“If you can dodge a spanner…you can dodge a ball!”

THANKFULLY there weren’t too many spanners to dodge today during the annual dodgeball qualifiers, though there were plenty of balls flying around.

Once again, they welcomed a staggering 40 teams to Mark Hall Academy Sports Centre throughout the day, with events split over the mid-morning and afternoon. With some expert advice on the rules, demonstrated perfectly, the children were grouped and ready to play.

Both events ran really well, considering the difficulties when umpiring – it really is one of the toughest events to officiate as everything happens so fast and all at the same time. Having said this, there were very few disputes, with the vast majority of the children and staff demonstrating great integrity and honesty throughout.

As always, thanks were given to the amazing staff members who helped organise and officiate, alongside Mr Stacey, Mrs Pardoe and Mr Hammond.

They were are able to expand events due to fantastic collaboration and dedication of all the people involved – great job all!

The eight teams who qualified from today’s event, will meet in the finals on Friday 10th November at Mark Hall Academy.

The results were as follows:

Mid-Morning event – 20 teams competed in 4 groups

Group 1
Holy Cross 1 – 12 points (Qualified for next week’s finals as group winners)
Cooks Spinney 1 – 10 points
Henry Moore 2 – 8 points
Church Langley 3 – 6 points
Tanys Dell 2 – 4 points

Group 2
Tanys Dell 1 – 10 points (Qualified for next week’s finals as group winners on count back)
Freshwaters 1 – 10 points
MIlwards 2 – 8 points
Pemberley – 8 points
Church Langley 2 – 4 points

Group 3
Henry Moore 1 – 12 points (Qualified for next week’s finals as group winners)
Church Langley 5 – 10 points
Freshwaters 1 – 8 points
Church Langley 4 – 6 points
Holy Cross 2 – 4 points

Group 4
MIlwards 1 – 12 points (Qualified for next week’s finals as group winners)
Cooks Spinney 2 – 10 points
Freshwaters 3 – 8 points
Church Langley 1 – 6 points
Church Langley 6 – 4 points

Afternoon event – 20 teams in 4 groups

Group 1
Nazeing 2 – 12 points (Qualified for next week’s finals as group winners)
Little Parndon 1 – 10 points
Churchgate 3 – 8 points
Newhall Primary – 6 points
Purford Green 1 – 4 points

Group 2
Little Parndon 3 – 12 points (Qualified for next week’s finals as group winners)
Henry Moore 1 – 10 points
Churchgate 2 – 8 points
Nazeing 4 – 6 points
Purford Green 2 – 4 points

Group 3
Nazeing 1 – 12 points (Qualified for next week’s finals as group winners)
Fawbert and Barnards 2 – 8 points
Little Parndon 4 – 8 points
Hare Street – 8 points
St James – 4 points

Group 4
Fawbert and Barnards 1 – 12 points (Qualified for next week’s finals as group winners)
Henry Moore 2 – 10 points
Little Parndon 2 – 8 points
Churchgate 1 – 6 points
Nazeing 3 – 4 points