Tues 27/09/11 – U15 Girls Football (2/3) 3.30pm @ Buttershaw
Wed 28/09/11 – Varsity Mini Olympics 3.30pm @ Tong
Primary Schools taking part: Knowleswood, Newhall Park, Ryecroft, St Stephens CE, St Columba’s Catholic, Fearnville and Horton Park
Wed 28/09/11 – U15 Girls Netball (1/3) 3.30pm @ Bradford College
South Bradford School Sport Partnership – A new era of trampolining, school and club
The South Bradford Primary schools trampoline competition hit Tong High School this week in its third successful year. Year after year, children from local Primary Schools compete against their peers to win their levels, and the 2011 competition showed a higher standard than in previous years.
Ryecroft Team
This skill development and improvement is courtesy of continuous Sports Unlimited funded sessions, bid for by South Bradford School Sport Partnership. The partnership working between the SSP, the Primary and Secondary Schools and Bradford Olympian Trampoline Club shows the talent that can be developed through Partnership working. Mike Abbott, Head Coach at Bradford Olympian Trampoline Club, said: “From a clubs’ perspective, it’s important that these associations are maintained, so that we can continue to tap into and develop the potential that exists within Bradford and surrounding areas. To see young people at such a young age with such fantastic talent shows the true value of sporting networks, such as the School Sport Partnership.”
The combination of the Sport Unlimited training taster sessions and the experiences in trampolining competitions, has lead the young competitors to develop their skills and chase their passion. Over half of the competition performers have gone on to become members of Bradford Olympian Trampoline Club. Further to this, six of the competitors have progressed into the clubs’ competition squad – including the current U11 Yorkshire champion, Ben Walsh.
With the competition being split into two levels, the competition was fierce to clinch the title in their categories.
In the Boys Beginners level, it was very close between 2nd & 3rd place with William Boocock of Ryecroft Primary just edging ahead of George Middleton of Woodlands Primary by just 0.1 of a mark, however the clear winner was Anoop Thapar from Newhall Park Primary.
In the Girls Beginners event, the top three were only split by 0.7 of a mark. In 3rd place was Emily Middleton from Woodlands Primary. Just 0.3 ahead in 2nd place was Annalise Andre from Ryecroft, but ahead of them both in 1st place, by just a further 0.4 was Abbie Wilson from Home Farm Primary.
The elite category consisted entirely of club competition squad members – and they put on a great display! With many thrills and some spills, many of the elite competitors tried out their new routines and attempted adding more complex skills into existing routines leading to one or two crashes & close calls along the way.
In the Boys elite event, Daniel Abbott from St Francis RC Primary gained 3rd place, just behind Gregory Turner from Woodlands Primary. Retaining his Bradford Schools U11 Yorkshire Champion title, Ben Walsh of Newhall Park came in first place.
The elite level Girls also provided an equally exciting competition. Erin Gunther from Ryecroft Primary reached first place, with Lucy Roberts from Home Farm in 2nd and Rebecca Connolly from Newhall Park in 3rd place.
Mike said: “The talent on show at the competition has been fantastic, and we hope that these young people, and others out there, want to develop their talents and join Bradford Olympian Trampoline Club. As well as developing talent, though we also focus on developing coaches. Despite developing coaches being a priority, it is also very time consuming and expensive. If there are any qualified trampoline coaches out there who would like to become involved with the club, we’d very much like to hear from you!”
South Bradford School Sport Partnership – Tong High School
U9 & U11 Cricket – South Bradford SSP
Cricket has been the talk of the town amongst South Bradford’s young people this month, with three fiercely contested competitions being held across the U11 and U9 age groups in May alone.
Organised by South Bradford School Sport Partnership, 290 Young people from 14 local primary schools attended the Year 4 Drax open competition, U11 Kwik Cricket Girls and U11 Open Kwik Cricket competitions.
With assistance from a Yorkshire County Cricket Coach, competitors showed their skill hitting the boundary time and time again. Young people at all three events were provided with direct links to and information about local clubs, to aid them in their future cricketing careers.
The competitions form part of a competition framework which sees schools competing in cluster competitions leading to a these South Bradford finals. Competitors in the Year 4 Drax competition were Home Farm, Wibsey, Bankfoot, St Matthews, St Anthonys, Newhall Park, Hollingwood and All Saints.
After a thundering performance throughout the day, All Saints were titled winners of the Year 4 Drax competition and will now be invited to attend the West Yorkshire Final at Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club on Tuesday 21st June 2011. We wish them luck!
Claire Caunce, PDM of South Bradford SSP, based at Tong High School, said: “The high calibre of our young people competing in competitions such as this really demonstrates the need for the development that the School Sport Partnership offers. We are really proud to be making a difference in these young peoples’ lives, giving them good memories”
The U11 Girls and U11 Open cricket competitions also fiercely contested with 19 teams competing from Home Farm, Wibsey, St Matthews, Newhall Park, All Saints, Woodside, Bankfoot, Marshfield, St Anthonys, Hollingwood, St Johns CE, St Stephens CE and St Columbas.
Congratulations to Wibsey who won both the U11 Girls category and the U11 Open category and who will now progress to the Bradford finals at Saltaire Cricket Club on Friday 17th June 2011 organised by the Partnership Development Managers of School Sport in Bradford. All the teams should be congratulated and fully commended for their efforts, spirit, enthusiasm and commitment demonstrated throughout the competitions.
As a result of collaboration between South Bradford SSP the Yorkshire Cricket Board and local cricket clubs, all children who attended the event went away with souvenirs of the day including hats, mugs, t-shirts and writing equipment so they could return to school and make a journal of their memories of the event and the day.
One final thanks should go to Tong High School for hosting all three competitions, to Bradford College Sports students for volunteering to umpire and finally to all children who participated, for showing outstanding sportsmanship.
Laura Dawson
After School Badminton
Badminton has reached a whole new level at Tong High School, after demand soared following a series of successful after school club sessions.
Tom Millbank, a level 3 coach at a local Badminton Performance centre, has been brought into Tong to help improve the skills and performance of our young people.
Funded by South Bradford School Sport Partnership through the School Sports Coaching Programme, the sessions have proved to be so popular a second dedicated Girls club has been started, running on Mondays.
“The response from our young people has been fantastic. Tom Millbank has really helped to engage them and improve their skillset. The overspill of numbers into a second group really shows how successful the programme has been.”
Jason Baddeley, School PE Teacher
As well as being popular, the series of after school clubs has had a particularly positive impact on those students taking the GCSE PE.
“Our evidence indicates that the badminton programme has really improved the skills of our students. As well as this, there has also been an improvement in the behaviour of our students, and this in turn impacts on their attainment.”
Jason Baddeley, School PE Teacher
By Laura Dawson
Sports College & South Bradford SSP Administrator