PE including Dance
Swanmore is regarded as possessing excellent facilities all of which are used throughout the college day and are available for hire and use through our community programme. All pupils at Swanmore receive a minimum of two hours quality Physical Education per week. During curriculum time, Year 10 and 11 pupils have an options system which allows them to experience activities they may not otherwise have the chance to try. Activities include, Golf, Pilates, Self Defence, Ballroom Dancing, Ultimate Frisbee and so the list goes on. This provision, combined with more traditional sports, allows all to have positive experiences within the subject. At Key Stage 3, pupils are taught the basic skills and understanding of both the games based and aesthetic activities in order that they can select and apply their skills as they progress. We are closely linked with our Sports Partnership hub college, Hamble Sports College, and through this link more opportunities for Ambassadors and Sports Leaders have arisen. Swanmore pupils are regularly involved in teaching, coaching and officiating at events for infants/junior/primary schools in the area. As a consequence of our sports partnership work which involves a full time School Sports Co-ordinator (SSCo), our links with our feeder schools are growing stronger every year. Swanmore College of Technology Year 11 Football Team ranked in the top 16 in the country
The very successful Year 11 football team is now ranked in the top 16 secondary schools in the whole of England. Following our penalties win over Beth’s Grammar School in the round of 32, our team was drawn against Harefield Academy from Middlesex. Our opponents could boast no less than 7 players who are attached to Watford Football Club, which made them formidable opposition. Playing at home the team was very confident of doing well, and despite the fact that Liam Hibberd was missing from the game due to playing for the county side, felt we could progress to the quarter finals. As it turned out the loss of Liam proved to be a major factor in eventually losing the game. The game started very evenly with the majority of the game being played in the middle third of the pitch, which had been badly affected by the weather and resembled a bog more than a football pitch. Swanmore seemed to get to grips with the conditions a little quicker than our opponents and begin to miss out the midfield in favor of finding our front men early. This soon proved decisive as James Jennings latched onto a threw ball to coolly slide the ball into the bottom corner to put us one nil up. The visitors were galvanized by this and increased their work rate considerably and soon found themselves back on level terms. The game ebbed and flowed for the remainder of the first half and some excellent defending by Ronan Galloway ensures the team went into the half time break level. The second half followed much the same pattern with both teams having chances, but the visitors took the lead threw a scrambled goal that was more than a little suspect. With one of the opponent’s team looking offside and then fouling Matthew Thomas to leave the goal scorer open to slot the ball home. Swanmore reacted positively to going behind as our opponents took their foot off of the gas thinking they had the game won. A lovely cross from the right hand side was bundled into the net by Matthew Williams to bring us back on level terms. The game looked as though it was heading to extra time as both teams missed opportunities to win the game, however with minutes remaining the Harefield left winger picked up the ball in the middle of the pitch and drove a 25 yard shot into the top corner of Greg Andrews net and our dream was over. I would like to send out my heart felt thanks to the team who did our college very proud with all of their performances in the competition, and achieved a first for Swanmore Football. The final game against Harefield saw our team play a team whose behaviour and sportsmanship left a lot to be desired. In the face of a large amount of provocation at times our team held their heads high and rose above the often vile behaviour that has seen the need for football to run the Respect Campaign that is currently high on the agenda. The lads are still more than capable of defending the district title they won last year in order for them to deliver silverware to the college this year, but for a school side who have only been playing competitive school football for 18 months to finish in the top 16 in the country is a fantastic achievement that we are all very proud of. Jamie Bryce Team Manager
Year 11 progress to last 16 in the National Cup
Year 11 progress to last 32 in the National Cup21 January 2010Our ever increasingly successful Year 11 football team overcame Easthampsted Park School to make it into the last 32 round of the ESFA national cup competition. This is a fantastic achievement for all involved in the team and continues to set College history with regard to footballing success. The game took place at Swanmore College of Technology on Thursday 21st January, on the hallowed turf that is our top field senior pitch. The team was aiming to keep alive its 2 year unbeaten streak, and found itself pitched against completely unknown competition. Easthampsted Park had traveled down from Bracknell and was their areas representatives in the National Cup competition. We were able to field our strongest eleven and a very strong substitute’s bench. Confidence was high in the team, and nerves were being channeled to produce a performance. We started with our traditional 4-4-2 formation which instantly began to put the pressure on Easthampsted Park. Chances were being created regularly, but the heavy pitch conditions and the absence of finding that killer final ball lots of chances were wasted or traveled tamely through to an impressive visiting goal keeper. Our own goalkeeper, Greg Andrews, was reduced to spectator status for large parts of the first half. As the half progressed the visitors managed to keep the ball for large portions of the game as their 4-5-1 formation allowed them to keep the ball in the midfield area. This posed little threat to us as a defending team, but did manage to slow the tempo of the game sufficiently to curb our attacking prowess. The second half saw us make a tactical change. Tom Belfield came on at half time, and allowed us to move to a 4-3-3 formation. This allowed Liam Hibberd greater time and space on the ball in the midfield in order to create scoring opportunities for us. This soon paid dividends as a fantastic 30 yard ball into space from Liam saw James Jennings exploit his obvious extra speed to race clear of the visitors back four and coolly finishes at the near post. This galvanized the visitors into getting the ball forward at a much quicker pace, which caused little problem for us as Ronan Galloway put in another immense performance at centre back. We continued to create chances for the remainder of the game which we were unable to convert, but in the end ran out convincing winners. The team now face Beth’s Grammar School on Friday 29th January. This game is away and will represent our longest journey to date, as we head to Dartford in an attempt to reach the last 16 round. Mr Bryce Team Manager
GCSE PE Theory Intervention Classes
These classes are available to all GCSE PE pupils. They will need to bring their issued revision materials. Those pupils who are under performing will be invited to these sessions via an individual intervention plan which will be shared with parents. As well as these sessions, all pupils should be carrying out their own individual study using the materials they have been given. They should be taking their revision guides and exam booklets to every theory lesson in order to utilize them to their fullest extent. Thank you. Mr J Bryce
On Friday 23rd October the year 11 football team crossed the Solent to play Sandown Sports College in the semi fial of the Hampshire round of the National Cup. The Swanmore side was going into the fixture as the defending county champions, and as such were a large scalp for any team to beat. The game got off to a flying start with Ronan Galloway putting us into the lead within the first 2 minutes of the game, as a well placed delivery was powerfully met by our towering centre back. In front of around 100 spectators (all of which were for the home side) the team played some fantastic football, passing the ball around a Sandown as though it were a training game. Unfortunately Jamie Hounslow damaged ankle ligaments about 15 minutes into the first half meaning he needed to leave the field of play. This may have fazed some teams, but the Swanmore side took it comfortably in their stride with Reece Windle replacing Jamie. This substitution was the beginning of the end for the Sandown side. It became clear that if Reece and Matthew Williams swapped attacking flanks that Swanmore would be able to hammer home the clear advantage that we had. This swap immediately led to the second goal, with Matthew Williams creating the opportunity for James Jennings to score the second of our goals. This was the start of a breath taking performance from James in which he looked every ounce the Hampshire standard footballer he is. The home team could not cope with the pace, skill and power that James brings to a football fixture. Shortly after the second came the third, with the now roaming Matthew Williams striking a 25 yard thunder bolt that flew into the bottom left hand corner. After the halftime break the spectators did their best to make the atmosphere as hostile as they could, but to no avail. The Year 11 team was on the rampage, which led to Louis North slotting in his second goal in 2 games as he strode onto a beautiful through ball from James Jennings. The fixture now looked like a team of adults playing school boys as our side moved the ball around beautifully. For a period Swanmore simply consolidated their lead and held Sandown at bay. However a momentary lapse of concentration saw Sandown take a snap chance that flew in past Greg Andrews. Weaker sides may have had a wobble, but our boys simply rolled their sleeves up and went back on the attack, with James Jennings scoring his second of the match closely followed by Ronan Galloway bagging his brace also. With a 6-1 victory under their belts the journey back from the Island was a very excited one. The team is now due to play Portchester in the final with a provisional date of the 17th November having been agreed between the 2 sides. More information will follow.
Year 7 FootballMountbatten Tournament 2009
On Thursday 15th October the year 7 boys’ football team traveled to The Mountbatten School in Romsey to take part in the Annual Romsey Rotary Shield Competition. The squad consisted of 14 players and they were to compete against 10 other schools from the Eastleigh and Winchester district, including the footballing powerhouse that is Mountbatten School. The competition started with 3 pools of teams, with the winner from each pool plus the best runner up making it through to the semi final. Swanmore were placed in a group with Perins, Wildern and Hamble, with 2 of the 3 other teams being Sports Colleges. Our first game was against Perins and the team played some fantastic play to comfortably win the game 2-0. So comfortable was the win that out goalkeeper hardly touched the ball. The second group game pitted us against Wildern, who had beat Hamble in their first game. This game saw Swanmore playing their second game in a row with only 3 minutes rest between the 2 games. This led to a change of formation with Swanmore adopting the Chelsea diamond. New man Hew Richards brought some fantastic stability to our back 4, with Matthew Knibbs finally getting his chance to show all what he can do in his favoured midfield role. Matthew protected the back 4 magnificently and allowed Adam Redwood to latch onto a fantastic through pass from Harry weeks to score the winning goal. Such was our domination that once again Louis Smith in the Swanmore goal has not had a save to make. Our third and final game saw us play Hamble. With us sitting on 2 wins we simply needed to avoid defeat and we would qualify for the semi final. We again went into the game with our diamond formation and throughout the first half dictated the space and tempo of the game. Half way through the second half a slip saw a Hamble player take a crossing opportunity which turned into a goal. Unfazed we simply changed to a 4-4-2 formation and set out to win the game, which we quickly achieved winning 2-1 and topping our group with 3 wins out of 3. Our semi final pitted us against the hosts Mountbatten, who have a very fine and long tradition of winning football matches and competitions. A very tight and cagey first half saw the teams turn round at half time tied at no goals a piece. The second half started at a much more frantic pace, and a lack of concentration saw Mountbatten take the lead. Again unfazed we switched to a 3-5-2 formation and went for the jugular. A fine goal from Tom Fripp pulled us level and the Mountbatten team visibly lost confidence and 2 more quick goals from Alfy Whittingham and Steve Fazarcherley put the result beyond doubt. This led to the final against Kings School, Winchester. In a game that we had the better of for large proportions we ended up losing 1-0 to finish runners up. This was despite having a host of chances that should have put the game out of Kings’ reach. One fine long range effort from Adam Redwood had all Swanmore players and Supporters screaming out for goal line technology in school football matches, as a thunderous 30 yard volley cannoned off of the cross bar, down onto the line (or just behind) into the Kings goalkeepers grateful arms. As if this was not heart breaking enough for the team with 30 seconds to go and the game heading towards penalties, a defensive slip allowed a Kings forward to run at our goal and toe poke the winner. This meant the team finished runners up, which was a fantastic achievement but after the way the team had played throughout they were very disappointed. The team was a fantastic credit to the College and I am very proud of each and every one of them. The team consisted of:
J Bryce Team Manager
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Friday 29th January saw Swanmore Year 11 Football Team, travel to Bexley Heath in Kent to face Beth’s Grammar School in the last 32 of the ESFA National Cup. This represented a 2 hour journey to ply our trade against unknown opposition.With a near full strength squad confidence was high amongst the team. The game started excellently with barely 10 minutes played, Matthew Williams latched on to a through ball to volley the ball with his left foot into the top corner of the net. This saw the home side up their attacking prowess only to be held at bay by a very impressive performance from Liam Hibberd and Ronan Galloway, who throughout the game were Swanmore’s best players. With 20 minutes on the clock a beautifully floated free kick from Liam Hibberd was adjudged to have hit Louis North’s hand before being put into the home teams net by Ronan Galloway. Subsequent television replays have proven that the home side’s linesman may have got the decision a little wrong. This did cause the team to lose focus and five minutes later the ball arrived at James Jennings feet, and fresh from his performance for Portsmouth under 18’s in the FA youth cup quarter final against Chelsea, slotted the ball with his left foot into the bottom corner.
Amy Middleton was nominated by the department in this category for the fantastic achievements she has made in her club gymnastics. Amy finished third in the country in this year national championships for her age group, and is also part of the British world class potential squad. Amy shows fantastic dedication to her sport and trains up to 24 hours a week. Amy has received both national and international recognition for her gymnastics and we hope this continues up to and including the 2012 Olympics, where we all hope Amy can make the British squad. 
In this category we nominated our Year 11 football team for the outstanding achievements in their year 10 season. This season saw them win the Eastleigh and Winchester District League without conceding a goal. This was closely followed by winning the County Cup, in which they did not concede a goal until the final where they beat St George’s School from Southampton. The team is continuing to go from strength to strength this season, and are defending their 2 titles as well as now being Hampshire’s representative in the ESFA Under 16 National Cup.
y 16th November saw our Year 11 football team take on Portchester School in the county final of the under 16 ESFA National Cup Tournament. With the team fresh from its 6-1 victory over Sandown, all of the lads were going into the fixture confident in their ability to progress to the regional rounds of competition. Illness saw 2 players off the side that beat Sandown in the semi-final being withdrawn from the game, but such is the strength of the squad their were 2 very capable replacements.
ausing problems down the left wing and Reece linking play with the forwards and midfielders expertly. It was from a passing move involving Jack and Reece that saw Joe Dudley win a free kick on our left hand side. The free kick was taken by Ronan Galloway and was fired deep into the Portchester penalty area. Portchester were able to clear the ball which fell to Liam Hibberd who fired in his and our third goal. This time there was no let up from the Swanmore team and they continued to press forward and look to kill the game off. 
