You may remember last term reading about Connie in Lower Grammar who has been representing Lancashire in U15 girls’ cricket. 

It has been a busy half-term for the Stonyhurst badminton players, who reached the final of all three Red Rose County Championship U19 Badminton competitions – Boys, Girls and Mixed Doubles.

This year’s Stonyhurst Invitation was the largest ever with 29 teams entering across both hockey and netball. The U16 hockey finished in 2nd place behind Sedbergh. This year we had opened up to netball clubs for the first time this meant 23 teams entered the netball. Our U14 A and B team played in two …

The SMH cross-country team secured a very impressive result in the U13 boys’ race at the 27th annual Malvern national prep schools’ cross-country championships. 

On Wednesday 6th March, the senior hockey girls travelled to Austin Friars School for their annual 7s tournament.

This Wednesday Stonyhurst will host the 31st Stonyhurst Rugby Sevens Tournament.

Mr Longson, our U14 rugby coach, looks back on the first two sevens tournaments of the year:  

Mr Charles, Director of Sport and 1st XV Rugby coach, writes: Huge congratulations to Alex Whitfield, who has been called into the Sale Academy U15 squad and is making great strides developing his game.  This is the highest representative training level and, according to his coaches Alex is responding extremely well to the challenge.

On Saturday 26th January the U14 netball team represented Lancashire at the National Schools North West netball finals at Formby HS. They had become Lancashire champions back in November having won all of their matches. The team played some excellent netball and just missed out on a semi-final place.  This is an amazing achievement as we …

SMH fell runners hit the heights, while the swimmers make a splash   Andy Walter, Head of Games at SMH, writes:   In addition to the regular battery of fixtures in our main sports, some of the boys and girls have been representing the school in other areas.   Earlier this month, teams from the …

Stonyhurst College is delighted to have eight newly qualified Tennis Leaders who will be able to pass on their teaching skills to the younger pupils at Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall and Hodder House. The eight boys involved have had regular training every Thursday and are pictured above with their new t-shirts and certificates. Congratulations to …

Girls’ Sport In girls sport last Saturday, we had three hockey matches against Ashville: the 1st XI drew 1-1; the Under 15s won 3-1 and the Under 14s won 4-1, with Tilly scoring a hat trick. Then on Wednesday the Under 14 netballers had a tremendous victory in the National Schools competition, winning several matches …

Saturday 17th November was the Stonyhurst annual inter school trail race, the route takes in two laps of the some of the best terrain around the college, offering a mix of technical underfoot sections, mud, and fast running. The course is measured at 6.7km and is a relevantly new course, having only been used two …

The weekend saw a fantastic set of results against Ampleforth, including the best performance of the season so far by the 1st XV. One of the largest scores achieved by a Stonyhurst 1st XV playing away against Ampleforth. Below are the latest boys’ sports results: Wed 7th November Rugby U14 Lancashire Cup vs St Edwards …

Parents are cordially invited to the Stonyhurst College Fund Raising Casino Night on Wednesday 12th December 2018, which will take place at the College.

Last weekend the senior and junior hockey teams played their annual hockey fixtures against Ampleforth College. There is a great sense of rivalry between the two schools and the matches are always strongly contested. This year the senior teams were at home, and the pitch was lined with spectators from both schools. This added to …

A tremendous but unexpected result from the SMH boys who were running against boys a year older in the English Schools’ Fell Running Championships at Giggleswick School on 23 September.

In what was a very exciting and tense game against Bradford Grammar School. Stonyhurst 1st XV produced by far their best start to the season, scoring three excellent team tries combined with some very determined defence. To end the first half 17-0 up against a team who were previously unbeaten was a very pleasing performance. …

The new Stonyhurst Tennis Academy was launched in late August by our new Director of Tennis David Shaw. The response to the programme has been sensational and thank you to all the pupils that have signed up for the new tennis coaching courses. We are currently embarking on providing more competitive opportunities for the pupils …

It was an impactful start for the Lower Grammarians’ rugby career at Stonyhurst, having only two training sessions before their first game against Mount St Mary’s, one of our Jesuit sister schools. The game started off very quickly, with Archie scoring from the first set and running nearly the length of the field, scoring his …

A prestigious cricket match held on 4 July 2018 at Stonyhurst College between the Stonyhurst Gentlemen’s XI and the Vatican (St Peter’s) Cricket Team, known as the Vatican XI, has ended in a spectacular victory for the visiting side.

The Vatican (St Peter’s) Cricket Team, which fields “The Vatican XI”, has announced the schedule for its 2018 Tour of England, and the first fixture is at Stonyhurst.

Many decades ago a tradition began that every May the cricketers in Rhetoric (Year 13) would challenge the boys in Elements (Yrs 5/6 – in those days housed in Hodder) to a game of cricket.

The MCC are prestigious and formidable opponents, and Stonyhurst has never beaten them before.

Over the Easter holidays, Savannah Twambley represented the College in the National Schools Equestrian Association regional league at Beaver Hall in Staffordshire.

On Tuesday (20 March), the Under 14s participated in the inaugural Bolton Schools Sevens competition.

National Qualification     Rydal Netball Tournament Winners SMH Netball Tournament Winners

Saturday 24 February saw the annual cross country race between Stonyhurst and Ampleforth – a fixture which dates back over fifty years, and which pits current pupils against current pupils and OS against OAs.

The Preston Grasshoppers Stadium was the scene of much jubilation last night as the Stonyhurst 1st XV beat Manchester Grammar School to win the Lancashire Cup.

William Hall (studying at Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall) has just won the English schools Fell Running championship at under 12 level. William’s proud mum Ruth teaches Geography at Stonyhurst College. Congratulations to William!

The U14 Hockey team are crowned County Champions.

Stonyhurst’s U18 Rugby Team take the Lancashire Schools’ Cup for the fourth year running.

Fixture Results

Final Sporting week here at Stonyhurst before the Christmas break.

Walking in a Winter Wonderland for the Dubai Girls Netball Tour

Stonyhurst U14s, U16s, and U18s Hockey teams all make it through to the National Schools’ Hockey Tournament

Championship sports performance across the board at Stonyhurst this week.

An outstanding performance by U14 Hockey team in the County round of the National Schools Tournament.

Gripping performance by Stonyhurst’s U18 Hockey team seals their place in the next round of the Hockey Nationals.

Take a look at this weeks sporting achievements.

Stonyhurst’s cricketers are enjoying an excellent season!

This week’s Sports’ Results can be found here.

The latest cricket results can be found here.

Stonyhurst’s 1st team are the county champions!

Stonyhurst hold on to the Cup, after their draw with LGS.

An SMH netball player has been selected to represent the North West.

Netball, hockey and football results can be found here

Eight members of the swimming team competed in the Bath Cup.

Stonyhurst have won the Sevens Tournament for the second year running!

The 1st XV have won the U18 Lancashire Cup for the second year in a row.

The U14s have won the Lancashire Schools Hockey Tournament.