Top Field is being renamed The Witherden Field in honour of Head Groundsman
@NWitherden
& his father Ted. Nigel is moving on after 43 years' service & the preparation of more than 8000 pitches for rugby, cricket & grass hockey home games. Good luck!
Immensely proud of Upper Sixth student, Amelie, who played for the Saracens U18 ladies rugby team on Sunday against some of the best U18 teams in the country including Gloucester, Exeter and Bristol Bears.
Unbelievably excited to see our first ever 1st XI female cricket team take to the field this afternoon.
It’s been many years of hard work from the girls and staff to get to this point.
Well done to all involved
@BSCollege
!…..U12 Hockey National Champions….!
Well done to all the girls & staff involved in an epic day of hockey
@iapsuksport
National Finals in some very very challenging conditions, winning the final on flicks.
What an amazing way to finish the week for
@BSCollegeSport
….!
Thank you to our Grounds team who have been doing some excellent work maintaining our fields and pitches during the hot weather, ensuring they are in pristine condition for pupils to play on! 👏
Five of our 1st XV Rugby players will be attending Round 2 of the
@lambsrugby
trials next week. This is a great achievement for the players & comes at the end of an excellent rugby season
@FifteenRugbyXV
#BSCrugby
Fantastic to hear
@BSCollegeSport
pupil Ollie F started in 2 of the 3
@EnglandHockey
U16 fixtures against
@UlsterHockey
earlier this week.
England won the series 2-1 with Ollie returning to action after a period of time out with injury.
Well done Ollie, from everyone
@BSCollege
Congratulations to our Head of Cricket Mr David Hughes in his appointment as Assistant Coach for the
@Eng40sCricket
Squad
The squad are training hard in preparation for the World Cup in early 2024 in Cape Town
All the staff and pupils are immensely proud of his appointment….!
Welcome on board David Hughes who will be an additional assistant coach to our squad for the World Cup.
David is Head of Cricket at Bishops Stortford College
@bscollege
and 1st XI Men's coach at
@bishcricket
An early start for the Senior School girls trip to Holland with lots of happy and excited pupils. We have arrived safely in France and the next stop is Eindhoven 🇳🇱
#BSCHHT22
The U16 Girls have done it! Through to National Indoor Finals after finishing runners up today at the East Finals held
@QueenswoodSport
. They look forward to Nationals in January. Hard work starts now!
#BSCHockey
Amazing effort from our U18 girls' rugby team who took part in the Rosslyn Park 7's Tournament just before the end of term, and placed 2nd in their group after some closely contested matches!
Tonight our 1st XV face
@FelstedSchool
at Allianz Park, commemorating 100 years of rugby between the two schools. Do come & support our 1st XV if you can, kick off is at 7pm
#BSCrugby
#TeamSpirit
It was a pleasure to present our Senior School Captains of Sport with their own Honours Cap to mark the achievement of leading one of the Colleges main Sports
The pupils were delighted to receive their Caps & it is something we aim to make a new tradition for many years to come!
What a brilliant day for the U13 Girls, who represented
@BSCollegeSport
this afternoon
@HertfordRFC
It’s brilliant to have the girls playing rugby for the first time & this was an ideal introduction with the girls winning 3 out of their 4 games in the festival.
Well done girls!
U16s lose out to a very strong and skilful
@WhitgiftSport
side in the semis. Immensely proud of this group of boys who have finished joint 3rd in the country! Amazing achievement.
Two of our Sports scholars Mads & Freddy have a big weekend ahead of them as they represent their clubs in the
@EnglandHockey
Super 6s National Finals: Mads will play for
@SouthgateHC
U18s & Freddy for
@OldLoughtsHC
U16s. We wish them the best of luck!
Deeply disappointed to lose our fixture to unseasonal weather but every cloud, etc! Our cricketers were delighted to be given the chance to meet
@AlexHales1
en route to Hermanus. Fitness and tactics in the Old Harbour before dinner at The Rock.
Despite the thunder, lightning and a lot of rain, the girls thoroughly enjoyed their pro-lead session at
@HCDBH1
HC this morning. Now to dry off before this evenings fixtures.
#BSCHHT22
A couple of well contested matches this evening against Mierlo HC.
The U18 side were unlucky to come away with a 2-1 loss and the U15s match ended in a 3-2 loss against a strong opposition.
Looking forward to our professional lead sessions and fixtures tomorrow.
#BSCHHT22
Well done to the U13 Girls who have won the
@iapsuksport
Regional Finals today
@Fram_Sport
A superb achievement from the girls and coaches involved. We now look forward to National Finals later this term
@HaileyburySport
Well done girls….!
Amazing last day of the Holland Hockey Tour, bowling, badminton, crazy golf and two great fixtures against high class opponents. The day was wrapped up with tour presentations. We look forward to returning in 2024.
#BSCHHT22
The South Africa Touring Party have just departed
@BSCollege
for Heathrow Airport.
We will be in transit for all of today and most of tomorrow. On arrival we check in and have an afternoon training session to work off the heavy legs from our flight. 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
A huge well done to Upper Sixth students, Tom E, Grant M, James S and Will H who recently took part in
@lambsrugby
trials. We wish them the best of luck going forward!
U13 Boys hockey team crowned county champions after a 3-0 win in the final against Hitchin Boys School. They will now represent Hertfordshire at the
@EnglandHockey
East Finals in March.
Congratulations to Ollie F who has been selected for
@EnglandHockey
U16s Four Nations Squad.
Ollie will train and play fixtures across the Easter break. Good luck from everyone
@BSCollegeSport
The U16 Girls finished in 3rd place in their group at the
@EnglandHockey
schools national indoor finals held
@BromsSchool
placing them in the top six schools in the country. A fantastic achievement for a very talented group of girls.
Boys loved the surfing lesson
@SurfEmporium
this morning and are now awaiting their fish and chips
@oceanbasket
An afternoon at leisure before dinner
@SpurRestaurant
at the waterfront this evening.
We will finish the day watching England in the Euros semi final.
We are thrilled to be hosting the U19 Cricket World Cup qualifier between Spain & the Netherlands today, which spectators are enjoying from a cool place in the shade. On Sunday we host Denmark v Norway
@ICC
@EssexCricket
@knightfrank
A successful and much improved performance by the College team today after a good training session at the fantastic
@CurroDurbanvill
school. Many thanks to our generous hosts for a wonderful day.
We are delighted to have partnered up with
@BelievePHQ
, the world’s leading source of performance psychology, well-being and mental health content for sports communities, to further enhance our Elite Sports Programme, .
Arrived at our training venue for our first session. Boys working out the 26 hours of travelling before a light team run
Unfortunately the weather looks wet for next few days so views of Table Mountain are at a premium
Dinner & early night in order to prep for fixture tomorrow
Fantastic to get the cricket season up & running with a visit from our friends
@KSWCricket
A morning T20 & afternoon 30 over game to get the 1st XI season started.
Amazing work from Ground Staff to prepare a playable surface after the weather we have had over the last month! 👏🏻
Congratulations to Upper Sixth student, James S, who represented Lambs rugby in their match against Coventry Academy on Sunday. The team won their match 38-27, with James making a significant difference to the play!
Well done to the U12 Girls Netball team, who narrowly lost to
@BromsSchool
in the
@iapsuksport
Final by the narrowest of majors.The girls were magnificent in the final.
The girls had a fantastic day & represented
@BSCollegeSport
superbly throughout. We are SO proud of you girls!
Boys looking smart as we leave the hotel and head towards the Stadium for the
@EnglandRugby
U20s V
@Springboks
U20s.
The tour mascot also has been bought some boots so he can make an appearance in one of our games.
Congratulations to Alex, who captained the Herts County Hockey Team for the East of England Regional U15 Hockey Tournament last weekend & helped the team to victory!
#hockey
#champions
Great
@EnglandHockey
U16 Girls Tier 1 match this afternoon against
@FelstedHockey
. An end to end thriller which we unfortunately lost 4-3. Best of luck to
@FelstedHockey
in the next round. We now move into the Tier 2 plate competition.
Many congratulations to 1st XV player Tom on his selection for
@lambsrugby
following an intensive selection process. We look forward to following his progress on the pitch!
@FifteenRugbyXV
#BSCrugby
Great opening fixture for our 1st XI cricket tour against Fairmont HS. A well deserved win for our hosts, but some very positive cricket played by the College boys.
Congratulations to our 2 cricketers who are named in the
@WisdenAlmanack
Schools Best Batting Averages List for 2018 season: Joe H placed at no. 22 with an average of 64.57 & Adam B at no 25 with an average of 64.40. Fantastic achievement!
@TheCricketerMag
#Cricket
#Top100
6th Former Elinah is ready for her next Olympics after winning a fast 3 Silver Medals at the Carifta Swimming Championships in Jamaica, qualifying for the Youth Olympic Games in Argentina in Oct. A fantastic achievement, well done Elinah!
@HertsEssexObs
@StortfordIndie
A great evening being hosted at
@Hockeyclubuden
, amazing facilities with a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Both games were well contested with score lines not reflecting the performances. 1st XI lost 4-1 and U15s lost 5-1. A great end to a brilliant day here in Holland.
#BSCHHT22
Well done to
@BSCollegeSport
U13s Regional Netball Champions...!
The girls have had an outstanding day of Netball, and this victory will see them travel to Nationals later this term at Millfield School.
Week done to the U13 Rugby squad who finished 4th at todays
@iapsuksport
Tournament.
A superbly organised event by
@BriCollSport
with some fantastic rugby on show by all the teams involved.
The boys should be very proud of their efforts today, in 6 tightly contested games.
Boys U16 hockey team are through to the Indoor National Finals after finishing runners up at the East Region Tournament. We look forward to the finals to be held at Whitgift School after Christmas.
A productive first training session at Mierlo HC this morning ahead of tonight’s fixtures, which was made even better by the stunning weather! We are now off to spend our afternoon at
@HCOranjeRood
HC to watch their mens first team play
@hdmheren1
.
#BSCHHT22
We are very proud to once again be in
@TheCricketerMag
Top 100 Schools for Cricket. From January, we will also be an MCC Foundation Hub, so it's a real celebration of cricket!
@UKboarding
@cricketforgirls
A morning of R&R for the boys as we visit Brenton On Sea beach.
Boys are in great spirits after yesterday’s game.
An afternoon back at the hotel and watching the Euros final is on the cards for the rest of the day.
We could not be more proud of our U16 Girls' Hockey team, who made history on Sunday when they became the first girls' indoor hockey team at the College to qualify for the National Finals in January 👋🎖️
@EnglandHockey
We have arrived at our final hotel of the trip here in Port Elizabeth.
Evening meal later and early night before our final fixture of the tour.
The weather is hugely improved when compared to Cape Town just a few days ago.!
Boys all still in high spirits, if a little fatigued.
The 1st XI Hockey team played
@HburyHockey
on Friday evening, drawing 4-4. Well done to the team on a good performance despite wet & dark conditions!
#BSChockey
A huge thank you to Mr Hughes,Mr Drury & Mr Humphrey for their organisation & leadership of the South Africa Tour 2023
The party returns to Bishop’s Stortford today after an amazing week of fixtures & cultural experiences
This would not be possible without staff like this….!
A day off from cricket and time to appreciate what a beautiful part of the world we are in! Cape Point this morning, Simonstown for lunch and some beach time at Muizenberg in the afternoon. Ready to climb that mountain tomorrow before our next fixture against Pinelands HS.
Well done to the U12 boys’ hockey team for placing Runners Up at yesterday’s In2hockey East Finals competition. An incredible day of hockey and thank you to
@ThePerseSchool
for a nail-biting final match!
#In2hockey
#EastFinals
#hockey
Late change of plan due to cancelled fixtures saw staff pull a few strings and get the boys into watch the
@Scotlandteam
skills session.
An excellent opportunity to see elite players training with tempo and focus & a unique experience not many people can say they have had.
We are hugely proud of Upper Sixth student, and sports scholar, Freddy C, who has been selected to play National League Hockey for the St Alban's Men's 1st XI! Well done Freddy!
The touring group are on the road today as we travel to our fixture against Titans.
The weather is vastly improved and we are hoping the rain is now behind us as we enter the next chapter of the tour.
This evening we will be watching the South Africa V Ireland fixture on TV.
1st XI cricketers enjoying our first evening on tour in Cape Town, excited to watch the opening match of the
#ICCWomensWorldCup
at the iconic Newlands cricket ground.
Another great day as we visit the Space Centre, Penguin Sanctuary & the beach.
Managed to slip in another training session at the beach in preparation for tomorrow’s fixture with Titans Academy.
This evening is dinner in Hermanas & early night for big road trip tomorrow.
Game finishes 28-19 to the home side.
The boys played well in the second half but an intercept try and the home sides kicker made the difference.
Lots and lots of positives to take from the tour & development has been huge for a young side.
The U18 Boys' Indoor Hockey Team are through to the East Finals in December after their win in the County Indoor Finals earlier this week. Congratulations to the team!
@EnglandHockey
We are currently at
@KariegaGameRes
Foundation helping with games lessons & showing the pupils rugby skills.
The boys have headed off to Grade 3 & 6 lessons. Let’s hope they keep up!
This has been an amazing experience for for the boys & staff. An important part of touring…!
Boys had an amazing evening watching
@EnglandRugby
beat
@Springboks
in the last play of the game & 6 minutes after the full time hooter sounded
Mr Bloemink was less impressed as a true South African fan
Put your mascot has now moved onto his new owner for tomorrow surf lesson
Well done to the U12 girls for finishing champions at the
@EnglandHockey
Regional Schools Final today in Ipswich
This achievement comes just days after their amazing performance to be crowned
@iapsuksport
U12 National Champions
What a few days from the pupils & staff involved.!
Fabulous training facilities here in Edinburgh. The boys enjoyed a session on the indoor pitch at The
@Oriamscotland
An evening meal in the hotel before relaxing and getting ready for our games tomorrow afternoon.
@BSCollege
Many congratulations to Lizzy T who has been selected for the U17 Saxon Tigers squad to compete in the
@EnglandHockey
futures cup in August. Best of luck Lizzy!
Good luck to Head of Cricket Dave Hughes & Performance Coach Luke Humphrey as the lead the
@Eng40sCricket
teams coaching in South Africa for the Over 40s World Cup.
Watch out for YouTube links to all the games over the next few weeks.
We are delighted to announce that the College has been named as a Top 100 School for cricket by
@TheCricketerMag
for the fourth successive year and the Prep School has made it into the Top 50 for the first time!
#sport
#cricket
#facilities
#schools
The boys and Mr Bloemink have fully immersed themselves in the culture here in South Africa.
We are all preparing to watch the England V Spain Euros Final as a group.
🇿🇦 🏴 🇪🇸
The 1st XV Changing Room all set for this afternoons game with
@CulfordSport
. The boys are looking forward to having their first home game in a number of weeks.
@BSCollege
Great match last night for the 1st XI vs
@HburyHockey
ending in a 3-3 draw. Thanks
@HaileyburySport
for hosting! Looking forward to the rest of the block fixture this afternoon with another 7 teams in action
#BSCHockey
U16s crowned county champions after a hard fought tournament today. A 1-0 victory over Habs in the final, Josh B with the composed finish. Well played to all the boys!
Boys had an amazing evening watching
@EnglandRugby
beat
@Springboks
in the last play of the game & 6 minutes after the full time hooter sounded.
Mr Bloemink was less impressed as a true South African fan
Put your mascot has now moved onto his new owner for tomorrow surf lesson
It's been a busy few days for Senior School pupil Mabel, who was named Girls' Player of the Year by
@hertscricket
last night & is about to take part in an elite training session with former England cricketer Matthew Hoggard
@Hoggy602
@StortfordIndie
The U16 Boys' Hockey Team are ranked 5th in the country following the
@EnglandHockey
National Finals over the weekend. Well done to the boys on a great season of indoor hockey!
#BSChockey
Arrived at the beautiful setting for our last game against Glendanvale Club.
Boys are getting strapped and prepped for final warm ups and a 3pm KO.
Great team spirit amongst the boys.
Huge congratulations to the U11A girls hockey team who were crowned East Region Champions
@Greshams_School
today. They played unbelievably well and were undefeated throughout the day, winning 6 and drawing 1.
#champions
#greathockey