Wednesday 1st February 2012 at Tong High School

It was the turn of the Year 1 and 2 pupils from local primary schools to compete this week, in the ever-popular tri golf competition.

The competition requires competitors to demonstrate their chipping and putting skills in a series of challenges. Challenges in the competition include Bulls Eye, Dominoes, Cliffhanger, Tunnel Ball, Finders Keepers, High Five, Treasure Island, Zone Ball and Three in a row. These activities, derived from the Golf Foundation, are played on a rotation basis with teams all moving according to the central timer. At each station, the competitors take it in turns to contribute points to their team’s score.

Apprentices on the Tong High School and Bradford Bulls Apprenticeship scheme attended to help officiate the event, by manning each station and assisting and explaining each activity to the young competitors.

Children from Ryecroft, Knowleswood, Newhall Park, All Saints, Bankfoot, St Stephens CE and St Matthews CE attended the event.

After two whole rotations around the activities, the scores were in. All Saints A team were crowned the Key Stage 1 Tri Golf champions 2012. Close behind was Newhall Park Primary School. In 3rd position was Ryecroft A team.

St Stephens CE Primary School was awarded the Sportsmanship award. Well done to all the staff and teams who attended!

Various Dates at Tong High School

Following the various weekly updates for the standings of the U11 Open Football league – the league has finally come to an end!

After fierce competition, the results were as follows:

1st Place: Hollingwood
2nd Place: St Anthony’s
3rd Place: Marshfield
4th Place: Reevy Hill
5th Place: Bankfoot
6th Place: All Saints
7th Place: Ryecroft A
8th Place: Newhall Park
9th Place: Ryecroft B

A massive well done to all the young people who took part in the competition!

A special mention must also go to St Stephens CE Primary School which was awarded the Sportsmanship Award, Well done!

Tuesday 24th January 2012 at Tong High School

As the competition started off, the first game was Tong against Beckfoot. We took an early lead and kept it for the entire first half of the game. However, due to the Tong team being made up of five players and no subs, fatigue set in in the third quarter.

By the end of the 3rd quarter, Beckfoot had piled on the pressure and managed to go 19 points ahead. In the last quarter we pulled out all the stops – battling through the tiredness. However, the experience and well-drilled defence of the opposition meant we could only manage to bring the deposit down to 11.

Beckfoot then went on to play St. Bede’s, which was an extremely well fought game. Throughout, neither team could extend their lead to more than 4 points ahead of the opponent. Beckfoot led the majority of the game but in the 4th quarter St. Bede’s put on their most experienced team – and managed to get their noses ahead by one point. St. Bede’s maintained their one point lead for the remainder of the 4th quarter and went on to beat Beckfoot.

It was then Tong’s turn to play St Bede’s. We stepped up our defence dramatically and, despite being tired, we led the entire game up until the last 3 minutes of the game. I had gained an injury and was struggling to get up and down court with the pace of the game. Unfortunately we went on to lose by 4 points despite a last minute dash to steal the game. St Bede’s won the competition. Their squad was composed of two experienced national league players and an England player.

I would like to thank Mr Baddeley for arranging the competition and coaching us, Aidan R for being the table official, the guys from Bradford Dragons and Bradford Maroons for refereeing and an extra special thank you to Rhianna-Mae L and Micah M for stepping up and playing at a level against players 4 years older than them. A final thank you to everyone who turned up to compete.

By Thomas W,
Year 12