Category: Sport

Following the preliminary qualifying round earlier this year, Derek Guy was delighted to receive confirmation that 17 members of the Vinehall Swim Squad were through to the IAPS National Swimming Finals, held this year at the Olympic Pool Stratford. A long and busy day of swimming took place, with many competitors going through the heats and qualifying for…

As part of the swimming calendar, Vinehall swim squad took part in the IAPS regional swimming qualifiers back in February this year. With competitors swimming in a full programme of races, it all came down to timings to determine if they would qualify for the national finals held in June.  After a very nervous wait,…

IAPS Shooting Competition The Vinehall shooting team travelled to the West London Shooting School for the annual IAPS shooting competition last Friday.  The team competed in three age categories: U11, U12 & U13. With over 200 competitors from all over the country, the standard of shooting was very high.  All the boys can be very…

IAPS Ski Competition 2019 Wow!  Another great trip, they just seem to get better and better.  As always the children were wonderful. A very well-organised bunch and particularly polite, which is always a winner.  Never before have I been offered a drink on a tray when entering a room for a dorm check! There wasn’t…

Colts A v Papplewick   Lost 10 v 35 On a hard frost-bound pitch Vinehall struggled to contain the talented tourists from Papplewick School.  The wintery conditions meant that we played a touch tackling version of the game.  It put a premium on fluent passing and fast hands; the sort of core skills which Papplewick possessed…

U10A at Bede’s Netball Tournament This was a lovely afternoon of netball hosted by Bede’s at the Dicker.  The tournament consisted of two pools of six teams, each playing five six-minute matches against the other teams in their group.  The 1st and 2nd placed teams progressed to an eight-minute semi-final, the winners of which played…

After a combined effort from staff, parents and pupils, Vinehall played host to the 2019 Independent Schools Gymnastics Association 4 Piece Championships for Girls and Boys at the weekend.  With visiting schools from all over the country and as far away as Brussels, teams competed in Under 9, Under 11 and Under 13 age groups….

IAPS National Gymnastics Championships 2018   Last weekend the U13, U11, U10 & U9 teams travelled to Kent College Pembury, to compete in the 2018 IAPS National Gymnastics Championships.  There were over 300 gymnasts taking part in this annual event.  The gymnasts competed individually on floor and vault and the U13 & U11 teams also…

U11 IAPS HOCKEY QUALIFIER. After setting off from Vinehall for an early start at Eastbourne College, we arrived ready and eager to play hockey in the lovely warm sunshine.  We played in the group stages, with two 0-0 draws against Cumnor and St Teresa’s, and a loss of 0-3 to Holmewood. However, after some lunch…

On Thursday we hosted the touring Aldwickbury School for the very first time. After the tough footballing challengse on Wednesday the boys stepped up their performance and produced some very good football. The 1st XI produced a fantastic performance to run out 3-2 winners with a late Will H header in the last minute. The…