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Daniel visited us in his role as Athlete Mentor for Sky Sports Living for Living, an initiative delivered in partnership with the Youth Sport Trust to harness the power of sport and encourage 11-16 year olds to be the best they can be across all areas of their lives. Pupils selected by Lymm High School to participate in the initiative had the opportunity to show Daniel the activities they have been involved in, and encouraged him to join in and discuss what they got out of the sessions.

Daniel talked the class through his own experiences of overcoming difficulty to excel in 400m champion, before explaining how the fundamental lessons a young person learns through sport can help them grow in other areas of their lives.

Pupils involved in this initiative are Gareth Broadbent, Karl Lawton, Tommy Anderson-Brown, Jacob Marvin, Morgan Leach, James Speed, Nick Stevens, Mary Connors, Charlotte Leigh, Amy Ritch and Billy Brewer.

Daniel helped support our National School Sports Week theme of ‘achieving your personal best’ in athletics events as well as new Olympic and Paralympic Sports. Before heading to the athletics track Daniel gave a motivational presentation to encourage pupils to try and get as close as possible to his best 400m time of 44.98. He also spent the afternoon working with our Year 10 Gifted and Talented in PE and Sport pupils and delivering a fitness session. The pupils involved were Emily Hine, Grace Boardman, Maddy Phillips, Mollie Crewe, Ruth Walshe, Nathan Leather, Ashley Scholes, Cameron Field, Callum Burleigh, Jack Mason, James Baillie, Holly McMullen, Paul Lawton, Deanna Wooler, Hannah Whitely, Sammy Clare and Alistair Saxby.

To get you started, they are offering a free sports kit to those schools who register on line. The kit will arrive in Sept 11 and will give you the chance to play some of the following Paralympic sports: Goalball, Sitting Volleyball and Blind Football.

To register your school go on line to: click (www.sainsbury’s.co.uk/1millionkids)

The School Games will officially start in September 2011, where a number of competitive sports will involve young children from year 3 to 13 taking part.

It will consist of 4 levels:

• Intra school competitions
• Regular local interschool competitions
• Annual area/county multi sports school games festivals
• National multi sport events.

The event was organised by Competition Manager, David Quartermain and the cluster schools involved were:
Cluster                                   Participant Schools
Cardinal Newman                St Peters
Penketh                                    Penketh Community
Lysander                                 Christchurch
Bridgewater                            Stockton Heath / St Matthews
Lymm                                        Statham / Ravenbank
Great Sankey                          Barrow Hall
Woolston                                  Bruche
Culcheth                                   St Helens / Croft

Interest in Sportshall athletics has grown over the last few years, thanks to the repeated staging of the Y5/6 event.  A year 7 / 8 event is also due to run, which will be useful for secondary schools looking to identify talented athletes in the run up to the summer season.

More details regarding the Warrington School Sport Partnership’s Sportshall Athletics Final is to follow shortly.

Lymm has so far held 3 Gifted and Talented sessions, two for Hockey and one for Rugby. Jenny Day, SSCO, coordinated the sessions and invited both Year 5 & 6 pupils from the family cluster of nine Primary Schools. The attendance was great, with a total of just under 30 boys and girls.

The sessions which were of a high standard, were led by Lymm’s PE staff and supported by the Sports Leaders and School team players. Despite the weather, everyone worked hard and had fun.

The winning school from each event qualified for the Warrington Borough final, the overall winner being Twiss Green of Lymm School Sport Partnership, who then qualified for the County final, along with St Margaret’s who were the highest finishing school from the William Beamont School Sports Partnership.

The County final was held at the Northgate Arena and our two Primary Schools took 7th and 8th place

• 7th Place – St Margarets with 458pts
• 8th Place – Twiss Green with 452pts

Well done to all the teams who took part and also to the amazing sports leaders and competition team who helped to make the event run smoothly.

• Birchwood qualified in top position for every age group in boys
• William Beamont qualified in top position for every age group in girls
• Lymm qualified for both girls and boys under 14 events
• Great Sankey qualified for the under 16 boys
• Bridgewater qualified for the under 16 girls

Individual skills developed as they moved through the competition and at the County final for under 14′s, Lymm performed exceptionally well and won the competition. The girls, Kim, Katie, Sophie and Jasmin only came together at the start of the year having not before played any competitive Badminton.

Run by Warrington Schools Sports Partnership (WaSSP), both the girls and boys competitions were played with much commitment and skill. The young players were a credit to their schools.

After a fast-paced, highly skilled encounter the U16 results were as follows:

·         GIRLS Winners –  Lymm

·         GIRLS Runners-Up – Bridgewater

·         BOYS Winners – Great Sankey

·         BOYS Runners-Up – Birchwood

All of the above teams will now have the honour of representing Warrington in the Cheshire County finals to be held on Thursday 27th January at Birchwood CHS, Warrington.

Finally, well done to the tournaments Most Valuable Players – Aaron Mc (Bridgewater) and Danielle I (Birchwood) – who both received a quality badminton racket and, also, to the other competing school teams who played so well at the comp: Penketh, William Beamont

Well done to all the brilliant young players who competed at the Centre Parcs National Schools Badminton Championships (Warrington Final) held at Penketh HS (cheers) and thanks to the PE staff who supported it so professionally. You were stars!

Run by Warrington Schools Sports Partnership (WaSSP), both the girls and boys competitions were played with much gusto, commitment and no mean skill. The young players were a credit to their schools.

After an intense, fast-paced competition the U14 results were as follows:

·         GIRLS Winners -  Birchwood

·         GIRLS Runners-Up – Great Sankey

·         BOYS Winners – Great Sankey

·         BOYS Runners-Up – Lymm

All of the above teams will now have the honour of representing Warrington in the Cheshire County finals to be held on Thursday 3rd February at Rudheath High School, Northwich.

Finally, well done to the tournaments Most Valuable Players – Megan B (Beamont) and Alistair H (Penketh) who both received a quality badminton racket and, also, to the other competing school teams who gallantly played their part at the comp: Penketh, William Beamont.

Roll on next weeks U16’s comp at Broomfields Leisure Centre!

David Quartermain
Competition Manager