Local Context Within the Curriculum
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Local Context within the Curriculum PE Sport Local knowledge People to mention, resources to use, visits. Gymnastics Abbey Flyers at Meadowhead school – Trampolining club set up by Paul Greaves Trampolining and Gymnast coach attended Meadowhead School. Paul Greaves. He received the highest coaching award a coach can achieve from British Sheffield Gymnastics academy in Sothall – behind Westfield school. Gymnastics. He coaches Bryony Page who achieved a silver medal in Rio. He’s the only coach from Great Britain to have coached someone to an Olympic medal. Football Sheffield had the first football club, Sheffield FC founded in 1857. Derek Dooley, Gordon Banks – one of worlds most celebrated goal keepers and Also have the second oldest club – Hallam FC formed in 1860. The played in England’s 1966 world cup team. first football ‘derby’ was played on Boxing day 1860 between Nathaniel Creswick - co-founded Sheffield FC and established the Sheffield Sheffield FC and Hallam FC. Rules. Bramall Lane is the oldest major professional football ground, it is also one of two stadiums in the world that has hosted the FA Cup final and a cricket test match. Basketball Sheffield Basketball League started in 1950s. Sheffield Scorpions Sheffield Sharks, The Arrows Basketball Club. were the first knock out cup competition winners in 1965/66 season. Athletics Don Valley Stadium held athletics meetings since 1994. Jessica Ennis Hill, Sebastian Coe Handsworth Roadhogs organised the Lord Mayor’s 10k race, the first Hallamshire Harriers, Handsworth Roadhogs, City of Sheffield Athletics Club, one being held in 1989. Rotherham Harriers Don Valley stadium has now been knocked down and an Olympic Legacy school has been built in its place. Tennis Grove lawn tennis club founded in 1900 – Millhouses. Freddrick Perry – Stockport who was the first (and only) British tennis player to win all four major open championships. Hallamshire Tennis Hallamshire Tennis is home club of Jonathan Marray – 2012 mens’ doubles Wimbledon Champion. Hockey Sheffield Hockey Club based at Abbeydale Park, is one of the oldest Sheffield Hockey Club clubs in the country and the largest in South Yorkshire. First game Sam Quek – From Wirral recorded in 1898. In 2013 the 2012 London Olympic blue and pink pitch was relocated to Abbeydale Park Local Context within the Curriculum Badminton Abbeydale Park Badminton Club – largest badminton club in Jack Shepherd – Paralympic athlete based at EIS. Head coach for para Yorkshire badminton Richard Morris attended Westfield School as a child. Cricket Sheffield Collegiate the Sheffield cricket club founded in 18th Century Michael Vaughan, Joe Root both came from Sheffield Collegiate Cricket. was key in development of cricket in Northern England. Earliest Richard Kettleborough (umpire and ex England international cricketer) match references 1751. Handball Sheffield Handball Club set up in 2007 by a group of University of Sheffield Handball club Sheffield Students. Rugby Rugby has been played in Sheffield since 1860’s. Sheffield rugby Sheffield Tigers, Sheffield Rugby Union, Sheffield Eagles. Union FC was founded in 1902 and is based at Abbeydale Park. 4 Jason Robinson OBE – Leeds Sheffield players represented Yorkshire in the first ever recorded county match against Lancashire in 1869. Netball Sheffield Stormers Netball Club – adults Sheffield Tigers Junior Netball – 7+ Concord Netball club – 7+ .