U13 girls netball

The Under 13 netball team have got off to a great start in the 2016/17 season.
The girls have played 3 matches and really displayed an excellent standard of game play. In their first match at home against Meadowdale their ability was clear to see with some lovely flowing play, resulting in a convincing win of 17-3. Rihanna Brennan -Davies was voted player of the match.
In their second match the girls took on a well drilled Chantry team. From the first quarter it was clear to see that this was going to be a really tight game. Excellent defending from both teams resulted in a low scoring game. Chantry crucially took their shots with poise to eventually win the game by a 2 goal margin. Laura Stevenson was voted player of the match.
In their third match the girls faced Cramlington Learning Village. Due to the absence of some players, in Paris, others confidently stepped in along with two Year 7 players. Straight away the girls jelled and played so well as a team. Lessons learnt from the previous match, against Chantry, the girls took every chance to shoot and it paid off, winning the game 18-3. Player of the match was Ava Da Costa.

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22.9 – Y7/8 girls National Cup Football game vs John Spence

The girls kicked off their footballing campaign with a game against John Spence in the schools National cup. The girls got off to a good start with Laura Stevenson opening the scoring up with a great 20 yard run through 4 defenders then past the keeper to give the girls the lead. Great link up play between Lucy McConnell and Orla Callaghan provided the girls with more goal scoring opportunities but neither Orla or Lucy could find the back of the net early on. John Spence then found some life and had a few very strong attacks hitting the cross bar and forcing some good saves from goalkeeper Eadie Barakat. Late into the first half the girls still creating chances taking the half time score to 4-0 with goals from Orla, Esme and Katie.

Early into the second half Lucy ran from halfway through the defenders and scored very confidently. Further goals from Laura and Alysia (2) saw the girls take their first win of the season 8-0! Massive well done to the girls for stepping up in their first 9 a side game and playing some outstanding football.
Team Goals: Orla 7R 1, Lola 7R, Ruby 7R, Izzy 7J, Lucy 7J 1, Ellie C 7J, Fran 7J, Eadie 7R, Esme 7R 1, Emma 7R, Ellie D 8C 1, Laura 8SW 2, Alysia 8U 2.

21.9 – Danone Cup Tournament

This was the first competitive tournament for the new KS2 team. It was very close during the group stages with the team finishing with a 6-0 win. Unfortunately this was not enough for the team to progress through to the semi-finals. It was an encouraging start to the season and all of those involved had fantastic attitudes throughout.

U13 Boys B-team – National Cup

Fantastic start with a 7-0 away win at Ponteland Middle, with goals from Roan S (2), Max M (2), Ben M (2) and Joe B. Next round – Cramlington LV at home on the 10th November.

U13 Boys League

A fantastic dominant display against Chantry ending in a 1-1 draw. A game we probably should have won, defending very strongly and creating many chances but unfortunately this time we couldn’t convert them. Great effort form all, and special mention to James M for slotting in our goal.

11/10/16  U13 Girls – Malcolm Berry Cup vs NCEA & Meadowdale Middle 

This was the girls first 2 games in the Malcolm Berry cup and not even the horrible cold and rainy weather was going to stop these girls from playing. The girls took on NCEA in their first game, getting off to a good start with Lucy opening the scoring within 4 minutes. The girls played some fantastic football and worked well as a team. Great link up play from Orla, Lucy, Laura and Fran resulted in further goals from Lucy (5), Orla (20 and Laura (1) finishing their first game with a 9-0 win.

Going into the girl’s second game saw them take on a more challenging game vs Meadowdale. Solid defending from Emma, Eadie, Alysia, and Ruby saw nothing get passed them. Again Lucy opened up the scoring for the girls with a great strike. The girls then had a good spell of 5 minutes with loads of chances but were unable to finish off any chances. A break from Meadowdale caught Newminster defenders out, but a save from Alysia kept the girls 1-0 up. The goals then kept coming with more from Lucy (2), Orla (1) and Laura (1) seeing the girls through their second victory of the night with 5-0 being the final score.

Orla C 7R (3), Lola Jn 7R, Ruby G 7R, Eadie B 7R, Esme S 7R, Emma G 7R, Fran T 7J, Izzy B 7J, Lucy M 7J (9), Ellie C 7J, Laura S 8SW (2), Alysia D 8U.

10.10 – KS2 7-aside league – “Will Garbutt’s on fire, your defence is terrified!”.

7.10.16 – Girls Rugby Tournament

This was the first event of the year and it was brilliant to see so many of our girls willing to play. We were the only school to take 3 teams, with a further group of girls watching on, ready for the next event. All 3 teams played extremely well, developing their game and building on their already huge confidence to go into contact.

4.10.16 – Year 8 Sports Leaders

Thanks to our Y8 Sports Leaders for taking part in their first event of the year. They were trained how to run a Multi-skills festival then ran one for our Y2 future pupils. The feedback from staff in attendance was very positive. Well done!

5.10.16 Newminster opening evening Y5/6 Football vs Chantry

The boys all took part in the Newminster and Chantry opening evening football game. A big test for the boys as they faced their first 9-a-side game and the first match where they had played as a team. Some great play from the boys and a massive effort from everyone. The boys took a defeat to a strong Chantry team. Special Mention to Louie who scored the boys only goal, with a great run from the halfway line placing the ball comfortably past the keeper.

4.10.16 – Cross Country

Our pupils also took part in their first Cross Country event of the year at Gateshead Stadium against the top runners in the county. We had teams from Y5,Y6 and Y8. Very well done to all those that took part, especially to top 10 finishers: Kate K (6), Olivia G (9), Dylan G (7), Ellie D (7), Rebecca B (6) and Ben W who took 1st place!

3.10.16 – Marathon Challenge

Pupils from Newminster, Chantry and KEVI once again competed in this fantastic world wide annual event. Both team consisting of 29 athletes had to relay race in 200m legs around KEVI track until they had covered a marathon distance. The idea was to attempt to run it in as close to the Men’s World Record time of 2hrs 2 mins 57 secs. Both teams ran superbly well and gained times of 2hrs 4mins and 2 secs and 2 hrs 9mins 16 secs respectively. To put this in perspective they achieved the top 2 times in the North East and were 11th and 19th in the world. Well done!

For the full set of results see – http://www.competitioncentre.net/results?leagueCode=wmc