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Year 7 Project Marjon 2011 - DHSG & DHSB

As a result of the success of last year the number of students involved in this years project has doubled, hence the number of trainees involved has doubled. 14 student 7 boys and 7 girls have been invited to be involved in this year project. The students attend Marjon for 3 sessions were they are lead by 3rd year Marjon trainee in fun physical activities. They get the opportunity to work one to one with a personal mentor from Marjon, for the second half of the session they work with the other members of their school group in fun team building activities. The project is intended to encourage the students to reassess their feelings towards physical activity at school but also improve their motor skill. The session will take place at Marjon on 24th March, 5th April and 7th April.
Following project Marjon the group will be continuing the work at lunchtime. The group willestablish their very own club that will allow every member to bring upto 3 friends, so it will be an invite only lunchtime club. The group will get the opportunity to choose the physical activity that they would like to do.

The session on 5th got a little more physical and offered a wide variety of activities both as individual and team perfromers. All boys arrived excited this week as it was not the unknown anymore, they knoew what to expect, FUN! FUN was had by all as they all left again with big smiles and rosey red cheeks.

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Plymouth Festival for School Sport

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32 Year 7 - 9 attended the Festival for School Sport at Marjon on Tuesday 29th March. All boys that attended the event got the opportunity to taste an activity that they have not tried before. The activities included; Futsal, football, ultimate frisbee, mountain biking, orienteering, lacrosse, street dance, tramploining, octipush (underwater hockey), table tennis, volleyball and fencing. In the morning all boys got theattended a practice session of one sport then competed in a recreational compeition in that sport. During the afternoon they every boys received 2 taster sessions for different activities of their choice. All sessions were delivered by local club coaches so that the young people could ask questions about the club and how to get involved if they wanted to continue in the future. All exit route details was provided on the back of the participation certificate. All boys received a water bottle for their enthusiasm and effort.

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The girls school used this event to reward those students that work well in PE but do not represent the school or necessarily take part in extra-curricular activities to both reward effort and encourage girls to get involved in sport of any kind. The girls got the opportunity to both compete and taste new activities through the festival. The activities that the girls got to choose to try included; Climbing, fencing, table tennis, volleyball, trampolining, street dance, Octipush (underwater hockey), lacrosse, ultimate Frisbee, mountain biking and orienteering. All the activities were facilitated by local clubs and lead by coaches or representative of the clubs. All girls left with a smile of enjoyment, a certificate and water bottle. The intention of the event is that the students have a taste of an activity, enjoy it that much that they take it up outside of school.

Congratulations all girls and boys for their hard work and enthusiasm!

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DHSB take relay title for West Region Indoor Rowing Championships!

In an attempt to maintain the success from the Plymouth Indoor Rowing Championships the same team was selected for the West Region Championships. All boys performed fantastically on the day with may of the boys achieving a personal best and for some an individual medal was won! Individual medals went to Jac McConaghy and Thomas James, a silver and gold respectively. The race that all competitors were waiting for was the relay race, the team had to consist of one representative from each year group 7 - 11. All team members sprint 200 metres to complete a 1000 metre team total using just one rowing machine! The battle was on between Ridgeway, Plymstock, Exmouth and DHSB. DHSB took the lead almost instantly from the off and never relinquished that lead meaning that they were crowned male team relay winners.

Congratulations to all members of the team for taking silver medal in the overall male team competition!

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DHSG lead the way for girls rowing in the West Region!

Although the number of girls rowing is increasing a limited number of girls were selected to represent the school in this years West Region Indoor Rowing Champs. 12 girls went to Marjon to compete against the best in the South West and came out on top! All girls performed fantastically resulting in a large number of girls finishing in the top 10 and achieving a personal best. A special congratulations goes to Pheobe Thomas and Lauren Dawe who came way with individual silver medals. The finale of the event is the team relay event and DHSG had a very strong team that had trained hard in readiness for the championships that to year 12 team captain Amber Waters. The relay team must consist of one competitor from each year group 7 - 11. The team use just one machine and have to complete a 1000 metre race hence, all members row 200 metres each so every member plays an equal part in the team performance. From the start the girls took the lead, never did the girls lose the lead meaning they were crowned the female relay champions of the West Region!

Congratulations to all team members as not only did they take the female relay team title but they were crowned ‘Female Team Champions for the West Region'. WELL DONE GIRLS!

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Success in Devon table tennis for DHS Girls and Boys

Devon Schools Individual Table Tennis Championships 2011 had the largest entry ever this year, meaning that the competition was stiff for both boys and girls.

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With table tennis being the fastest growing sport at DHSB the squad attending was stonger than ever. 

Again the U13 entry was the largest every for DHSB and all boys had made huge progress over previous 6 months so the expectations were high. The standard was expectional and all DHSB boys played fantastically, finishing  either 1st, 2nd or 3rdin their respective leagues.  Only the winner progressed to the quarter finals. Therefore, the only player to progress was A. Helliwell. He comfortably won his quarter-final taking to the semi-final to face a Devon county player!! A.Helliwell played fantastically in his semi-final but was beat by the eventual winner. Well Done A Helliwell! 

As a result of the huge number of entrees the U19 boys competition took place at the Plymouth Table Tennis headquarters in Cattedown. As a result of exams S.Wilson was our only entry,this had no impact on his performance. S. Wilson got the final last year playing a very closely fight contest but eventually coming a very close 2nd! He progressed through the league stages winning his league, the the quarter finals and finally winning is semi-final. The 2 finalist were the same as that previous year S. Wilson was there! Unfortunately it played out the same as last year and Silver as won again!! Well Done! 

Congratulations to all squad members!

DHSG

DHSG have always had a good reputation in table tennis circles and this year was no different. The number of entries for girls was again higher than ever so the standard was also high. For a number of students this was the first individual compeition so the minibus was full of nervous energy on the way to the compeition. 6 girls entered the U16 compeition and 4 out of the 6 progressed from the league stages to the finals! The semi-finals were an all DHSG affair with all 4 players were from DHSG M.Gore, T.Ansah, V.Smith and G.Hattersley all players feared being placed against V.Smith. The eventual victory was of course V.Smith.

DHSG were also presented in the U13 and both E.Lloyd and L.Bracegirlde came 2nd in their respective leagues so unfortunately did not progress into the next round but as this was their first competition they have alot of positives to take from the experience.

Congratulations to all squad members! 

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