July 2007
DRY TRIATHLON CHAMPIONS 2007
The George Spencer team retained their title in emphatic style.
Results
1st - George Spencer 2 1:36:00
2nd - George Spencer 1 1:49:31
3rd - Bramcote Hills 2 1:50:04
12 teams entered
George Spencer 2
Adam Stancer - Best individual time and course record
James Brazier - 2nd best individual time
Mitchell Robinson
Zoe Ford - Best individual time and course record
Hannah Figg - 2nd best individual time
Jake Robbins
Emma Ford
Paige Cantrell
George Spencer 1
Reece Faulkner
Jack Hodson
Jessica Walker - 2nd best year 7 individual time
Tim Pickering
Rhiannon Lee
Anya Ifill
Ayodamola Ajibola
Elizabeth Peet
Well done to all the athletes.
SMASH festival
Congratulations to the 30 pupils from year 7, 8 and 9 who attended this event at Bramcote Hills School. Activities included Rock Climbing, Dance, Boccia, Trampolining, Lacrosse and Orienteering.
Year 8 head to the David Beckham Academy
After winning the Fair play award on the recent Football to Skegness the year 8 football team have been rewarded with a free place at the prestigious David Beckham Academy. The trip, taking place at the end of August, will also include a guided tour of the new Wembley stadium and a trip on the London Eye.
Year 7 & 8 Dry Triathlon
Well done to all those who took part. Although the results are yet to be released early indicators are that they have successfully defended their team title. Special mention needs to go to Adam Stancer who posted the fasted time of the day, taking only 15m05s to complete the 1000m row, 3km bike and 1km run.
Year 10 Tennis
Congratulations to all those who took part in the recent competition over three evenings at the Tennis centre. The team provided very strong challengers in both the boys and mixed doubles competitions who narrowly missed out. Our only silverware was brought home by Chloe Page and Sarah Dethick in the girls doubles.
Girls 3v3 Football
The girls football teams entered the Broxtowe 3 v 3 football tournament which took place on Weds 13th June.
The results are as follows:
Spencer Cheetas - Champions and won their group
The team was made up from the following girls:
Zoe Ford
Emma Ford
Emily Dainty
Emily Beresford
Hannah Figg
Spencer Tigers - finished 5th
Spencer Pumas - finished 6th
Spencer Jaguars - finished 5th in their group
Well done to all who took part, it was a lovely day, pupils were well behaved, motivated and incredibly well organised.
Year 9 cricket
The Year 9 Cricket team lost to South Wolds by 5 wickets. It was an uphill task when a depleted GS team made only 35 runs after many poor shot selections! Good bowling from Adam Stancer (yr 8) and captain Eddie Sibert gace GS a fighting chance. However South Wolds hit a couple of 4's to win the game.
Year 9 Cricket
George Spencer Year 9 cricket team easily overcame Chilwell School on the Thursday before 1/2 term. GS resrticted Chilwell to 41 all out and knocked off the runs within 7 overs. Most Valuable Player - Jacob Prentice.
Skegness Football Tour
Well done to all year 7 and 8 footballers who attended this years tour. The standard of football was as high as ever but both teams put in some excellent performances. A great weekend was topped off when the year 8s were presented with the fair play award for thier age group. Watch this space for an exciting opportunity this Summer...
Y7/8 Cricket
Well done to the team who beat Chilwell by 26 runs in the County Cup competition. An excellent batting display by James Hopwood (Yr7) and bowling display by Adam Stancer, (Yr8) were the highlights of the game.
Broxtowe athletics
Well done to the George Spencer teams who competed in the Broxtowe Athletics Championships.
Junior Boys and Girls - Champions
Intermediate Boys and Girls - Runners-Up
The full set of results can be found on the upper-school PE notice board.
20 students have now been selected to represent the Broxtowe area in the County Championship. This is at Berry Hill Stadium on Friday 8th June.
Year 7/8 County Indoor Athletics Finals
George Spencer represented the Broxtowe area in the County Indoor Athletics final for the first time. The standard of competition was very high, as each school were the champions of their respective area.
The team finished a very respectable 4th out of 6. Well done to all the athletes involved.
English Schools Athletics Cup.
George Spencer entered the English Schools Athletics Cup for the first time this year. We took 4 teams and the students were a credit to the school.
Results:
Junior Boys 8th out of 11.
Junior Girls 7th out of 10.
Intermediate Girls 6th out of 10.
Intermediate Boys 4th out of 10.
Individual Results can be found in the PE area in Upper School.
Year 8 Football team: South Notts Champions!
Congratulations to the Year 8 football team who came through a close final to beat Frank Seeley 3 – 2 and become South Nottinghamshire Champions.
The team was:
Jake Robbins
Reece Faulkner
Adam Stancer
Evan Cookson
Billy Robinson
Mitchell Robinson
Lewis Hercek
Ben Walters
Tim Pickering
Tom Liddington
Jack Hodson
Liam McCormack
Rhys Higgins
Those who helped get to the final but were unable to play were:
James Belcher
Danny Brown
Adam Chambers
Josh Knight
Chris Gray
Tom Corcorran
This really was a whole team effort in which all players represented the school impeccably throughout the competition.
Year 12/13 Football
The team went out of the South Notts. Cup at the semi-final stage losing out to Harry Carlton 5-3. The team started brightly and after just 2 minutes, a huge punt forward from Gibbo saw the George Spencer keeper score straight from his kick. The home side went 2-0 up shortly afterwards and some of the team were already thinking about getting a suit measured up for the final. However, this optimism was short lived as yet again they surrended their 2-0 lead to go 5-2 down early in the second half. They was a little bit of hope as Holmes made it 5-3, but the best team ran out the winners. The rebuilding process begins now in preparation for next year and Powell will definitely be looking for some "young blood" to strengthen the team.
Golf Competition
Niall Davey, Adam Haywood and Jack Greatorex competed in a recent golf competition at Wollaton Park Golf Club. Niall perfromed the best with a score of 38. Unfortunately the boys have not qualified for the next round.
20th July 2007 Of the five scheduled matches in the Eastwood Primary schools cricket league, only the first took place. The cricket club ground has been waterlogged since that first fixture on 7th June. To make matters worse the annual Kwik cricket festival planned for today, Sunday 15th July (St Swithins day) had to be cancelled. Let's hope we are luckier next season. Eastwood, 15th July 2007 The schools with key stage 2 children competed in an athletics event during the afternoon of Thursday 5th July at Lynncroft Primary school fields. Forty year 10 sports leaders from Eastwood Comprehensive led the events at which 200 pupils from years 3, 4, 5 and 6 participated. Certificates were awarded to all participants, to the highest scoring teams in each event and to the best behaved team. Photographs in the Photo Gallery show some of the events. Eastwood, 15th July 2007 The morning of Thursday 5th July provided a window of dry weather and surprisingly dry fields at Lynncroft primary school where the annual Eastwood family year 2 athletics events took place. The five schools with Key Stage 1 children brought almost 180 pupils who participated in obstacle relay, throwing, kicking at a target, running with a ball and bean bag passing activities. All the children received certificates and the top scoring teams in each event and best behaved team got a commendation. Forty Year 10 sports leaders again showed their growing confidence as they demonstrated and officiated. Photographs of the event can be seen in the photo gallery. Eastwood, 15th July 2007 Bramcote Park Year 9/10 Rounders team narrowly beat George Spencer to a smooth victory in the final of the Broxtowe Rounders Competition. The tournament was originally called off mid way through before the finals could be played due to severe rain, but this didn't put either teams out of there swing (excuse the pun!!) Bramcote went ahead after the first innings but then after a strong come back from a hard hitting Spencer side it looked like either team could win the title. In the end Bramcote won with 8 rounders to Spencer's 6. A close game. Congratulations to the winners!! Bramcote Park, 11th July 2007 The Bramcote Park Youth Games representatives achieved success in this year's Disability Youth games. Lauren and Louise Harrison were part of the Girl's Football squad and they came first place winning the Gold medal! The Boccia team received the bronze medal by coming third in the district! Well done guys!! Bramcote Park, 11th July 2007 Tuesday 10th July saw Bramcote Park's 2nd Annual Top Link Primary Festival. The event took place at Bramcote Park and we were lucky that the weather held out for the entire day!!! The morning session was attended by Frederick Harrison, Albany Infants and St John's Infants and the afternoon session saw Stevenson and St John's juniors get their slice of the action. Bramcote Park Junior Sports Leaders were responsible for the planning and organising of the event and their efforts were commended by several of the visiting staff. All pupils had a whale of a time - they participated in football skill games, rounders and obstical/relay type activities. Watch this space for some photographic action of the day's events!! Bramcote Park, 11th July 2007 Three year 6 children from Round Hill Primary School participated in the Broxtowe squad in the recent Nottinghamshire Disability Youth Games. Thea Cliff, Lee Robertson and Amy Cave were in the Boccia team that helped Broxtowe to their success. Alderman White, 9th July 2007 Despite all the poor weather we have had to contend with in this wonderful British summer that we are having, the Family rounders festival took place on Thursday July 5th in 'good' weather. (It wasn't raining!!) 10 mixed teams of 12 children from year 6 at Beeston Fields and Round Hill Primary Schools and year 7 at Alderman White SLC played in 5 different games based 'loosely' on the game of rounders. The games were designed and run by the year 10 GCSE PE students from Alderman White who did a fabulous job explaining the rules and organisation and keeping the younger pupils involved. It was the first time that the family has had a sporting event involving 'competitors' from all 3 schools in the family. Thanks must go to all involved in the day. The first of many to come! Alderman White, 6th July 2007 Congratulations to Bramcote Park's Year 10/11 Athletics Team who won this summer's competition held at Harvey Hadden Athletics Stadium. Several pupils from the team went on to represent Broxtowe at the District Competition in June. The Year7/8/9 team came Runners-Up. The Year 7 Athletics Squad came Runners-Up in the Year 7 Athletics Competition. Well done to all! Bramcote Park, 2nd July 2007 | 
