Monday 10^th July

Winchester athletics track was the venue for the Quad Kids athletics country finals that our year five and six athletes had previously qualified for. 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, the overall standings were as follows:

What a superb effort from all of our athletes who really did deserve to medal after all of the hard work that they have put in this year!

Tuesday 11^th July

A year four team travelled to Wildern School today to participate in a multi-sport festival. The event involved a number of different activities all aimed at trying to improve the pupils’ agility, balance and coordination. Among the highlights for our pupils was the Quidditch activity and dodgeball! Mr Stredwick was really pleased with the way our students represented Fair Oak Junior School. Well done team!

Wednesday 12^th July

The Year 5 County Cricket Finals took place today at West Hill Park school in Titchfield. Fair Oak entered three teams into the event. Our year 3 team competed brilliantly against their older opponents and despite losing their three group games to Droxford, Sarisbury and Castle, they were never too far away in each fixture from getting a result. Our B team began with a loss to Marchwood 1 but then beat both Park Gate 2 and Springhill. Unfortunately this put them second in their group and they therefore just missed out on the semi-finals. Fair Oak 1 won their three games comfortably against Park Gate 1, Springhill 2 and Hook with Warsash 2 putting them through to the semi-finals as group winners. In the semi-final match they were up against Droxford. Droxford won the toss and elected to field. They bowled really well, putting Fair Oak under pressure and kept the score down to 235. Despite the best of efforts of our team, they could not contain the opposition and Droxford finished with 277 runs. Well done to all of our participating cricketers who should feel proud of the way they represented our school today.

Monday 17^th July

Fair Oak entered four teams into a rounders tournament held today on our school field. The competition took a league format where every team played every other team. The side with the most points at the end would be crowned winners. After all the fixtures had been played, the final standings were as follows:

Well done to all of our wonderful rounders players!

Tuesday 18^th July

Botley Primary School today hosted a sports leadership event. A selection of our year 5 sports leaders had previously created multiskills activities aimed at year two and three pupils. Today they got the opportunity to run those activities for pupils from other schools. Fair Oak also took a team of year three pupils all of whom had a fantastic afternoon! Well done to all of those who took part!

Year two visited us today from Fair Oak Infants to play rounders matches against our year three pupils. The games were competitive but were played in a lovely spirit. All participants enjoyed themselves any many new friendships were forged! We look forward to welcoming the year two pupils to our school in September!

Wednesday 19^th July

Today was the last of our scheduled Sports Days and it was the turn of our year three pupils to run, jump and throw for their houses! Just like the other year groups, year three performed superbly. The overall House Results are given below:

Well done to St George who are our Sports Day Champions! We are so proud of all of our participating pupils who represented their Houses with enthusiasm, sportsmanship and pride.

Tuesday 6^th June

Two teams were entered into a boys cricket tournament held at Lapstone Park today between schools from the South Eastleigh and Winchester partnership. The competing teams were split into two leagues. Fair Oak A found themselves in League 2 and began their campaign with a loss to Berrywood. That was followed by fixtures against Bursledon and Wickham, both of which ended in comfortable wins for Fair Oak. In League 1, Fair Oak B began with a win against Netley but that was unfortunately followed up with a loss to a very strong Droxford team. Fair Oak B finished their group games with victory against Botley. These results meant that Fair Oak A just missed out on the semi-final matches on runs scored to Freegrounds. Our team can feel themselves unlucky to finish third in their group and miss out on the chance to play for a place in the final. Our B team finished as group runners up in their League which meant they qualified for the semi-finals and would play Berrywood. Despite a good performance, our B team lost this fixture and therefore played Freegrounds in a third/fourth place play-off game. This match was won by Freegrounds meaning that Fair Oak B ended up in fourth place overall. Fair Oak A finished their tournament with wins against Botley and Netley which put them in fifth place overall. Well done to both of our teams who played the game in a great spirit throughout!

Tuesday 13^th June

It was the turn of our girls to play their South Eastleigh and Winchester area cricket tournament today. Our girls began with a comprehensive 74 run win against Botley and then followed that with an even bigger victory against Wickham, this time by 78 runs. Next up were Freegrounds who were also beaten by 78 runs and then a final victory came against Upham, this time by 70 runs. These results put Fair Oak in first place in their group and meant that they would face Group A winners, Droxford, in the final. Fair Oak lost the toss and were put into bat. Our girls batted sensibly but aggressively and finished with a competitive 84. Fair Oak then bowled accurately, giving away very little and ground Droxford down to a final total of just 46. This meant that our team won the tournament and have qualified for the County Finals which will be held at the Ageas Bowl later in the month! Well done to all of the squad.

Tuesday 20^th June

Today our girls cricket team played their County Finals Tournament at The Ageas Bowl. The team had previously qualified by winning a competition at The Lapstone Park playing fields. The competing sides were split into groups with every one playing the other schools in their pool with the winning sides qualifying for the semi-final. Fair Oak began with a dominant victory over St Patrick’s primary by a scoreline of 101 runs to 45. In our second and final group match, Sparsholt were the opponents. Unfortunately it was our Sparsholt who were the victors in a close match that ended 97 runs to 80. This meant that Fair Oak finished second in the group and did not make it through to the semi-final. Our girls played a final friendly fixture against Hook with Warsash. The game was played in a great spirit with Hook winning by 69 runs to 53. Our team should be proud of their efforts not just today at the County Finals but for the whole season! Well done to all those involved.

Our boys team played their cricket County Cup quarter final match at home to Droxford today. Fair Oak batted first and finished with a total of 191 for 13. In response, Droxford struggled against some accurate bowling and tight fielding from the home side but our visitors just managed to hold on to win by seven runs, finishing on 198 for 10. Despite this result, our team should feel proud of their efforts today against one of the stronger teams in the competition this year.

Completing a busy today, our athletics A team competed in their County Finals qualifying event at Wildern against schools from the South Eastleigh and Winchester Sports Partnership. Our athletes performed superbly with many registering personal bests in multiple events. The team will have to wait for another week until the second area qualifying tournament has taken place to see if they have done enough to win the overall event and therefore go on to represent our area at the County Finals!

Tuesday 27^th June

Our lower school cricketers played a tournament today against schools from the local area. Fair Oak entered two teams into the event which took a league format. Both of our teams performed really well and after all of the fixtures had been completed the final standings were as follows:

Well done to all of those involved. We certainly have a lot of cricketing talent in the lower school!

Our B and C athletics teams competed in their County Finals qualifying competition at Wyvern today against schools from the South Eastleigh and Winchester Sports Partnership. Just as our A team had last week, our athletes competed brilliantly. After the results from both events were combined, the final standings were as follows:

Well done to all our athletes for representing Fair Oak so well. Our A team have now qualified for the County Finals event next month!

Thursday 4^th May

The cricket season began today with an away match against Colden Common in the Hampshire Cup. Fair Oak won the toss and elected to bowl first. The decision was a good one as a combination of tight bowling and good catching restricted the home side to 216 for 8. Fair Oak came out to bat with a positive mind set and batted sensibly to reach a total of 228 for 8 which meant they won the match! Well done to all of those who took part today.

Thursday 11^th May

Two of our boys football teams travelled to Swanmore College today to participate in an emerging teams football competition amongst schools from the South Eastleigh and Winchester Sports Partnership. In Group 2, Fair Oak 1 played really well but unfortunately  they did not get the rub of the green and lost all four of their matches against Freegrounds 2, Durley, Netley and Wellstead. In Group 3, Fair Oak 2 won three and drew once which meant that they topped their group! Both Mr Stredwick and Mr Hill were so proud of the players today. For many it was the first time they had represented our school in a sports competition yet they all showed a fantastic work ethic on the pitch and demonstrated a great sense of fair play throughout, no matter what the results of their fixtures were. Well done boys!

Monday 15^th May

Our cricketers played their second group match in the Hampshire Cup today at home to Springhill. The visitors won the toss and bowled first. Unfortunately wickets fell throughout the Fair Oak innings to leave our team on a total of 198 for 8. However, the team responded superbly with the ball, bowling a naggingly accurate line and length thus giving Springhill very few scoring deliveries. Indeed, at the start of the final over, Springhill needed five runs to win. In a really exciting end to the game, it was Springhill who ended up victorious by two runs. Fair Oak will now have to wait on other results to see if they have qualified for the next stage of the competition.

Thursday 18^th May

Our annual Invitation Cross Country Relay Race took place here at Fair Oak Junior School. Around five hundred runners were competing in the event so the standard of running was particularly high. Our school entered multiple teams into the four races which was great to see. The results are given below:

Lower School Girls:

Lower School Boys:

Upper School Girls:

Upper School Boys:

What brilliant running by all of our participating athletes!

Tuesday 18^th April

Fair Oak entered two teams into a lower school tennis tournament held at Wildern School. The standard of play was very high and all of our players should be proud of the way they performed. After all of the matches had been played, Fair Oak B finished runners up in their league with an impressive 131 points while Fair Oak A won their league amassing 154 points altogether! Well done to all of our magnificent tennis players!

Tuesday 25^th April

Fair Oak today hosted a tennis team event for years 5 and 6. Fair Oak entered three boys teams and three girls teams into the competition. After all of the fixtures had been played, the final standings for the girls event were as follows:

While the boys scores looked like this:

Well done to all of our tennis players for their brilliant performances!

Friday 3^rd March

Our girls football team played their Premier League Primary Stars finals tournament today at the Staplewood Training Complex. Only the overall winner of the event would go through to represent Southampton FC at Elland Road, Leeds later in the school year. The girls began with a three one loss to Shamblehurst and then followed that up with a narrow defeat to Crescent by a goal to nil. In the final group game, our girls went a goal up against Cherbourg but were unfortunately pegged back and the game ended all square at one goal a piece. These results meant that Fair Oak would play St Patrick’s who were winners of their group in the knock out stages. Fair Oak produced a great performance in this game and matched their opponents but unfortunately St Patrick’s managed to take one of the few chances they created to win by a goal to nil. Well done to the girls who were brilliant throughout. Mr Stredwick and Mr Diaper were so proud of each and every player today!

Tuesday 7^th March

One of our most promising year five runners had previously negotiated his way through a gruelling qualifying competition to make it to the Cross Country Championship finals race which was held today at Down Grange in Basingstoke. Our athlete was up against well over one hundred of the very best Under 12 runners in Hampshire and he performed brilliantly finishing in 76^th place overall. What a fantastic effort!

Fair Oak entered two teams into a hockey County Finals qualifying tournament today held at Trojans Hockey Club local schools. Only the overall top two teams would qualify! Fair Oak 1 ended up undefeated with four wins and four draws from their eight games while Fair Oak 2 won five, drew one and lost two. These results put both of our teams on sixteen points but Fair Oak 1 just pipped Fair Oak 2 to second place on goal difference and therefore qualified for the County Finals. The final league table was as follows:

Well done to both teams for representing the school so well throughout the event.

Monday 13^th March

Fair Oak entered six teams into a girls tag rugby tournament held on the Fair Oak Junior School field. Great credit must go to all of the players who participated. They were all superb in both their attitude and rugby skills! The competition took a league format where every team played every other team. The side with the most points at the end of the tournament would be crowned champions. After all of the fixtures had been played, the final league table stood as follows:

Well done to all of our fantastic tag rugby players. There really were some outstanding performances today!

Tuesday 14^th March

Fair Oak entered a team into a year five and six golf tournament today which was held at Wildern. All participating teams worked their way around a series of stations which were designed to improve every element of their game from putting to driving with points being scored depending on how well the teams performed at each activity. At the end of the tournament when the team totals had been added together Fair Oak finished in a very respectable fourth place with a total of 462 points. Well done to our golfers for a great overall team performance!

Mrs Cove took two netball teams to play some friendly matches against Nightingale today. Both of our sides performed well and are really beginning to transfer the skills they have been developing in netball club into game situations. Our A team ended up undefeated with two wins and a draw while our B team drew one and lost two. Mrs Cove was extremely proud of all of those who took part.

Monday 20^th March

Fair Oak entered seven teams into a mixed tag rugby tournament again held on the Fair Oak Junior School field. Just like the girls event earlier in the month, the competition took a league format where every team played every other team. The side with the most points at the end of the tournament would be crowned champions and would take The Mike Warrior Cup! After all of the fixtures had been played, the final league table stood as follows:

Well done to all of our amazing athletes. There really is so much tag rugby talent in our school!

Tuesday 21^st March

Fair Oak entered a team into a year three and four golf tournament today which was held at Wildern. Just as for the year five and six tournament last week, all participating teams worked their way around a series of stations which were designed to improve every element of their game from putting to driving with points being scored depending on how well the teams performed at each activity. At the end of the tournament when the team totals had been added together our team finished in second place with a total of 603 points. Well done to our golfers on another great overall team performance!

Thursday 23^rd March

The Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth was the venue for the indoor athletics country finals that our year five and six athletes had previously qualified for. 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, the overall standings were as follows:

What a great effort from all of our athletes – third place in the county!

Monday 27^th March

Fair Oak played in the County Finals hockey tournament today at the Sports Centre in Southampton. Both our A and B teams had made it through from our area qualifying event which is a fantastic achievement. Our sides were placed in different pools in the morning matches. Our A team drew three and lost one of their group matches while our B team won their opening match and then lost their next four meaning that they both went into the Plate competition for the second phase of the tournament. In their Plate semi-final, Fair Oak A beat Solent one nil in a hard fought game while our B team ran out comfortable three nil winners over their semi-final opponents, Borden to set up an all Fair Oak final! This match was played in a great spirit but ended goalless and the match went to penalties which Fair Oak B won three two and they were therefore crowned Plate winners! Well done to both of our fantastic teams who played brilliantly throughout the event today.

Tuesday 28^th March

Four teams were entered into a tag rugby tournament today held at Barton Peveril between schools from the South Eastleigh and Winchester partnership. The event took a league format where each team played every other team. After all the fixtures had been played, the final standings were as follows:

Well done to all of our teams who performed brilliantly throughout the event.

Tuesday 7^th February

Fair Oak entered a team into the South Eastleigh and Winchester netball tournament today, hosted by Wildern School. Our team began with a draw against both Freegrounds and Curdridge before losing a tight encounter with St John The Baptist by two goals to one. Next up our side put on their best display of the competition in beating Netley Abbey six nil before a final three one loss to Droxford. Unfortunately these results did not put Fair Oak through to the next stage of the competition but despite this, our players should be proud of their efforts today.

Thursday 23^rd February

Fair Oak entered a boys team and a girls team into the first qualifying tournament of the Premier League Primary Stars Football Competition held at Goals in Millbrook, Southampton. Only the winners of each group would make it through to the next stage which will be held at Southampton’s Staplewood Training Complex next month. Both teams performed brilliantly throughout. Our girls team won all six of their fixtures while our boys won four of their five, losing narrowly to group winners, Halterworth. The final group tables were as follows:

Girls group:

Boys group:

What a fantastic set of results! Mr Stredwick was delighted with the way that all of our players performed today and was particularly impressed with the attitude of both of our teams. They really made our school proud!

Tuesday 28^th February

Fair Oak entered two teams into a South Eastleigh and Winchester area hockey competition today hosted by Hamble College. The event was aimed at emerging players who have not played much hockey before and our players performed brilliantly. Fair Oak 1 ended up with five wins, one draw and one loss while Fair Oak 2 won six and drew two. The final league standings were as follows:

Well done to all of those who took part. What a talented bunch they are!

Wednesday 4^th January

Fair Oak entered six teams into a basketball tournament held at Wyvern school today. The competition was between teams from the local area and took a league format where every team played every other team. The side with the most points at the end of the competition would be crowned tournament winners. After all of the fixtures had been played, the results were as follows:

Well done to all of our players who performed superbly throughout the event.

Monday 9^th January

Our girls football team played their Hampshire Cup quarter final today away to Twyford School. Unfortunately, Fair Oak lost by two goals to nil but our team should be extremely proud of the way they performed. At half time, the two sides could not be separated at nil nil. Our girls just shaded the second half but were unable to finish a couple of good chances while Twyford were clinical with theirs. Well done to our team who still have a number of competitions to go for throughout the remainder of the year.

Tuesday 10^th January

Today Fair Oak entered two basketball teams into a qualifying tournament at Wildern for the County Finals which will be held later in the year. Teams were split into two groups with each team playing every other team in their pool. The top teams would make it through to the final with the runners up playing off for third place. Fair Oak began with a comfortable two nil win against Curdridge but then followed that up with a closely fought game against Berrywood which unfortunately ended in a three two loss. Bursledon were our next opponents and in an entertaining encounter, it was Fair Oak who came out on top by four baskets to two. The final game for our team was a tough fixture against Droxford which ended in a two nil defeat for Fair Oak. Our athletes should be really proud of their performance today. Well done to all of those who participated.

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Thursday 1^st December

Our girls football team played their third round match in the Hampshire Cup today away to north Baddesley. Our team performed superbly on a difficult surface and a small pitch, nullifying the home teams goal threats brilliantly and hitting effectively on the break. By half time, the score stood at one – five to Fair Oak. Two goals were added in the second half, one for each side which left the final score at two six to Fair Oak!

Tuesday 6^th December

Both our girls and boys table tennis teams had previously qualified for the table tennis County Finals event at Aldworth School in Basingstoke. The standard today was extremely high with the teams hoping to book their place at the National Finals later in the school year. Many of the participating players were table tennis club members but despite this, our athletes put in some super performances. Our girls A team finished in third place in their group while the B team finished fourth in theirs. Both of our boys teams finished fourth in their pools. Well done to all of our players – they should be extremely proud of themselves for their efforts today!

Hamble College was 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.

Tuesday 13^th December

Places Leisure was the venue today for a lower school football tournament amongst schools from the South Eastleigh and Winchester sports partnership. Fair Oak entered two teams into the event and both were extremely successful. Our A team won all seven of their matches which meant they won the overall competition while our B team won four, drew one and lost two which left them in third position! The overall standings are given below:

Fair Oak entered six teams into an upper school boys football tournament held at Wyvern. The competition took a league format where every team played every other team. The side with the most points at the end of the tournament would be crowned champions! After all of the fixtures had been played, the final league table stood as follows:

Well done to all of our fantastic footballers. There really were some outstanding performances today!

Wednesday 2^nd November

Fair Oak entered five teams into a lower school girls football tournament held at Wyvern. The competition took a league format where every team played every other team. The side with the most points at the end of the tournament would be crowned champions! After all of the fixtures had been played, the final league table stood as follows:

Well done to all of our fantastic footballers. There really were some outstanding performances today!

Tuesday 8^th November

Our girls football team played their second round match in the Hampshire Cup today at home to Blackfield. Fair Oak started strongly and put our opponents under pressure throughout with their excellent pressing and work rate. The hard work paid off as our girls found themselves two nil up at half time. There was no let up from Fair Oak after the break and a third goal was added leaving the final score at three nil. Well done to the team for a very solid all round performance!

Wednesday 9^th November

It was the turn of our boys to play their second round Hampshire Cup match today at home to Hook with Warsash. The game started brightly for Fair Oak who were rewarded for some flowing football with the first goal. However, our opponents grew into the game and used their superior physicality to force themselves back into the match and at half time, it was Hook with Warsash who held a slender one goal advantage at two goals to one. The visitors scored again early in the second half and despite almost constant pressure from the home side, Hook hit again on the break to score a fourth with virtually the last kick of the game. Despite the result, our boys should be proud of the way they played today. Well done to all of those involved.

Thursday 10^th November

A mixture of our year 5 and 6 pupils travelled to Wildern school today to participate in a Change for Life festival. Schools from the local area took part in the event which gave all of the pupils an opportunity to improve their multi skills. Both Fair Oak teams performed really well and represented our school brilliantly.

Tuesday 15^th November

Wyvern College was the venue for the South Eastleigh and Winchester team table tennis event today. The winners of the competition would go through to the prestigious County Finals later in the school year! The tournament took a league format with each side playing every other team. The school with the most points at the end would be crowned winners. After all the matches had been played, the final table was as follows:

What a fantastic performance from our table tennis players who have now qualified for the County Finals event!

Wednesday 16^th November

Fair Oak entered six teams into a lower school boys football tournament held at Wyvern. Just as for the girls event earlier in the month, the competition took a league format where every team played every other team. The side with the most points at the end of the tournament would be crowned champions! After all of the fixtures had been played, the final league table stood as follows:

All of those that took part should be really proud of themselves – they played with a great spirit throughout despite the inclement weather. Well done boys!

Tuesday 22^nd November

Wyvern was the venue for an indoor athletics event between year five and six pupils from local schools. The winners would go through to the County Finals later in the school year. 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 finals event! The final standings were as follows:

What a great effort from all of our athletes.

Tuesday 29^th November

Fair Oak entered six teams into an upper school girls football tournament held at Wyvern. Just like the previous lower school girls event, the competition took a league format where every team played every other team. The side with the most points at the end of the tournament would be crowned overall winners. After all of the fixtures had been played, the final league table stood as follows:

Well done again to all of our superb footballers. Mr Stredwick was extremely proud of the way our teams represented the school today!