MTGS Sports News

MTGS Sports News

The Middle School Swimming Gala March 2010

The Middle School Swimming Gala always promises to be an exciting event and this year’s proved to be one of the most exciting for a long time. Considering we had our Junior National Team swimming for their various houses, the chance of records being broken looked very possible. However, no-one expected a batch of 8 records to be smashed, not even Mr Whalley or Mrs Stenson!!

It was Mrs Bush’s first ever gala as she was presenting the trophies on behalf of Mrs Robinson and she certainly enjoyed the experience. Well done to all those girls who participated and also to the spectators who helped make this a most enjoyable and successful event.

Australia and Fiji Sports Tour - July 2009

In the Summer of 2009 staff took girls on the trip of a lifetime to Australia and Fiji to play hockey and netball as well as reserve some time for soaking up the sun and the sights! See photographs below

Star Players

17 year old Nicole Whalley is the youngest player to earn selection for the North of England under-21 squad.

The Bickerstaffe young hockey star has played for Lancashire and the North at both under-15 and under-18 level, and now moves up to the under-21s which is traditionally chosen from top club players rather than top school players.

Nicole, who is in the Sixth Form, already represents Premier League Club Bowdon, mainly in their second XI, and ultimately has ambitions to make the England team and appear in the Olympics. She concedes that, with her sights set on studying Medicine at Oxford, "That ambition will probably have to be put on hold until after my university studies."