Each year the school collects Tesco’s schools vouchers, which we use to purchase sports equipment. There is now a collection box out at the main reception ready for pupils to bring in vouchers. Last year we managed to collect over 10,000 vouchers which were used to get loads of equipment, this year we are going to try and get closer to 15,000.

Mr. White

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On Thursday 8th March the U14 Girls football team took part in a South Gloucestershire tournament at the Grange. The girls worked really hard throughout all the matches and managed to qualify for the next round of the competition on the 22^nd of March. Below is a list of all the matches they played in and the players of the match for each game.

Chipping Sodbury  0    V    JCA  2
Goal scorers: Anna Hall x 2
POM: Anna Hall - Fantastic work rate and created chances in front of goal all game

Bristol Brunel  0    V    JCA  3
Goal scorers: Anna Hall x 2 and Amiee Woods
POM: Mollie Robbins - Man marked their best player out of the game, followed all instructions given to her before the game, excellent performance

Downend 0    V    JCA  1
Goal Scores: Anna Hall
POM: Aimee Woods - good work rate on the wing and linked up extremely well with the strikers. Some impressive football.

Grange  0    V    JCA  0
POM: Izzy Warner - excellent defending throughout the tournament and great team player

Miss Hinton

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On Wednesday 7th March the U16 Girls football team took part in a South Gloucestershire tournament at the Grange. The girls worked really hard throughtout all the matches and managed to finish the tournament in 4^th place. Below is a list of all the matches they played in and the players of the match for each game.

Kings Oak Academy  1    V    John Cabot Academy  1
Goal Scores: Grace Kenway
POM: Jess Warner

Bristol Brunel Academy  2    V    John Cabot Academy  2
Goal Scores: Ruby Smith x2
POM: Jodie Hall

Chipping Sodbury  3    V    John Cabot Academy  0
POM: Gracie Bryant

Miss Hinton

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John Cabot U16 girls had a cracking game against Patchway on Thursday afternoon winning their first match this season. It was a slow start to the game with Patchway scoring an early goal. This made Cabot switch on and become more determined and saw the team start to play some good passing football. Ruby Smith was on form scoring the first goal for Cabot followed by another two making the score 3-1. Patchway started to put in harder tackles and get aggressive however the Cabot girls remained calm and represented their school well keeping composed and playing some excellent passing football. Grace Kenway took on three players and finished her run with an excellent shot making the score 4-1. Jazz Rogers finished of the scoring with a cheeky little goal after some good ball retention from the team. Overall this was the best performance from the U16 girls for a while and showed good determination and a strong desire to get their first win.

Player of the match: Ruby Smith

Miss Hinton

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This week the year 9 football team had their second game in their league against Kings Oak Academy at home on Wednesday. It was a difficult game due to both teams defending well so there were few scoring opportunities. However Cabot managed to create a good chance in the second half for Michael Pryce who managed to calmly put it past the opposition goal keeper. There were a number of strong performances during the game, these include Michael Pryce’s movement and work rate up front. Also Ronan Bermingham-McDonogh who played on the right wing, he chased down players with the ball and in attack linked up really well with the midfield and strikers. The final score was JCA 1 – 0 Kings Oak, which was the team’s second win in the last few weeks. Player of the match was Declan McGuckin who was brilliant in the centre of the Cabot defence.

Mr. White 

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The game started off with us coming close to the goal with our two front men (Harry Saunders and Ed Grant). Then we got caught on the break with their striker squeezing it in the near post so at half time the score was 1-0.

We started well again in the second half with Harry winning us a free kick just outside the 18 yard box and he smashed it in over the keeper to make it 1-1. Then straight after we got another goal with Harry placing it to the side of the keeper 1-2. Then Harry scored again from a corner and tapped it in to make it 1-3. Then straight from the kick off they got one back with an unlucky deflection off our midfielder. Then late on we got two more goals from Jordon and Harry. 

The final score was BBA 2 vs. 5 JCA . Well done to the team Jake, Dan. T, James. M, Adam.C, Tyler, Robert. P, Robert. G, Lewis. P, Ed. G, Harry, Jordon and Ellis. The player of the match goes to Harry and James. Well done.

Lewis Pring

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Each year the school collects Sainsbury’s active schools vouchers, which we use to purchase sports equipment. There is now a collection box out at the main reception ready for pupils to bring in vouchers. Last year we managed to collect over 10,000 vouchers which was used to get loads of equipment, this year we are going to try and get closer to 15,000.  We will also be collecting the Tesco’s vouchers as well and the collection box for these will be arriving soon.

Mr. White

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This term the following team and pupils have been nominated by members of the PE department, well done to all the winners this term.

Team of the term: U16’s Girls Basketball Squad, this term the squad won the South Gloucestershire competition and then they went on to win the county championship. This now means they have reached the regional level competition. This is a massive achievement and is the result of 3 years of work in Basketball lessons, attending Basketball Club and training with Bristol Storm. A fantastic effort by all the squad well done girls: Whitney Thompson, Akilah Wellington, KT Brooks, Jasmine Rogers, Helen Howshall, Ruby Lopez, Victoria Brimming, Lottie Thompson, Maddy Ford, Jodie Parry, Candice Hayden.

Girls: Kara Pring & Josie Ford in year 9, this term these two girls have been outstanding. Their all round effort, performance, perseverance and a desire to be the best they can be in everything they do whether it be Basketball, Rugby lessons, wheelchair basketball, meeting Olympians or around the Academy. Two outstanding young people with a huge amount of motivation and positivity that rubs off on others.

Boys: Michael Pryce in year 9, he has been a great performer in both PE lessons and for the Year 9 football team this term. He has lead by example with his effort and commitment, which helped the football team to their first win against BBA last week.

Mr. White  

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Firstly the girls played Ashton Park, and after a slow start Cabot's defensive structure began to put the opposition under a lot of pressure which Cabot converted to points. The third quarter saw them take the lead which they sustained through to the final whistle securing a 25-20 win. The girls then went on to dominate the final against Backwell with a 33-14 win. This was a well deserved success which the girls fought for and the whole team played their part. This was the third year that the girls reached the finals in which they were runners up two years ago.

Miss Hodge

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The team was in a pool with St Bees and Backwell; they started with a tough game against St Bees. They were over 30 points behind after two quarters; however the girls improved their performance massively and lost by only 12 points. This was followed by Backwell, the girls built on their performance from the first game to win this 22- 14. This meant they reached the 3rd-4th play off against the Grange, this was a closely fought game which they lost 12-10 to finish in 4th place overall. The girls can take great pride in their performance and effort in all the matches they have been involved in during the last two weeks.

Mr. White 

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On Tues 24th Jan, GB Pentathlete and London 2012 hopefully Sam Weale came to visit Y9 students. The visit was made possible as part of the work of the Wells Sports Foundation who support up and coming athletes and engage them with young people by getting them into schools. Sam is a British Gold medalist and won a Silver medal at the European Championships. At the Beijing Olympics Sam finished 10th and is looking to qualify and improve this finish position to win a medal in London.

Sam started the afternoon with an insightful and inspiring assembly with the whole of Y9. The requirements of the Pentathlon (running, shooting, swimming, horse riding and fencing) were explained to students with four of them dressing up in Sam's Olympic clothing. Ivanna wore the fencing clothing, Kieran the horse riding attire, Luke the running and shooting clothing and Maya the swimming outfit that has now been banned for competitions due to competitors swimming too quickly!

Following the assembly, 25 students were fortunate enough to spend a session discussing Olympic values and training for London then engaged in a practical session. Students had the opportunity to experience the shooting phase using the laser gun and electronic target. They then went out to the astro where Sam lead some warm up activities, running techniques, before the students competed in teams to simulate the running and shooting phase of competition. They impressed Sam with their work rate and completed the competition twice showing loads of enthusiasm and enjoyment.

Miss Hodge

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On Thursday 26^th John Cabot hosted the South Gloucestershire Basketball Tournament, the winners of the tournament then go forward to represent South Gloucestershire at the County Championships. This year 6 schools took part and played in two pools, the teams were John Cabot, the Grange, Hanham High in one pool & Filton Abbywood, Downend and Winterbourne International Academy I the other pool. It was a very competitive competition with a very standard of Basketball played.

The squad started well by winning their opening pool match against Hanham, it was a strong performance in defense with some excellent passing and shooting in attack. This was followed by and tough physical game against Winterbourne which ended in a draw. Cabot finished top of their pool so faced Downend in the semi final, again the squad showed some strong defense and outstanding passing and shooting which saw them through to the final. The final was a rematch against Winterbourne the team held their nerve and produced an excellent performance to win and qualify for the county championships.

Also there needs to be a special mention for Kara Pring and Josie Ford for their brilliant work time keeping, scoring and recording the results for the whole tournament. Well done to all the girls and a massive thank you to all the pupils and staff who watched and supported the squad: Whitney Thompson, Akilah Wellington, Lottie Thompson, Ruby Lopez, Victoria Brimming, Maddie Ford, Candice Hayden, Jodie Parry, Jasmine Rogers, Katie Brooks

Results - Pool matches:
JCA 16 – 0 Hanham
JCA 4 – 4 Winterbourne
Semi final: JCA 10 – 0 Downend
Final: JCA 6 – 2 Winterbourne

Mark White

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The year 10 football team started with a success this year with a 4-3 win over BBA. Missing a couple of players and without having had the chance to practice after school, it always had the potential of being a difficult game. Despite a goal after only 1:06 minutes, the early pressure was with BBA and JCA had to get its defensive skills working early. Two weak goals through lack of concentration led to a 2-1 deficit at half time, this could have been more if not for the solid back four of Zac, Joe Rooney, Luke Hancock and Lonnie Coles, not to mention some fantastic flying saves from Taran! JCA never really got into their stride and played how they can and should.

The half time talk was easy. More width, more passing, keep it simple and determination. The team which came out in the second half was like Cabot of old. The simple stuff being done well, Cabot dominated possession and created numerous goal scoring opportunities. However, with no Jamie Gregory (absent) and Jake Leat picking up an injury during the game, things were made a little more difficult. However some fine passing created some good well worked goals. Kieran Summers had a notable game coming on up front and doing a fine job. Conner Kerr ran down everything in the second half and the midfield was secured up by the rock that is George Watts.

The key to recent year’s success is keeping play simple. It worked before and it worked again in the second half, player of the match was Lonnie Coles. The next game is against Kings oak.

Mr. Thomas

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Weds 25th Jan saw the first of the U16 League netball matches, the squads had become somewhat depleted but some rallying around at lunchtime and students stepping in meant that two full teams travelled to Hanham. Both teams found it hard to settle and convert early chances as the team had to get used to positions however both teams were the stronger sides coming out winners. Y10 won 10 - 3, Player of the Match Beth Terry, Y11 won 16-10, Player of the Match Helen Howshall.

Miss Hodge

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After doubts of the game being on Downend managed to scrap together a team of 7 meaning we played 7 a-side. JCA where in control from the whistle having many chances which Cissy managed to hit one into the back of the net. We made a number of changes in the 2nd half to ensure everyone had some game time which saw JCA become unsettled a took a while to come back into the game. Neverless Cissy continued to work hard on the wing and scored her 2nd of the game. However Downend battled hard and managed to break through twice meaning the final score was 2-2.

All girls worked hard and it was good to see that we can field a full team. Training for all girls continues to be on a Tuesday after school.

Miss Hinton

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On Thursday 19^th John Cabot hosted the South Gloucestershire Basketball Tournament, the winners of the tournament then go forward to represent South Gloucestershire at the County Championships. This year 5 schools took part and played in a round robin league, the teams were John Cabot, the Grange, Hanham High, Filton Abbywood and Downend. It was a very competitive competition with a very high standard of Basketball played.

John Cabots opening game was against the Grange, the Girls lost this game   0-6. This was mostly due to the team making a very slow start to the game, and they did not pass the ball to their normal high standard. However the girls quickly put this behind them and in their next three games against Downend, Filton Abbbywood and Hanham the team began to pass and shoot the ball to their own high standards. As a result the team finished second, just behind the Grange who won the Tournament.  

Results Below:

JCA 0 – 6 The Grange

JCA 10 – 4 Downend

JCA 10 – 4 Filton Abbywood

JCA 14 – 2 Hanham

The whole squad worked really hard and supported each other through the whole tournament in both attack and defence. Making their shoots and pressuring the opposition to steal possession. There were a number of standout performances from the squad of 10 players. In defence Josephine Ford was excellent blocking shots and dominating the rebounds off the back board. In attack Kara Pring showed some outstanding dribbling skills and scored lots of layups. Holly Keen and Lydia Saunders who are not the most experienced players in the squad but they both tried really hard and scored some good baskets during the games. Finally Lily Stew who was the only year 7 in the squad, she was one of the smallest players involved in the tournament however her effort and commitment was brilliant chasing players down in defence and dribbling into space with the ball. Also well done to Whitney Thompson and Akilah Wellington in year 11 you did a great job of recording all the results and time keeping during the tournament.

Mr. White

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John Cabot were well up for this game right from the start showing some bright passages of play on the left hand side creating chance after chance, but the ball just wouldn’t go in the net. After some great link ups on the left hand side involving Grant Millard, Samir Khoudi and Matt Hill allowed Cabot another chance on goal, luckily for Kings Oak it went wide. After a long ball from the Kings Oak keeper resulted in causing Cabot’s defense some trouble. With a little slip up at the back and a mix up between keeper and defense allowed the Kings Oak striker a chance on an open goal which he took calmly. 1-0 Kings Oak. This then sprung Cabot in to life, and made them more clinical in front of goal causing some good saves from the Kings Oak keeper. Then from 40 yards out Matt Hill smashed a shot into the back of the net. Cabot now became camped in the oppositions half with more chances coming from some great crosses from Matt Collins and Samir Khoudi. John Cabot then had a corner which was brilliantly headed in from 7 yards from Kyle Hawker! At half Time the score was 2-1 to Cabot.

Cabot started the second half much the same as the first with some great little triangles all over the pitch, with some wild shots from the mid-field three Matt Hill, Adam Dyer and Matt Smith. Some tactical subs at half time proved clinical with some good movements on the wings from Harry Parker, Josh Miller and Craig Kemp up front. The Home team won another corner, one of many, where Dyer popped out of nowhere and scored another header for Cabot. With some solid defensive work at the back from Harry Greenland, Sam Baber and Grant Millard Kings Oak had no way past. Adam Thurston came back on upfront and created some good link up play with Craig and the mid-field three creating more chances. In the closing minutes Matt Hill again produced another great strike from the wide left which found the bottom right hand corner of the net, for another great goal. In the closing minutes Andy Smith in goal was given a controversial hand ball but again it did not phase the Cabot defense and was dealt with well.

Full time Cabot 4-1 Kings Oak.  A big thank you to the referee, Ross Robbins, for a great controlled game.

Match report written by Matthew Smith

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Tuesday 17^th January the U16 girls played a friendly against Downend School. The weather was freezing which saw both teams make a slow start to the game. However Downend had a great deal of possession which saw them score an early goal. Both teams battled hard, with Ocean Bracey making a number of good saves. At the end of the first half it was 1-0 to Downend.

During the second half both teams had a handful of chances but it was Downend that managed to score 3 goals making the final score (Downend 4-0 JCA). Lucy Thatcher and Ruby Smith were the players of the match, because they worked really hard during the game running nonstop up and down the wings, well done girls.

The girls U16 have their next match away to Patchway on the 2nd February and training for all girls in on a Tuesday after school.

Team: Ocean Bracey, Lucy Thatcher, Jodie Hall, Gracie Bryant, Kayleigh Graham, Beth Terry, Jaz Rogers, Ruby Smith, Amy Woods, Helen Howshall, Jess Warner, Grace Kenway

Miss Hinton

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The Olympic Mascots designed by the different tutor groups have been hanging above the street for several weeks. Now there are smaller versions hidden around the academy, if you find a small Mascot you need to bring it to the PE Office to receive a prize. You call bring back any of the Mascots not just your our tutors groups & you need to be quick because several have already been found.

Miss. Hinton 

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The Sports Tour 2011 DVD has been finished by Mr. Ballard and is now available to buy in the PE office, at a cost of £3 pounds. It is 40 minutes long with loads of pictures & videos for the tour. Highlights include Kara Ping’s winning netball shot, the disco, quiz, post match interviews, goal celebrations and of course the party bus. There are also some extras on the disc as well. Those students who are thinking about going on the 2012 Sports Tour should try to watch it as it will show what an amazing experience & opportunity sports tour 2012 will be.

Mr. White

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