Near Miss for Ashby's Trailblazing Hockey Team
15 Dec 2021
After almost two years without school hockey, Ashby's team relaunched its campaign for victory in the England Hockey Schools Super 6 indoor competition.
Ashby was the first state school team for a number of years to make it to the national finals in 2019.
The boys played the first round of this year's competition at Bromsgrove, beating Bromsgrove and Trent to go top of the group and qualify for the regional finals.
They then travelled to Aldersley Leisure Village for the regional finals, beating a confident Rugby School 7 - 1.
Ashby went on to suffer a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Oakham who had watched the previous game and had the experience to block Ashby's attacking players out of the game.
Ashby made it to the semi-finals as runners up where they faced Repton, renowned as the best team in the country. After fighting extremely hard, Ashby lost 2-1, meaning they did not qualify for the national finals.
Vikki Rundle-Brown, Deputy Headteacher and hockey coach, said: "Although they didn't reach the final, the boys left in high spirits and are looking forward to the outdoor competition. Our first game is at home against Ratcliffe."
