Saturday 14th September: 10am
After a number of successful year’s, we welcome you to Blundell's U13 Invitational Hockey tournament. We hope you are able to have a fun & productive morning to get you up and ready for the busy season ahead.
We have tried to match up teams who may not come across each other as much on their circuits but hope to provide competitive games across the board. Of course, it is very early season, and we want all the pupils to play without pressure or worry and enjoy their tournament.
The tournament will be set up into two pools, progressing into the Semi-final and Finals
| Pool A |
|---|
| Clifton |
| West Buckland |
| Exeter |
| BGS |
| Blundell’s |
| Truro |
| Pool B |
|---|
| Queens |
| Taunton |
| Millfield |
| Redmaid’s |
| Plymouth |
| Wellington |
Umpiring & Coaching:
We are more than happy for umpires to help and educate but we would ask that we do not let this take up too much time of the 10-minute games.
Order of Play:
Time | Group | Field | Team A | Team B |
10:00 AM | Group A | New Astro- Prep End | Clifton | Truro |
10:00 AM | Group A | New Astro- Cage End | West Buckland | Blundells |
10:00 AM | Group B | Old Astro- Prep End | Millfield | Queens |
10:00 AM | Group B | Old Astro- Cage End | Wellington | Redmaids |
10:15 AM | Group A | New Astro- Prep End | Exeter | BGS |
10:15 AM | Group A | New Astro- Cage End | Blundells | Clifton |
10:15 AM | Group B | Old Astro- Prep End | Queens | Plymouth |
10:15 AM | Group B | Old Astro- Cage End | Wellington | Millfield |
10:30 AM | Group A | New Astro- Prep End | BGS | Truro |
10:30 AM | Group A | New Astro- Cage End | Exeter | West Buckland |
10:30 AM | Group B | Old Astro- Prep End | Plymouth | Redmaids |
10:30 AM | Group B | Old Astro- Cage End | Queens | Wellington |
10:45 AM | Group A | New Astro- Prep End | Clifton | BGS |
10:45 AM | Group A | New Astro- Cage End | Blundells | Exeter |
10:45 AM | Group B | Old Astro- Prep End | Wellington | Plymouth |
10:45 AM | Group B | Old Astro- Cage End | Millfield | Redmaids |
11:00 AM | Group A | New Astro- Prep End | Truro | West Buckland |
11:00 AM | Group A | New Astro- Cage End | Exeter | Clifton |
11:00 AM | Group B | Old Astro- Prep End | Plymouth | Millfield |
11:00 AM | Group B | Old Astro- Cage End | Redmaids | Queens |
11:15 AM | Group A | New Astro- Prep End | West Buckland | BGS |
11:15 AM | Group A | New Astro- Cage End | Truro | Blundells |
11:30 AM | Group A | New Astro- Prep End | Clifton | West Buckland |
11:30 AM | Group A | New Astro- Cage End | Truro | Exeter |
11:30 AM | Group A | Old Astro- Prep End | BGS | Blundells |
Score sheets:
Tournament rules & regs:
It will be important on the day that all teams stick to the timings and are ready to play their matches.
Points will be awarded as follows: Three points for a win One point for a draw
In the event of a tie on points the following will decide the placing:
a. The team with the best goal difference
b. The team having scored the greatest number of goals
c. The team having conceded the least number of goals
d. The winner of the match between the two teams
All games will be played according to the rules of Mini-Hockey with the additions:
Additional points:
Blundell's Player Profile
Emily Jury
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Chris Filbey, the new Second Master to take over from Matt Radley in September 2025. Chris is currently an Assistant Head at Epsom College where he was previously a Housemaster. Before that he was Head of Modern Languages at Haileybury. I look forward to working with Chris and we will introduce him to the wider Blundell’s community in due course.
Head Coach Kenny Murray has named a 34-player Scotland U20 squad to compete in the 2025 U20 Six Nations.
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Johnny Ventisei will captain the squad, having led the side against Wales U20 in a friendly in December.
Freddy Douglas, who won a first Scotland senior cap against Portugal in November last year, is selected as he nears a return from injury.
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