4 June 2026
Miss Jaclyn Leach, Director of Sport
On Friday 22 May, we were delighted to celebrate the fantastic achievements of Woldingham’s sportswomen at our annual Sports Dinner. On a beautiful evening, around 130 students, parents and staff gathered for a drinks reception on Pergola Lawn before moving to Marden for a delicious dinner.
We were very privileged to be joined by guest speaker Eboni Usoro-Brown - an absolute powerhouse of a sportswoman and an incredible role model. Eboni’s achievements on and off the netball court are quite remarkable. In 2018, Eboni was part of the first England Netball team to win gold at the Commonwealth Games; she won 117 caps for England and took part in three Commonwealth Games and four World Cups. For the majority of her playing career, Eboni also worked as a lawyer and she talked incredibly inspiringly (and very modestly) about the importance of setting your goals high and working hard to achieve them. She also spoke about how to keep working after setbacks, saying that no one’s journey is the same and no one’s journey is linear, however, if you put your mind to it anything is possible.
Eboni was delighted to present this year’s awards for hockey, netball, skiing and swimming, as well as the individual and team of the year awards. You can see the full list of winners below. On the pitches, courts, fields, slopes and in the pool, we have enjoyed seeing these girls make brilliant progress, be ambitious in what they want to achieve and rise to every challenge they are given. We have also seen them have fun and be incredibly compassionate and supportive of their teammates. All their fantastic successes have been brilliant to see – however, we believe we are only just scratching the surface of what these girls are capable of. There is an incredible amount of talent at Woldingham and we look forward to many exciting years ahead.
A very special part of the evening was the opportunity to say thank you to our Upper Sixth sportswomen, whose talent and personalities have shone so bright. They have had a huge impact on sport at Woldingham and we will miss them greatly. We also said a very important thank you to our brilliant Sport Ribbon, Lily. It has been absolutely fantastic to watch her in this role, to which she brought a calm, kind and positive spirit. Lily is exactly the kind of sportswoman our younger girls should aspire to be.
| Sportswoman of the Year | Liv B, Upper Sixth |
| Sports Personality of the Year | Rosie O, Upper Sixth |
| The Sacred Heart Association Cup | Lily O, Upper Sixth |
| The Castle Cup | Chloe B, Upper Sixth |
| Highly commended for contribution to school sport | Ellie E, Upper Sixth |
| Team of the Year | U15 Hockey |
| U14A Hockey Players’ Player | Lila Beau H, Year 9 |
| U14A Hockey Coach's Player | Orla C, Year 9 |
| U14B Hockey Players’ Player | Aayan M, Year 9 |
| U14B Hockey Coach's Player | Olivia M, Year 9 |
| U15A Hockey Players’ Player | Poppy F, Year 10 |
| U15A Hockey Coach's Player | Caitlin A, Year 10 |
| U15B Hockey Players’ Player | Isla M, Year 10 |
| U15B Hockey Coach's Player | Zoe M, Year 10 |
| 1st XI Hockey Players’ Player | Emilie D W, Lower Sixth |
| 1st XI Hockey Coach's Player | Ellie E, Upper Sixth |
| 2nd XI Hockey Players’ Player | Athena L, Lower Sixth |
| 2nd XI Hockey Coach's Player | Orlagh M, Lower Sixth |
| U14A Netball Players’ Player | Scarlett S, Year 9 |
| U14A Netball Coach's Player | Tife O, Year 9 |
| U14B Netball Players’ Player | Olivia M, Year 9 |
| U14B Netball Coach's Player | Francesca L, Year 9 |
| U14C Netball Players' Player | Imogen E, Year 9 |
| U14C Netball Coach's Player | Poppy C, Year 9 |
| U14D Netball Players' Player | Desire Y-O, Year 9 |
| U14D Netball Coach's Player | Hazel K, Year 9 |
| U15A Netball Players’ Player | Delphie M, Year 10 |
| U15A Netball Coach's Player | Amaya S, Year 10 |
| U15B Netball Players’ Player | Blake H, Year 10 |
| U15B Netball Coach's Player | Caitlin A, Year 10 |
| U15C Netball Players’ Player | Lily B, Year 10 |
| U15C Netball Coach's Player | Daisy S, Year 10 |
| U15D Netball Players’ Player | Romily B, Year 10 |
| U15D Netball Coach's Player | Molly H, Year 10 |
| 1st VII Netball Players’ Player | Chloe B, Upper Sixth |
| 1st VII Netball Coach's Player | Liv B, Upper Sixth |
| 2nd VII Netball Players’ Player | Cosima L, Year 11 |
| 2nd VII Netball Coach's Player | Cosima L, Year 11 |
| 3rd VII Netball Player's Player | Katie L, Lower Sixth |
| 3rd VII Netball Coach's Player | Seraphina M, Lower Sixth |
| 4th VII Netball Players' Player | Ruby K, Lower Sixth |
| 4th VII Netball Coach's Player | Eva Q, Upper Sixth |
| Senior Cross Country Coach's Award | Daisy L, Year 10 |
| Inter Swimming Coach's Award | Thea W, Year 10 |
| Senior Swimming Coach's Award | Alice H, Lower Sixth |
| Ski Team Coach's Award | Megan V R, Lower Sixth |