News Category: Sport

Hattie Miles, Year 7 student, has been selected to represent Yorkshire in a National Under 13 Basketball Tournament, taking place at The National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester on 20th & 21st July.

Years 7, 8 and 9 are enjoying Interform Sports Week – with field events, rounders and softball in the glorious sunshine!  

Both boys’ and girls’ junior teams have qualified for the English Schools’ Cup National Finals by winning the North East Regional Final. This year the national finals are in Chelmsford, Essex. Well done to the Year 7 and 8 athletes in the teams.  

Jess Thompson, Year 9 student, has been selected for the English Schools Athletics Championships alongside also being asked to represent Yorkshire in an Inter-Counties Athletics event on Sunday 7th July. Congratulations to Jess on this fantastic achievement!

Year 8 student, Sean Kempston-Parkes, has been selected for the North East of England Under 13 Boys Hockey Squad. Congratulations on this fantastic achievement!

All 4 athletics teams, Under 13 and Under 15, boys and girls, have qualified for the North East England region final on Wednesday 19th June in Hull. They all placed in the top 8 schools in the region. Congratulations to all involved!

Ellie Crabtree, Year 10 student, competed with Leeds Synchro at the Synchronised Swimming British National Championships this weekend. She was swimming as a member of the Leeds Senior Team she won three team Bronze National medals. Congratulations to Ellie on this achievement.

Here’s the latest news and results from our Sports fixtures for April.

We has a fantastic couple of weeks of Inter-form Sport before Easter, with with Years 7-9 students participating in tournaments of Netball, Hockey, Basketball and Football. On Thursday, Year 8 competed in Inter-form Football with Form 8G taking the winning title! Well done to all staff and students who were involved.

Congratulations to all of the boys who have played so well for the Year 10 Football team so far this season. In a thrilling semi-final, the boys beat Rossett School to reach the North Yorkshire Cup Final, a trophy they won last year. The final was played at Whitby Town’s ground against a strong and athletic Tadcaster Grammar School. On this occasion, our boys came out second best as we went down to a 2-0 defeat!

Pagen Spooner, Year 13 student, was selected to represent the England Team at a European Athletics Event in the Czech Republic on Saturday 6th April. She raced against International Athletes from across Europe in the 10km Race walk event.

Beatrix Baum, Year 7 student, has competed at a National Gymnastics Qualifier.

Here’s the Sports Round-Up for March.

Both the A and B Year 7 Netball teams won their Area netball tournament at Ashville College. Congratulations girls!

Our Under 16 Boys have won the England Squash National Plate finals in Nottingham. Congratulations to the team!

Honor Rouse, Year 8, has very successfully competed in the British Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool, as an Elite Junior, which is the best in Great Britain 14 and 15 year olds. Overall she is now ranked 25th in Great Britain. To achieve this Honor competed in all four pieces: vault, bars, beam and floor. Honor […]

On the weekend of the 16th-17th March 2019, Year 8 student, Edward Lusted, has won Bronze at the Yorkshire Fencing Championship in Under 14 Foil.

Beth Miller, Year 10 student, was the first placed girl and an impressive second overall at the RS Tera Pro World Championships at RS Games in Weymouth Portland, sailing in the 66-strong RS Tera Pro Fleet for older juniors in the class, likewise having to contend with some strong breezes.

Here’s the Sports Round-Up for February.

Eddie Murray in Year 10 has qualified to play in a National Squash Competition to be held in London between 16th and 18th February. Many congratulations to Eddie on this achievement and we wish him well in the competition.