FUTSAL: Holyrood looks to develop sport

FUTSAL: Holyrood looks to develop sport

Posted: 2nd October 2015
HOLYROOD Academy in Chard played host to Somerset FA coaches Brenden Dix and Sarah Nickless who led a Futsal workshop to a group of 19 students. Futsal is a five-a-side version of football and mainly played indoors with a smaller ball with less bounce and helps to develop improvisation, creativity and technique as well as ball control and passing in small spaces. The…

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YOUTH RUGBY: Great start for Holyrood's Year Ten boys

YOUTH RUGBY: Great start for Holyrood's Year Ten boys

Posted: 2nd October 2015
  HOLYROOD Academy’s Year Ten boys from Chard got their rugby season off to a promising start with a convincing 11pts-nil win over King’s Ottery. Within the NatWest National Schools Cup competition the boys have now progressed to the Second Round after their comfortable victory which was played in what can only be described as “monsoon conditions.” Sam Foulger scored the…

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EQUESTRIAN: Amazing debut for Jess

EQUESTRIAN: Amazing debut for Jess

Posted: 2nd October 2015
HOLYROOD Academy’s new recruit to its equestrian team, Jess Withers, won the day during a one-day event at Blundells. The Chard-based equestrian team competed at the Blundells event on September 25, 2015, and the team of Sasha Taylor on Crackerjack, Louise Ingham on Bam, and new member Jess on Little Big Man II competed in the dressage, show jumping and cross country…

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RUGBY: World Cup mascot date is a dream day for Murray

RUGBY: World Cup mascot date is a dream day for Murray

Posted: 26th September 2015
YOUNG rugby fan Murray Hendrie will remember his big moment in the World Cup spotlight for years to come. Murray, 11, a student at Ansford School at Castle Cary, was the official mascot for the Fiji side who played Australia at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Wednesday (September 23, 2015) in the Rugby World Cup. The rugby-mad youngster, who plays for Castle Cary…

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GIRLS FOOTBALL: Youth tournament at Holyrood Academy

GIRLS FOOTBALL: Youth tournament at Holyrood Academy

Posted: 24th September 2015
HOLYROOD Academy in Chard played host to an Under-11 Girls Football Tournament for its feeder primary schools. Despite a rainy morning on Monday (September 21, 2015), brilliant sunshine welcomed the teams and the girls adapted well to the bigger pitches and showed good progress throughout the competition. A total of five teams, consisting of about 44 girls competed to be…

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SKITTLES: Division One results in the Yeovil Sports League – September 4, 2015

SKITTLES: Division One results in the Yeovil Sports League – September 4, 2015

Posted: 18th September 2015
THE opening fixtures of the 2015-16 season in Division One of the Yeovil Sports Skittles League saw the top two from last season come face to face. They met at the Bell Inn and champions Hammers won the fixture for the third successive year with a 28-pin success over Herky Snerkeys. ODS had a 46-pjn away win over Bradford Outcasts and newly-promoted Combo won their…

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SKITTLES: Division Two results in the Yeovil Sports League – September 4, 2015

SKITTLES: Division Two results in the Yeovil Sports League – September 4, 2015

Posted: 18th September 2015
DIVISION Two in the Yeovil Sports Skittles League saw promoted side Barny Army and Richard Edwards both start with good away wins as they defeated Maybees and Nibbs respectively. Relegated Tripods had the biggest win in this division on the opening night of the league fixtures with an 83-pin success over Yeovil SCB. Results – Division Two: Tripods 275, Yeovil SCB 193;…

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SKITTLES: Division Three results in the Yeovil Sports League – September 4, 2015

SKITTLES: Division Three results in the Yeovil Sports League – September 4, 2015

Posted: 18th September 2015
DIVISION Three of the Yeovil Sports Skittles League saw promoted Dads Army and VAD both start with wins over Pacemakers and Air United. This division also had the top individual knock of the week with Fluids’ skipper Dave Murley hitting a superb 58, but still finished on the losing side as his team went down by ten at home to Has Beens. Results – Division Three: Marston…

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SKITTLES: Division Four results in the Yeovil Sports League – September 4, 2015

SKITTLES: Division Four results in the Yeovil Sports League – September 4, 2015

Posted: 18th September 2015
PROMOTED Unstoppables B made a good start to life in Division Four of the Yeovil Sports Skittles League with a 15-pin win over Oak Originals. Elite won away to Pari Eight for the second season running and the Gangbangers won by 59 against Screwballs. Results – Division Four: Apprentices 324, Able Eight 314; Flung Together 363, RML Sports 337; Gangbangers 360, Screwballs…

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SKITTLES: Division Five results in the Yeovil Sports League – September 4, 2015

SKITTLES: Division Five results in the Yeovil Sports League – September 4, 2015

Posted: 18th September 2015
NEWCOMERS to the Yeovil Sports Skittles League, Back From The Dead, showed that they are well and truly alive in Division Five with a 13-pin away win over Booker Basics. Nomads won by the narrowest of margins – a one-pin victory over Av-It, who were previously known as Misfits. Kinnells started well with a 14-pin away win over Oakers. Booker Basics, meanwhile, have moved…

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