(Cadburys) Kraft South West U11 District Associations 2010 Finals

On Saturday 27th March, West Wiltshire represented Wiltshire at the SW Schools finals at (Cadburys) Kraft in Keynsham.

The boys were drawn in the toughest of group. Only the winner would represent the South West at the National finals.

We first played against Dorset winning 1-0. We then went on to play Bristol and Cornwall. Our final game was against Oxfordshire, which we had to win by several goals to become winner of our group. A creative team-plan put us 1 goal up but 2 breakaway goals led to a 2-1 defeat.

Managers and members of the ESFA gave praise for the style the boys played with. This was nice to hear and will make them better players. We're looking forward to a couple of wins soon.

Those boys going to Holland today learnt the same lesson as the Bath boys, that in a competitive short game you should always look to pass forwards first and you need to take your chances.

This is an abbreviated report. Download the full write up.

Updated April 2010 by Shane Keily

Winsley PLT wins prestigious school sports award

Gordon Campbell, PLT at Winsley until very recently has won the "2009 Sports Teacher of the Year" award.

He was nominated because of his sheer enthusiasm, organising and coaching all sorts of different activities.

Under Gordon's guidance Winsley were entered into as many competitions as possible, qualifying for county finals in netball, hockey, tag rugby, kwick cricket, athletics and football. He also organised swimming, gymnastics, judo and dance.

Gordon's contribution was summed up as "Giving a chance to all students to take part. Whatever their ability, he encourages students to have a go."

Download write up (.pdf) of all award winners - courtesy of the Schools Sports magazine.

Updated December 2009

Shane Kiely
School Sports Coordinator