West Wiltshire High 5's Final

6 schools representing all the different West Wiltshire clusters played in the High 5's final at Matravers on Wednesday February 10th. A round robin tournament was closely contested by the enthusiastic teams with junior netball umpires from John of Gaunt School taking charge of all the games. The top 4 teams now go through to represent the area at the County final


Results:
1st Fitzmaurice 21 Points
2nd Holbrook 19 Points
3rd Bowerhill 15 Points
4th Westbury Leigh 10 Points
5th Sambourne 8 Points
6th Long Meadow 7 Points

Updated March 2010

Dance Festival smashes all previous records

The 2010 dance festival has broken all previous records presenting 35 dance performances by over 600 children from primary, secondary and special schools across West Wiltshire. Over 1000 family and friends were treated to a spectacular selection of dances during the two evenings at The Bath Forum.

This year's theme, "The Magic of Disney" featured dance interpretations to music from classics such as Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, Lion King, Mary Poppins and more.

Chris Bell, West Wilts SSP Development Manager, said "The standard is extraordinarily high and is getting better every year. We moved the venue to The Forum so that nobody would be disappointed and every ticket request could be fulfilled."

The hard work of students, teachers and sports co-ordinators was also acknowledged with special thanks going to organiser, Caroline Newman, WWSSP Dance Coach. James Evans, Director of Specialism at Kingdown and Wednesday's Compère said " All the parents can be extremely proud of their sons' and daughters' achievements."

Both evenings were professionally filmed. Download an order form now to purchase the . Video trailers of all dance festivals can be seen in the video gallery.

Updated February 2010

Football League Finals On Monday 1st February The Partnership held their annual Football Leagues Finals. Winners of the town football leagues, plus the winners of the local festival, met at Kingdown to decide the top football team for this season. There were some excellent football skills on display and intense competition. The whole tournament was organised and run by sports leaders from Kingdown School.

Bitham Brook - Winners

The semi finals were both close games with Westbury schools winning both games. The final was nail biting with neither team able to dominate and both goal keepers keeping a clean sheet. Extra time was played and each team scored the maximum 3 goals in the penalty shoot out. It was eventually decided on the 5th penalty shoot out, with Bitham Brook taking the top spot over their close neighbours, Westbury Leigh. Both teams should be congratulated on a thrilling performance. Updated February 2010

Westbury Leigh - Runners up

Primary Schools District team are flag bearers at Bristol City FC

The squad enjoyed an interesting evening at Ashton gate, with plenty of goals, irritated fans and even flying programmes. The night seemed to have it all, except the opportunity to celebrate a Bristol City goal! Final score Bristol City 0 - 6 Cardiff

Many thanks to mums and dads for brigning the boys, and a thanks to Ed Furniss at City for helping to organise the event.


Updated January 2009 (Shane Kiely - PDM, Avon Valley Partnership)

Trowbridge Years 5 and 6 High-5 Netball Tournament

To start off the afternoon all eight schools had a 5-minute warm up to get used to the surroundings after that the rules were explained and all the matches started. Everybody got stuck in and played very well for their teams. The Trowbridge Barbarians were formed by using extra players from different schools. After three well played games the decider game came up. It was the best any of the teams had played all afternoon.

Here are the final results:

• 1st - Holbrook
• 2nd - Paxcroft
• 3rd - St John's
• 4th - Longmeadow
• 5th - North Bradley
• 6th - Trowbridge Barbarians
• 7th - Bellefield 8th - Newtown

Thank you to all the schools that competed and to all the teachers and parents that made it happen. And thank you to Mr Wylie, Sam and all the sports leaders and umpires.

Submitted January 2010 by Abena B (year 7) - John of Gaunt Junior Sports Reporter

Boxercise Festival

This year the festival for the special units and Larkrise school featured cheerleading and boxercise on Wednesday 18th November.

Warminster School the independent secondary school in Warminster allowed the Partnership to use their sports hall. Young Leaders from Kingdown School lead all the events with great enthusiasm.

Proceedings started with a cheerleading warm up lead by Katie Watson. Rachel Bown then introduced the boxercise with her usual panache. With encouragement from the Young Leaders the children launched themselves into the boxercise with great gusto.

Updated December 2009

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Badminton Tournament On Friday 4th December the West Wiltshire Secondary Schools held their regional badminton tournament. Once again Center Parcs hosted the competition in their sports village where 8 badminton courts were available. Updated December 2009

Quicksticks Hockey Course

On Tuesday 24th November, teachers from all over West Wilts attended a quicksticks hockey course. The course was run by Clive Nelson the Hockey Development Officer for Wiltshire.

Updated December 2009

Tag Rugby Course

Teachers, rugby club coaches, student teachers and 6th formers all attended a tag rugby course at Kingdown run by Alan Low the Rugby Community Coach on Monday 23rd November.

Updated December 2009

West Wiltshire Primary School Girls 6-A-Side
Football Tournament

Eight teams took part in the West Wiltshire Girls Football Tournament held at The George Ward School in Melksham

The competition started as two leagues of four with the winners of each league scheduled to meet in the final match.

All the matches in League A proved to be closely fought but in the end, Bellefield of Trowbridge managed to win all of their three games. Although more goals were scored in League B the winners would have to go through only on goal difference. Christchurch (Bradford on Avon) and Grove (Trowbridge) were clearly the strongest teams in the group and the game between them resulted in a 0-0 stalemate. Grove finished their games with a goal difference of seven and going into the last league game, Christchurch knew that to qualify, they would have to score five against a plucky Emmaus side. After scoring four there was a nail-biting wait as time was running out and a penalty shoot-out seemed a possibility to decide who would qualify.

Orienteering Event - 1st & 2nd October Due to the popularity of the Orienteering event this year we held it over 2 days. 30 schools and 250 students took part. Orienteers from the Sarum and North Wilts Clubs helped with the day. The day consisted of schools coming at intervals, getting instruction, doing introductory routes followed by a timed course. The enthusiasm of the students was infectious and both days were lovely Autumn days, a great mix making an excellent event Matt Andrews, who organised the days, should be congratulated on a memorable event. Updated October 2009.
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Large Schools Football Tournament The first football tournament of the year was held on Kingown's Astroturf 12th October. This was the tournament, which decides the 2 large schools to represent West Wilts in the County Finals. Thirteen teams from all over the Partnership took part. The teams were in 4 pools. The winners and runners up from each group then progressed to the quarter finals. There were some excellent matches, well refereed by Young Leaders from Kingdown Community School. The final was between Fitzmaurice from Bradford-on-Avon and Bitham Brook. As the final whistle saw the teams drawing, it was decided both teams should share the title and go on to the County Finals on 26th January at Stanley Park. Updated October 2009 Click here to see the winners

New SSCo represents GB

By now many of you will have already met Phil Wylie, our new Sports Coordinator for John of Gaunt cluster but did you know he's also our very own international, super-sports star?

Phil has just returned from the World Championship for duathlon where he represented Great Britain and came 13th. Some achievement, eh?

Phil also regularly goes to France where he races for a French club, proving that our sports coordinators learn, inspire and share their skills from first hand experiences.

The photos are a selection from his activities in North America and France.

Welcome to the partnership, Phil. The bar is getting higher.

Annual PLT Conference

80 teachers quickly got into action during the start of the new term when we all gathered at Cumberwell golf club to make plans for another exciting and activity-packed year.

Several new PLT's also joined the partnership so a big welcome to those.

Guests were Ronnie Heath who will deliver Fundamentals of Movement sessions, Heather Price who gave us practical ideas in achieving '"The 5 Hour Offer" and following a number of workshops, Jill Elbourn spoke about "Professional Development Into The Future".

Thanks to everyone for attending. The Partnership is poised for another great year - bring it on!

Updated September 2009

Fun in the Park - 2009

A total of 173 Yr 6 children from Warminster Primary Schools met at Warminter Town Park on 15th July to participate in a variety of activities. This was organised by the West Wilts Schools Sports Partnership, based at Kingdown School.

The students had a carousel of activities which included taking pedaloes on the lake, skate boarding in the skate park, golf on the play and put area, boxercise, tennis, basketball, frisbee, sumo wrestling and gladiators.

A number of passers-by commented that this is the way the park should be used, and this was reinforced at the end, as it was great to see so many young people engaging in activities and enjoying themselves.

Updated September 2009

Top Up Swimming

At the 5 swimming pools in West Wiltshire Yr. 6 children who cannot swim have been attending their local pool every day for a fortnight of intensive training. This project has been organised and funded by the West Wilts Schools Sports Partnership based at Kingdown School.

The picture shows some of the Warminster students with their swimming teacher proudly showing their certificates. At the end of their fortnight all the children were able to swim 25 metres apart from 2 who needed a swimming aid to complete their length.

Updated June 2009

Cheerleading Course

20 teachers from the Partnership did a Level 2 course on Cheerleading on Thursday 11th June at Warminster Cricket Club. The 2 tutors had come all the way from Manchester and ran a great course.

Updated June 2009

West Wilts SSP Girls' Cricket
Tournament Success

Five schools from the West Wilts School Sports Partnership competed in the ECB Girls' Cricket Tournament hosted by Trowbridge Cricket Club.

Wylye Valley, St. John's RC, Christchurch, Heytesbury & Winsley primary schools played on a beautiful sunny day but the blustery wind often made bowling difficult. Despite this all five teams played some increasingly impressive cricketSpecial mention must go to Christchurch School from Bradford-on-Avon who fielded a squad of mostly year 4 pupils who proved themselves to be determined cricketers.

In a closely fought competition three teams won 3 of their 4 games and results went down to the total runs scored.

This meant that Winsley won the tournament by 8 runs from Heytesbury and these two teams go through to the Wiltshire County Finals also held at Trowbridge Cricket Club on Friday 26th June.

All competitors received certificates from the ECB and the winning teams received t-shirts too.

Organisers Sam Francis-Clarke & Matt Andrews (SSCos for Trowbridge) said "a big thank you to Trowbridge Cricket Club, all the teams, teachers, parents & the young umpires from St. Augustine's College for making it a very enjoyable & sporting afternoon".

Updated June 2009

Bath & West Wilts District football compete in two tournaments in Holland

It has been a busy time for the Bath & West Wilts Schools football teams, as they took part in two tournaments in Holland. Under 11's flew the fag during the Easter holiday whilst under 10's followed up during half term at the end of May.

Everyone had an excellent time. Coaches from all over Europe were praising the way all the boys played and conducted themselves.

Download Tim Kirk’s full reports for under 11's and under 10's.

Update submitted by Tim Kirk (Bristol City FC)
June and April 2009

Quad Kids

Detailed report coming soon. Meanwhile

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Staff may download final results - Click here

Updated May 2009

West Wilts Under 11 League Finals 2009

On 9th March the winners of the different football competitions all met at Kingdown School to find the top school team this season. In total there were 8 competing teams who all set very high standards. The schools were in 2 pools of 4.

The winners of the pool A were Aloeric who beat Avenue, while in pool B Bowerhill beat Bitham Brook. In the third placed playoff old rivals Avenue from Warminster met Bitham Brook from Westbury but this time it was Bitham Brook who won by a single goal. The final was a Melksham affair between Aloeric and Bowerhill with Aloeric retaining the trophy with a 2-1 win.

All the matches were organised and refereed by 6th formers from Kingdown School.

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Updated March 2009

Fourth Annual Dance Festival - fills Music Centre to capacity

530 students entertained over 600 parents and friends with two amazing evenings of fabulous entertainment.

Children of all ages from across West Wiltshire delivered their best ever performances to a theme of "What's on TV". From The Muppets to The Flintstones and High School Musical to Ski Sunday, the performances were creative and polished to perfection.

Chris Bell, West Wilts SSP Development Manager said " The students are excelling more and more, year after year. This is without doubt now one of our most prestigious flagship events."

The hard work of students, teachers, sports co-ordinators was also acknowledged with special thanks going to organiser, Caroline Newman, WWSSP Dance Coach. Compère Steven Dudley, Assistant Headteacher at Kingdown also commented "This dance festival is testament that the West Wiltshire SSCo programme is a powerful way of engaging young people in many different forms of physical activity"

Both evenings were professionally filmed. Watch the online video trailers. Download an order form now to purchase the full
Updated March 2009

West Wilts Primary Schools Hockey Tournament

The West Wilts Primary Schools held their annual hockey tournament 2nd March on Kingdown School's astro turf.

The matches were umpired and organised by Sports Leaders from Kingdown School. The teams were organised into 2 pools. After the pool stages the top 2 teams of each group went into the semi finals.

The team from Holt put on another impressive display to win their semi final against Horningsham 2-0. In the other semi final the score was 1-1 until the final minute when Minster scored and won 2-1 against Winsley. The final was a game full of skill and excitement with Holt school finally winning 2-0. In the third and fourth play off it was Winsley who won.

Step into Sport Conference On 26th February Young Leaders from Kingdown and Matravers travelled to Tidworth to take part in the annual County Step into Sport Conference. With other Sports Leaders from all over Wiltshire. During the day they were given skills to help them with their volunteering in clubs. Updated March 2009
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Partnership gets up to speed !

On 25th February the Partnership ran a course with Ronnie Heath on Speed, Agility and Quickness at Warminster Cricket Club. The skills Ronnie taught were equally usable by infants to 6th formers. This was reflected in the course attendees who ranged from infant teachers to Heads of PE departments in Secondary Schools.

Updated March 2009

The First Young Officials Day in the Country

Matravers School hosted a Young Officials day on13th February. The day was the first of its kind in the country and was jointly organised by Lou Gruchy from the Youth Sports Trust, the West Wiltshire School Sport Partnership and Trish Ritchie.

Young Officials from all the secondary schools in the Partnership took part in courses on badminton, tennis, swimming and athletics. Matravers school kindly made available classrooms and the sports hall to run the course, and DC Leisure allowed us use of the swimming pool.

The day was a great success and these Young Officials will now be available to help run festivals for the Partnership.


Updated March 2009

West Wiltshire High 5's Final

Matravers hosted the final of the West Wiltshire High 5's final on Wednesday February 11th. Seven winning schools of their individual cluster competitions played in the round robin tournament.

The standard of play was excellent and all the teams played with great enthusiasm. The first three teams will now go forward to the County final on March 20th

Winners	Westbury Leigh
2nd	Winsley (goal difference - The manor)
3rd	The Manor
4th	West Ashton
5th	St Johns
6th	St Georges
7th	Sambourne

Students from Matravers helped to run this event. Thank you to Chloe H for umpiring, Laura S for manning the results table and Bryony W and Natalie C for the time keeping. They did a great job!

Updated March 2009

Chris Bell
Partnership Development Manager