East Ardsley entered a group of 12 girls from year3/4 to the girls FA Skills morning at woodlesford.

Rothwell 600 Triathlon 2009

On Friday 5^th June 40 students from year 7 took part in the second Rothwell 600 Triathlon at Rothwell Sports Centre.

Organised by Miss Wharrier the School Sports Coordinator, the Year 7’s joined the year 5 and 6 students from the Royds Family to compete in the event which consisted of a Swim, Cycle and Run.

The event was very successful and enjoyable with excellent performances in all three disciplines.

Boys

1^st – Declan van Reil (Windsor) 8.10 mins

2^nd- Kirean Booth (Twickenham) 8.24 mins

3^rd – Andrew Rothery (Windsor) 8.55 mins

Girls

1^st – Alicia Blagg (Twickenham) 7.22 mins

2^nd –Holly Hyde (Windsor) 8.37 mins

3^rd – Rosie Kelly (Windsor) 9.01 mins

 The overall Year 7 competition was won by Millennium

Tri Golf Festival

On Monday 15th June 70 children from Years 2, 3 and 4 attended a Tri Golf Festival at Devere Oulton Hall, Organised by Royds School SSCo Claire Wharrier and Club Professional Mark Davis the students competed in a team event in which they completed a series of 10 chipping and putting games to accumulate points.

Despite the unsettled weather, the threat of thunder and lightening storms during the early stages of the competition miraculously did not disrupt the enjoyment. With the teams responding enthusiastically to the Year 8 students from Royds who lead each of the 10 games, the children worked together to build some impressive scores.

At the end of play the scores were collated and the individual team prize went to Woodlesford B Team who received prizes donated by Devere Oulton Hall. However, the overall winning school having combined their two teams’ scores together was for the 3rd successive year, Rothwell St Mary’s who retained the trophy much to the delight of the pupils and staff.

Congratulations to all schools involved; Haigh Road Infants, Rothwell CofE, Rothwell Primary, Woodlesford and Rothwell St Mary’s.

‘Be Sporty’ Fun Day

On Wednesday 10^th June 100 students from year were selected to attend the ‘Be Sporty’ Fun Day at the Headingly Carneige Stadium.

The event was organised by the Leeds Rugby Foundation and was the first of what will hopefully become an annual event.

At the stadium students had the opportunity to try a number of different activities including; cheerleading, fitness testing, football, golf and basketball. There were other activities on offer but due to the’ teething’ problems of it being the first event for the organisers, they were unable to participate in them.

Despite this, the students enjoyed the day and a highlight for some of the girls was meeting Leeds Rhinos star Rob Burrows.

BARA TAG TIME IN ASSOCIATION WITH ‘CONNECTING COMMUNITIES’ STOOPS TO CONQUER!

The third annual BARA (British Asian Rugby Association) cross code Tag Time event proved to be an outstanding success once again with a Celebrity team taking on the MPs at Harlequins’ Stoop Stadium.

This year, as an added bonus, young girls from South Leeds High school also took part rubbing shoulders with stars from the world of rugby and politics.

The BARA Celebrity team included former rugby legends Martin Offiah, Abi Ekoku, Ady Spencer, Jason Critchley & Saima Hussain, the first Asian girl to play for England at Rugby League. Brychan Jones, Partnership Development Manager for South Leeds schools, Aaqil Ahmed, Head of Channel 4 Religious Programmes, Jonathon Freeman, National Operations Director (MOSIAC) & Adnan Jaffrey (MOSIAC) also took part.

The MP’s select team included Greg Mullholland MP, Andy Reed MP and Neil Turner MP as well as Mark Ramsdale, Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group. Dr Karen Hood & Carly Jackson (RFU) & Wayne Morris, Head of Community Rugby, Premier Rugby.

Super League referee Ben Thaler took charge of the game.

Casting an eye over the proceedings with the gathered media were Martyn Thomas, Chairman of the Rugby Football Union (RFU), Chris Hamilton, Vice President of the Rugby Football League, Nick Bunting, Head of Public Affairs, finance & planning for the RFU, Paul Blanchard, General Manager, Emil Wise of Harelquins RL and Sarah Guthrie of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

BARA founder and dual code rugby international Ikram Butt “It was a fantastic occasion. The event provides a platform to get significant exposure for the ‘Connecting Communities’ Project under the auspices of the Leeds Rugby Foundation and in partnership with the Leeds Metropolitan University which aims to break down cultural barriers and proactively tackle inclusion within sport.

“The success of the event would not of been possible without the support of all those involved including the Leeds Rugby Foundation, HAMARA, RFL & RFU, both the All Party Parliamentary Rugby Groups, South Leeds School Sport Partnership, St Luke Cares & Leeds Metropolitan University.

“I passionately believe that both codes of rugby and sport in general can be used to bridge divides, create positive role models and foster the ethic of teamwork,” added Ikram

BARA Tag Time was established by Ikram, in collaboration with a number of partners, to help raise the profile of competitive school & community sports and highlights the positive outcomes it has on children from a variety of backgrounds.

Brychan Jones, Partnership Development Manger for South Leeds Schools commented ‘We are delighted to be working in partnership with the BARA Tag Time initiative which allows our children the opportunity to take part, have fun and learn new skills’.

Neil Turner MP, the Governments Ambassador for Rugby League stated ‘Sport is a great leveller recognising no differences other than excellence and rewarding everyone who takes part.”

Martyn Thomas, Chairman of the Rugby Football Union, commented: “We are delighted to support BARA’s continued efforts to make our sport more inclusive to all.”

For more information visit www.bararugby.com

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For more information contact Ikram on 07958329027