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THE HALLEY FOOTBALL CUP

Playing on the green astroturf pitch, the School team had an ace up their sleeve, as their players included a handful of Thai football
scholars, ready to take on the Old Ratcliffi ans. Despite the poor weather, a pleasing 7-a-side game was enjoyed, with the ORs winning
the match 2 – 1. SPORTS EVENTS
In total, 42 ORs and their families returned to Ratcliffe to take part in these events, support the teams and catch up with one another.
After the matches, they all gathered in the Sixth Form Centre café for refreshments and the prize-giving ceremony, hosted by Headmaster
Jon Reddin and Association Manager Alex Slack (née Gamble) (03). There was a real buzz within the room and great rivalry between
the teams and players. Overall, it was a thoroughly enjoyable day for both players and supporters, topped off by some well-deserved
refreshments.

GRACE DIEU & RATCLIFFE DADS’ FOOTBALL MATCH

SATURDAY 22ND JUNE 2019

Back in June, the Ratcliffe Dads took on the Grace Dieu Dads in a friendly 7-a-side football match, held at Rawlins Academy in Quorn.
Organiser of the event, Old Ratcliffi an Adrian Farnham (95), said: “It was a spirited match, won by Grace Dieu 4 – 3, despite a late
comeback by Ratcliffe. Hopefully, we can get more parents involved next time, and maybe do some home and away fi xtures.”

The Ratcliffe Dads meet up on Wednesday nights and play for an hour on the pitch inside the School’s running track. Those in the
Ratcliffe team were Adrian Farnham, Rob Hull (97), Sam Bird (98), Mark Tuckwell, Chris Shields, Kenny Webster, Amardeep Sidhu and
Clement Donegan.
Adrian added: “The match was a bit of light-hearted fun that we’ve been trying to organise for a while. We’re hoping that this is the start
of an annual event, and we even have an inaugural trophy, called ‘The Papa Cup’!”

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