Year 5 and Year 6 Boys Handball

On Thursday 18th of May, children from Years 5 and 6 took part in a Handball competition at Langdon Academy. The competition consisted of 10 schools from Newham. St Joachim’s showed composure and great skill to finish top of their group respectively which set them up for a quarter final that they won comfortably. They then showed dominance in the semi-final beating Sandringham 8-2.
Winning the semi-final set up a final match against Gallions which went back and forth with points being scored every minute. Ultimately they managed to win the final 7-6 scoring in the last thirty seconds to clinch the first place trophy.