A department striving for success, with fantastic pupils. Information, confirmations & cancellations for boys and girls fixtures, plus news and reports.
So we did it, we retained the Mike Hibbert Trophy for the 4th year with a 17-17 draw against a good Bablake XV. Huge thank you to the massive Henry’s family for their support, to my coaches and importantly my players. We are Henry’s and god we are proud. Mr Fitt
Massive well done to all my players & staff for achieving an incredible result to win 13-10 against a solid
@BablakeSport
XV. Sacrifice, resilience & dedication is what the players have shown over the past few weeks and they thoroughly deserved the credit & reward tonight. JDF
An absolute honour to remember one of our own James Madley tonight in a cricket 20/20 between the 1stXI & the
@OldCoventrians
where we got to wear our new team shirts with Madders on our sleeve. Thank you to everyone that attend and to all the players.
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We are so proud of our girl Lauren Cox for the he win in tonight’s 100m Backstroke finals at the British Summer meet in Glasgow. A personal best as well. Congratulations from everyone at KHVIII.
#ThisGirlWill
#AlwaysProud
What an end to an incredible week to have two of my players in the England setup. Alfie & Tom have proved that both King Henry VIII Senior&Prep School is an amazing place to nurture & bread elite sporting talent. Thank you to all staff that have helped them along the way.
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England U17: So many exciting young players in the squads for the North/South Festival - plenty of them in action on Sunday in the U18 Academy League finals too. Here are the 2 squads
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Absolutely honoured to be able to host England Women Rugby Team in preparation for their game against Ireland at the Ricoh Arena on Friday night. Good luck Roses and best wishes from everyone at King Henry’s.
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@FifteenRugbyXV
An emotional day in the PE dept as we said goodbye to the legend Mr Lees! What are we going to without him and how will we keep the hockey store tidy? Mr Lees has been an incredible asset to our department and we will miss him!Thanks for all the (bad) jokes!
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South Africa Tour 2018 - so we are off. Thank you to everyone who attended the assembly this morning, to the chaplain for the tour blessing, Mr Phillips for the photo and the school shop for the awesome kit. Next stop the airport to board our flight
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We are delighted to announce that Charlie (Yr10) has made it into the Scotland U16 (Green Squad) for the Murrayfield Camp at the end of the term. Massive well done from all at King Henry VIII School
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Well played to the 1stXV to be 90 seconds from our first National Final in 18yrs. The wait continues but the development and effort the boys have shown has been incredible. As a coach I am very proud of all the players and they should be proud of their efforts over the season.JDF
Just awesome swimming from Lauren tonight to cap an incredible swimming meet for her. We are so proud of her as she has earned this success and opportunity to show the world who she is.
#AlwaysProud
#WeAreHenrys
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After a physical affair against
@CGGSNews
, in testing conditions, the U15 Rugby team march into the national bowl semi-finals of the
@SchoolsCup
#WeAreHenrys
Undoubtedly the highlight of Miss Ainsworth’s year today, learning from one of the very best! Thank you
@traceynev
for sharing your expertise and knowledge. Now to put it all into practice! 👍🏻👏🏻🏐
@KHVIIISchool
The 1stXV backed up an outstanding performance last week against Bablake to dig deep against Wellingborough School to win 12-11. We had boys making debuts, players playing out of position and some still tired & sore from last week. The shift every player put in was incredible JDF
Thank you to everyone who attend the Mick Hibbert Memorial Shield fixture between
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and
@bablakeschool
. A fantastic spectacle of rugby and proof of the strength and quality of sport in our foundation schools. Special thanks to
@ButtsParkArena
for hosting the game.
Huge congratulations to the U19 netball squad who had an outstanding county tournament tonight. Great team effort. Next stop Regionals
#WeAreHenrys
#Soproud
South Africa Tour 2018 -Everyone is home safe & I am sure washing has started. This has been the trip of a lifetime. Can I thank all the students for their efforts and attitudes as ambassadors for KHVIII. You were all an absolute credit to the school, your parents and yourselves.
🗣️ "Congratulations to everyone who has been named... we hope it will lead to a real team unity that will deliver the best games ever."
85 swimmers have been named in the first-ever England Swimming Team ahead of
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!
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@Sw_EngTalent
@Sw_EngParaSwim
A fantastic day for Tom Miles as he scored the opening try in Worcester Warriors U16 19-12 win against Saracens at the Allianz Park Arena. Well done Tom.
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We are delighted to report that Abbey Forsythe has been selected to represent the 1st team squad
@Oltonwwhc
in the National League Investec Conference West this weekend against Swansea. This is a huge achievement for a young player. Well done, Abbey!
Massive congratulations to Ollie Kenyon who enjoyed a fantastic week of Academy rugby with Wasps U16 at the Wellington Festival. A great 24-24 draw capped off a brilliant week. Well done Ollie, all the squad and coaching staff.
#WeAreHenrys
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Thank you to all the players who were involved in tonight’s matches. The games were played in great spirit and in the right way. Well done to Oskar & 1stXV for retaining the Mike Hibbert Shield.
#WeAreHenrys
#AlwaysProud
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@BablakeSport
Huge congratulations to India Cleverly and Lola Davies who have been selected to play for the Warwickshire U18 Girls’ Rugby squad following trials at the weekend. Well done, we’re very proud of you!
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Just phenomenal stuff from Lauren tonight and this week! What an achievement and what an inspiration to all! Congratulations! We’re so proud of you!
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@SwimCoventry
Awesome from the U16 XV beating Bablake School 19-5 in the Coventry Schools Cup tonight at
@OldCoventsRFC
. An excellent try from Omar Izzat really capped the performance off. A fabulous team performance. Well done boys.
#WeAreHenrys
Another great swim from Lauren Cox - best time, West Midlands record (26.98) and Silver in the 50m Back at the National Winter Champs! Also Gold in the Youth event. Awesome job Lauren!!
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PE Home Learning: kit is out & ready to go for the morning session. Loads of fun challenges coming for you to take part in over the coming weeks to go with your packs. Maybe you can beat Mr F and Ms A last week?
#FilmItShareIt
#WeAreHenrys
#BeatTheVirus
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😀 PE WITH JOE starting Monday morning at 9am on my YOUTUBE channel: The Body Coach TV 📺 Please please share this with as many people as you can ❤️ Our kids need this more than ever. Share it on your stories, your wall, your Twitter, whatsapp and school newsletters ❤️
Great news for Evie Slattery and Anya Kalsi. Both have been selected for the Loughborough Lightning U17 netball hub. Huge congratulations to both of you, we are very proud of you! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Final bit of amazing news today as 1stXV player Matt Bailey has been selected to be a part of the Midlands U18 development squad for the Regional Championships. Well done Matt after a difficult season with injury.
#WeAreHenrys
@UniOfBuckingham
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A massive congratulations to the U12 netball team who were the winners of the Ratcliffe festival today, playing against a selection of strong schools. Well done girls 🏐🏐
#wearehenrys
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Smashing the netball so far in the Disney 2023 tournament. The B team are in the plate final, here is how they’re feeling
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#netballforthewin
Well done to Megan, who has been selected for the u15 Warwickshire hockey squad 🏑👏
Fully deserved as she always gives her all! 🙌
Good luck to the squad for their upcoming matches, as they prepare for the Midlands Championships in April.
Congratulations to the U15 rounders team who won the Coventry tournament this evening. The team won all of their section games and then beat Coundon Court in the semi final and Bablake in the final. Excellent fielding and hitting on show in the semi and final in particular! 👍🏻
Fantastic effort from the U19s today with a great day of netball at the
@sistersnsport
finals day. Special shout-out to Sana for getting the player of the match trophy in our 3rd/4th play off game trophy 🏆 4th nationally so proud of the girls.
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#thishenrysgirlcan