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Strength to Strength

This year has been a fantastic year for the BIG 3 and what better way to finish it, other than in true GORSE style! What a week! Three of our top GORSE girls were called to compete for England at the 20th Annual Global Challenge Volleyball Tournament in Pula, Croatia,…

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Volleyball reward trip

Yesterday saw more amazing things from the BIG 3, as the we hosted nearly 300 students and staff to the annual Brid Beach Volleyball Reward Trip, the largest junior volleyball tournament in the UK! Thank you to Elaine, Pete and the team for running such a fantastic day for our…

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Runcorn Regatta

Yesterday we attended the second regatta of the year, for the GORSE boat club. The athletes, once again, rose to the occasion in the blistering heat over in Runcorn. We had 32 athletes make the trip over to row in the Ball Cup regatta. The regatta was a round robin…

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NEVZA Youth Beach Volleyball Championships

As you are aware, students from across GORSE took part in NEVZA last week. The 2025 NEVZA (North European Volleyball Zonal Association) Youth Beach Volleyball Championships were held at Bridlington South Beach, bringing together elite U18 and U20 teams from across Northern Europe. Over three days of intense international competition,…

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Busy Off-Season for Gorse Volleyball Athletes

The off-season has been very busy for our Gorse volleyball athletes, with exciting developments both on the court – and more notably, on the sand!   England Beach Volleyball Selections & New Courts at TFA Just a week after becoming indoor national champions, Gorse students made a quick and impressive…

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Primary volleyball league

The (primary) Gorse Volleyball League is back in action! We welcomed RHA, RA, HA and MNA at TSLA sports arena on Thursday. As this was the first volleyball competition for several students, we were pleased with game knowledge and ability to adapt. Throughout the competition, each team's communication, team work…

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Summer camps

Rowing - Helena Lawn Having just broken up for school, 45 of our eager students were ready to join us for our Healthy holiday's camps. For some dedicated students that was a three-week commitment, which is great to see. We started off strong with our indoor rowing week where we…

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England selection

We have received news that several GORSE students have been selected to represent England and compete at this year's NEVZA competition in October! We would like to say big congratulations to the following U17s students who will be competing in Denmark 10-12 Oct: BA - Lauren Thorn TFA - Emmanuel…

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NEVZA Competition

TFA's Josh Cosgrove and Emmanuel Oretoye, along with Daniella Tchandeu and Krystina Ngatcha from TRGA, and incoming EHC student Maks Makowski earned their first England Beach Volleyball cap at this international event competing against Norway, Iceland, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden and Faroe Islands. All students were able to work with Olympic…

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Bridlington Reward Trip

It was fantastic to see so many students enjoying their first trip to the seaside and feeling sand between their toes. The level of play was astonishing as students were able to keep the ball under control and had some fantastic rallies. Students who regularly attend camps and GORSE league…

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