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

Thursday 8th December 2011
All Day @ Richard Dunns

The athletes of the Bradford School Sport Enterprise partner Primary schools descended on Richard Dunns for the ever-competitive Sports Hall Athletics Heats 1 to 3.

Sports Hall Athletics comprises of two sections – track and field – and participants are put through their paces in a number of events designed to test their agility and fitness.

The heats provide an opportunity for schools to compete against each other to win their place in the Bradford School Sport Enterprise Sports Hall Athletics Final, scheduled to take place on 12th January 2012.

Taking place in Heat 1 were Bankfoot, Ryecroft A, All Saints and St Stephens.

Taking place in Heat 2 were Horton Park, Ryecroft B, Knowleswood and St Matthews.

Taking place in Heat 3 were Hollingwood, Woodside and Newhall Park.

The field events in the Sports Hall Athletics requires the teams of six girls and six boys to try their hand at chest push, speed bounce, vertical jump, standing long jump, triple jump and javelin.

The track event requires participants to compete in a series of races including 1 lap, 2 lap, 6 lap paalauf and relays.

With schools showing strengths in different areas all schools were fairly well matched. The winners of Heat 1 were Ryecroft A. The winners of Heat 2 were Knowleswood. The winners of Heat 3 were Woodside.

Well done to all of these schools and we look forward to seeing you in the next round of the competition on 12th January 2012.

Well done also to all other schools who took part – the level this year was fantastic!!

Wednesday 7th December 2011
9.30am @ Tong High School

Tong High School hosted the ever-popular Open New Age Kurling competition last week, with the competition being more successful than ever thanks to the exemplary leadership demonstrated by Tong’s Year 12 BTEC Sport group.

The competition allows young people of a range of ages to compete against each other in a fun and competitive environment. With teams from both Secondary and Primary Schools taking part, the competition proved how good sportsmanship allows young people of all ages to participate together in good spirit.

With eight lanes filling the Sports Hall, Tong’s leaders got to work scoring, leading their lane and guiding their participants. As game by game the teams totted up their points, it was a close competition between the teams.

Children from Bankfoot, Ryecroft, St Stephens, St Matthews, All Saints, Hollingwood, BBEC, Lower Fields, Newhall Park, and Horton Park attended the event.

After a tense final round, BBEC were named as the winners of the Open New Age Kurling, but Ryecroft were close behind.

Coming in both second and third place in the competition, Ryecroft’s pupils were outstanding in their skill throughout the day. Kenya, a pupil at Ryecroft, was also awarded a sportsmanship trophy for showing excellent teamwork skills.

Well done to all of the young people who participated in the event and thank you to all staff who attended.

Tuesday 15th November 2011 @ Tong

As part of the ever-increasing partnership working between Tong High School and Bradford Bulls, the most recent development was for Bradford Bulls to utilise our fantastic facilities (and a member of the PE staff!) for their first team training sessions.

Last week’s trial session saw 27 Bradford Bulls players, including the first team, descend on Tong High School for a Yoga session with Rachael Muir.

Yoga has many physiological benefits which will assist the players in their training. Just some of these include increasing the efficiency of the cardiovascular system, increasing musculoskeletal flexibility and joint range of motion, and also as a method of increasing endurance.

Following last week’s trial session, the Bradford Bulls will now be attending Tong High School for Yoga sessions on a more regular basis as part of their training.

A massive thank you must go to Rachael for her excellent tuition and handle over 27 enthusiastic participants!

Wednesday 16th November 2011 @ Tong

It was time for the U9 Girls to show their football skills in last week’s U9 girls’ football competition. Hot on the heels of the U11 competition, the girls taking part showed their competitive spirit, but also excellent sportsmanship throughout.

The competition was run on a round robin basis, meaning the girls had to perform consistently well to win the title.

Leaders from Tong High School helped to run the event, assisting with refereeing, scoring and encouraging the players. Reece and Jamie were outstanding throughout the competition and were exemplary role models for the young players – well done!

The results were as follows:

• 1st Place: St Columbas
• 2nd Place: Ryecroft
• 3rd Place: Hollingwood
• Joint 4th Place: Marshfield, St Matthews and All Saints

A special mention must go to St Columba’s who were awarded the Spirit of the Games Passion Award – well done!

Running various dates – Tuesdays @ Tong

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

After fierce competition from Newhall Park, Ryecroft, Bowling Park, All Saints, Marshfield and St Anthony’s the results were as follows:

• 1st Place: Marshfield
• 2nd Place: Bowling Park
• 3rd Place: Ryecroft Team A
• 4th Place: All Saints
• 5th Place: Ryecroft Team B
• 6th Place: St Anthony’s
• 7th Place: Newhall Park