Gisburn defy the odds to win area title - Other Sport - Clitheroe Advertiser and Times

Gisburn defy the odds to win area title - Other Sport - Clitheroe Advertiser and Times:

Gisburn defy the odds to win area title

GISBURN Primary School defied their small school status recently as they won the Ribble Valley Indoor Sportshall Athletics Competition at Oakhill Academy, Whalley.

The competition, organized by the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley School Sports Partnership, consisted of several events, including a 4x1 lap relay, an obstacle relay and a standing long jump. Gisburn Primary beat both Sabden and Grindleton Primary Schools into second and third place respectively in the small schools category as both the boys and girls finished first in every event!

Gisburn finished first across the whole event to be crowned champions of the Ribble Valley, and they will now go onto represent the Valley at both the small school county final at Hyndburn Sports Centre on February 26th, and the county final on February 5th at Blackpool Sports Centre.

Track and field stars - Local news - Selby Times

Track and field stars - Local news - Selby Times

Track and field stars

YOUNG ATHLETES: From Hambleton Primary School are Nathan Gelder, Alfie Robinson and James Roberts.

Published on Sunday 9 December 2012 17:50

FIGHTING fit pupils from five primary schools in the Selby district pitted their skills against each during the Selby cluster Sportshall athletics competition.

The event took place on Friday November 23 at Selby High School, with Thorpe Willoughby, Wistow, Selby County Primary, Barwic Parade and Hambleton Primary Schools taking part.

There were 12 events in total. Six track and six field events. To begin with the Selby High School year nine students and teachers started doing warm-ups with the children. As soon as everyone was warmed up they got on with the games.

The main organiser got the children in their schools and announced the results of the contest.

In fifth place was Thorpe Willoughby with 106 points, fourth Wistow - 122 points, third was Selby County Primary School with 134 points and in second place Barwic Parade with 146 points. In first place was Hambleton with 208 points with an event organiser saying: “The event was a phenomenal success.”

Halifax Primary kids are good sports - Sport - East Anglian Daily Times

Halifax Primary kids are good sports - Sport - East Anglian Daily Times:

The Sportshall Awards scheme is designed to provide a fun framework for curriculum-time delivery of Sportshall Athletics.

The sessions prepare the children for the competition pathway as well as rewarding their individual performance and improvement in the form of badges and certificates.

The programme also helps to identify gifted and talented children, enables schools to compete virtually against other schools all over the UK and can support fitness monitoring within the school and in a broader context.

The 30 pupils who scored the most combined points in balance step, long jump, high-stepper, chest push and speed bounce were due to represent their school in a level 2 competition, against other schools from Ipswich and South Suffolk, at Westbourne Community College, today.

Sportshall development officer Adam Burgess said: “The day was a great success and enjoyed by all.”

Victory for St Berteline’s in Sportshall Athletics event - Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News

Victory for St Berteline’s in Sportshall Athletics event - Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News:

THE Halton School Games Primary Sportshall Athletics event for Yr 5/6 boys and girls was held on Friday 30th November 2012 at Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes.

This is the fourth year the event has been delivered in partnership with Karen Drake (Halton School Games Organiser) and Aviva Sportshall UK Athletics as part of the Halton School Games Competition Calendar. 380 pupils represented 15 Halton primary schools to compete in this fun exciting event throughout the afternoon.

Stornoway Green and Tolsta win Sportshall Athletic event - Sport - Stornoway Gazette

Stornoway Green and Tolsta win Sportshall Athletic event - Sport - Stornoway Gazette:

Published on Sunday 2 December 2012 09:07

A whopping 23 teams took part in the recent Lewis and Harris Sports Council Sports Festival Primary Sportshall Athletic event at Ionad Spòrs Leòdhais A whopping 23 teams took part in the recent Lewis and Harris Sports Council Sports Festival Primary Sportshall Athletic event at Ionad Spòrs Leòdhais.

Teams from all over Lewis did battle in various stations stations and disciplines and finished off the night with a team relay. The stations were a mixture of running, jumping and throwing skills based on sportshall athletics format.

The talented pack of youngsters included: Westside Bullets, Westside Gunners, Talented Tong, Tong Wafers, Back A & B, Tolsta, Running Club Riots, Ness, Spors Nis, Laxdale Legends, Aces, Bolts, Bridge, Strips, Stars, Stornoway Blue, Orange, Red, White, Yellow, Purple and Green.

But in the end the eventual winners were Stornoway Green and Tolsta who ended the day with a huge haul of 126 points.

Everyone involved with the event would like to offer their gratitude to the Sports Centre Staff, Gordon Macdonald, Keith Bray, Joan Budge, Adrienne Stewart, Kirsty Baird, Freya Macleod, Finlay MacSween, Lewis Macleod, Holly Maclean, Kyle Munro, Mairi Graham, Anne Maclean, Christy Graham, Jodi Mackay, Seamus MacTaggart, Claire Scott, Kenneth MacSween, David Macleod, Jenna Stewart, Iain Macdonald, Andrew Duncan, Gavin Earons, Colin Tucker, Mairi MacSween, all parents and school staff that helped and supported on the night and finally the Primary athletes & their team managers for making the event possible.