4/11 – Y5/6 TAG rugby
We took three teams to the tournament at MRFC and all teams performed really well. Each team really benefited from playing lots of games in succession and developed as a team through out the afternoon. Unfortunately, there were some very strong teams from Chantry and Ponteland who took the tournament on the day.
8/11 – Y7 Rugby League
We headed to Churchill Community College on a cold and wet day, to play against other schools from the area in a Newcastle area rugby league tournament. The boys had missed the first day of the tournament before due to a fixture clash. But they were able to play all the teams in the tournament on the day. They competed well against some well coached RL sides and if we had been able to attend the first day of the tournament could have qualified for the next round. The same format runs again next year so I am hopeful they can continue to develop and play again next year.
10/11 – Y8 Rugby League
We took the boys along to Astley High school for there first Rugby League tournament of the year. Cramlington and Marden Brigde were very strong and it took the boys a few games to get into the flow of the games. But all enjoyed the tournament and I hope a different experience in playing rugby league.
21/11 – Y7/8 Girls Rugby Ponteland
The girls headed to Ponteland on a cold, wet and windy day for rugby. Playing against girls from various school across Northumberland the all got the opportunity for game time and to continue to develop there contact skills. All teams played really well and won most of there games. I look forward to continue to seeing the progress in the tournaments over the year.
21/11 – Y7 5-a-side tournament at NCEA
In torrential rain and gale force winds we took two teams to this event. Despite the horrific conditions the boys played some great football and as always played with immense determination and effort. Both teams played 4 games, each in a different group. The ‘A-team’ won two, drew 1 and lost 1 to the eventual winners. The ‘B-team’ were superb in their group and won 3 and drew 1 and therefore topped their group. Well done to all the lads for enduring the weather and playing so well.
24, 28, 29/11 – House rugby, dodgeball and cross country
Well done to all our pupils for representing their House in the first events of the year. The rugby pitches were deemed playable on the morning of the 24th and all staff were impressed with the attitude, ability and commitment shown by almost all teams throughout the day. A big thank you also goes out to the House Captains for organising their teams and helping with scoring etc. The following week saw all pupils run in the House Cross Country and every pupil earned points for their house. First and foremost I want to say well done to all those who ran to the best of their ability. Special mention to the individual race winners:
Ben Hewitt, Kate Kennedy, Dylan Walker, Sophia Cunningham, James McConnell, Orla Callaghan, Ben Walker and Fay Smith.
Points so far: Collingwood: 42, Mitford: 49, Howard: 50 and run-a-way leaders so far; Dacre: 63.
28/11 – Y7 B-team National Cup (round 4) v Ponteland.
This game started very evenly with both teams looking comfortable on the ball and in defense. It was Ponteland who arguably started to play better as a team and took a 2 goal advantage into the second half. With the game starting to look like it was slipping away from Newminster, we stepped up a gear and scored 2 good team goals, finished by Tom McKenna and Evan Logan. Unfortunately almost immediately after, Ponteland scored again and took a 3-2 lead into the dying moments. Then Joe Cromar picked up the ball right over on the touchline and played a high ball over into the box. Only Joe will tell you if it was intended as a shot or cross but nevertheless it sailed over the keeper, sending the team into delirium and taking the game to extra-time. Newminster were probably the better team during this time but neither team could score, meaning the game was to be decided on penalties. Our players were very confident in offering to take and this was further demonstrated with our first 3 penalties taken superbly by Joe Lennox, Alfie Clark and Tom McKenna. Ponteland in contrast missed the goal, had 1 magnificently save d by Chris Johnston then scored their third. The next 2 penalties would therefore prove decisive and as both teams missed it meant Newminster went through with a 3-1 penalty win. Fantastic!
Next game – Wednesday 30th, away at Dykehouse school in Hartlepool.
28/11 – Y7 A team National Cup v Cramlington
2/12/16 – Y5/6 girls and Y5 boys football tournament at Chantry
Our Y5 boys team had their first taste of a competitive tournament without the Y6s. The event started very well with a 2-0 victory over Richard Coates school, and then a very hard fixture against Ponteland. Both teams played very well but neither team managed to score. The boys then demonstrated fantastic competitive play, defensive stability and creativity in attack with a 2-0 victory over Chantry A, 5-0 win over Chantry B and a 6-0 victory over Ponteland B. Ponteland A team results perfectly matched ours so we had to decide the tournament on a penalty shoot-out. Unfortunately our first 2 penalties struck the same post then our second 2 were saved by their keeper, which meant we finished second overall. A great start for our Y5 lads including a perfect set of clean sheets and 13 goals scored. Well done!
7/12 – Area Cross Country at Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Ashington
Our top 6 cross country runners from the Y7 and Y8 boys and girls took part in this annual event against all the top runners from our Area. Huge congratulations go to all those who took part especially as this was probably our most successful set of results ever. The overall school team results had both our Y7 boys and girls as winners and our Y8 boys and girls were both second behind a high school. To put this in perspective our Y8s were racing against Y8s and Y9s and they were the best Y8s there and beat teams from 5 or 6 high schools.
Individual results:
Y7 girls: Orla Callaghan (2), Lola Jackson (6), Fran Takher (7), Izzy Bird (9), Bella Deacon (10), Molly Ions (14).
Y7 boys: James McConnell (1), Ollie Bruce (2), Matty Walton (4), Roan Parker (15), Josh Grenfell (17), Sam Parker (20)
Y8 girls: Fay Smith (6), Rebecca Bradley (7), Laura Stevenson (11), Ellie Dandie (13), Rhianna Brennan-Davies (18), Ava Da Costa (34)
Y8 boys: Ben Walker (1), Ben Waterfield (7), Charlie Lane (9), Dylan Gooding (10), Aidan McInally (12), Ben Loknes (38)
All of our top 16 finishers will now represent the area at the County Cross Country next month. Well done!
