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14 February 2022

The Year 6 Netball Teams went on a memorable trip to Birmingham just before February half-term. Hear from Chloe, our Prep Netball Captain, and Elena below, who both went on the trip.

By Chloe Cooper (Prep Netball Captain) and Elena Trochez 

On Friday the 4th of February, the year six A and B netball teams went on a memorable trip to Birmingham. After a week’s worth of excitement, the long awaited day had finally arrived. On the bus, our teachers had to withstand the dreadfully loud laughing, singing and chaos and let’s not forget the slight sugar high from sweets! 1 ½ hours later, we arrived at our first school. We were slightly discouraged by the height of our opposition, but we were not ready to lose. After accurate shooting from Chloe (GA) and Maisie (GS) we played excellently and won 9-4! Little did we know, they were a Year 7 A-TEAM, which made us even prouder of our victory. To maintain our winning streak, the B-Team played a Year 6 team and won 9-0!

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After the match, we made our way to the hotel. We were all so excited to find out the rooms. Once we got to our rooms, we unpacked and got ready for dinner. The dinner was delicious and so was dessert! We headed off to watch the School of Rock in the Theatre. We enjoyed the show so much, and were hardly bothered by the ear bursting music and blinding lights. After departing, we all sat down in the bus and headed back to the hotel. By half eleven, we were back and absolutely exhausted.

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We woke up after a good night’s sleep, ready to play more netball! Breakfast was delicious, so double the energy! As we got out of the bus at Warwick Prep School, we realised this was not going to be easy. Nevertheless, we maintained our winning streak and won! Kindly, they had prepared delightful pack lunches and we ate them very quickly, considering we had just won 14 – 1 for the B team and 15 – 3 for the A Team!

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On the bus, we were so excited to watch some of our favourite teams play in the Netball Superleague. We went to watch the end of Loughborough Lightning and London Pulse play! A fantastic win for Loughborough! We had 30 minutes after the match to spend our money on whatever we wanted! Some girls sprinted for the Manchester Thunder store while others went to the England Netball store. We played with our new netballs. Then the most exciting moment…drinks! Nope, just kidding, although the drinks were very refreshing, the most exciting moment was the Manchester Thunder and Celtic Dragons match! We cheered, danced (on the big screen!) and most of all, we celebrated Manchester Thunder’s win!

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When we got to the bus, we said our goodbyes to our shooter Maisie! As for the rest of us, we got on the bus ready to go home. Finally, we arrived at home at last! We would like to make massive thankyou to Mr Corran, Mrs Sewell and Mrs Hilton for making this trip possible and for making it the best it could be!