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Active Hattersley - Football Team Success
On Saturday 29th Dec. the Greater Manchester Federation Clubs for Young People ran a football tournament
at the Ken Ward Sports Centre.
The team representing Hattersley won all 3 of their matches running out eventual
winners.
Well done to Karen Lonergan for pulling the team together and for all the team for their wonderful performances.
TEAM HATTERSLEY
RUN FOR CANCER RESEARCH
On Sunday 15th June 14 ladies from The Gym took part in
the Race for Life at Alexandra Park, Oldham. This was the 3rd year Team Hattersley has taken part in the nationwide event.
First home for The Gym was Joanne Bunyan closely followed by Yvonne Garvey in second place, and Andrea Riley in third.
All three finishing in the top 100 out of 2000 runners.
The Gym would like to say a special thanks to Mottram and Hattersley
Boxing Club who sponsored the team's fancy dress. We're sure you agree the team looked fantastic!!
Team Hattersley Run the Golden Mile
On Sunday 11th May
2008 a team from The Gym competed in the Blackpool 10k Fun Run. This was the first time gym members have taken on a 10k challenge.
The race took runners from the Hilton Hotel, along the promenade, past the Pleasure Beach and back again, and we were delighted
when all team members completed the course. First home for The Gym was Len Walters closely followed by Marie Murhpy. The team
was well supported by family and friends who soaked up the beautiful sunshine with minimum effort! Unlike the runners who
were hot and sweaty and grateful for the much needed refreshments afterwards provided by Carlos Tait, Hattersley Neighbourhood
Partnership's Commmunity Health Worker.
Local Residents Get The Knowledge
Four more local residents have successfully
passed the Foundation Certificate in Gym Instructing Course with flying colours at The Gym. Congratulations to Mandy Agar,
Gaynor Davis, Andy Halliwell and Chris McBain who all attained Distinctions.
Anyone interested in undertaking
the course with The Gym should contact Andrea or Alison on 0161-366 5611 or email thegym@btconnect.com.
 Sport in the Community Certificate
The four pupils,
two from Longdendale Community Language College and two from Alder Community High School have recently completed the Sport
in the Community Certificate, a project delivered by the Sport in the Community Team.
The
pupils, Kane Howe, Matthew Harrop (Alder) Blaine Fawcett and Aaron Broadley (Longdendale), all year 11, enrolled on the certificate,
serving a day release from school, in September 2007 completing the certificate in March 2008.
The pupils visited the English Institute for Sport in Sheffield witnessing how elite athletes from the sports of boxing,
judo, athletics, volleyball and handball are catered for. They also managed to partake in a half hour judo
session whilst there which they thoroughly enjoyed (photo).
Four
Season Games – Basketball event The Four Seasons Games which is competed for
by four primary schools Pinfold, Arundale, Broadbottom and St James continued on Tuesday 18th March with the Basketball
event. Another closely contested tournament
with thrills and spills aplenty seen Arundale lift their third straight Four Seasons Games Basketball title. Still with crucial overall
league points at stake St James and Pinfold battled hard for the runners up spot, St James not only taking second place but
also demonstrating some excellent skills which earned Clara Walker the ‘Player of the Tournament’. Well done to all the schools
that competed and special thanks to their teachers for once again helping to coordinate the event. As you
can see (below), after 3 events it is still very close and with two competitions remaining (Cross-Country and Cricket) the
FSG title is still far from being decided. Position | School | Points | 1 | St James | 45 | 2 | Pinfold | 37 | 3 | Arundale | 35 | 4 | Broadbottom | 15 |
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February Half
Term Sports Camps Over 40 children turned out to be part of Hattersley’s Sport in the Community
half term activities. Running from the Longdendale Recreation Centre 11:30-1:00 and the Ken Ward Sports
Centre 1:30-3:00 they participated in different activities from Table Tennis to Tag, from Dodge ball to Basketball. Friday saw 21 of the children
who had been attending the sports camps go on a trip to the National Football Museum in Preston. There
they experienced many activities and got a taste for football from, back in the day, actually dressing up in old football
kits. The highlight being the interactive penalty shootout with a computer generated goalkeeper. All had an
excellent week and we now look forward to our Easter break activities.
 Four Seasons games
– Table Tennis Tuesday
5th February 2008 was the turn of the Table Tennis event of the Four Seasons Games, held at the Longdendale Recreation Centre. Starting
of with some friendly games the players soon got into the swing of things warming them up nicely for the tournament. St
James who won the tournament last year and also got to keep a Table tennis table for the whole year at their school showed
the benefits of being last year’s winners, they had obviously been practicing. Not to be out done participants from Pinfold fought
hard and played well to give them some tough and very entertaining matches, particularly in the Year 4 age group between Jack
Tougher (pinfold) and Bartosc Blachut (St James) as it went to a very close decider. St James proved though that practice does make perfect
and served up some delightful Table tennis to regain their crown as Four Seasons Games Table Tennis champions. Sport in
the Community would like to congratulate all those who took part in the event and look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday
18th March at the Longdendale Recreation centre for the Basketball event.
Gym Members Get Educated
Six local people have just successfully
completed the new Gym Instructing course being offered at The Gym.
Pictured: (from left – right) Students with their new qualifications: Thomas Taylor, James Turner, Len Walters
and Dominic Partridge. Not pictured but also passed the course; Stacey Cooke and Stacey Turner.
 Active
Hattersley Progress to CYP Northern
5-A-Side Finals
On Saturday 13th October, teams from Active Hattersley FC, Pool
of Life ABC and Whitemoss CYP arrived for the federation’s 5-a-side competition at the Ken Ward Sports Centre in Hattersley. Because
only 3 teams entered, the decision was made to play all the games through twice to make the competition more enjoyable. Active
Hattersley team did extremely well going through the tournament playing 5 games winning 5 games scoring 59 goals and
only conceding 5 goals. The Active Hattersley will now go on to represent Greater Manchester Federation
in the finals which take place at the JJB Soccer Dome in Blackburn on the 19th April 2008. Pictured
below from left to right Back Row: Paul Willis, Ashley Alford, Ryan Lanigan, Stefan
Steadman, Dwaine Roberts, James O’Neill. Front
Row: James O’Neill Jnr, Sam Derbyshire, Daniel Mitchell, Gus Yarwood.
Sport in the Community
The Four Students on the
Sport in the Community Certificate last week successfully completed a First Aid course which will count towards their completed Portfolio.
All the students thoroughly enjoyed the course and are all doing well on their weekly work based sessions.
Trials at Man City for 3 of Hattersley's rising stars
Three of Hattersley FC’s under 8’s
team have been invited to go down to Manchester City FC’s football academy which is at Failsworth High School for trials.
Players Jacob Coyne, Zac Woodcock and Luke Power were all spotted whilst playing for the Under 8’s at St Georges playing
fields in Ashton.
The lads joined the under 8’s after taking part in Hattersley’s Soccer Skool and, although
they should all be playing for an under 7’s team, they have been chosen to play for the under 8’s as Hattersley
does not currently have an under 7’s team.
Hattersley’s Soccer Skool is now looking for new talent for next year’s
under 8’s team, so if your son or daughter are interested in playing football and want to follow in the footsteps of
Jacob, Zac and Luke, please bring them down to the Soccer Skool,
Soccer Skool takes place
at the Ken Ward Sports Centre on Monday’s, 4pm -5pm and is run by qualified coaches, who hold child protection and 1st
aid certificates. The cost is only £1.50 per session.
For more details contact Paul Willis at the Ken
Ward Sports Centre on 0161 366 5545 or email paul.willis@hnp.org.uk.
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Active Hattersley
Community Sports Club
The volunteer
led sports club was formed in 2001 to help Community groups and Individuals form and develop sport and leisure clubs.
It has helped with many sporting initiatives on and off the estate and has seen many successes.
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Nominated for Tameside club of the year 2005. ·
Neil Lonergan, nominated for volunteer of the year 2005 ·
Kerry Scott and Brian Foulds nominated for unsung hero 2005 (all members of AHCSC).
One
of the many clubs active Hattersley have helped to develop is Hattersley Football Club, (Tameside’s club of the year
2004). Due to the recent ‘busy period’ i.e. building of the KWSC, Active Hattersley had gone
dormant. However, with it’s recent revival starting of with an AGM and an election of both old and
new members Active Hattersley look set to continue and with ‘phase II’ of the KWSC looming ever closer it couldn’t
be a better time.
Photo of a recent social evening with members of Active
Hattersley and other volunteers.
Four Seasons Games, Football - Arundale Make
it 4 in a row
This years Four Seasons Games ‘kicked off’ on Tuesday 25th Sep. between the four primary schools
in Hattersley battling it out over 5 events throughout the year to be crowned ‘Four Seasons Games’ champions for
2007/8. The Ken Ward Sports Centre
played host to the 8 teams of budding footballers, each school being represented in both the girls and boys competitions. The Arundale girls overshadowed the event
by making it their 4th successive win in this tournament. Every team member making an excellent
contribution but none more so than top scorer and player of the tournament Jordana Howarth. A big congratulation’s
also goes to Leah Bradburn and Liam Tongue (St James), and Dylan Forth
(Pinfold) for also being selected as ‘Players of the tournament’ and gaining crucial bonus points for their
schools overall league standings.
The Sport in the Community
team in Hattersley would like to thank all four schools for taking part, helping to coordinate the event and for making it
a great success.
Event/scoring | Schools | Football | Arundale | Pinfold | Broadbottom | St James | Participation | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Podium finish M | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | Podium finish F | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Player of Event | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Total | 23 | 22 | 15 | 23 |
As you can see it’s already very close so we look forward to the next
event: Table Tennis – Longdendale Recreation Centre, Tue 29th Jan. 2008, 3:30-5:30pm.
Summer Sports Bonanza
Hattersley’s popular Summer Sports Camp
returned for the fifth year running and once again proved a massive success.
Held at the Ken Ward Sports Centre, the scheme
saw over 80 children taking part in various sporting activities such as Handball, Softball, Uni-Hockey, Football, Rugby and
Kwik cricket along with various other games and activities.
The Ken Wards Sports Centre provided excellent
facilities for the Summer Sports Camp and hopefully, with phase II on the horizon, there would be even more on offer to kids
in the future.
Each Friday saw a group of 12-15 young people
take trips to various venues such as Playgolf and Sale Water Park and enjoy a range of activities such as swimming, golf and
go-Karting.
In a questionnaire, when asked what changes
they would make for next year, one parent replied;
“Nothing, fantastic value for money and a brilliant way to
occupy kids in the holidays. Plus, all kids need to do more sport, well done!”
(Anonymous Parent, August ‘07)
The finale to the camps ended with a presentation of various awards from ‘Singer of the Summer’ to ‘Top
Sports Performer’, with the main highlight going to local youngster Kane Howe who fell of his bike just as he was to
be announced ‘Joker of the Summer’ – what timing!
Jeff Hynds, from Hattersley’s Sport in the Community Team, said, “We would like to thank all the young
people for taking part and making the Summer Camp great for our team as well as the kids. We hope to see them all again over
the half term holidays”.
If you require any information about the Summer Sports Camp, or any future sports activity in Hattersley, please contact
Jeff on 0161 368 2096.
Sport in the Community Certificate
Four pupils from Longdendale Community Language College have recently completed the Sport in the Community Certificate, a project delivered by the Sport in the Community
Team.
The pupils, Dion Joy, Jak Cilgram, Phil Clarke and Kieran Maher,
all year 11, enrolled on the certificate, serving a day release from school, in September 2006 completing the certificate
in May 2007.
The certificate comprises of carrying out tasks relating to the
operation and delivery of community facilities such as The Gym, The Ken Ward Sports Centre and the Longdendale Recreation
Centre. The pupils also experienced working alongside the Sport Team staff in
these facilities and local schools delivering sporting sessions as well as working with volunteers and community groups within
Hattersley.
They also attended and received certificates at three workshops
gaining valuable knowledge relating to Health and Safety, Customer Care and Basic 1st Aid.
The pupils visited the English Institute for Sport in Sheffield witnessing how elite athletes from the sports of boxing, judo, athletics, volleyball and
handball are catered for.
A presentation marking the completion of the certificate was held
at the Children and Young Peoples theme group meeting. Cheryl Eastwood, Chair
of the group along with Jean Davidson, Resident Co-Chair presented the young people with the certificate and a sports voucher.
A parent of one of the pupils, Colin Cilgram said “The certificate
has provided my son with the opportunity to mature and gain confidence. I have
seen an improvement in his attitude to everyone and he has since gained employment as a football coach. I can only put this down to this course”.
Steve Alford, Sports Manager said “This is the 3rd
year the certificate has been running and we will continue to deliver the next one in September 2007. These pupils have been a credit to the Sport in the Community project and the feedback I have had from
all the staff and volunteers that have been involved has been very positive. I
would like to wish all of them every success in the future in whatever they do”.
If you would like to know more about this opportunity and you are
a Year 11 pupil, contact us on 0161 366 5611.
Pictured are Dion Joy, Kieran Maher, Jak Cilgram, Phil Clarke, Jean
Davidson and Cheryl Eastwood.
The Sport in the Community Certificate
Four pupils from Longdendale High School who are enrolled on the Sport in the Community Certificate
attended the English Institute for Sport in Sheffield.
At the Institute they met national athletes representing governing bodies from the
world of boxing, athletics as well as touring the facility.
They met staff at the specialists sports therapy department where they were advised on what courses
were available and the route to take to become a Sports Therapist.
The young people thoroughly enjoyed the experience and gained a wealth of knowledge of the Institute
and how it works.
If you are interested in enrolling on the Certificate, Contact Us, for more information
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Arundale Primary School pupils win the Four Seasons Games 2005/06. Ask your school teacher how you can represent
your school in the Four Seasons Games 2006/07.
Team 'Hattersley Terriers' represent Hattersley at the North West Street Games held at Sportcity Manchester. Contact
us to find out how you could be part of the next Hattersley Team.
Hattersley Football Club celebrate receiving the 'FA Charter Standard Club Award'. Trevor Sinclair Ex England and
Manchester City FC player awarded the club for thier efforts at a presentation in 2002.
Kieran who boxes out of the Mottram and Hattersley Boxing Club is rewarded for his achievement in winning a national
title with a visit to Manchester City enjoying a meal and watching the match with his Coach Mick Moran and his Dad along with
City Legend Colin Bell. Kieran received a gift from Colin, a signed football.
Chairman of Hattersley Football Club Neil Lonergan, Secretary Julie Stimpson and volunteer Brian Foulds receive the Cheshire
County FA 'Club of the Year Award' in 2004.
Chairman of Hattersley Football Club Neil Lonergan, Secretary Julie Stimpson and volunteer Brian Foulds receive the Cheshire
County FA 'Club of the Year Award' in 2004.
Local members of The Gym bare their bodies to feature in a calendar for 2007. The members volunteered to take part
to lift the profile and promote The Gym as well as raising funds for The Gym
A team of 18 women and girls from The Gym took part in the Race for Life in July 2006. All the team did well completing
the 5K run, and raising an amazing £1872 for Cancer Research.
Gym members participate in The Gym Fun Run 2006. A first for The Gym, which helped raise £115 towards gym funds.
'Team Hattersley' from The Gym took part in the Race For Life 2007, their 2nd year competing in the event. All the ladies
completed the course in very respectful times, with Stacey Turner being the first home for The Gym, with Andrea Riley 2nd
home, and Yvonne Garvey a close 3rd.
Stacey Turner receiving her prize from Steve Alford (Sports Mannager) in recognition of being The Gym's 1st lady home
in the Race For Life.
Another Footy First for Hattersley
Modest
Hattersley lad Michael Barnes admitted to being stunned at being chosen as Manchester and District under 16’s player
of the year for 2005/06.
Michael
received his award at a league presentation night on 19th June, after achieving the leagues highest number of ‘Man of
the Match’ awards as goalkeeper with Stalybridge Celtic under 16's.
Firmly
rooted in football, Michael has played for Hattersley FC and had trials with Stockport County and, although still only 16,
he is already looking to the future and studying for level 1 certificate in football coaching, having just left Longdendale
Community Language College.
This
follows a successful work experience placement with Hattersley Sport in the Community Team, where he was one of the first
students to complete the locally developed Sport in the Community course and certificate.
Michael
said "when my Dad told me about the award, I was totally shocked and couldn’t think of anything to say. I feel really
proud and have to thank my Dad for all his help and coaching”
This is the latest in a long list of recent successes for Hattersley footballers with Hattersley FC previously being
awarded the Cheshire FA’s Charter Standard Club of the Year award
and Tameside’s Sports Club of the Year in February
2006.
Level 1 for Hattersley FC's new
Under 15's Manager.
Congratulations to Shaun Clayton for
passing his Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Football.
The newly appointed Hattersley FC Under
15 manager achieved the award after being assessed on areas such as Safe Coaching Skills & Drills, Child Protection and
Emergency Aid over 4 days at Longdendale Recreation Centre.
Shaun who did the Level 1 Course at Ken
Ward Sports Centre, will now be looking to use his coaching expertise further, with the ever improving and top of the league
Under 15’s side.
The Four Seasons Games 2006/07
Table Tennis Event
Three local primary school teams took part in the table tennis event held at the Longdendale Recreation Centre
as part of the Four Seasons Games 2006/07.
Arundale, Broadbottom and St James primary schools went head to head through a number of games winning points
for thier schools along the way.
After a thrilling finish and a very close call for first place it was St James' team who were the eventual
winners.
Richard Bevins was 'Player of the Event' earning his school an extra 2 points to the overall total.
After 3 events so far its St James RC who are top of the league table but with Cross Country on Tuesday 20th
March and Basketball to follow in May to bring the Games to a close, who knows what will happen.
Ask your teacher how you can help your school to win the 'Four Seasons Games 2006/07.
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Young people from Hattersley submitted applications for funding for various projects. The Youth Opportunity Fund
and its panel of young people visited the applicants to ask questions about thier individual projects and ideas.
Last week the Hattersley young people attended a cheque giving presentation and are now able to fund thier projects.
The projects included, new kit for the newly formed dance group, funding for a young person to attend a gym instructing
course, funding to purchase a golf driving net and funding to purchase gym equipment specifically designed for young people.
Pictured are some of the young people who were successful.
In the half term holidays I went to the Ken Ward Sports Centre. They had sports and activity sessions. You
played football with people from the estate it was great.
Paul, Andy and James was there to teach us and show us what to do. I thought they was all very good.
I won a £20 sports voucher for going to all the sessions and being good.
I hope to go again if they have it in the next holidays because I really enjoyed it.
Ryan aged 8 years
Soccer Skool goes from Strength to Strength.
Hattersley’s very own ‘Soccer
Skool’ continues to go from strength to strength, providing quality football coaching to 5-7 Year Olds at the Ken Ward
Sports Centre in Hattersley.
Sessions are open to any child, male
or female between the ages of 5 and 7, who have an interest in Football. The sessions take place on a Monday between 4 and
5 PM. Sessions are £1.50. All coaches are qualified FA coaches, CRB checked, and first aid trained.
The ‘Soccer Skool’ is designed
to be a feed into structured football competition at the ever expanding Hattersley Football Club, who are always looking to
develop new teams and offer new opportunities to local people.
The Club are currently looking towards
setting up an Under 9’s team for next season- using some of the older ‘Soccer Skool’ players as well as
recruiting new players. Interested players/ coaches/ and managers are asked to contact the Ken Ward Sports Centre.
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North West
Sports Network Come to Hattersley for 5-aside Competition.
On Friday 16th February- the
North West Sports Forum hosted a 5-A-Side tournament at the Ken Ward Sports Centre- Hattersley for both Girls and Boys at
Under 10’s and Boys Under 12’s.
The tournament was a great success despite
the weather, and was attended by teams from Hattersley, New East Manchester, & North Huyton.
Over 40 Young People took part in the
event, as well as numerous volunteers, parents and spectators.
All the young
people received coaching by coaches from New East Manchester FC, all of whom come from Black and Ethnic minority backgrounds.
The day as a whole was a great vehicle for publicising the “Stand up, Speak up” message as well as the great facilities
at the Ken Ward Sports Centre.
The competition
itself saw Hattersley Under 12’s and North Huyton Under 10’s coming away as winners.
All the young
people also received a prize ranging from trophies and medals through to Futsal balls and bags.
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New Men in Black for Hattersley
Sixteen young people from Tameside took
time out from relaxing during the February Half Term Break to study a three-day Basic Referees Course, included were local
Hattersley residents Kane Howe and Jack Alford.
The young people, aged 14-16, studied
for the Referees’ qualifications at Dukinfield Astley Sports College, completing 3 days of practical
work, and classroom sessions along with a written assessment and Child Protection Course.
Tameside Sports Development, Hattersley Football Development
Team & Astley Sports College arranged the course, which was tutored by Cheshire
County FA’s Referee’s
Development Officer & Premiership Linesman Trevor Massey. The qualification results in a Level Eight refereeing qualification.
The award allows the youngsters to officiate at junior football league matches.
Both lads have already begun to Referee
matches for local side Hattersley Football Club.
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| Newly qualified referees Jack Alford & Kane Howe. |
The Four Seasons Games 2006/7 continued with the basketball event at
the Longdendale Recreation Centre with 4 primary schools taking part.
Arundale, Broadbottom, Pinfold and St James primary schools submitted
teams.
In a round robin tournament all schools played against
each other
with some competitive games. The winning school was
to be determined by
the team who scored the most baskets overall.
In a nail-biting finish and the final game coming to an end it
emerged that the difference between first and second place was only 1 basket.
It was Arundale school team who were the eventual winners followed
very closely by Broadbottom with St James and Pinfold picking up 3rd and
4th place respectively.
The League Table now stands with St James heading the top with
Arundale hot on thier heels in second, Pinfold third and Broadbottom in
fourth place.
With one event still remaining, Cross Country, the winners of the
Four Seasons Games 06/07 could just be down to 1 point!
Steve Alford, organiser of the Games' said "The basketball event was
well attended by the schools and the crowd of parents, brothers,
sisters etc were entertained by the standard and skill level of the teams.
This years' Games is really down to the final event, but the effort and
determination of all the participants has been magnificent and they
have all done their schools proud. Well done to the
young people. Keep
up the good work".
Liam Percy of Broadbottom primary school was awarded 'Player of the
Tournament'.
Photos show all the participants and Arundale school as the winning
team.
You can view this and other stories at www.hattersleysports.org.uk
The next and final event of the Games is scheduled:
Tuesday 3rd July, 3.30-5pm at Pinfold Primary School.
Arundale Basketballers - Winners of the Games 2006/07
Pictured below are the basketballers who took part in the Games' 2006/07
Four seasons Games
– Cross Country event
The Four Seasons Games seen
another successful event as the Games drew to a close with the final event being Cross-country.
The event consisted of 5
boys and 5 girls from years 4/5 and 6 from each school.
Competing for the Cross-country
shield, won last year by St James, in an event that would also decide the overall winners of the coveted Four Seasons Games.
Congratulations to all 26
competitors who managed to turn out for the event to represent their school, all of whom were rewarded with a participation
medal and a ‘goodie’ bag. The individual winners were Lauren Alford (St James) of the girl’s event and Connor
Ogden (Pinfold) from the boys.
Congratulations also to
Leah Bradbury and Shaun Alford both from St James who won the ‘Player of the Event’ award and gained a valuable
4 extra points for their school.
The overall Cross-country
shield was won by Pinfold Primary, who only just saw of second place St James by the smallest of margins, though fully deserving
their victory.
The Sport in the Community
Team would like to thank all the schools for their participation in helping to make this, another great event.
The Four Seasons
Games
The Four Seasons Games
has just completed its third successive year and once again has been a rip roaring success.
All the schools in Hattersley competed in 4 different competitions to be overall
winners and decide the home of the Four Seasons Shield for the next year. Events
were as follows:
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Winners |
Player of Event |
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Football |
Boys –
Pinfold
Girls - Arundale |
Boys
- Lewis Davies (St James)
Girls
- Lauren Alford (St James) |
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Table Tennis |
St James |
Richard Bevins
(St James) |
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Basketball |
Arundale
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Liam Percy
(Broadbottom) |
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Cross Country |
Pinfold
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Boys
- Shaun Alford (St James)
Girls
- Leah Bradburn (St James) |
Points were up for grabs throughout each event for participation, player of the
event and winners of the event, which kept it closely contested all the way through to the final event.
Teams were selected from each school due to behaviour and attitude to schoolwork
and not always on sporting ability to give as many children as possible a chance at representing their school in this now
prestigious event.
Arundale, last years overall winners were literally pipped at the post by St
James in the Cross country, even though St James only managed second place, behind Pinfold it was enough to see off Arundale
and take the overall trophy.
Final standing:
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School |
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1st |
St James
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2nd
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Arundale |
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3rd
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Pinfold |
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4th |
Broadbottom
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Each event was contested rigorously but fairly and all participants were a credit
to their school and their sporting success.
The Sport in the Community Team would like to thank all the schools staff and
pupils who were involved in the events and also to the parents for their continuous support.
Lets hope we can make the 07/08 season an even greater success!
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Warming
up For 2012
Hattersley provided Tameside’s representatives at the 2007 North West Street Games held on 31 August at Sportcity
Manchester.
The fifty strong team of budding Hattersley athletes, joined more than 1000 other young people from 13 inner city areas
across the North West
The North West Street Games, now in its fourth year, aims to encourage young people to regularly participate in sport. John Dwan, Managing Director of organisers Sport 4 Life, said: “The Street Games
are all about introducing sport to young people and encouraging them to make sport a regular part of their lives. Not only
do they receive coaching from sports specialists and professionals but they also get to compete in one of the best facilities
in the country”
The vast majority of the Hattersley athletes were selected following their attendance at the Hattersley Summer Sports
Camp held at the Ken Ward Sports centre throughout the summer. Hattersley entered 6 teams and achieved some excellent results:
Athletics - Winners
Basketball - Winners
Cheerleading
- Runners up
Rugby
- Runners up
Futsal
- 3rd Place
Cricket
- 4th place
Local
youngsters Robert Lanigan and Cian Lennie, both from Hattersley’s Dance Troupe, performed a wonderful dance routine
in the opening ceremony for the games. Local girl Lisa Such who runs and coordinates
the dance troupe at the Longdendale Centre on Wednesday evenings choreographed the dance.
Lisa also managed the cheerleading team none of whom had done it before but came very credible runners up in their
category.
Minister for Sport, Gerry Sutcliffe said: “StreetGames is a fantastic programme that offers young people from
disadvantaged areas the chance to do more sport – such as football, athletics and basketball – and lead a more
active lifestyle. The health benefits are obvious but StreetGames does more than that. It also builds stronger communities
and helps young people fulfil their potential through volunteering and coaching opportunities.”
A guest team of sixty young people from the London Borough of Newham, home to London’s Olympic Park in Stratford
also attended the event. The youngsters got to see first hand some of the benefits that the hosting of major sporting events
can bring and what they might expect following the 2012 Olympics.
The Leisure Team at Hattersley Neighbourhood Partnership would like to extend it’s thanks to all the participants
and volunteers for their time, effort and excellent contributions to making it a fantastic day and doing not only themselves
but the whole community proud.
Photo: Terry Morrison getting to grips with his Athletics squad
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