Level 3 Tyne & Wear Indoor Rowing Championships

Yesterday (12.2.2013) saw our fastest Indoor rowers from Yrs 7 - 11 representing Newcastle Schools at the Tyne and Wear Indoor Rowing Championships hosted and organised by Gateshead School Sport Partnership with support from British Rowing and Concept 2 at Gateshead International Stadium.

Each of our Secondary and Middle schools across Newcastle where offered the chance to attend a Level 2 Indoor Rowing competition as well as support to host a Level 1 intra school (Inter house) Competition. The Newcastle team was made up with representatives from the following schools:-

  

 

·                Kenton

·                Sacred Heart

·                Gosforth Central Middle

·                Heaton Manor

·                Gosforth Academy

·                Walbottle

·                St Mary’s

·                Benfield

·                Dame Allan’s

 

A number of individuals broke our City Records during the Level 2 competitions but yesterday saw a number of notable performances by our rowers. Matthew Brooks from Dame Allan’s broke not only the Newcastle Schools record but also smashed the County record for yr 10 boys on his way to a Gold medal. Sydney Martin from Kenton broke her own City Record for Yr 9 girls and last years County record on way to a Silver medal.

Another highlight of the competition was watching the yr 10 boys win the team relay event on way to a Gold Medal with the team made up of Matthew Brooks from Dame Allan’s, Aboubaka Konate from Benfield and Jake Bratley from Gosforth Academy (see below).

Team Manager and Newcastle School Games Organiser, Ian Kendall, commented:

“After some impressive results at the School Games Level 2 Indoor Rowing Final the pupils representing Newcastle Schools have stepped up to the mark and really delivered today and in the process have managed to secure 2 GOLD, 3 SILVER and 1 BRONZE medal in the process. Thank you to all the teachers who supported the day to make this happen and well done to everyone for representing Newcastle Schools to such a high standard in both behavior and performance!”

 

Newcastle Schools win the School Games Level 3, Tyne & Wear Badminton Final

Heaton Manor & Benfield Schools win the

County Badminton Championships

Congratulations to Heaton Manor Girls and Benfield Boys who won the School Games, Level 3, Tyne and Wear, Key Stage 3 Boys and Girls 'Centre Parcs' Badminon Finals this afternoon hosted at John Spence Community High School. The competition was made up from the champions and runners up from schools in Sunderland, South Tyneside, Gateshead and North Tyneside.

A special mention must also go to Sacred Heart who finished runner up in the girls competition  in a close match against Heaton Manor.

The winning schools will now go forward to the North East Round on 11th March which is being hosted by Northumbria University in their £30 million venue, Sport Central . The North East Final is made up of from the champions and runners up from Tees Valley, County Durham and Northumberland and is one stage away from the National Schools final in Nottingham.

Newcastle Schools Start Their School Games Level 3 Medal Haul

The last 5 days have seen a flurry of Level 3 School Games activity across Tyne and Wear with the staging of the U13 and U16 Boys Table Tennis and the Year 9 / 10 Sportshall Boys and Girls Athletics competitions. 

On Friday 14th December Newcastle School for Boys attended the Table Tennis to represent Newcastle at both age groups.  The teams entered the sports hall at Sandhill View and were greeted by 14 competition tables and barriers that gave the event an impressive professional feel. 

Both teams were tasked with playing everyone in their respective age categories in a straight round robin to determine the medal winners.  Right from the off it was clear that the standard was going to be incredibly high and eventual podium finishers would have played some top table tennis.

As the competitions progressed it became apparent that all teams participating were capable of taking points off each other, which kept proceedings tight and interest levels keen.  After lots of exciting games, many of which went down to the wire, Newcastle School for Boys were awarded the bronze medals in both competitions.  We'd like to offer the boys huge congratulations and our gratitude for representing Newcastle.



NSB U13 Squad at Newcastle Level 2 Competition



NSB U16 Squad at Newcastle Level 2 Competition



Yesterday, Monday 17th December, teams from across Tyne and Wear converged on Temple Park Sports Centre to contest the Year 9 / 10 Level 3 Sportshall Athletics competitions for both boys and girls.  St Marys, Sacred Heart, St Cuthberts and Heaton Manor all travelled to represent Newcastle.

The Sportshall Athletics events are always great competitions and involve teams completing both field and track events including speed bounce, standing long and triple jumps, sprints and relays.  Each individual participant is only permitted to take part in a certain number of events, so staff have to choose their teams carefully and spread the strength.

School Games Organisers from across Tyne and Wear were on hand to assist organisers with measuring and timing of events; and some of the performances were literally outstanding, by both male and female athletes.  These events run so smoothly and the format is tried and tested so they're always well received by staff and participants alike.

Again from the very first events it was clear that the young people were going to push each other to new levels.  As each individual event came to a close the results were registered and a running total score for each team was maintained. 

A buzz of anticipation grew in volume in the sportshall as the results were about to be announced.  The fantastic news for Newcastle was that Heaton Manor Girls won GOLD and St Marys Boys won SILVER medals.  Huge congratulations have to go to both squads as the standard is always high at these events, so winning medals is very impressive.

The Newcastle School Games Team would like to thank all the schools mentioned above for representing Newcastle brilliantly - each school should be very proud of their young people as they conducted themselves perfectly without except.

WELL DONE AND HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

Newcastle School Games Level 2 Key Stage 4 Badminton

On Friday 7th December the Centre for Sport on the West Road hosted the Newcastle School Games Key Stage 4 Badminton competitions.  In total 6 boy's teams and 3 girl's teams attended the event and as normal the standard was impressive.  The following schools entered teams:  All Saints, Kenton, Gosforth Academy, Sacred Heart, Heaton Manor and Benfield.



Participants Displaying the Right Way to Win OR Lose.

The boys played out the initial stages of their competition in two groups of 3 to establish who'd play for medal positions, whilst the girls played a straight round-robin to identify their finishing positions.

Always Good to See Smiles.

The event always draws good numbers and the staff and students alike seem to really enjoy the format which involves players being ranked 1-4 and both individual and doubles matches ensuing.  In direct contrast to the Sportshall events this competition allows organisers to actually catch some of the action and the Newcastle School Games Team were thoroughly enthralled by some of the rally's and matches.



Do You Reckon This Was Returned??

After 2 keenly fought competitions the final standings looked like this:

Girls Key Stage 4

GOLD - Heaton Manor

SILVER - Gosforth Academy

BRONZE - Sacred Heart

Following the straight round-robin the top two places were decided by the finest of margins and congratulations must go to all the girls who participated.  Heaton Manor and Gosforth Academy go forward to represent Newcastle at the Level 3 early next year.  (Well done and apologies for the lack of photo's girls.)

Boys Key Stage 4

GOLD - Benfield

SILVER - Heaton Manor

BRONZE - Kenton



Our Boys Competition Winners..... Well Done!

Congratulations to Benfield and Heaton Manor who go forward to represent Newcastle at the Level 3.  The School Games Team and their mascot Paddy would like to thank all the staff and students who attended the event and each of the schools should be proud of their young people; they conducted themselves brilliantly throughout.