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News from Stafford and Stone School Sport Partnership |
Sportshall Athletics Finals On Tuesday 29th November 2011, 240 pupils from eight primary schools within Stafford and Stone descended upon Blessed William Howard for the Stafford and Stone School Sport Partnership Years 5 and 6 Sportshall Athletics Final. Each of the schools had previously qualified via great performances in their respective heats, yet all saved their best efforts to make for an exciting and closely contested final.
Track events consisted of an array of sprint and obstacle relays. The field events were made up of; chest push, speed bounce, javelin, long jump, triple jump and the vertical jump.
St. John’s CE Primary School was the eventual winner with a grand total of 276 points followed by Barnfields with 264 points and in third place, Bishop Lonsdale with 244 points. Fourth was St. Leonard’s with 238 points in total and only four points behind them was Walton Priory. St. Austin’s came sixth, Burton Manor seventh and last but by no means least Castlechurch. St. John’s will now go on to represent Stafford and Stone in the county finals to be held at Fenton Manor in Stoke on Trent.
St.John's the winning Primary Team
The winners of the boys' competition was St. Austin’s with 146 points aided by an astounding four wins out of a possible six in the track events.
The winner of the girls' competition was St. Leonard’s with a huge total of 160 points gained by three first places and two second places in the track events.
The previous night saw the secondary schools battle it out. In the girls' events Weston Road High School dominated by winning both the Year 7 and Year 8 events. In the boys' competitions, Walton Priory were successful in the Year 7 event and Walton High in the Year 8 competition.
A huge thank you must go to Blessed William Howard for providing a venue, as well as its staff and pupils from year 9 who volunteered their time to assist in running the event organised by the Stafford and Stone School Sport Partnership.
Young Leaders from Blessed William Howard
Steve Glover, Partnership Development Manager said, “Both finals were extremely entertaining and highly competitive. It was great to see hundreds of young people take part in such a sporting manner. I now wish the winning teams luck in their respective finals in the new year”.
Young Ambassador Conference
Coventry City’s football ground, an upcoming Olympic venue, was recently host to one of four National Young Ambassador Events.
Stafford and Stone School Sport Partnership’s three Gold Young Ambassadors, Hannah Gamston, Barney Blake and Sarah White, all attended the event along with Katie Gamston, Stafford’s recent Platinum Ambassador.
The three Gold Ambassadors were chosen by the partnership due to their exceptional skills within sport and leadership shown throughout the past year.
Stafford's Three Young Ambassadors
The Young Ambassador programme will see more than 5,500 14-19 year olds in England working as role models in school and local communities in the run up to 2012. The programme, now in its fifth year, is officially recognised by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) through its London 2012 Inspire Mark.
Each Young Ambassador will help build on the excitement created by the Olympic games next year by championing; Olympic and Paralympic values, sport, Physical Education and a healthy lifestyle to other youngsters. Launched in 2006, the Young Ambassador programme is now managed by the Youth Sport Trust on behalf of the Department for Education.
During the day, Stafford’s Young Ambassadors spent the day planning their role for the next year which they did alongside current and former Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
Hannah, 17, was the Young Ambassador role model in her group and worked with Adam Whitehead leading 30 other Young Ambassadors. Adam won Gold at the 2002 commonwealth games in Manchester in 100m breaststroke, setting a new commonwealth record. He also participated in the Olympics in Sydney 2000.
Barney, 17, worked with Paralympic Athlete Tim Prendergast. Tim has attended 3 Olympic Games, winning Gold in Athens in 2004 in T13 800m, and two Silver medals in Sydney 2000.
Sarah, 17, worked with Olympic Gymnast Craig Heap. Craig has 14 British titles and attended the Olympics held in Sydney 2000.
Although no longer a Young Ambassador, Katie Gamston also had an active time. Katie spoke in the teacher’s session about her time as a Young Ambassador and the skills she has gained to help her in life. She was also involved in speaking at the closing ceremony by giving advice and tips to the current crop of Young Ambassadors.
Steve Glover, the Partnerships Development Manager, attended the conference and said, “The day was so inspiring. To see so many talented young people working with such an array of Olympians and Paralympians was a great privilege. I am looking forward to working with our Young Ambassadors in this upcoming Olympic/Paralympic Year".
FREE Street Dance Academy for 9-13 year olds
The Stafford and Stone School Sport Partnership are proud to enhance their Street Dance Academy. The academy is led by Hayley (Qualified Street Dance Instructor from Wolverhampon and employed direct by the Stafford and Stone School Sport Partnership) and is on Tuesday nights at Stafford Sports College.
Stafford and Stone SSP Badminton Competitions
December is traditionally the month where the High Schools of Stafford and Stone come together to battle for a place as the Stafford and Stone School Sport Partnership's representative at the County Finals.
Tuesday, 6th December saw the junior teams battle it out for a place at Fenton Manor in January when the boys' competition was won by the team representing years 7, 8 & 9 from Walton High School who won all their matches.
In the girls' event the challenge was two pronged – with both Blessed William Howard and St. Dominic’s ‘A’ teams dominating their matches. After two 5 – 0 victories for both teams it came down to a deciding rubber between the two. In the decider the match was poised at two rubbers apiece after the singles and two doubles games. Blessed William Howard won the deciding rubber to take the match 3 to 2 and confirm their team as the overall winners of the girls' competition.
The 13th December was the turn of the senior teams with representatives from years 10 and 11 coming to King Edward VI sportshall to find the Stafford and Stone senior badminton champions. The unexpected arrival of teams from Weston Road was off-set by a no show from The Hollies.
The three boys and five girls teams demonstrated a high level of play and matches were close and lengthy at times. In the Boys competition Blessed William Howard ‘A’ team came out on top, losing only one rubber along the way. The team now go on to represent Stafford and Stone SSP on 24th January.
BWH Winners of the Year 10-11 Boys
Steve Glover, Partnership Development Manager said, "We were delighted with the turnout of schools for this event. It demonstrates that School Sport continues to be popular across the district. I was thrilled that St. Dominic's from Stone took part in their first event since becoming new members of the Partnership in November. A big thank you has to go to all involved in the organisation and good luck to the teams taking part in the School Games County Final in 2012."
2012 will bring about many events including two Olympic Dance shows and much more.
Stafford SSP Dance Academy
Stephen Glover
T: 07825999088 E: steve.glover@staffordandstonessp.co.uk W: www.staffordandstonessp.co.uk
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