Hale Prep Crowned National Champions

 Hale Prep School are toasting sweet success having won the National Pop Lacrosse Championships at the weekend.

 The on-song Cheshire-based Primary School did not qualify for last year's annual tournament at the University of Hertfordshire.

 But this year returned and claimed their first national title in front of a large crowd.

 Having finished top of their qualifying pool, Hale Prep impressed with a 10-3 quarter-final victory over Sandon - before beating London based school Coulsdon 9-3 after in the knockout semi-finals.

 And the best was still to come as the school's talented youngsters turned on the style to beat last years winners- William Ransom 5-3 in the showcase final.

 A total of 19 teams competed in this year's tournament, with four qualifying pools – tthree of five teams and two of four teams - giving schools the chance to qualify for the knockout stages.

For those schools which missed out on the Championship knockout phase, there was the chance to win honours in the Plate competition.

 This season saw Southeast team Kingscourt win the Plate final for the first time following an 6-4 victory over tournament new comers Bradfield Dungworth, which is Sheffield's smallest primary school with only 15 Year 6 pupils.

 In the quarter-finals they beat Chipstead,  7-1, before following that with a 4-3 semi-final win over St Marys.

 

 Results:

 

National Pop Lacrosse Championships (University of Hertfordshire) - Championship final: Hale Prep 5 William Ransom 5. Semi-finals: William Ransom 9 St Peters 3, Coulsdon 3 Hale Prep 9. Quarter-finals: William Ransom 12 St Johns 11, Green Mount 5 St Peters 6, Coulsdon 4 The Downs 3, Sandon 3 Hale Prep 10

 

Plate final: Kingscourt 6 Bradfield 4. Semi-finals: Bradfield 7 Goring 4, St Marys 3 Kingscourt 4. Quarter-Finals: Bradfield 4 Heathbrook 3, Goring 8 Stanton 6, Killearn 4 St Marys 7, Chpstead 1 Kingscourt 7

 

Pool standings:

 

Pool A: 1. William Ransom, 2. Coulsdon, 3. Bradfield, 4. Killearn, 5. Etchells

Pool B: 1. Green Mount, 2. Sandon, 3. Goring, 4. Chipstead, 5. Belmont

Pool C: 1. The Downs, 2. St Johns-On-The-Hill, 3. St Mary’s, 4. Heathbrook

Pool D: 1. Hale Prep, 2. St Peters, 3. Kingscourt, 4. Stanton St Quintin.

 

 

Roll of honour (National Pop Championship)

2009- Hale Prep

2008 - William Ransom

2007 - The Downs

2006 - William Ransom

2005 - Greenmount

2004 - Bowdon COE

2003 - Didsbury Road

2002 - Mellor

2001 - Bowdon COE

2000 - Vernon County

1999 - Bowdon COE

1998 - Didsbury

1997 - Cougan

1996 - Greenmount/Milton Keynes (title shared)

1995 - Cougan

1994 - Disley

 

Plate Championship

2008 - Bowdon COE

2007- St. Peter's C of E

2006 - J Gillespie

2005- Didsbury Road