School Sports Newsletter Summer 2017
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School Sports Newsletter Summer 2017 Have a safe and fun-filled Summer Holiday It is that time of year again that we look back on our amazing sporting team successes and personal triumphs. Throughout this academic year we have retained many trophies and earned some new ones. Badminton has continued to grow in popularity and success. We have won 3 of 4 District titles as well as Lancashire titles. We have been crowned Lancashire and District Champions in a variety of sports including Cricket, Athletics, Football and Rounders to name a few. We once again showed others we are a force to be reckoned with. We have some individuals who have continued to develop their sporting careers, taking them to new heights. The Isle of Man trip was fantastic and we already have next year’s trip in the pipeline. Trips such as the A Level PE class visiting Loughborough University were also well received. Please read on for a full round-up of the summer term. ROLL OF HONOUR 2016-2017 (Simply Incredible!) YEAR 7 SPORTS HALL ATHLETICS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS - GIRLS YEAR 7 SPORTSHALL ATHLETICS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS - BOYS YEAR 7 SPORTSHALL ATHLETICS LANCASHIRE CHAMPIONS - GIRLS YEAR 7 SPORTSHALL ATHLETICS LANCASHIRE BRONZE MEDALLISTS - BOYS YEAR 7 SUPER 8s DISTRICT CHAMPIONS U14s GIRLS BADMINTON DISTRICT CHAMPIONS U14s GIRLS LANCASHIRE PLATE CHAMPIONS and RED ROSE PLATE WINNERS U14s BOYS BADMINTON DISTRICT CHAMPIONS U16s BOYS BADMINTON DISTRICT CHAMPIONS U16s BOYS BADMINTON RED ROSE CHAMPIONS U16s BOYS BADMINTON LANCASHIRE PLATE WINNERS YEAR 8 SPORTS HALL ATHLETICS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS - GIRLS YEAR 8 SPORTSHALL ATHLETICS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS - BOYS YEAR 8 SPORTSHALL ATHLETICS LANCASHIRE 5TH PLACE - GIRLS YEAR 8 SPORTSHALL ATHLETICS LANCASHIRE SILVER MEDALLISTS - BOYS U14s BOYS HANDBALL DISTRICT CHAMPIONS YEAR 9 FOOTBALL DISTRICT CUP WINNERS YEAR 7 FOOTBALL DISTRICT CUP WINNERS YEAR 7 5 A SIDE FOOTBALL DISTRICT and LANCASHIRE CHAMPIONS YEAR 7 CLITHEROE RUGBY CLUB CUP CHAMPIONS YEAR 11 RUGBY 7S LANCASHIRE EMERGING SCHOOLS CHAMPIONS YEAR 8 RUGBY EMERGING SCHOOLS LANCASHIRE CHAMPIONS NORTH-WEST SKIING CHAMPIONS U14S GIRLS TABLE TENNIS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS YEAR 7 FOOTBALL LAST 32 OF ENGLAND YEAR 8 FOOTBALL LAST 64 OF ENGLAND YEAR 11 FOOTBALL LAST 32 OF ENGLAND YEAR 9 NETBALL DISTRICT and LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS FOR ALL YEARS IN ROUNDERS YEAR 7 B TEAM FOOTBALL ALL STARS CUP WINNERS U14s ENGLISH SCHOOLS QUARTER FINAL GIRLS FOOTBALL SIXTH FORM FOOTBALL NORTH WEST COLLEGES CHAMPIONS YEAR 7 SUPER 8 ATHLETICS LANCASHIRE SCHOOL GAMES SILVER MEDALISTS YEAR 9 HANDBALL LANCASHIRE SCHOOL GAMES SEMI-FINALISTS U13s DISTRICT CRICKET CHAMPIONS DISTRICT ATHLETICS CHAMPIONS 2017 WOW...JUST WOW! Rising Stars Name: Phoebe Metcalf Sport: Rhythmic Gymnastics Greatest Achievement: Gold in ‘Hoop’ at National Rose Cup in Northampton in June 2017 About : Phoebe is a gymnast and is competing with her espoir group at the Rhythmic Nationals in Stoke, currently in 9th place. She also competes individually and won gold in May at the Rose Cup in Northampton with her hoop routine. Phoebe also competed in a women's artistic competition earlier this month in Warrington, finishing in 1st place overall in the 2-piece vault and floor competition. Future Aspirations: To continue to develop her own skills and to begin coaching younger children to help them achieve their goals. Outstanding Achievement Award The Hyndburn and Ribble Valley School Sports Association have a special award, ’The Gary Robinson Award’ and each year, schools from the district nominate individual students for their outstanding achievements in sport at the highest level in Year 10. This year the PE Department nominated two athletes worthy of the accolade and we could have chosen many more. The students we nominated were Alasdair Moir and Harvey Griffin. The two boys were up against some fantastic athletes from across the borough and, after much deliberation, it was Alasdair that received the award. Alasdair has worked hard over the past few years to get where he is today. In January, he competed at a GB national under-19 age group ranking competition in the Modern Pentathlon Tetrathlon and came first in his age group of 15 years. He was ranked 14th overall in the GB under-19 age group. Following this, he was invited to Hartpury College to be assessed over two weekends with fourteen other athletes. This was a talent identification camp and was attended by Jan Bartu (GB Performance Director) along with other members of the Senior International coaching team. Having done so well over the weekends, Alasdair was invited to move from the English talent programme to the World Class Talent programme. In March and April he competed in the GB under-17 age group ranking competitions, which resulted in him being ranked 6th overall and again top in his age of 15 years. On the strength of these performances, Alasdair was selected for his first international debut where he represented Team GB in Lisburn in the under-17 age group, securing an impressive 6th place at their European competition. In order to develop his Fencing discipline, Alasdair also competed in the NW England under-16 epee championships and came second, qualifying to compete at the British Youth Fencing Championships in May when he ranked a very creditable 34th in an international field of 55 fencers. Alasdair’s future aspirations are to compete in the World Championships in 2018 and maintain his position of 1st in the under-17 Tetrathlon. He hopes to gain a scholarship to Rossall School and eventually go to Bath University, the National Training centre for this event, and we wish him well. Sports Personality Awards 2017 This year we decided to change the format of the Sports Personality Awards and what a great success it was - a mixture of celebration, summer fete-style games and recognition of achievements! And the Sports Hall was full to bursting with delighted parents, staff and students. Mr Edmondson, Molly and Jacob were our comperes for the evening, supported by our GLAMS (Girls Leadership and Marketing Squad). Our guest speaker, Mr Coupe, delivered an inspirational speech about how hard it has been to make it as a professional jockey and his message to the students was to ‘work hard and never give up’. Mr Coupe then went on to present our winners with their trophies and certificates. The awards that we give are a culmination of the dedication and effort of our students and for each and every award it is extremely difficult to choose just one winner. This goes to show the depth of talent we have in the school. This year’s overall winner, Merrill Tsang, is an exceptional and worthy winner. We have seen him develop from a shy Year 7 to a hugely talented Year 10 student. Merrill has not only competed for school in many teams such as Badminton and Basketball, but he has also helped coach younger teams. Our other winners in each year group have all done extremely well and we are immensely proud of all of them. The night was such a special occasion and we would like to thank each and everyone of you for your support and generous donations of raffle prizes. We raised approximately £800 and this will go directly to purchasing new sports equipment to replace worn out items. We always appreciate the help from the wider CRGS community and if anyone can help or provide ideas that would make this event even more special then please don’t hesitate to get in touch. For the winners’ photographs, please see the next page! Sports Personality Awards 2017 cont ... Badminton In the winter newsletter edition we reported that we had dominated in Badminton and won 3 out of the 4 District finals. We had just started playing in the Red Rose competition. We’re delighted to report that the U16 boys’ team went on to win this league and were crowned Red Rose Lancashire Champions! This is a fantastic result and 3 of the 4 members of the team are in Year 10 so they will be even stronger next year, particularly with George Hand being added to the team! In the girls’ U14 competition we got knocked out after only losing one game all year. The girls then went into the Lancashire Plate competition and went on to win this and become Lancashire Plate champions! Well done to the large number of students who have taken part in Badminton this year. We look forward to retaining our titles next year! Leadership at CRGS Our leaders continue to run sessions for the younger students in school and also out in the community. They have again been congratulated for their professionalism and enthusiasm at events in the district. Our Year 10 students have also completed the CRGS Leadership Award. The majority received the Silver and Gold Awards and those pictured have been recognised as outstanding leaders and have gained the Platinum Award which is a fantastic achievement. Football The Year 7 football team finished the season in style by beating St Augustine’s 2-1 to be crowned District Cup winners. This trophy adds to the District 5-a-side title and the Lancashire 5-a-side title! Goals from Kitt Nelson and Will Kellington and a Man of the Match performance from Harrison Rickard were the highlights of a close and nail-biting final. The boys narrowly missed out on the league title by 1 goal and Mr Alcock said that they played the best football he has ever seen from a Year 7 team at the school. Despite seeming to be much smaller than every other opposition team, the boys have shown superior technique and the team spirit and positivity has been fantastic right from the very first trial game in September.