substitutions and strategic decisions, all focus was on the semis. With a plan in place, the Compete team was then told – no semis! The tournament was all on points during the league rounds! With bated breath, we heard we were the winners! Fantastic job, Fressingfield!
Develop team also did incredibly well, although didn’t make medal position. We were so proud of our school’s determination, passion, respect and all-round enjoyment of the day. A special mention to our school individual medal winners: Tobie and Niall (Determination) and George (Teamwork).
