Sports Report Week 3

Hockey 

v Pangbourne: Girls 1^st XI won 6-3.

v Bradfield: 2^nd team lost 6-3; U15B lost 7-2; U15C lost 7-2; U14A won 11-1; U14B won 7-2; U14C won 9-0.

v KES Birmingham: U13A won 8-7; U13B won 8-7.

Athletics

In the Radley relay event the Senior and Inter boys ran extremely well in a combination of the 4x100m and the medley relay – in which 4 runners complete distances of 200m, 400m or 800m to give a grand total distance of 1600m – or a mile. The Senior boys finished an impressive 6^th place – with a superb time of 3 minutes 53– only 9 seconds behind Eton’s winning time of 3:44. The Inter boys finished with a total time of 4:30 which was also pleasing.

In the Oxford City Schools event, the Year 7 boys retained the crown as current champions, with both the Junior and Inter boys finishing in second place in their respective categories. Ben Sims won the 1500m, Jack Lipman won the 800m, James Coles won the shotputt, Woody Blakesley Grimes won the discus, Hugo Albert won the javelin, Seb Gardner won the Junior 800m and Matthew Critchley won the javelin.

Good luck to all those competing at Stowe and at Bromsgrove this week.

Golf

A very competitive fixture against St Edward’s at the Oxfordshire Golf Club was held on Tuesday 7^th May. Fin Szafnauer, Will Price and Abhir Joshi beat their opponents in a match play format. Edmund Fry ended up playing some competitive golf but lost 2&1.

Sailing

The 2^nd VI travelled to Bristol for the Western Region Championships, and beat sides from Eton, Millfield and Sherborne to finish a creditable 7^th of 13 teams.

Meanwhile, the 1^st VI spent three days in Liverpool sailing against a mixture of university and adult teams. The learning curve was steep, but there were significant successes in the form of wins against sides from Exeter, Manchester and Edinburgh Universities as well as against a guest Australian team. Given the quality of the opposition, Magdalen sailors were delighted to finish 35^th of 36 teams.

Rowing

We took 7 crews to the Ball Cup at Dorney Lake on Sunday.

The J14 quad won their heat and took Gold in the final. The J15 A quad came top of their heat and also won Gold in the final (dead heat).

The J15 B quad came fourth, with the J15 double narrowly winning their heat and taking Silver in the final.

The J16 quad won Gold in the final, with the J18 quad taking Bronze in the final and J18 double finishing in 6th.

Team of the week

Team of the week goes to the U15 A cricket side for winning two from two against Stowe and Bradfield.

Cricket

v The Dragon: U13A lost by 45 runs; U12A lost by 73 runs; U13B lost by 8 wickets; U12B lost by 30 runs.

v Stowe: U15A won by 46 runs; U14A lost by 8 runs.

v Bradfield: 3^rdXI lost by 42 runs; U15A won by 62 runs; U15B lost by 12 runs; U15C lost by 185 runs; U14A lost by 38 runs; U14B lost by 10 wickets.

v Reading Blue Coat: U13A won by 3 wickets; U13B won by 4 wickets; U13C lost by 6 wickets; U12A lost by 8 wickets; U12B lost by 2 wickets.

Tennis

v King Alfred’s Academy: U13B won 8-4.

v North Oxford Tennis Club: 1^stVI won 2-1.

v Winchester College: U14A won 6-3; U14B won 9-0; U14C won 9-0.

ISL– Group 2

1^st team beat Tonbridge 10-2; Radley 9-3 and drew with Abingdon 6-6. This meant that the result went on count back with MCS winning with 25 sets and Abingdon second, winning 23.