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	Year 6 Footballers continue to win.
	Having won the Wix shield (County Cup) at the end of April, the Prep school U11 team travelled to St Albans City football ground on Thursday 10th May to compete in the final of the 7 a side Centenary shield hoping to complete a double and win both in the same season, a feat managed only once in the history of the competitions by Radlett Prep in 2007. The team first faced Greneway School from Royston in their semi final taking a commanding 3-0 lead by midway through the first half. What looked like a comfortable victory however began to grow into an ever bigger uncertainty as the team lost their shape in the midfield conceding goals either side of half time and then again in the closing minutes of the game. Habs grew more nervous and in some frantic defending almost conceded another right on the full time whistle. The match went into extra time and with some changes in formation Habs began to threaten again but the deadlock remained and the result was a penalty shoot out to see who would progress. The team kept their nerve not missing any of the spot kicks and by the fourth attempt had only to score to seal the victory. Josh Edwards duly obliged and Habs place in the final against Codicote was secured. The final proved less tense and goals in either half allowed the team to relax and play some commanding football. A goal kick error did allow Codicote to reply but once Joe Leslie had restored the lead, Habs threatened constantly with several chances falling to Freddy Nash as the opposition gave him more freedom in their efforts to force an equaliser at the other end of the pitch The team secured Habs first success in the Centenary shield. Their ability to move the ball with some free flowing football proved too difficult to defend for most of our opposition during the season and indeed since the start in January they have remained undefeated playing over 30 matches winning every game bar one which was a 1-1 draw with Bedford Modern. Well done to all the boys who have made up this squad, they have worked hard for each other, their desire and commitment has been the key to their success. S Lowe

Year 6 Footballers continue to win.

Having won the Wix shield (County Cup) at the end of April, the Prep school U11 team travelled to St Albans City football ground on Thursday 10th May to compete in the final of the 7 a side Centenary shield hoping to complete a double and win both in the same season, a feat managed only once in the history of the competitions by Radlett Prep in 2007.

The team first faced Greneway School from Royston in their semi final taking a commanding 3-0 lead by midway through the first half. What looked like a comfortable victory however began to grow into an ever bigger uncertainty as the team lost their shape in the midfield conceding goals either side of half time and then again in the closing minutes of the game. Habs grew more nervous and in some frantic defending almost conceded another right on the full time whistle. The match went into extra time and with some changes in formation Habs began to threaten again but the deadlock remained and the result was a penalty shoot out to see who would progress. The team kept their nerve not missing any of the spot kicks and by the fourth attempt had only to score to seal the victory. Josh Edwards duly obliged and Habs place in the final against Codicote was secured.

The final proved less tense and goals in either half allowed the team to relax and play some commanding football. A goal kick error did allow Codicote to reply but once Joe Leslie had restored the lead, Habs threatened constantly with several chances falling to Freddy Nash as the opposition gave him more freedom in their efforts to force an equaliser at the other end of the pitch The team secured Habs first success in the Centenary shield. Their ability to move the ball with some free flowing football proved too difficult to defend for most of our opposition during the season and indeed since the start in January they have remained undefeated playing over 30 matches winning every game bar one which was a 1-1 draw with Bedford Modern. Well done to all the boys who have made up this squad, they have worked hard for each other, their desire and commitment has been the key to their success.

S Lowe

Year 5 Berkhamsted Football Tournament
	We played some brilliant football with passion and determination. In fact, the boys came top of the table with Berkhamsted School. Unfortunately we were pipped into the runners-up spot only on goal difference! A great event and the boys made us very proud.

Wix County Cup

With hatricks by both Joe Leslie and Freddy Nash, the U11 Habs Prep team secured a 6-2 victory against Radlett in the Wix County Cup final on April 30th. Dominating much of the game with commanding mid- field performances by Josh Edwards and Oliver Russell, Radlett were never allowed to settle into their rhythm and some intelligent distribution of the ball allowed numerous scoring opportunities for the Habs front three. By half time the team had a commanding 3-1 lead and with two more goals early in the second half the opposition’s heads went down and only threatened through our defensive errors rather than chances they created.
The team now has the U11 7 a side version of the Wix trophy to look forward to when they compete in the semi finals at Clarence Park St Albans on the 10th May, hoping to make this a first for Habs in securing both trophies in the same season.

Cross country success

Jamie Harper has continued his outstanding form since half term winning the U 11 Keble X Country Race on an undulating course at Trent Park, Cockfosters on February 23rd by a comfortable 30 second margin and then on Wednesday March 7th he ran the fastest individual leg of the Belmont Oti 6 man X Country relay. Over a very muddy 1400m course Jamie ran 4mins 42 secs with only one other runner managing to break the 5 minute barrier.
In both events Jamie has been ably supported by Louis Flinn, Nathan Kaye, Freddy Nash, Andrew Rogers and Henry Rocha. At Keble we had three runners in the top ten but had to settle for second place in the team title being narrowly beaten by Heathmount school and then again in the Oti Relay despite getting ever closer to the race leaders Gayhurst school from Gerrards Cross, Habs were unable to bridge the gap of 10 seconds despite valiant efforts from Andrew Rogers and Louis Flinn on the last two legs.
The Hereward House X Country is the last remaining fixture on the 23rd March where Jamie will hope to complete his double hatrick of wins and the team will be looking to finish the season with an overall win.

Swimming success

Felix, Louis, Alex and Thomas swam in the district relay championships at Woodside leisure centre on Friday evening. The competition as always was tough but the boys won all the trophies on offer. On winning the Hertfordshire title they are automatically entered into the National Finals with 15 other teams. This will take place at Ponds Pool , Sheffield in June.

U11 match against Bedford Modern

Football results

Football
Team	Venue	Result
Under 11 A
V Belmont	Home	Won 7-1
V Northwood	Home	Won 1-0
V Lincroft	Away	Won 3-1
V Cockenhoe; Wix Trophy	Home	Won 6-2
Under 11 B
V Belmont	Home	Won 3-0
V Northwood	Home	Won 4-0
V Lincroft	Away	Lost 1-10
Under 11 C
V Belmont	Home	Won 8-0
Under 10 A
V Lincroft	Away	Draw 1-1
V Highgate	Away	Won 2-1
Under 10 B
V Lincroft	Away	Lost 1-5
V Highgate	Away	Lost 0-1
Under 10 C
V Lincroft	Away	Lost 0-5
V Highgate	Away	Lost 0-1
Under 10 D
V Highgate	Away	Won 3-2
Under 10 E
V Highgate	Away	Lost 4-5
Under 9 A
V Radlett	Home	Lost 1-2
Under 9 B
V Radlett	Home	Lost 0-3
Under 9 C
V Radlett	Home	Lost 1-3
Under 9 D
V Radlett	Home	Won 8-0

IAPS X Country Championships at Habs 7/2/12 results 1st Jamie Harper; 17th Louis Flinn; 20th Nathan Kaye; 38th Freddy Nash; 56th Henry Rocha; 77th Amir Mouehli; 78th Jamar Iferenta; 79th Josh Edwards; 82nd Tom Allibone.
Keble X country race	U11 Team
	U9 Team

IAPS X Country Championships at Habs 7/2/12 results

1st Jamie Harper; 17th Louis Flinn; 20th Nathan Kaye; 38th Freddy Nash; 56th Henry Rocha; 77th Amir Mouehli;
78th Jamar Iferenta; 79th Josh Edwards; 82nd Tom Allibone.

Keble X country race

U11 Team

U9 Team

Prep School Under 11 Rugby 2011

The Under 11 rugby season has been outstanding and as the term has progressed both the A and B teams have gone from strength to strength and since the Ireland tour at half term the A team have scored 296 points without conceding any in the six matches played since their return.
Their matches have been marked by some outstanding team performances both from the forwards in securing the ball at the breakdown and by intelligent running from the backs opening up opposition defences for try scoring opportunities. The early fixtures showed promise but the hard work put in on tour in Dublin took the degree of understanding amongst the players to a new level and they were able to transfer that to our remaining fixtures after half term.

	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Points For	Points Against
1st XII	11	8	0	3	369	87

2nd XII	11	7	1	3	295	99

The A team’s highlight of the season was their 7-0 win over Chesham in a very physical game with Nadav Blane Damelin driving over the line from 15 meters out to score the match winning try in the last 2 minutes of the game. The B teams highlight was their 42-7 win over St Columbas as Ben Schwarzmann and Ollie Nathanson combined with their strong running to cut through the opposition defence virtually every time they were in possession of the ball.
Romeo Box Fahy has been a prolific try scorer for the A team but the success has been based on the squad’s strength in depth, Sam Warner, Louis Flinn, Nadav Blane Damelin and Josh Edwards supplying flair in the backs to link with the power of Freddy Nash, Oliver Hocking and Luckshman Sivathasan in the forwards. In the B team Aron Rosenthal and Ali Talibhusein have made great improvements showing considerable strength on the ball. The ability to move the ball through the hands and the confidence in direct running set this squad apart they will have much to offer as they move through the main school.

Team	Venue	Result
Under 11 A
V St Johns Northwood	Away	Lost 7 - 21
V Bedford Modern	Home	Won 35-7
V St Benedicts	Away	Lost 21-38
V St Columbas	Away	Lost 19-21
V University Catholic School Dublin	Away	Won 45-0
V Belmont	Home	Won 60-0
V Northwood	Home	Won 75-0
V Chesham	Home	Won 7-0
V Robert Bloomfield	Home	Won 33-0 abandoned after 32 mins
V Lincroft	Home	Won 36-0
V UCS	Home	Won 38-0
Under 11 B
V St Johns Northwood	Away	Lost 7 - 19
V Bedford Modern	Home	Draw 0-0
V St Benedicts	Away	Lost 7-35
V St Columbas	Away	Won 42-7
V University Catholic School Dublin	Away	Won 50-5
V Belmont	Home	Won 35-0
V Northwood	Away	Won 33-0
V Chesham	Home	Won 19-14
V Robert Bloomfield	Home	Won 40-5
V Lincroft	Home	Won 19-7
V UCS	Home	Lost 5-7

Years 5, 4 and 3 Rugby Results

Team	Venue	Result

Under 10 A
V St Columbas College	Away	Lost 15-25
V St Benedicts	Home	Lost 20-30
UCS Tournament	Away
V UCS		Won 10-5
V St Johns		Won 10-0
V St Columbas		Lost 0-20
V Gayhurst (semi final)		Lost 5-15

V Bedford Modern	Away	Lost 30-40
V UCS	Home	Lost 5-35
V St Johns	Home	Lost 5-15
V Robert Bloomfield	Home	Lost 30-45
Under 10 B
V St Columbas College	Away	Lost 20-35
V St Benedicts	Home	Won 55-40
V Bedford Modern	Away	Lost 25-35
V UCS	Home	Lost 15-25
V St Johns	Home	Won 25-10
Under 10 C
V St Columbas College	Away	Lost 15 - 40
V St Johns	Home	Lost 25-35

Under 10 D
V St Johns	Home	Lost 10-15

Under 9 A
V Bedford Modern	Home	Lost 10-25
V St Benedicts	Home	Lost 20-30
V Northwood	Away	Lost 0-30
V Chesham	Away	Lost 20-30
V St Johns	Home	Lost 20-25
St Columbas Tournament	Away
V UCS		Lost 5-10
V Bedford		Lost 0-15
V Ridgeway		Lost 5-20
V Belmont		Won 20-5
V Bedford Modern		Won 10-5

V UCS	Home	Lost 10-30
V Berkhamsted	Home	Won 20-15
V St Columbas	Home	Lost 10-45
Under 9 B
V Bedford Modern	Home	Won 40-30
V St Benedicts	Home	Won 30-15
V Northwood	Away	Draw 15-15
V Chesham	Away	Won 30-15
V St Johns	Home	Won 25-5
St Columbas Tournament	Away
V Bedford		Draw 0-0
V St Benedicts		Won 10-5
V Belmont		Lost 5-10
V UCS		Lost 5-15
V UCS	Home	Draw 5-5
V Berkhamsted	Home	Won 50-15
V St Columbas	Home	Lost 25-30
Under 9 C
V Northwood	Home	Won 35-30
V St Johns	Home	Lost 30-60
V St Columbas	Home	Lost 20-25
Under 9 D
V St Johns	Home	Won 55-10
V St Columbas	Home	Won 50-10
Under 8 A
V Chesham Prep	Away	Lost 8-12
V Northwood	Away	Won 4-3
Bedford Modern Tag Tournament	Away
V Grove		Won 3-2
V Milton Keynes		Won 5-4
V Wellinborough (Final)		Lost 7-10

V St Columbas	Home	Lost 9-12
V St Johns	Away	Lost 7-10
V Berkhamsted	Home	Won 9-8
Under 8 B
V Chesham Prep	Away	Lost 8-11
V Northwood	Away	Lost 9-10
V St Columbas	Home	Lost 8-14
V St Johns	Away	Lost 6-10
V Berkhamsted	Home	Won 6-4
Under 8 C
V Chesham Prep	Away	Won 6-3
V Northwood	Home	Won 11-3
V St Columbas	Home	Lost 5-11
V St Johns	Away	Draw 11-11
Under 8 D
V Chesham Prep	Away	Won 6-1
V Northwood	Home	Lost 5-9
V St Columbas	Home	Draw14-14
V St Johns	Away	Draw 10-10
Under 8 E
V St Columbas	Home	Won 14-7
V St Johns	Away	Lost 7-9
Under 8 F
V St Columbas	Home	Lost 9-11
V St Johns	Away	Won 6-4

Prep Rugby Dublin Tour Following their very successful rugby tour to Dublin during the first week of half term, the Under 11 A and B teams have returned to their domestic fixtures in fine form. The boys enjoyed convincing wins over The Catholic University school, 45-0 for the A team and 50-5 for the B team. Since being on tour they have scored over 200 points between them, without conceding a single try in their fixtures against Northwood Prep and Belmont.
Turning his coaching skills to the younger end of the rugby world, Mr Ian Matthews has developed some great running backs in the A team in Romeo Box Fahy, Sam Warner and Josh Edwards, whilst the tenacity of forwards such as Freddy Nash has helped to secure some good possession for the team to work with. Romeo at present is the highest points scorer, running in 12 tries in the last two games. There are now some difficult fixtures ahead but the Under 11’s are on course for one of their most successful seasons for many years.

Well done Oliver! Oliver plays rugby with Old Albanians U11’s, and on Sunday reached the final of the ‘Saracens U11 Land Rover Premiership Cup’. A 5–5 draw with Ealing in the final meant both sides shared the coveted title. It is one of the strongest tournaments of the season, with top teams from all over the South-East taking part. The boys played fantastically well all day, with a great team spirit, and have been invited to take part in the ‘Parade of Champions’ at Twickenham, as part of the Aviva Premiership Final on Saturday 26th May 2012.
	Justin Melck, Saracens No.8, presented the prizes before the competing teams went to watch the Premiership game between Saracens and Sale Sharks at Vicarage Road – which Saracens won!

Well done Oliver!

Oliver plays rugby with Old Albanians U11’s, and on Sunday reached the final of the ‘Saracens U11 Land Rover Premiership Cup’. A 5–5 draw with Ealing in the final meant both sides shared the coveted title. It is one of the strongest tournaments of the season, with top teams from all over the South-East taking part. The boys played fantastically well all day, with a great team spirit, and have been invited to take part in the ‘Parade of Champions’ at Twickenham, as part of the Aviva Premiership Final on Saturday 26th May 2012.

Justin Melck, Saracens No.8, presented the prizes before the competing teams went to watch the Premiership game between Saracens and Sale Sharks at Vicarage Road – which Saracens won!

Cross country Success & the Prep Inter House Donkin Cup Race

The Prep School X Country season started with the Under 11 team competing in the Harrow A.C school races on October 5th at Bannister Stadium. Running in the Year 7 race Habs claimed 3 of the top 4 places, Jamie Harper continuing where he left off last season running in a clear winner by over 20 seconds. Louis Flinn finished 3rd, Andrew Rogers ,still in Year 5, finished 4th and Henry Rocha completing the A team finished 13th. Habs were winners of the team title with 21 points ahead of Salvatorian school from Wealdstone who had 47. 12 teams finished the competition with Habs B team finishing 8th.

Other scorers were, Nathan Kaye 14th, Freddy Nash 18th, Tom Allibone 38th, Amir Mouehli 44th and Josh Edwards 49th.

These boys were again to the fore in the Inter House X Country held on Monday 10th of October at Habs. The U11 title was again secured by Jamie Harper ahead of Louis Flinn with Andrew Rogers 3rd. The U9 race was won by Jamar Iferenta, with Jack Cobb 2nd and Joseph Salt 3rd. The Kingfishers title went to Max Nissim.

Top ten results are below with full results available to view in school.

U11

1 Jamie Harper 10.29
2nd Louis Flinn 11.16
3rd Andrew Rogers 11.44
4th Nathan Kaye11.52
5th Henry Rocha 12.04
6th Romeo Box Fahy 12.08
7th Freddy Nash 12.12
8th Tom Allibone 12.34
9th Josh Edwards 12.36
10th Joe Leslie 12.39

U9

1st Jamar Iferenta 8.14
2nd Jack Cobb 8.39
3rd Joseph Salt 8.46
4th Ethan Myers 9.01
5th Sean Obiamiwe 9.05
6th Jamie Goodkind 9.06
7th Samual Newman 9.22
8th Toby Levitt 9.23
9th Shunnosuke Morimoto 9.24
10th Oliver Mosheim 9.27

The Kingfishers Race

1st Max Nissim 3.25
2nd Ashwin Kalairajah 3.43
3rd Kayan Vekaria 3.47
4th Charlie Nash 3.48
5th Tom Fielden 3.52
6th Cameron Pullen 3.56
7th Ethan Gerrard 3.57
8th Samuel Buckland 4.07
9th Keshav Kedia 4.07
10th Sani Abubakar 4.09

U9 B match vs Bedford, we won 8-6! Well done boys.

Year 6 Rugby Match Against Bedford Modern

It was a sunny Saturday morning and the Habs A team was getting ready for their second match of the season.

Habs won the toss and decided to kick off. We started off well and held a comfortable 21-0 lead at half time. In the second half Bedford Modern were determined not to give up without a fight. We were in a very comfortable position, but Bedford Modern did manage to score 1 converted try. The Habs final score was a very convincing 35- 7.

A terrific performance from Josh who scored 1 try and successfully converted all the others. Nadav made some outstanding runs on the wing including 2 tries and Romeo scored a fine solo try running from one end of the pitch to the other diving in under the posts. The forwards proved impressive with their aggression and enthusiasm on the field. A great performance and our momentum will hopefully spur us on for our next match.

By Max and Louis PNT Sport.

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