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This was our last fixture of a very busy, and successful, year on the netball front.

It was with mixed emotions that I approached the games – it’s always great to have our teams on court, but this was the last time I would be part of a match with our committed group of Year 6 players who have had much success in terms of their progress, results and how much fun they have made it week on week. They will be missed next year.

The A team completed their Dorchester netball journey with a 6-3 win against a strong team and should be very pleased with how well they calmed their play when St Mary’s started to narrow the gap and were able to combine well to ease ahead for their final victory of the year.

The B team saw a few players trialling new positions and against a well-practised St Mary’s team they found it hard to settle into their own game, but the 6-0 score line doesn’t reflect some of the smooth passages of play and lovely circle feeding that they displayed during the game.

This was the first ever match for most of our C team players, who waited very patiently to play in the third game of the fixture. The most pleasing thing about their performance was their technical netball – footwork was good, as was their understanding of their positions – which is key for all these players going forward. The final score was 4-0 to St Mary’s, but due to time constraints some of the opposition team were A team players playing out of position and so our C team should be very pleased with how they coped with this and how they managed to keep the score line within touching distance for the whole game – only one goal scored in the second half!

A huge thank you to all the players for their enthusiasm towards our matches this year and also to the number of parents who have regularly come to support, both home and away matches, whatever the weather!

Year 5/6 Borough Athletics

Due to work going on at The David Weir Centre, this year’s Borough Athletics was just open to Year 5 and Year 6 athletes. It was a hot afternoon to be competing, but our Squad of 16 runners and our Team Manager were excellent ambassadors for Dorchester, both with their performances and their conduct throughout the competition.

What a wonderful morning we had at Year 5 and 6 Sports Day today.

After winning the Sutton borough 3 v 3 basketball competition, Dorchester Primary School was invited to represent Sutton in the 2024 London Youth Games, under 11 category, held at the Score Centre in East London.
It was impressive that our team performed so well given they had a tough group and secured a spot in the quarter finals. Although they didn't win, the team had a great experience and it is fantastic that the team was able to showcase their skills and teamwork on a larger stage. Losing by just one point can be frustrating, but it's also a great motivator for future competitions. The fact that the children represented their school and borough with pride is something to be immensely proud of. 

I hope DPS continues to do well in future competitions and has many more opportunities to represent their school and community.
Riad

On Friday 10th May our footballers went out to play Westbourne and All Saints Benhilton.

With a late change of rules for this year’s Borough Rally allowing mixed teams to enter, our squad arrived at the competition having trained but not having played competitively together. You’d never have known! This really was a good example of everyone playing their part and contributing fully to the results by working together as a team and using everyone’s strengths. Across the court everyone defended hard to win turnovers and some composed passing when attacking allowed us many chances at goal.

Unbeaten in the round robin stage, having beaten Stanley Park, Nonsuch, Green Wrythe and Foresters, as winners of our group we faced Holy Trinity in the semi-final – an extremely strong team. It was an exciting game, as semi-finals should be!, and closely fought throughout. On the final whistle Holy Trinity had held their 2-1 lead and moved into the final, going on to win overall.

Dorchester really worked hard in the semi though and to be so close to earning a place in the final with such a narrow defeat shows how well they performed on Saturday and how much they fully deserved their 3^rd place overall.

I was extremely proud of them all for their excellent play, determination and sporting approach to the whole competition – it was a fitting end to the competitive netball season for us!

Congratulations to Emilia, Evie, Paige, Hei, Carson, Aldea, Amelie and Alba.