On Friday 16th March, a squad of U13/U14 netballers travelled to PGL Liddington for a weekend netball tour where they took part in the two-day netball tournament against other school from across the country.

This weekend the U12 & U13 teams played against Lord Wandsworth College, traditionally a very strong school. 

Our U13A played against their Junior 1st team and went down 6-3 but battled excellently throughout, with some good performances from Dan McKeown and Matt Coles in particular. Their heads never dropped and were a credit to themselves and will have learnt a lot against an opposition of this calibre.

On Wednesday March 7 the Under 11 7-a-side rugby team travelled to Oakwood School to compete in their annual Sevens’ tournament, an event that attracts the best rugby playing schools in Hampshire and West Sussex.

The U12s and U13s represented St John's very well in the Embley Park Sevens, held at Hampshire Collegiate School.

At the weekend St John's played their first ever 1st XI match against Christ's Hospital. For some, it was a baptism of fire, and the nerves were evident beforehand. With our team being predominantly Year 10 players, we knew we were up against it.

On Tuesday 7 February the Squash team travelled to Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire to play in the 2nd Round of the National Schools Squash. We were up against a very capable team – Wycliffe College won the National Championship seven times in the last eight years and they have two international players in their ranks.

With much excitement, and after several weeks training, the first ever Saturday Hockey fixtures for St John’s College took place at the weekend. 

The U14 and U13 teams travelled to the Isle of Wight and unfortunately came away with two losses. The scores do not however reflect the commitment and effort that both teams showed against some excellent opposition. It was commented that they stuck to their tasks well and showed a grit and determination that is fast becoming synonymous with St John’s College pupils.

St John’s pupil and tennis player Blu Baker has been nominated for the Portsmouth News Young Sportsman of the Year Award.  

Blu, currently in Year 5, has been playing tennis since he was three years old, now at the ripe old age of 10, he is nationally ranked.

The U16 team were on terrific form on Thursday as they joined the U13 and U15 victories earlier in the week.

Both our Under 13 and Under 15 teams played brilliantly again this week, winning both matches against Mayville High School.

Both our Under 13 and Under 15 teams played exceptionally well last week, winning both matches against Meoncross School

It was a tough weekend for St John’s Rugby, with our teams from Year 9 and above all playing against a traditionally strong Seaford College team. The Under-13s played against Oaklands, and our Under-12s travelled to an inaugural fixture at this level, against Warminster.

Elliott Wells, Year Seven pupil at St John’s College in Southsea, has been making the most of his summer holidays. After winning the Tera National Sailing Championship in July, Elliott travelled to Denmark in August to claim the RS Tera World Championship 2011 trophy.