A huge thank you to everyone who participated in the 3 events of last week, the week saw large numbers of children taking part in different sports with Futsal and Rugby taking part.

First event of the week saw Oldham Futsal Arena hosting the Year 3&4 Girls Futsal festival in which skills and sportsmanship were clear to see with every child having a smile on their face throughout. There were no winners or losers as this was based upon encouraging participation in the sport and it was great to see such a large turnout with Horton Mill, Clarksfield, Broadfield, Corpus Christi and St Margaret’s all bringing teams.

Wednesday arrived and so did the rain, a wet and windy Counthill site hosted the Year 8 Rugby League event and saw 5 schools all participate: Royton and Crompton, Saddleworth, Waterhead Academy, Failsworth and Radclyffe. Saddleworth strolled to a convincing victory with a 100% record on the night, Royton and Crompton were 2nd and 3rd were Failsworth in a tightly fought battle for 2nd place which was decided by only 2 points. Great to see the number of non-rugby players participating in these events and how well they are all doing.

Thursday then saw the arrival of Year 5&6 Girls Futsal, Corpus Christi taking the victory on the night and 2nd place St Josephs A. On the night we had a staggering 7 teams participate and the level of competition was extremely high with Clarksfield, St Josephs A and B, Corpus Christi, Knowsley, St Margaret’s and St Anne’s Lydgate all vying for the top spot. Teams were separated into 2 groups with the victors going through into a semi final then final with St Josephs A narrowly losing out to Corpus in a closely fought final.

The events coming up next week include:

Karate Taster Session- Unfortunately we have had to cancel this event as we had too few schools sign up for the event and therefore it shall be run later in the academic year.

American Flag Football @ Failsworth Soccer Centre Tuesday 10/10/2017

Year 7 Rugby League @ Counthill Site Wednesday 11/10/2017

Year 5&6 Tag Rugby League (Mixed) @ St Anne’s Rugby Club- School Games Qualifier Thursday 12/10/17

KS1&2 Emerging Schools Cross Country @ Stoneleigh Park Friday 13/10/17

KS1&2 Cross Country @ Chadderton Hall Park Saturday 14/10/17

We look forward to seeing as many participants as possible in the upcoming week.

Oldham School Sport Partnership