On Tuesday evening our newly formed Year 8 Basketball team hosted Manor School in their first ever competitive fixture! Despite only having played together in one rotation of PE lessons and the After-school extra-curricular sessions, we were unsure on how we would fare against a school that had played numerous games beforehand.

However, the team consisting of Svetlan, Lorenzo, Joseph, Callum R, Oliver S, Alex W, Kieran M and Jake were exceptional and lead 6-0 within the first 20 seconds. the boys ran riot, continuing to score at will, playing some excellent basketball with fast flowing, passing moves and working at an incredible intensity. The team ended up winning by over 50 points!!! Despite the score line the boys maintained their high levels of sportsmanship and gamesmanship, often assisting the opposition and overruling the referee for the benefit of the opposition.