The winter 2013 edition of St Johns Prep and Senior school's Sports newsletter.

1. Autumn Term 2013
Sports
Newsletter
St John’s Prep School
Tel: 01707 657294
St. John’s Prep School
The Ridgeway
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
EN6 5QT
NetballContents:
Pg. 1
 Netball
 Football
Pg. 2
 Sports trip
 Superstars
Pg. 3
 Inter-House
Netball and
Football Tour-
nament
 Gymnastics
Pg. 4
 Cross Country
Pg. 5
 Marathon
 End of Term
Sports Awards
Pg. 6
 Next term
Football
The girls at St. John’s are dedicated to Netball; they are passionate about playing well and winning.
The girls train on a weekly basis during prep time and many of the girls have been continuing this
training during P.E. lessons. This term they have focused on a range of skills including, passing,
footwork, shooting, attacking and defending play.
The F2 and F3 team had their first fixture at home this
term against St. John’s C of E School, the final score was 3
– 1. It was a great win for the girls. A special well done
goes to Holly (F3) for her outstanding shooting and provid-
ing goal shooting opportunities and Hayley (F3) for her
fantastic defending skills and passing play. Next term, the
girls have fixtures lined up with both independent and state
schools. The girls are very excited to be involved in the
inaugural St John’s U11’s Netball Tournament, which will
take place in March on our excellent new ‘tiger turf’ Net-
ball Courts.
The Football squad have been training on a
Thursday night at the Senior School this
term and have been competing against a
number of other schools. All pupils have
been working hard to improve their posi-
tional play and individual skills. The F1 and
F2 boys have risen to the challenge and can
now play comfortably alongside the F3s. The
future looks good for St. John’s as these
young players will be playing together for a
few more years to come.
The team has performed extremely well this
term with two massive wins and a fantastic
effort in the Enfield F.A. Tournament where
we won one, drew two and lost one, only
conceding one goal in the whole tourna-
ment.
The pick of the victories came against Sher-
rardswood (8 – 0) and St. John’s C of E Pri-
mary School (6 – 2). Jonathan Bailey scoring
a hat trick in one and Sean Kanu scoring a
hat trick against both.
The team has also been led extremely well
by our captain and top defender, Hakan
Aknar who has displayed great strength and
determination in defending our goal and
helping lead us to victory.
TOP THREE RESULTS
V Sherrardswood WON 8-0
V St. John’s C of E WON 6-2
V Chesterfield WON 1-0

2. Sports Newsletter
Football Tour
St. John’s Superstars
Competing in his first major tennis tournament at orange level, Jason Obiamime (F1)
finished first and won the county tournament, in Finchley, North London, on 29th
September 2013. Jason was playing some of the best 8/9 year olds David Lloyds has
produced. Jason won the tournament without losing a set. The next stage for Jason is
the David Lloyd regional tournament. A future Wimbledon star in the making!
DAVID LLOYD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013
CADET CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
In June, the School Football Squad will be travelling to Spain to help with
their football development. The Squad will take part in a Malaga CF Foot-
ball Development Programme and will train at the resort complex just
outside Marbella.
We will be staying at Atalaya Park Golf Hotel & Resort, which is located
in the very heart of the Costa del Sol of Andalucía, between Estepona and
Marbella, and right next to the sea. This beach resort complex has the
most comprehensive range of sports facilities on the Costa del Sol and
features; two 18-hole golf courses, 6 swimming pools, health club, 9 ten-
nis courts, nautical sports centre, 2 natural grass football pitches, beach
volleyball courts and golf driving range.
Many football teams including the Nigerian national team, Spanish Premier
Division Clubs and others from all over Europe have undertaken their pre
-season or mid-season training camp at Atalaya Park Golf Hotel & Resort.
In addition, during the day out to visit the home stadium of Malaga, coach-
ing sessions will be held at the old first team training pitch adjacent to the
stadium.
We hope this will help develop the boys Footballing skills and help lead
both the players and the school to future success!
Reece (F1) started Go-Karting at a young age; he has now been Go-Karting competi-
tively for 2 years and really enjoys it. Reece was introduced to karting when his father
took him to a race school where he learnt basic kart wheel control, he also went to
cadet club. When Reece was 8 years old he decided he wanted to try racing; he had to
pass a test known as the Arks Test to get his licence. This involved learning about safe-
ty on the track. What the various flags meant and how you would respond. Once
Reece had achieved this he was entered in the Cadet Club Championship. In his first
competition he came 8th
out of 16 drivers. Reece realised how much he wanted to win.
He has now competed numerous times during the season, being on the podium in 8 of
them and 1st
four times. These results led him to be the overall Champion of the sea-
son, 3 points ahead of 2nd
place. One day Reece hopes to be a professional driver and
become a F1 driver.

3. Sports Newsletter
Gymnastics
Inter-house Netball and Football Tournaments
The Inter-house Football and Netball tournament for all F1, F2 and F3 pupils took place just before the Christmas break. All
four houses competed against one another for the prestigious House Trophy.
In the Football, Water Rats came out on top, winning all three of their games. Jacob Haynes was the star performer with three
goals in the tournament. In Netball, Moles were the overall winners of Inter-House this term, winning all three games, a spe-
cial well done goes to Rachel and Serena for their outstanding shooting on the Moles team.
Football Results
Badgers 0 Water Rats 1 (Takombi)
Moles 0 Toads 2 (Harry B.P. & Fabio)
Badger 0 Toads 0
Moles 0 Water Rats 3 (Takombi & Jacob 2)
Toads 0 Water Rats 2 (Jacob & Matthew)
Badgers 0 Moles 2 (Jonny 2)
1st Place Water Rats (3 wins)
2nd Place Toads (1 win, 1 draw & 1 loss)
3rd Place Moles (1 win & 2 losses)
This term in P.E. the pupils have carried out a
gymnastics scheme of work . By the end of the
scheme pupils aimed to create a 10 part sequence
including, individual balances, partner balances,
rolls, jumps and rotations. Pupils were assessed
against a criteria; the pupils needed to consider
their body tension, extension of limbs, fluency of
movement, atheistically pleasing movements and
timing when working with peers. Pupils demon-
strated their creative side, by planning and carry-
ing out their own ideas. At the end of the scheme
of work pupils performed their routines in front
of the class.
As a reward for all their hard work, the pupils
were treated to a session using apparatus such as
climbing bars, ropes, springboard and the vault.
During this session the pupils performed some
spectacular jumps and shapes.
PICTURE
Netball Results
Toads vs Water rats 1 – 0
Badgers vs Moles 0 – 2
Badgers vs Moles 0 – 2
Badgers vs Water rats 0 – 1
Water rats v Moles 0 – 1
Badgers vs Toads 0 – 2
1st
Place Moles (3 wins)
2nd
Place Toads (2 wins, 1 loss)
3rd
Place Water rats (1 win, 2 losses)

4. Cross Country
Sports Newsletter
St. John’s pupils took part in their annual Cross Country Competition. The competition was held at the Senior School, where
pupils had to run around the school grounds.
The first race comprised of all the Upper Transitus and F1 boys and girls running one lap of the school grounds, which was
approximately 1KM.
The second race was two laps of the school grounds and was run by all of the boys and girls from F2 and F3.
In total, there were 109 children who completed the race, with everyone of them putting in a fantastic effort, pushing them-
selves to their maximum levels of endurance.
The top three from each year group received medals. Please see the results below.
We also entered the Lee Valley cross Country championships, with our elite runners. We performed well, bringing home 4
medals out of 6 races. They were:
2nd place: Sean Kanu
3rd place: Katherine McKenzie
2nd place: Joshua White
3rd place: Ethan Todd
Years 1st 2nd 3rd
UT Girls Omatoyo Aduroja Ella Robinson Marlie
UT Boys Joshua White Ethan Todd Freddie Tarthen
F1 Girls Maahi Patel Charlotte Wheatley Sofia Gkogka
F1 Boys Sean Kanu Matthew Muwambi Takumi Satoh
F2 Girls Katherine McKenzie Madison Bernardo Nitu Tailor
F2 Boys Jacob Haynes Tatsuya Tavares James Wisker
F3 Girls Aileen Ajibade Mellissa Ourris Holly White
F3 Boys Harry Baldock-Proud Andreas Koureas Tony Dinh

5. Sports Newsletter
On Sunday 13th April, Mr. Russell will be taking part in one of the biggest challenges of his life,
The London Marathon!
Recently, Mr. Russell has been training hard, completing up to 16 miles at the weekends.
Mr. Russell will be doing the run in support of ‘Get Kids Going!’, which is a charity that helps
disabled children participate in sport.
Sports’ Pupils of the Term Awards
Mr. Russell Takes on London Marathon
Sean Kanu has had an outstanding Autumn term, producing match winning
performances in Football, scoring 2 hat tricks. He has also performed ex-
tremely well in Cross Country, winning his category in the school Cross
Country event and finishing 2nd in the Lee Valley Cross country champi-
onships. Sean is also very enthusiastic in lessons and produced some excel-
lent work in Gymnastics.
1. Favourite sports team?
Arsenal football team
2. Sporting heroes?
Aaron Ramsey and Kanu (dad!)
3. Favourite sports?
Football, basketball and rugby.
4. Most memorable sporting moment?
When Sean was playing for Watford , Sean's team were 3 – 1 down, how-
ever Sean scored a hat trick. To win the game 4 – 3.
Kanu (dad) scoring to beat Chelsea 3 – 2 in Premiership League.
Olivia is a talented athlete who is very enthusiastic about sport, always
putting in maximum effort. Olivia has displayed a high level of ability in
Netball this term, representing the school in fixtures as the Captain of the
Netball Team. At these fixtures she has displayed fantastic attacking skills,
to help the Netball Team win. Olivia is a joy to teach in lessons and has
produced some outstanding work, in Netball and Gymnastics.
1. Favourite sports team?
Tottenham Hotspur Football team
2. Sporting heroes?
Rebecca Adlington and Jessica Ennis.
3. Favourite sports?
Netball, Swimming and Rounders.
4. Most memorable sporting moment?
A netball match against Sherrardswood School , St John’s won 23 – 1.

6. Dear Parents,
Next term we will be focusing on Fitness and Tennis as well as continuing with Football and Netball. The Cricket
boys will continue to train hard, ready for the summer term and all pupils will be working hard on Monday
mornings in preparation for the
annual Swimming Gala.
We would like to thank you for all
the support you have given the
P.E. Department throughout the
term. Your help in encouraging
the children to attend clubs and
fixtures is vitally important to the
sporting development of our chil-
dren. We look forward to seeing
you in the New Year.
Merry Christmas
and Best Wishes,
Ian Russell (Head of Prep.
School P.E.) & the P.E. Team
Extra Curricular Clubs
St. John’s Prep Extra Curricular
Timetable
Monday
Girls (F2 and F3) Netball - Senior
School -
Miss Pym & Miss King
Lunchtime
Tuesday
Girls (F2 and F3) Netball - Senior
School -
Miss Pym & Miss King
3.20 p.m. – 4.20 p.m.
Boys (F2 and F3) Cricket - Senior
School-
Mr. Russell
3.20 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.
Wednesday
Girls (UT and F1) Netball - Senior
School -
Miss Pym & Miss King
3.20 p.m. – 4.20 p.m.
Boys (F1) Cricket - Senior School-
Mr. Russell
3.20 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.
Thursday
Boys (UT to F3) Football -
Senior School -
Mr. Russell & Miss King -
3.20 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.
St. John’s 21 – 18 Southgate
Ballet Club
Ballet
Ballet takes place on a Monday.
Lower School: 3.00 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.
Upper School: 3.45 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Price: £45.00
Number of sessions: 9
Start: Monday 20th January
Finish: Monday 24th March
Payment: cheque made payable to Mrs. A. Boden
Clothing: Girls - pink ballet shoes, pink dress and cardigan
Boys - black leather ballet shoes and ‘Greens’.
Ballet is a fun and exciting opportunity for the pupils at St John’s to be creative and
enjoy themselves within a dance environment.
Fencing
Fencing
Fencing takes place on a Friday.
Lower School: 2.30 p.m. till 3.30 p.m.
Upper School: 3.30 p.m. till 4.30 p.m.
Price: £64.00 (£7 a session)
Number of sessions: 9
Start: Friday 25th January
Finish: Friday 28th March
Payment: cheques made to Mrs. Szokolovics.
Only 12 pupils will be admitted to this club.
Clothing: Greens
Fencing is a very popular extra-circular sport at St. John’s. It involves learning the
skills and control needed to play and beat an opponent. Ideal for both beginners
and pupils with experience in Fencing.
If you are interested in any of
the Extra-Curricular Sports
Clubs please look out for a
letter that will be handed to
your child and return the at-
tached reply slip by Thursday,
16th January to Mr. Russell