Last weekend saw the National Finals of the Center Parcs Badminton Competition take place in Sherwood Forrest, Nottingham; and 3 Newcastle based schools travelled to participate in the event. Heaton Manor in the Key Stage 3 Girls, Benfield in the Key Stage 4 Boys and the Royal Grammar School in the Key Stage 4 Girls made up the Newcastle contingent; this competition brings the best of the best together and the standard is incredibly high every year.
The 3 schools each started their journey to the finals by entering the School Games Level 2 and Level 3 events in Tyne and Wear, before progressing to the regional round and proving to be too strong for their competition. Their successes to this point alone are worth recognition, even before travelling to the National Finals.
Heaton Manor's team of 4 Key Stage 3 girls have been kind enough to share a few words written about their experience, following their participation last weekend.......
"The journey to Center Parcs took about 4 hours, so when we arrived we only had time for a quick session in the pool. We returned to our lodge which was to be our home for the next two nights and devoured a pizza, or two..........
On Saturday morning the tension was high so a decent breakfast was in order to set us up for the busy day ahead. We got ready and left sharply for the competition which began at 9.30am. From the moment we arrived we could appreciate the standard of teams and we knew today was going to be tough!
The day taught us some very important lessons, and whilst we came away with no medals we felt we progressed massively in performance and were proud that we had the chance to compete against some of the countries best players."
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| Well done girls, your staff and Newcastle School Games are very proud of you |
their teacher said.......
"they have certainly enjoyed the experience and there were plenty of highlights; not least the meet, greet and photo opportunity with Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms, as well as the goody bags and Center Parcs pool. They were a delight to take away and we're so proud of them."
The 3 Newcastle schools achieved the following....
Benfield - 6th - Key Stage 4 Boys
RGS - 6th - Key Stage 4 Girls
Heaton Manor - 9th - Key Stage 3 Girls
The Newcastle School Games Team would like to extend their congratulations to the 3 school teams above and we trust you all enjoyed the experience of the weekends competition.
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