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North Cheshire Clarion Kids Club

Admin2 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:23:24 +0000

North Cheshire Clarion Kids Club

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Please click onto the website to find out more details.

http://northcheshireclarion.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/kids-club-2012-starting-soon.html

Win a Trip to the Olympic Stadium Next April for Your School

Admin2 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:09:25 +0000

WIN a trip to the Olympic
Stadium next April for
your school!

Are you ready to go for Gold? Get your school involved
in the build up to London 2012 by taking on Olympic
and Paralympic sports to raise funds for vital medical
research into child health.

Challenge your pupils to cover 2012kms by running, walking, cycling,
swimming, kayaking… just choose your sports and commit to raising funds
for Action Medical Research.

Register before the end of November to be in with a chance to take part in
the Gold Challenge Stadium Parade in the Olympic Stadium.

Click onto the link to find out more.

http://familygoldchallenge.org

St Greg’s Students Represent GB!

Admin2 — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:10:14 +0000

4 pupils from year eleven at St. Gregory’s have been selected to represent Great Britain at the FISEC games in Portugal, 5th-11th July 2011.

Sam Houghton and Jack Cookson have been selected to represent the Great Britain football squad. Both players have since picked up professional contracts with Morecambe for next season.

Oliver Wells and Owen Haggerty have both been selected for the athletics team following their successes at the Cheshire County championships. Oliver, silver medalist in the Cheshire AA 200m, will be running the 200m in Portugal. Owen had double succes at the Cheshire AA championships, winning silver in the 800m and gold in the 400m. He will represent GB in the 800m in Portugal.

FISEC was estabished in 1948 and is a professional organisation that organizes sports games every year for young people from its member countries. Through national schoolsport federations of its member countries FISEC reaches young people from within Catholic schools from all over the world. Although the FISEC Games are not a goal in themselves for our participants, they may well be an objective, which creates the opportunity for young people to experience sport at a high level within the context of school.

FISEC wants to offer more than just competition. In its activities the organization aims at stimulating sports by professional sports educators, within a well-defined pedagogical framework, including human values, fair play, social and cultural aspects. Apart from the professional set-up of the sports events FISEC aims at including in its Games the added value of cultural exchange and human interest.

Well done boys, and best of luck in Portugal!

Sainbury’s Paralympic Sport

Admin2 — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:46:42 +0000

Sainsbury’s is an official partner of the London 2012 Paralympic Games and wants to help 1 million school children try a Paralympic sport.

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)

New Government Website – Your School Games

Admin2 — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:50:55 +0000

Today sees the launch of the government’s new website; Your School Games! In the run up to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games, log onto their website for more information on how to register your school and so creating a year round calendar of competitions for all your students.

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.

Gifted & Talented – St Gregory’s

Admin2 — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:17:24 +0000

Matthew Pontifex represented Cheshire at the English Schools Cross Country and finished as 4th counter for the Cheshire team. It’s his first season in the sport and a great achievement to represent the county.

James Mendeika and Jonathan Rigby bave both represented Great Britain at Rugby League, with James playing a full international match against France for the Great Britain under 17′s team.

Samantha Chappell made her full senior debut for the Liverpool FC ladies’ team against Leeds United. A great achievment, as she has only just turned 16 and was immediately moved into the full senior team.

Mr Wilby, St Gregory’s PE teacher has been selected to represent Great Britain at the World Long Distance Triathlon Championships in Amsterdam. The event comprises of a 4km swim, 120km bike and a 30km run.

Schools Cross Country – Nov 2010

Admin2 — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:20:16 +0000

THE second round of Warrington Athletics Club’s Schools Cross Country League took place at Walton Hall Gardens on Saturday, with the competition set to be completed on December 11.

In the year 10 and 11 races, Sophie Bates (Lymm) and Jack Gleave (William Beamont) took the top spots, with Sophie’s run being one of the day’s biggest wins as she defeated her rivals by more than two minutes.

Emma Scott (Helsby) and Rebecca Coy (Bridgewater) took second and third in the girls’ race, with Chris Smith (Boteler) and Henry Buttress (Lymm) claiming the berths in the boys’ race and St Gregorys taking the team award.

Years eight and nine saw Jemma Eyre (Lymm) and Leighton Sharman (Birchwood) run out the winners as Kate Merrill and M McEverley (both Helsby) came second and third, as did Patrick Iredale (St Gregorys) and T Sljivie (Helsby).

Wins for Amy Renton (Helsby) and Kiro Smithyman-Harding (Bridgewater) in the year seven category meant that Helsby pipped Bridgewater to the team title, as Olivia Bush and Annabel Martin (both Bridgewater) and Billy Young and Oliver Upton (both Helsby) claimed the runners up positions.

The young winners from the last round were at it again in the primary school races, with Lauren Goddard (St Monica’s) repeating her win and Jack Evans, Benji Mullarkey and Daniel Fox (all St Wilfrids) again filling the first three boys’ places.

Athletic success for St Gregory’s High School

Admin2 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:17:19 +0000

ST GREGORY’S finished the academic year celebrating athletic success after five pupils represented the school at Cheshire Championships level and above. Matthew Pontifex, aged 16, was sixth for Great Britain in 1500m at the FISEC Games in Tours, France, as well as competing in the Cheshire Championships. Ashley Kirsopp, aged 13, did so well in the county event that he competed above his age group in the 75m hurdles at the English Schools Championships, achieving a national standard time of 11.95secs. Patrick Iredale, aged 12, won the Year Seven 1500m race at the Cheshires, while Owen Haggerty, aged 15, was second in the 400m year 10 event and Lotte Buffel, aged 15, was third in the 300m. All except Lottie are members of Warrington Athletics Club and received further training at the school’s athletics society, which Owen and Matthew helped to run. School sports coordinator Rob Wilby said: “They’re a real product of hard work and reaping the rewards.”