JRCS rugby girls

10 Mar JRCS rugby girls

Following on from the success of a similar event a year ago, 28 girls in Key Stage 3 attended an event at Barking Rugby Club last Friday, which was run by the LSE Women’s Rugby Team. Despite some windy and cold wet weather, especially at the start of the day, the girls got stuck in to the rugby skills workshops which were all run with great enthusiasm by the LSE Women’s Team.

Before returning to school there was a question and answer session with the team about life as a female rugby player and life at university. One of those on the question panel was a former Jo Richardson student called Rhonda. She said that when she first got to university she thought that everyone was quite posh, but that just because you are from Dagenham you should not use that as a reason not to go to university. She urged everyone to make the most of all the extra opportunities that are offered to you at school.
Here are some quotations from girls who attended the day:
‘Believe to achieve for a brighter tomorrow!’ – Sivia, ‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again’ – Kiera, ‘It was a good experience’ – Lexi, ‘It’s a team effort’ – Abibat, ‘It was fun and engaging – we got really messy!’

The students involved were:
Bobbie Morgan 8G, Demi Gray 8J,
Annabelle Ngala 8J, Victoria Bertrand 9C, Remi Newman 7I, Lily Johnson 9B,
Shannon Woodhouse 8J, Keira Thomas 8J, Temitope Taiwo 8A, Jasmin Green 9B,
Joana Balla 9E, Katie Timothy 9B,
Megan McCabe 7F, Lurline Mantle 7F,
Ola Osanyintola 7F, Frankie Hendricks 9C, Silvia Martin-Omergie 9E, Charlie Wetherell 9B, Gerren Ntiri 9G, Amriya Issa 9G,
Jayzy Daniel 8H, Abibat Popoola 8B, Emmanuella Adomo 8A, Angela Cokaj 8G, Kelsey Brisley 8I, Lexi Evans 8I, Dagamara Onoszko 9D, and Hannah-Queren Mbomba 9B.

They all earn an LOC for establishing resilience, and special congratulations go to Jasmin Green for receiving the award for ‘best player’ from JRCS and last but not least to Victoria Bertrand who achieved the award for ‘most improved player’. Thanks also go to Mr Kersey for supporting the trip and to Ms Boulton for organising the girls to go and for coming along during the day to support the girls.

Ms Montague
PE Teacher