The King’s Bruton U16 Girls’ Hockey team has, for the second year running, finished in third place at the England Hockey National Schools’ Championship.

This is a tremendous achievement to follow up the National Indoor Hockey title the side won earlier in the year. Placed in a pool alongside Trent CoIlege, The Leys and Wellington College, the King’s team knew it would be a difficult task to repeat last year’s outstanding feat. However, the tournament began extremely well for King’s as they defeated a tough Trent College side 2-0 in the opening match with goals coming from Carolin with a smart finish over the keeper and Jessica who expertly finished off an outstanding team goal. In the second match versus The Leys, King’s had too much quality for their opponents as they won 7-0 with the goals being scored by Victoria (3), Olivia (2), Carolin and Sophie. This victory saw King’s end day 1 at the top of Pool A with a maximum of six points and knowing that the match vs Wellington College would decide who qualified for the final.

The match versus Wellington College, played early in the morning was a high quality hockey fixture with Wellington executing their game plan well to secure a 2-0 victory and their place in the final. This meant that King’s would line up against Blundell’s in the 3/4 playoff, a repeat of last year’s match. King’s dominated from the first to the last whistle as they won 2-0 courtesy of goals from Sophie and Carolin to end an outstanding season of hockey. “I am extremely proud of the girls and of what they have achieved this season. To win the National Indoor Title and then finish third at the National Schools’ Hockey championship is a huge achievement and the girls are very deserving of their medals. For us to compete with these much larger schools is fantastic and testament to all the hard work they have put in for what has been a long season.”

This caps off a remarkable season in which the team has played twenty matches, won nineteen, scored 115 goals and conceded only six!

Henry Eriksson - Director of Hockey