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Tuesday 21 July 2015

2014/15 SPORTING REVIEW

Another Successful and Memorable Year

It has been another fantastic year of sport at Congleton High School, with success coming in every sport. Sport continues to go from strength to strength and this year teams have been entered into over a hundred different leagues and tournaments in a wide range of sports. What is incredible is the profile of PE and sport at CHS, over ten percent of Congleton High School students received awards at last month’s annual Sport Awards Evening and many more participating in school sport every week.
The sport that has seen the most success this year is netball. CHS’ netballers have enjoyed another brilliant year. Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 won their respective leagues and both the year 7 A and B teams along with the year 8, 9 and under-18 teams were crowned South Cheshire Champions. Next year, CHS’ netballers will face a sterner test as they will play in the Macclesfield league for the first time.

In football, it was the girls that embarked on another gripping cup run. The under-16 girl’s reached the English Schools’ Cup quarter-final for the second successive year and they can take huge pride in reaching the last 16 out of 271 schools that entered in the national competition. The same girls team reached the Cheshire Cup semi-final. The under 15 girls won the Stoke City FC ‘World Cup’ tournament, which coincided with the recent Women’s World Cup in Canada.
The year 7 boys had a great start to high school football winning the local league whilst year 8 and year 9 finished runners-up in their respective leagues. Next year the hope is for the boys to do better in the cup competitions and hopefully win some more silverware.

Rugby has not been one of the priority sports at the school over the years however the PE staff have worked tirelessly to promote rugby as one of the school’s major sports alongside football recently. Last October, 41 students travelled to France for the first ever school rugby tour. The students not only had a tour of French team, Racing Metro 92’s training ground, they also received a private training session from the Racing academy coaches. The students also played matches against tough French opposition. The tour was hailed a huge success with the students building on their love of rugby and planning has already started for the next one.
The year 7 rugby players did not travel to France but they have made a very promising start to high school rugby with them winning the A league in the RFU Cheshire Emerging Schools league. It is hoped that next year will be even better for rugby with the creation of a rugby league between local schools due to start this autumn. This will see regular fixtures for the year 7, 8 and 9 rugby teams.

Staying with the winter sports, there was also success in hockey with both year 8 and year 9 girls winning the South Cheshire League for their age group.
Basketball has boomed in participation at CHS over the last few years and this year the year 11 basketball team were crowned South Cheshire Basketball champions and the Sandbach School’s Partnership winners.

Athletics is a sport which CHS has done traditionally well in and this year is no different. There have been a number of impressive individual performances but the stand-out ones have to be Jonathan Adderley, Josh Robertson and Beth Jones who represented Cheshire in the Mason Trophy Inter Counties Schools’ Athletics Championships in Birmingham last month. The school have also done well in the team events and the year 7 boys won the Sandbach Schools Partnership indoor athletics championships.
One of the sports which has proven very popular with students this year has been rounders with over 100 students attending rounders club every week. Despite only having leagues and tournaments for girls, many boys have still joined in playing rounders throughout the summer. There has also been success in the sport with the year 10’s winning their league as well as being crowned South Cheshire Rounders Champions.

The 2015 table tennis competition saw a repeat of last year’s final and it was James Garside who successfully defended his title after holding his nerve in the deciding game to beat the 2013 winner, Mr de Souza.
CHS’ PE department have gradually been broadening and extending the number of sports in which students can participate in. One sport which has been made available for students to try is indoor rowing and it is a sport that CHS have excelled in again this year. Five teams qualified for the Cheshire and Warrington School Games after impressive performances at the Sandbach School Partnership event. CHS took twenty students to the games and returned with a fantastic twenty medals. They finished in the top three in all but one of the classifications that they entered and there were also several individual successes too.

One of the highlights of the school year has to be the school’s first ever Watersports Trip. The trip to the Costa Brava in Spain was organised to be inclusive for all students and to help broaden and extend the number of sports and opportunities that are on offer to all. 54 students enjoyed the glorious weather and a wide range of exciting and challenging water sports including paddle boarding, kayaking, sailing, wet walking and snorkelling. The trip was a great end to what has been a fantastic year of sport.
Written by Adam Bailey

Thursday 2 July 2015

WATERSPORTS TRIP 2015 PREVIEW

Watersports Trip 2015

There are many sporting enrichment opportunities offered to students at Congleton High School such as last year’s successful rugby tour to France and football and netball tours. The PE department are always trying to broaden and extend the number of sports and opportunities that are on offer for all students at CHS and tomorrow 54 students and five members of staff will travel to the Costa Brava in Spain for the school’s first ever Watersports Trip. 
The trip was organised to be inclusive for all students as the PE department want to cater for everyone and not just for students who represent the school in mainstream sports.

Students (and staff) have been looking forward to the trip to Tossa de Mar on the Costa Brava in Spain, since it was first organised. The location was chosen, not only because of the picturesque setting but also, because of the calm water which is perfect for trying out the various sports on offer for the first time.  
The trip is going to be both fun and challenging, with students trying out a wide range of sports and water based activities including sailing, kayaking, snorkelling, wet walking (which, for those who don’t know, is when you get wet whilst walking!), stand-up paddle boarding and giant paddle boarding.

Amongst this jam packed itinerary, students will also go on a segway tour and play ten-pin bowling plus excursions to Parc Aquatic WaterWorld and a cultural visit to Barcelona, where they will visit the Camp Nou (home of FC Barcelona).
The hope is that the trip will cater for all students, who can try out new sports and experience a sporting tour together with experiencing another culture, with the trip being the first time several of the students have been abroad. You never know, they may even find a sport/activity that they enjoy or are good at and then take it up once they return home.

I believe the PE staff have been practising their Spanish too.
It looks set to be a fantastic trip.

Written by Adam Bailey

Wednesday 1 July 2015

SPORTS DAY 2015- 1st July

Sports Day 2015

After the Sports Awards Evening last night, it was the turn of another of the highlights of the school sporting calendar today and despite the very hot conditions there were 15 school records broken at this year’s Sports Day including several of the oldest school records, dating back to 2002.

Event
Student
Record
Notes
Y7 Girls 100m
Abby McCusker
13.44 seconds
Beat record set in 2002 by 1.476 seconds.
Y7 Boys 400m
Michael Lennon
2 minutes 38.15 seconds
Beat record set in 2013 by Ryan Braddock by 8.985 seconds.
Y7 Boys 1500m
Jack Farrell
5 minutes 29 seconds
Beat record set in 2004 by Damon Oaks by 8 seconds.
Y7 Boys High Jump
Luke Pointon
1.40 metres
Beat record set in 2002 by G Moss by 5 centimetres.
Y7 Boys Discuss
Ruaridh Morgan
19.89 metres
Beat record set in 2013 by Alfie Tarant by 44 centimetres.
Y8 Girls 200m
Lexi Harrison
28.79 seconds
Beat record set in 2013 by Kate Campbell by 1.151 seconds.
Y8 Boys 300m
Nathan Jones
47.88 seconds
Beat record set in 2013 by Tom Cain by 4.152 seconds.
Y8 Boys 4x100m Relay
8SDR
57.18 seconds
Beat record set by 8GMO in 2013 by 2.652 seconds.
Y8 Mixed 4x100m Relay
8CED
1 minutes 0.96 seconds
Beat record set in 2013 by 8TP by 2.904 seconds.
Y9 Mixed 4x100m Relay
9JC
59.61 seconds
Beat record set in 2013 by 9CC by 1.939 seconds.
Y10 Girls 800m
Amy Rodgers
2 minutes 36.60 seconds
Beat record set in 2003 by 13.94 seconds.
Y10 Girls Triple Jump
Alisha Meakin
9.35 metres
Beat record set in 2014 by Laura Gallagher by 3 metres.
Y10 Girls Shot Putt
Rose Urwin
7.40 metres
Beat record set in 2014 by Shannon O’Connor by 5 centimetres.
Y10 Boys Discuss
Johnny Adderley
38.19 metres
Beat record set in 2006 by Peter Jackson by 13.26 metres.
Y10 Girls Javelin
Caitlin Green
21.60 metres
Beat record set in 2006 by J Blease by 2.70 metres.

Written by Adam Bailey. Records courtesy of @PhysEdCHS.