Tuesday 3^rd December

Fair Oak entered six teams into a lower school boys football tournament at Wyvern today. The tournament took on a league structure where every team played every other team with the side collecting the most points at the end being crowned overall winners. All of our teams played superbly, particularly considering that for many of the boys, this was the first time they had represented the school. After all of the matches had been completed, the final table was as follows:

What a fantastic result for the school. Well done boys!

Wednesday 4^th December

Fair Oak entered the boys football Under 11s Schools Cup hosted by Eastleigh Football Club today. The winning team from the event would go on to represent Eastleigh at the Southern England Finals, the winners of which will then play on a North vs South Final at Wembley Stadium before the National League play off final in May. After all of the group fixtures had been played, Fair Oak finished as winners of their pool with a record of five wins and one loss which meant that they qualified for the final where they would play Springhill. This match was a predictably tense affair. Fair Oak took the lead only for Springhill to peg them back. At the full time whistle, the score still stood at one a piece which meant that the game went to extra time. Fair Oak managed to score a well worked goal in this added period without reply which means that our boys have now qualified for the Southern England Finals! What an amazing achievement.

Friday 6^th December

Fair Oak took a year 5/6 development side to Oakley Junior School to participate in tag rugby training matches. For many of our athletes, this was the first time they had represented the school. The session was really useful to the participating players who are beginning to build up their game play experience. Well done to all those involved!

Tuesday 10^th December

Swanmore College was again the venue for an indoor athletics event, this time between year three and four pupils from local schools. Just as in the upper school competition last month, athletes scored points depending on how well they did in their track and field events and these points were collated to give an overall team total. The boys and girls points were then added together to give a school total. When our competitors had finished their events and the calculating was completed, Fair Oak ended up in second place! The final standings are given below. Well done to all of our participating pupils.

1st Durley - 80
2nd Fair Oak - 76
3rd Freegrounds 65
4th Wellstead - 64
5th Berrywood - 61
6th Droxford - 58
7th Wickham - 57
8th Botley - 56
9th Upham - 54
10th Stoke Park – 50

Wednesday 11^th December

It was the turn of our girls football team to play their Under 11s Schools Cup hosted by Eastleigh Football Club today. Again, the winning team from the event would go on to represent Eastleigh at the Southern Finals, the winners of which will then play on a North vs South Final at Wembley Stadium before the National League play off final in May. Unfortunately, our girls missed out on qualification for the semi-finals, ending up with three close fought losses and one draw against Springhill from their four matches. Despite those results, Mr Stredwick was pleased with the way that all of our players performed today and was particularly impressed with the attitude of all of our athletes. They really made our school proud!

Tuesday 17^th December

Fair Oak entered six teams into a lower school girls football tournament at Wyvern today. The tournament took on a league structure where every team played every other team with the side collecting the most points at the end being crowned overall winners. All of our teams played superbly, particularly considering that for some of the girls, this was the first time they had represented the school. After all of the matches had been completed, the league table was as follows:

Well done to all of those who took part!

Tuesday 5^th November

A year five dodgeball team was entered into a festival held today at Wildern School. Ten schools from the local area participated in the event which gave all of the pupils an opportunity to improve their skills in the sport. Fair Oak played really well in their fixtures and thoroughly enjoyed the competition. Well done to all of those who took part and represented their school superbly!

Monday 11^th November

Fair Oak took a strong year 3/4 side to Oakley Junior School to participate in tag rugby training matches. The session was really useful to the participating players who are beginning to build up their game play experience in preparation for future fixtures!

Tuesday 12^th November

Wildern school today hosted a qualifying tournament for the Table Tennis Individual County Finals event which will be held later in the school year. Fair Oak entered eight boys and four girls into the competition which took a league format with each player playing every athlete in their group. The winners of each group would then progress into the semi-finals. Despite some fantastic performances from our players, after all of the group fixtures had been played, only one of our girls made it through and went on to reach the girls final! Unfortunately, she lost a very close encounter to her opponent from Botley by a score line of 26 points to 20. Mr Stredwick was really pleased with all of our athletes who did the school proud, showing fantastic sportsmanship throughout!

Friday 15^th November

Our year 5/6 first team squad took part in tag rugby training matches with Oakley today at Fair Oak. The session was extremely competitive but was played in a fantastic spirit with both side performing superbly. Throughout the school our teams are all playing to such a high standard! Well done to all those who participated.

Tuesday 19^th November

Fair Oak entered six teams into an upper school girls football tournament at Wyvern today. The tournament took on a league structure where every team played every other team with the side collecting the most points at the end being crowned overall winners. All of our teams played superbly, particularly considering that for some of the girls, this was the first time they had represented the school. After all of the matches had been completed, the final league table was as follows:

Well done to all of our participating girls!

Friday 22^nd November

Fair Oak again travelled to Oakley in Basingstoke to take part in tag rugby training matches. The players involved benefitted hugely from the session and are showing a deep understanding of the game!

Tuesday 26^th November

Swanmore College was the venue for an indoor athletics event between year five and six pupils from local schools. Competitors scored points depending on how well they did in their track and field events and these points were collated to give an overall team total. The boys and girls points were then added together to give a school total. When our athletes had finished their events and the calculating was completed, Fair Oak ended up in first place and have now qualified for the Hampshire School Games later in the year! The final standings were as follows:

1st - Fair Oak - 166
2nd - Botley - 124
3rd - Netley - 89
4th - Berrywood - 84
5th - Wellstead - 80
6th - Curdridge - 78
7th - Stoke Park - 75
8th - Freegrounds - 71
9th - Durley - 49
10th - Shamblehurst - 47
11th - Droxford - 35

What a great effort from all of our athletes.

Friday 29^th November

The Fair Oak boys football team travelled to Portway Junior School in Andover to play their next match in the Hampshire Cup today. Portway have been performing well this year, scoring lots of goals in the process so our boys knew they would be in for a tough match. The opening quarter of the game was an even affair but Fair Oak began to take control just before half time and in a devastating spell, our boys scored three quick fire goals without reply. Despite playing really well in the second half, Fair Oak could not add to their goal tally. Well done to the team who are through to the third round with a comfortable three nil win behind them!