Children’s Charity Teams Up with Sports Direct to Get Children Moving
With key statistics showing a dramatic decrease in the number of PE hours being lost from the curriculum (more than 36,000 hours since London 2012, Department for Education Workforce Survey), Sports Direct and the Youth Sport Trust have identified a real need for support among parents, PE teachers, and caregivers alike.
Ashurst Dodge Success
The Horsham District Junior Dodgeball Series kicked off with a super year 3+4 meeting at The Bridge on Friday. All teams competed in a round-robin format and Ashurst A emerged from it as top dogs, two points ahead of West Chiltington.
Southwater and St Robert Southwell Survive a Rain Deluge to Win Primary School Football Leagues
The Year 5+6 Horsham Primary School Football Leagues concluded tonight in fine style on the Tanbridge astroturf, despite a rain shower of biblical proportions 15 minutes before the end. In the first meeting two weeks ago the large school teams section was extremely closer; second time out it was even closer as the top six teams from seven total were split by just three points. Finger nails did not get quite so chewed in the small schools and B teams event as St Robert Southwell’s march to success continued but nevertheless it was still very competitive.
Net Profit for Small Schools
Four small and local primary schools – St Robert Southwell, Castlewood, St Peter’s Cowfold and St Andrew’s Nuthurst – took part in an inaugural small schools netball festival on Monday at The Bridge leisure centre. The sun shone nicely and the five teams involved, given that St Andrew’s had two playing, played some excellent friendly games as part of developing their skills and experience in the game.
Two Horse Races Emerge in Year 3 and 4 Football Leagues
The Horsham Primary Schools Year 3+4 Football Leagues got underway tonight on the astroturf at Tanbridge House School. As ever there was great endeavour and lots of super matches but unlike last week’s year 5+6 age group opener there was much more dominance on display from certain teams in each of the two competitions – (1) large school teams, and (2) small school and large school B teams.
Fascinating Start to Year 5+6 Horsham Primary Schools Football League
A tremendous start to the Horsham Primary Schools Football season tonight at the Tanbridge astroturf with the year 5+6 age children taking the stage. Teams were divided into two separate competitions – one for large school first teams (of which there are seven) and the other for small school teams and large school B teams (of which there are six).
Southwater Show Quad Power
The Horsham Large Schools Year 3 and 4 District Sports Quadkids Athletics competition finally came to pass at The Bridge leisure centre this morning two weeks after the originally planned event was cancelled due to the heatwave. Thankfully Take Two went well with eight teams (from the original nine) managing to make it and provide some excellent athletics for lots of teachers, coaches and parents to witness. Scores were quite tightly packed but in the final standings Southwater finished top of the table with 2992 points, 121 ahead of second placed Greenway and another 107 ahead of third placed North Heath.
Schools Cricket Festival a Big Hit
A fabulous morning of cricket today at Kingslea School as six teams from five schools – Kingslea, Warnham, Shelley, Holbrook and St Mary’s Horsham – convened for a festival of friendly matches as part of their learning in the game. There wickets and runs aplenty to keep the umpires and scorers on their toes. Well done to all players for contributing to the fun!
Rounders Success for Leechpool
Leechpool A won the Horsham Area Small Schools and B Teams Rounders Tournament this morning at Heron way School winning all four of its games in a straight round-robin of five teams, in an event re-scheduled after the original was cancelled due to the recent heatwave.
Kingslea Retain Rounders Title
Kingslea won the Horsham Area Large Primary Schools Rounders Tournament on Tuesday morning at Millais School topping a field of eight. They beat a strong Leechpool team that they had drawn with earlier in the piece by 9.5 points to 6.5.