Newcastle Schools 500 Games 2013

The Newcastle Schools 500 Games is Newcastle Local Education Authorities London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic legacy programme for schools. This year was the first year we have linked the programme with our county School Games programme.

This years games involved over 2500 pupils competing in 17 sports over 4 days in 5 separate venues. We are very proud of this years Games and look forward to continued support from Newcastle Schools next year to build on this years successes.

Please take time to watch our DVD of the 2013 Games..................

http://vimeo.com/70501017

Newcastle Schools at the Level 3 Tyne & Wear SUMMER School Games

The Summer School Games

The culmination of our summer terms competitions was held at Silksworth Wellness and Tennis Center in Sunderland on 9th July. Each of the schools who either won or finished runner up in our Level 2 Newcastle competitions competed against the winners and runners up from Sunderland schools, North Tyneside schools, South Tyneside schools and Gateshead schools.

The following schools were a credit to Newcastle and really demonstrated the School Games values of Honesty, Passion, Determination , Self Belief, Respect and Teamwork:-

Yr 4 Mini Tennis - Kingston Park & Wingrove
Yr 3/4 Quadkids Athletics - Ravenswood (Silver Medal) & Grange First
Yr 5/6 Quadkids Athletics - Ravenswood
Yr 9/10 Rugby Union - Gosforth Academy
Yr 7 Cricket - St Mary's & Gosforth Junior Academy
Yr 10/11 Golf Xtreme - Walker Tech & St Mary's
Yr 1/2 Gymnastics - Beech Hill
Yr 3/4 Gymnastics - Grange First
Yr 5/6 Gymnastics - Ravenswood (Silver Medal)
Open Gymnastics - English Martyrs (Silver Medal)

Some coverage of the overage from Sky Tyne and Wear:-

http://tyneandwear.sky.com/othersport/article/73096/600-pupils-compete-in-tyne-and-wear-sainsburys-county-school

For more information about getting involved in the Schools Games programme contact us on 0191 265 6091 ext 317.