QEGS Physical Education Department Annual Sports Awards Presentation, was held on Thursday 2nd May at Blackburn Rovers Football Club.  We were delighted to welcome, Burnley born and former England hockey player Charlotte Hartley as our special guest for the event.

The presentations began with Rugby, and the Managers Player of the Year Award, this was awarded to Year 11 pupil Felix Taylor.

The Netball review of the Year was delivered by Bea Clarke and Isobel Currie.  Trophies were awarded for Players Player and Managers Player in the following year groups:

U12’s

U13’s U14’s U15’s

Senior

Players Player

Billie Caffrey

Alexandra Brown Saffron Barnes Ella Hardman

Julie Mathew

Managers Player

Ruby Caffrey

Husna Karimi Niamh Hamilton Abigail Hardman

Bea Clarke

QEGS Club Player of the Year Awards went to:

Boys Athletics             Felix Taylor
Girls Athletics             Kate Cookson
Swimming                  Alex Keeling and Connor Creedon
Badminton                  Muhammad Ali
Girls Football              Esha Yousaf
Table Tennis                Ithezaz Ali and Sufyaan Mayat

Presentations were made by Dr Butler to Year 11 pupils, Jacob Gibson and Lea Robinson, as Young Volunteers for Junior Swimming Coaching.  Dr Butler thanked them both for their continued commitment and dedication, for giving up their time to coach pupils who attend the Schools’ Swimming Club.

Connor Roscoe then gave his review of the Football season, trophies were awarded for Players Player and Managers Player in the following year groups:

U12’s

U13’s U14’s U15’s 2nd XI

1st XI

Players Player

Alex Keeling

Samad Yasir Josh Asal Alex Bendell Imran Satvilker

Tom McCann

Managers Player

Amar Shahbaz

Edward Bower Ethan Hudson Elliot Martin

Dominic Brown and Oliver Wiggans

The Swimming review of the year was delivered by Jarvis Davies.  Special mentions were given to Baylie Seery, Jacob Gibson, Kyle Robinson and Isabella Cavazana for their commitment to Senior swimming.  Trophies were awarded for Players Player and Managers Player in the following year groups:

U12’s

U13’s U14’s U15’s

Senior

Players Player

Aidan Robinson

Jenson Gibson Ruby Brandon

Isabella Cavazana

Managers Player

Amy Ainsworth

Oliver Jenkins Lilly Short Baylie Seery

Kyle Robinson

QEGS Cricket review of the year 2017-2018 was delivered by William Smith.  Trophies were awarded for Players Player and Managers Player in the following year groups:

U12’s

U13’s U14’s U15’s

1st XI

Players Player

Rohail Rabbani

Zain Akhtar Louis Strand Anees Hajari

Managers Player

Hassan Mughal

Milo Gammon Tom Sleigh Raiyan Hussain

Qasim Shah

The presentation of awards to pupils who have been selected for Lancashire County Schools’ Teams were awarded to:

LSCA Cricket U14’s                             Rhan Zore
LSCA Cricket U17’s                             Qasim Shah
County Netball U15’s                         Niamh Hamilton
Inter Counties Swimming                  Amy Ainsworth
Inter Counties Swimming                  Daniel Ainsworth
Inter Counties Swimming                  Anastasia Hartshorne-Evans
Inter Counties Swimming                  Baylie Seery
LSGA County Golf U18’s                     James Andrews
Lancashire County Athletics              Nicole Saunders
Lancashire County Athletics              Harvey Ashworth
Lancashire County Athletics              Hannah Cookson

Special Achievement Awards for competing at Regional, National or International level were presented to:

English Schools Golf National Finalist                                James Andrews
English Schools Golf National Finalist                                Owais Musa
English Schools Golf National Finalist                                Ahmad Musa
Leeds Rhinos U17 Elite Performance Squad                       Bea Clarke
GBR U17 Cadets and Team England Fencing Team            Nicole Saunders
British Championships Skiing – 4th in GBR U16 female    Sadie Merritt

Finally, Sporting Ambassador of the Year was awarded to Tom McCann.

The evening was a huge success with pupils and their proud parents attending, congratulations to all of our Award winners and Team players.

Thank you to all who supported the event and for making it yet another fantastic memorable evening.  Your generosity raised an amazing £445.00 for ‘Children with Cancer UK’ charity.  A special mention also to Eleanor Connell and Rhys Millington for providing the evening’s entertainment.