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PARK HALL ACADEMYWater Orton Road, |
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Physical Education Extra Curricular Report (Autumn Term) High flying Park Hall Academy students take ‘gold’ at the West Midlands Schools Elite Trampoline Championships. On Saturday 5 th December 2009 The Park Hall Trampoline Team became the West Midlands Elite under 15 Regional Trampoline Champions. The students performed beautifully and were rewarded with a massive overall score of 146.70. Madison performed exceptionally well finishing in first place to become the West Midlands Schools Individual Under 15 Elite Champion. This achievement was particularly special because Madison beat a Great Britain International. A superb achievement and the huge smile on Madison’s face when she finished her routine was a joy to see. Well done Madison! After a really successful morning all eyes were on Holly who was competing in the West Midlands Schools Under 15 Novice Championships. She competed in a huge field of 47 trampolinists. She has only been doing trampolining for just under a year. She completed two superb routines and much to everyone’s delight finished in second place individually. What a wonderful achievement. The Park Hall Academy Trampoline Team came home with a haul of medals team Gold, individual Gold and individual Silver. Everyone was thrilled to bits with their achievements and parents and personal coaches John Price and John Wall were extremely proud. The girls will now compete in the Zonal Finals against Wales, East Midlands and the Eastern Region on 17th January 2010 in Nottingham. We wish them every success. Well done Park Hall Trampoline Team, you are definitely high flying students!
Football Report All year groups at Park Hall Academy have been entered into Solihull, Birmingham and West Midlands football cups this year. The year 10 team started with an excellent win but two away defeats followed at CTC and St Thomas Aquinas. A new development this year is a year 7 and 8 girl’s football team who train every Friday night. They have an indoor football tournament at Smith’s Wood in January to look forward to.
Basketball Report Through his Secondary Schools Co-ordinator role Mr Crotty organised Renaldo Edmondson and Martin Gayle to coach an after school basketball session for all years to attend. These have been attended by between 20 and 30 students every Monday. The Year 10 team run by Mr Crotty and Mr Nardiello beat Heart of England 30 points to 16 with Nathan Saunders scoring 22 points. The Year 10 now have high hopes of progressing to the play-offs with 4 more league games to come. The Year 8 team managed by Mr Price also progressed to the finals day of their tournament by finishing 2 nd in the North Solihull part of the tournament. Badminton Report Park Hall entered the Centre Parcs national badminton championships for boys and girls. The girl’s team played really well at the championships and narrowly missed out on the next round. The Year 10/11 team of Alex Pavey, Jamie Ataria, James Kennie and Nathan Prosser finished 2 nd out of 7 schools to just miss out on qualifying for the next stage of the tournament. The year 7, 8, and 9 badminton team also showed a lot of promise for future years by finishing 3 rd out of 6 teams entering at that age group.
Rugby Report The 8, 9 and 10 rugby teams attended the Solihull festivals throughout October with the Year 11 team attending the Army 7’s tournament at Leamington Rugby club. Well done to all involved. All those interested in playing Rugby now are encouraged to take part in regular Thursday night training sessions at Old Salts Rugby club (3.30- 4.30) as part of the renewal of links between the club and school.
Trampolining Video from the recent West Midlands Schools Trampolining Competition in which Parkhall won many medals
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