We finished term with a very active couple of weeks for all our teams across a number of sports with some really excellent performances. We’ve also enjoyed all our House netball too – read about the Year 7s here, Year 8s here and the Year 9s here.

Athletics

Our U12 athletes took part in the first round of the London Youth Games Indoor Athletics Sports Hall competition at the end of November. We placed second overall and just missed out on qualification for the Ealing Borough finals.

There were some fantastic athletics on show from students. Congratulations to Rebecca H, Mary-Kate T, Lily Z and Iskra C-P for all winning their races. Impressive field results included: Broad Jump: 1m98 from Rebecca H, Standing triple jump: 5m35 from Mary-Kate T, Speed Bounce: 63 bounces from Meredith J, Shot Putt: 6m20 from Caroline S and Vertical Jump: 55cm from Iskra C-P.

The following week our U13 team placed first overall in their heat and qualified for the Ealing Borough Finals in January!

Football

On December 3rd our U12 and U13 football teams took on St Augustine’s Priory away and both managed goalless draws. On December 8th we sent three of our students to the GDST Select U15 Football Trials – Zoe D, Sylvie T and Daisy K. We wait to hear how they got on!

Hockey

Congratulations to the U18 Hockey Team who on November 23rd won the regional round of their tournament and are off to Nationals on the 7th February- the first NHEHS team to ever make it to Nationals in Hockey! They defeated St Benedict’s 2-0 and Trinity 6-0.

Also on November 23rd our U15A team took the win away to St Augustine’s Priory 4-1 (Goals – Hannah K (4), MVPs Amelia C and Hannah K). Our U14A team played and lost 0-2 in a friendly home to G&L on 24th November, while a mixed first and second XI drew 0-0 away at St Augustine’s Priory on November 25th (MVP Jennifer D).

On December 1st our U13A & B hockey teams travelled to Godolphin & Latymer School for matches and lost 2-3 and 1-14. MVP for the As was Guusje V and Krisha S for the Bs. On the same evening our U14A team took a win home to Francis Holland School, Regent’s Park with MVPs Zoe D and Zoe J.

In the U15 Middlesex Tournament on December 6th  our U15 team placed third with MVP Clemmie L-W. On the same day our U12A team drew 1-1 (MVP Ella P) and B team drew 0-0 (MVP Romilly C) home to Francis Holland School, Regent’s Park.

Netball

It’s been a busy few weeks of netball – some great highlights included our performances at the Harrodian Tournament – The U12A netball team won the Tournament, the U15A coming second, U14A second, U13A third and U18 sixth – all out of 12 independent schools.

The U12A netball team had a brilliant day at the Harrodian Tournament on 22nd November. In the Pool matches, we won 8-6 v Harrodian, 7-5 v Francis Holland SW1, 12-5 v St paul’s Girls and 11-3 against Emmanuel and so won the pool. We played Godolphin and Latymer in the semi finals and won 9-7.  This meant the team was drawn in the finals against Surbiton High School, who they finished second to at the Ibstock Tournament at the beginning of the season. We some fantastic play in the first half, especially from the shooters Iskra and Meredith, the result of the final was a win for NHEHS by 8-7. A fantastic result, well done to all the team for their hard work this season. Our opponents’ Player of the March for the final was Mary-Kate T, while Miss Nicholas’s Player of the full day was Ishkra C-P and Meredith J.

Our U13A team finished third in the Harrodian Tournament while our U18 team took 6th place out of 12 at the same tournament. Our U15 netballers also medalled at the Tournament with a fantastic second place – with an 11-7 win v Harrodian, 7-5 v G&L, 15-3 v Ibstock and a narrow defeat to Surbiton 7-9. In the semi finals we beat St Paul’s by one goal (14-13) but lost to Surbiton in the final 7-8. MVP was Ella M. Well done to all!

Our U18A team continued their run in Sistersnsport Cup with a 31-23 third round win away at Redborne Upper School (MVP Jasmine P), but sadly went out 17-62 away to Barking Abbey School on December 8th. The same team played away at Latymer Upper on 22^nd November and won 31-18 with four players playing up from our U16A team, while Latymer also played 3 players up from their younger team.

Our U13A team continued their great run in the Area Cup with a 36-32 win vs Brentwood School at home (MVP Adeife A and Imogen H) on November 29th.

St Augustine’s Priory hosted a fantastic U12 A-E fixture on 30th November with NHEHS taking five wins out of five. The A team won 34-2, the B team 20-2 (MVP Joanna D), the C team 10-0 (MVP Alishba A), the D team 13-0 (MVP Dalia D) and E team 16-1 (MVP Sophia L K). Our U16AB and C teams also took on St Augustine’s (December 9th), winning the A match 25-15, the B match 17-2 and drawing the C match 10-10.

The following day our U18A and B teams travelled to G&L for matches but lost 15-21 and 17-25.

Swimming

St Paul’s hosted an excellent fixture for our U12, U13, U14 and U15 swimmers on 24th November which NHEHS won.

Water Polo

Well done to several of our water polo players who were part of the U16 Middlesex team finishing second in the county waterpolo tournament played at the Whitgift School in Croydont! Well done to Zoe D, Amelia D, Zara D, Rosie H, Nicola H (all Year 10 and, Evie S (Year 9)

On November 25th there was a great water polo fixture against Highgate where our U14/U15 NHEHS team took a fantastic 7-7 draw against a mixed team of boys and girls (MVP Nicola H)!

Our U15 team took on North London Collegiate School in water polo fixture at home on 30th November and won 21-4 (MVP Zara D).

Miss Nicholas and the PE Department would like to wish all NHEHS a wonderful and restful Christmas and a very Happy New Year. We cannot wait for 2022 and what it will bring for sport.