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School Games: Game On! |
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With less than 200 days to go to the London Olympics, pupils from across Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent have been showcasing their talents as part of the ‘School Games’. The School Games is a new school sport competition structure, using the inspiration of London's Olympics and Paralympics to help transform competitive sport in schools and get more people playing sport.
Sport Across Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent (SASSOT) has successfully applied for three years of funding totalling £160,000 from Sport England through the National Lottery. This funding will be used to provide a series of ‘School Games’ county events which will involve more than 2,000 pupils each year.
The School Games is a celebration of competitive sport for pupils that provides opportunities for all young people regardless of their experience, talent or ability. In Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent a year-round calendar of competitive sporting opportunities has been created and is designed to get young people competing in both intra and inter school activity. School Game Organisers are located in each district and are responsible for co-ordinating this school activity. Sport Across Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent (SASSOT) will provide a county final event which is set to be a great spectacular of both sporting and personal achievements.
This county final event will take place on 3rd July at Keele University and at local high schools. Pupils will be competing in a variety of sports including cricket, dodgeball, football, netball, rounders, rugby, tennis and trampolining. Schools Games will also provide the opportunity for disabled pupils to take part in a number of sporting competitions including boccia, cricket, football, golf, swimming and basketball.
Pupils have already competed in county finals events for both table tennis and Sportshall athletics. Both events played host to close-fought competition and endless enthusiasm. The Sporthall athletics competition witnessed some exciting finishes in the track events, particularly the obstacle relay. This annual event, which is replicated in each county, is organised by Sportshall Associates, supported by the two athletics governing bodies, UK Athletics and England Athletics, and sponsored by Aviva. Crowned winners at the end of the event were The Mosley School (Small Primary School), All Saints, Alrewas (Large Primary School), Churner View (Year 7 Girls), Oldfields Hall Middle School (Year 7 Boys), Weston Road High School and St Edwards Junior High School (Year 8 Girls) and St Josephs College (Year 8 Boys). For the full report, please see the Sporthall article below. Nineteen schools were in attendance for the table tennis team county final which saw The de Ferrers Academy take the winners titles in the Under 13 Boys, Under 16 boys and Under 16 Girls categories, with John of Rolleston Primary School winning the Under 11 Boys title and Sir Graham Balfour being crowned Under 13 Girls champions.
If you would like to find out more about the School Games within Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, visit www.staffsandstokeschoolgames.co.uk for news, fixtures and results.
Jane Kracke
Athletes Get to their Marks for School Games
As the countdown to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics passed the 200 days to go milestone, pupils from across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent got under starters orders at the county Sportshall Athletics finals, organised by Sportshall Associates. The competition was branded for the first time as a School Games Level Three final, as well as being the qualifying round to decide which Secondary School teams represent the county at the upcoming Regional competition.
The School Games is a key Government priority for ‘realising a meaningful sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games’. A year-round sporting calendar is being created across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, specifically designed to get young people competing at intra-school and inter-school levels, and culminating in local, regional and national events.
A one-day ‘Level Three’ county festival will be organised in the summer term, where the winning teams from School Sport Partnership-level tournaments in a variety of sports will come together to compete for the title of county champions. Within Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, as well as organising a main Level Three event, various satellite events are being supported and branded as ‘School Games Finals’, where they need to be run at different times in the year to enable the winners feed into regional or national tournaments.
Sporthall Athletics is one such sport , and the Primary Schools county finals took place at Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke-on-Trent, on 9th January. This annual event, which is replicated in each county, is supported by the two athletics governing bodies, UK Athletics and England Athletics, and sponsored by Aviva. At the small school competition in the morning four schools eagerly competed for the County Champion crown with East Staffordshire’s The Mosley School winning by quite a number of points. The boys won all bar two of their events and the girls won all except four! It was a close competition with the other schools with the girls from St Peter’s School, Hixon, gaining a great 76 points alone. There were some exciting finishes in the track events, particularly the children’s usual favourite the obstacle relay. The children were hugely supported by parents and friends who had come along to watch and support and created a fantastic atmosphere.
The afternoon competition for the large Primary schools saw 11 schools take part and was a very busy and enthusiastically noisy event! There seemed to be no clear winner as the events got underway but by results time All Saints from Alrewas had a huge 38 point win. Track events tested the timekeepers as there were numerous close finishes and there were only centimetres between many places in the field. Some very solid performances were seen, and there was an exceptional jump of 1m 90cm from a Newcastle under Lyme school girl– this was the furthest jump of the day out of both the small and large school boys and girls competitions! The athletes and team managers had obviously been practicing and were a credit to their schools with their support and team work for each other.
Two days later, it was the turn of the Secondary Schools and 45 teams descended on Fenton Manor. It was certainly a very busy afternoon. Oldfields Hall Middle school’s year 7 athletes took top place for the boys and third girls team. Outstanding performances came from Annie Rose Turner from Penkridge Middle whose shot putt of 7.80 was further than the winning year 8 girl by 70 cm! Again it was the shot putt that saw a huge putt of 9.10 by Year 7 pupil Sam Bagwell from Hagley Park Academy that was far clear from the winner of the year 8 boys shot. The noise turned up as the 4 x 2 lap relays took place with close finishes in the boys and girls.
There were join winners in the year 8 girls competition with Weston Road and St Edwards both getting 278 points and with only 7 less points St Margaret Ward were third. It was the jumps that stood out for the year 8 competition. Shauna Arnold’s standing long jump of 2.05 was a great performance for Wilnecote and a 2.67 jump came from Issac Hurst from St John Fisher. The 4 lap race saw a great display of running from James Fradley with a fantastic time of 47.8. St Josephs were the Year 8 boys Champions with St John Fisher second place, 3 points from Sir Graham Balfour in third.
Jane Kracke
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