South Leeds Family held a Football Competition, here are some of the pictures taken on the day.

The 2nd place team!

The winners of the Tournament, well done!

The Leeds South Sports Partnership “Key Step” gymnastics event took place at Bruntcliffe on 1^st March.

The event couldn’t have taken place without the generous help of many volunteers and specialist gymnastics judges who gave up their time to help.

In the Year 1 and 2 competition Blackgates team 1 won the event with Blackgates (2) and Drighlington (1) coming in second and third respectively.

The Year 3 and 4 Foundation event was decided by a close winning margin. The winning team had 104 points whilst 2^nd place had 102 points. The winning team was Blackgates (4) and Rothwell Victoria came second, Drighlington (6) came third.

Sophie Hobbah of Drighlington won the Year 3 and 4 Advanced competition. In second was Ella Runton and third was Noah Cage. All three were from Drighlington (7).

In the Foundation event for the year 5 and 6 competitors was just as close as the earlier years, with less than 2 points separating winners Blackgates (6) from second place Rothwell Victoria. Drighlington (8) had to settle for third.

Sophie Pearce won the year 5 and 6 advanced, with Anna Crossland finishing in second. Both Girls were from Drighlington (10)

WAKE UP SHAKE UP SCORE SHEET

South Leeds Family had their Wake up Shake up competition, click on the link above to view the results.

Well done to all.

H. Smith

The 2009 Leeds South Sports Partnership under-14 and under-16 table tennis was held at Bruntcliffe School on December 3^rd.

4 teams battled it out for the under-14 title, Cockburn’s “A” team emerged as winners, having been undefeated. Morley came a close second, followed by Cockburn “B” and Rodillian.

The under-16 competition had 6 teams. This time Morley did one better and won, without losing a game. Woodkirk came second, losing only once (to Morley), South Leeds Academy were third. Cockburn, Rodillian and Bruntcliffe completed the running.

Alex Cooper from Royds has been selected to compete in this years UK School Games in Gymnastics.

The partnership are very pleased to have such a talented young man achieving this kind of sporting success.

We would like to congratulate Alex on his fantastic achievement.

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

ENDS

For more information contact Ikram on 07958329027

On Thursday 30^th April over 160 year 5/6 Boys and Girls from 13 primary schools across South Leeds, took part in the Leeds South School Sport Partnership Tag Rugby Festival at Royds High School.

The event was preceded by a 6 week Rugby coaching programme, delivered through the Leeds City Council Community Sports Coaches scheme in partnership with Hunslet Hawks and the Leeds South School Sports Partnership.  All of the schools taking part had fun learning the Fundamental skills of the game, and for many of the children it was their first experience of playing Tag Rugby.

The Festival was a great opportunity for the children to test their skills and compete with other schools in what was a very enjoyable occasion! With 2 groups of 8 teams playing 7 minute matches over 4 pitches, the games were played in great spirit and with some fantastic skills on display! After the group rounds the teams finishing top in each group played for first place, a game which saw Churwell Primary coming out winners against Woodlesford primary, after extra time was needed to decide the contest!

The proceedings came to a close with a presentation by Hunslet Hawks and Papau New Guinea  World Cup Stars Nico Slain, Charlie Wabbo and Michael Mark,the children really enjoyed meeting the players and receiving their autographs!

The day was a great success thanks to the schools involved, the School Sports Partnership and a special thank you to the volunteers from Oulton Raiders, Joseph Priestly College and Royds High School who did a great job by encouraging the children, officiating matches and helping the event run so successfully.

For more information please contact Seth Foster (Rugby League Community Coach) or visit www.hunslethawksrl.co.uk   

The primary schools who qualified for the plate competition in the indoor athletics competed at South Leeds.

East Ardsley cames runners up and Rothwell Victoria were the winners of the Plate Indoor Athletics.

Well done to all pupils who took part.

Tuesday 2^nd December

Held at Royds High School

On a cold wintery day our Orienteering went very well. This was the culmination of the family competitions that had already taken place with the winners representing their family of schools.

The pupils had a great time and competed to a high standard.

The adults who accompanied them though got very cold, but this did not dampen their spirits and they encouraged their pupils very positively.

The event would not have been as successful had it not been for the valued help of the Royds Sports Leaders – Thank you very much!

Congratulations to all the pupils who worked extremely well.

Well done to Rothwell C of E winners of the Year 5 Competition (Again!)

Well done also to Oulton winners of the Year 6 Competition

Results