Sports News

U11s Boys and Girls ESFA Football Tournament - November 2011

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The U11s Boys and Girls ESFA Football Tournament was held on Tuesday 8th November at Habberley Fields.  This event was supported by Kidderminster Harriers and 11 teams took in total from across the Wyre Forest.  Our teams comprised of Year 5 and 6 pupils who all showed great sporting attitude and had lots of fun.  Prior to the tournament hey were trained and supported by Kidderminster Harriers and Oliver Preston.

Our girls team stormed through their competition and won the tournament and will go through to the County stage in January 2012.

Our boys team successfully made it through to the final against Hagley Primary School goin to sudden death on penalties.  Unfortunately they missed out this time but had a really successful tournament.

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Tag Rugby Festival - November 2011

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4S Rugby Squad took part in the annual Pyramid Tag Rugby Festival held at Baxter College on Friday 25th November 2011.

The children mixed together with pupils from Birchen Coppice and worked on their skills with support from Mr Pritchard and Mr Garbett with his young leaders from years 10 and 11 at Baxter College.  The event culminated in a tournament where all the pupils battled through each game, their determination and sporting behaviour was a credit to the school.

WYRE FOREST DISTRICT COUNCIL - SPORTS DEVELOPMENT 

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Sports Day Dates - 2011

Times to be confirmed shortly

                      Nursery - Monday 11th July am and pm (Friday 15th July reserve date)

                      Reception and Year 1 - Monday 20th June pm (Monday 27th June reserve date)

                      Year 2 - Tuesday 21st June pm (Wednesday 13th July reserve date)

                      Years 3 and 4 - Friday 1st July pm (Thursday 14th July reserve date)

                      Year 5 AT WHITE WICKETS - Tuesday 28th June pm (Tuesday 12th July reserve date)

                      Year 6 AT WHITE WICKETS - Wednesday 22nd June (Wednesday 29th June reserve date)

Wyre Forest School Sport Partnership Newsletter

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Dance - 'I Like to Move it!'  - Jan 11

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Wednesday 19th January marked 555 days until the start of the London 2012 Olympics.  Children and staff at Franche Community Primary School took part in a world record attempt for the most competitors in a simultaneous dance.

This was in conjunction with over 362 primary and secondary schools across the UK.  In total, 555 participants from Franche entered the event and were required to follow a set routine created by Official Young Ambassadors for the Olympic and Paralympic values.  Our children thoroughly enjoyed practising this routine as part of their daily exercise intake. 

Emma Running, Key Stage 2 P.E Co-ordinator led this celebration and wanted to thank all those involved both in school and part of the School Sport Partnerships saying, "events such as these are extremely exciting and beneficial  to promoting a fun yet healthy lifestyle for our pupils’. It also helps to celebrate the power of school sport in uniting people and showcasing the strength of School Sport Partnerships and the work that has and continues to be achieved.” 

Official adjudications have been sent away and Franche are currently awaiting the news to see whether the world record has been successfully achieved.

Football - Nov 10

On Friday 19th November, Year 6  Franche football team (A) played against St Johns in the Fun Friday Harriers’ Football league. Poor weather nearly prevented play but did not affect the effort or determination of our players resulting in a 2-0 victory. The first goal was scored by Charlie Morris followed in the second half by a tremendous goal from Declan Bibb.

Not forgetting our B team, unfortunately due to short numbers from St Johns, Franche had to lend some players for this friendly match. Great attitude and effort meant all those involved enjoyed the game but sadly resulted in a 4-0 loss.

Several games have been played over this term and it is easy to see that all players have thoroughly enjoyed the competition and the training provided by excellent coaches provided by Kidderminster Harriers. A tournament was held at Baxter College (sponsored by Clarks of Kidderminster) just before October half term which resulted in our A team successfully winning against St Johns, Wilden and St Oswalds. Training is beginning to slow down with Christmas in sight but will continue in January after the well-deserved break. Keep it up Franche!
 

Cross Country - Nov 10

Our U11 and U10 Cross Country teams took part in the annual Wyre Forest Competition held at St Anne’s Primary School on Friday 12th November.

The teams were split into four groups: U10 boys, U10 girls, U11 boys and U11 girls competing with up to 80 other children per group. Vigorous training and hard work prior to the event allowed the U10 team to finish 3rd and U11 team to finish 5th. Overall, when combined, Franche successfully finished in 3rd place.

Emma Running, PE Co-ordinator said “Our teams have worked extremely hard over the last couple of weeks. Mr Pritchard and I are very proud of them and they are each a credit to the school!”

To add to the successful results, Grace Smith managed to finish in 1st place for the U11 girls and Charlotte Hale finishing in 6th place for the U10 girls. The girls will be competing for the Wyre Forest School Sport Partnership at County Sport Partnership Event on Friday 28th January, Top Barn Outdoor Centre. We wish them both the very best of luck.

Nathan Gallacher, Year 6 and a member of Samurai Judo Club, won Gold recently when competing in his first Judo competition, competing against 14 other clubs. Nathan who has only taken up Judo this year threw two superb maximum point throws, one of which won throw of the day.

The after school Table Tennis Club based at Franche Community Primary School has the right formula when it comes to winning events. Rohan Hipwell (right in the photograph) recently won the Worcestershire Schools Individual Table Tennis Championship Under 11 section and got through to the quarter finals of the Under 13 section. To do this he had to beat many of his team mates from the Franche club. There were four current members of the club in the quarter finals and two in the semi final. The toughest match for Rohan was the semi final when he won after being two sets down to Harry Higginson also a member of the club. Rohan then went on the beat Daniel Norcutt from Worcester in the final. He now goes through to the National School Finals in Stoke at the end of April. On the day there were eight titles to be won and five of them went to the Franche Community Primary School team.

The after school Table Tennis Club has always been successful at training future winners. Adam Nutland (top right) who now attends Wolverley High School and started table tennis at the club is helping coach at the school sessions. Adam, who is 15, is the current County Champion and gives invaluable guidance to the group that meet regularly after school.

The Key Steps for Gymnastics Festival was held at Franche Community Primary School on Friday 13th February. Arranged by the School Sports Partnership the event was attended by Year 1 pupils from St Johns , Sutton Park , Birchen Coppice and Franche primary schools.

Matt Warren, PE Co-ordinator at Franche Community Primary School was delighted with the event saying "its fantastic to see our year 1 pupils enjoying gymnastics so much with other primary school children from our local pyramid. They have really enjoyed the focused training and being able to show their abilities."

Lauryn Neale in 4C is celebrating being the fastest girl aged 8 and under to swim 25m Breaststroke in Wyre Forest Swimming Club’s championship history.

Lauryn aged 8, a pupil at Franche Community Primary School, only joined the club in February 2008 and has gone from strength to strength. In the club championship held in December she had a clean sweep with 1st place across the board in 6 different categories.

Diane Jackson, who teaches swimming at Franche Community Primary School said “Lauryn has been swimming at school since Reception and has been a strong swimmer from a very early age. We are delighted that she is having so much success at Wyre Forest Swimming Club and that she brought all of her trophies and medals into school for everyone to enjoy.”

For further information please about Wyre Forest Swimming Club please call Carole Walters on 01299 825769 or email membership@wfsc.org.uk

There was success for Rohan Hipwell as he won the Under 11 Boys Regional Table Tennis Trials held at Wood Green High School, Wednesbury on 30th November.

He has qualified for the National Trials Final to be held on 18th/19th April in Grantham as part of the nationwide Talent Identification Programme and has been lucky enough to be offered sponsorship from local company Password Services Air Conditioning of Elmley Lovett, Worcestershire.

Rohan aged 10, a pupil at Franche Community Primary School, who has only been playing table tennis for eight months, after joining the extra curriculum Table Tennis Club at school said “I love the sessions at school. We have a great coach and have lots of fun”.

Tom Sedman-Smith who coaches four sessions at the school each week said “We have a young and promising group here at Franche and are really proud of Rohan’s recent achievement. He won through some tough matches and, considering he is relatively new to the sport, played brilliantly.”

Matt Warren, PE Co-ordinator at Franche Community Primary said “We are delighted that Rohan has won this competition as a direct result of his after school table tennis coaching” he added “he is a real credit to the school”

The Year 4 Rugby Squad from Franche Community Primary School took part in the annual Pyramid Tag Rugby Festival held at Kidderminster Carolians Rugby Football Club on Friday 24th October.

They played against teams from Birchen Coppice, St Johns, Foley Park, and Sutton Park and came a very close second with St Johns winning the tournament.

Matt Warren, PE Co-ordinator at Franche Community Primary School said "Our teams have done a brilliant job coming such a close second, especially as, although we have been practicing as part of the PE lessons, the amount of practice time has been limited this term with half of the squad concentrating on their swimming! I'm really proud of them and the way they battled through each game, their determination and sporting behaviour was a credit to the school"

Year 5 and 6 children from four Kidderminster Primary Schools took part in the Futsal Football Championship held at Franche Community Primary School this week. Teams from Birchen Coppice, Comberton and Sutton Park Primary Schools joined the team from Franche and enjoyed an action and goal packed championship.

The event was the culmination of six weeks coaching by Paddy of Active Ball Control Coaching, with the teams at all four schools, that was funded by Worcestershire Football Association.

Matt Warren, PE Co-ordinator at Franche Community Primary School said “the enthusiasm of the children for this type of five-a-side football has been terrific. We have mixed teams of girls and boys playing together and are able to swap players out during the matches to make sure that everyone in the squad gets to play. Paddy has done a wonderful job over the last six weeks and the children have thoroughly enjoyed themselves whilst improving their football skills”. He added, “it was especially nice to see so many parents from all of the schools involved coming to cheer on their teams”.

Franche won the championship winning all of their games with Birchen Coppice coming a close second.

Athena Midgley aged 10 from Franche Primary School, seen here defending the goal said “I love football and really enjoyed having the chance to show what I can do in a real championship”.

Franche Community Primary School is celebrating beating sixteen other local Primary schools to come first in the Athletics Championship held at Stourport Athletics Club on Friday 6th June. The event was arranged by the Wyre Forest School Sports Programme.

The team was chosen from Year 6 pupils with trials in running, hurdles, javelin, shot putt, discus, long and high jumps being held during recent PE Lessons.

Jan Smith PE Co-ordinator at Franche Community Primary School said that "all the team members competed with great determination and supported one another throughout the competition".

Three pupils broke championship records. Danny Leigh in the boys 80m sprint, Megan Garbett in the girls discus and Luke Maxwell with two records, one in the boys 800m and the other in the boys javelin.

Mrs Val Weddell-Hall, Headteacher at Franche Community Primary School said "They are simply the best! The children have been practising for this event and we are delighted for them that they did so well".

Franche Community Primary School is delighted to welcome Worcester Warriors who are coaching the whole of Year 4 over a five week period this summer. At the end of their training the children will be invited to a tournament at the Sixways Stadium, Worcester to play against other schools.

Community Coach Kat Merchant who has played for Worcester Warriors for eight years and was the Ladies Captain 2007/08 led the recent coaching session. The children were really excited as she has 10 Senior England caps for playing on the wing in the England 7's squad.

Matt Warren, PE Co-ordinator at France Community Primary School said "The support from Worcester Warriors is fantastic. Our Year 4 Children are really enjoying the sessions and thanks to such first class coaching their skills are improving dramatically" he added "We are really looking forward to the tournament where the children will have an opportunity to show off the skills they have learned".

There was success for local schoolboy Joe Wier as he was chosen as Wharton Park Golf Club's most improved junior player of 2007.

Joe, a year 5 pupil at Franche Community Primary School, has been playing Golf since he was 4 years old and is a member of the Junior Team at Wharton Park Golf Club.

Angus Hoare, the PGA Advanced Golf Professional at Wharton Park Golf Club is delighted with Joe's progress, he said "Joe is outstanding, he has a perception I've not seen in any other junior. He plays off the men's tees and has a men's handicap of 28.