MULTI SKILLS

KS1 Multi Skills Hub Finalists

300 students from 29 schools attended this year’s KS1 multi skills event. The

competitions were hosted by 7 secondary school hub sites. The feedback from

schools about our secondary sports leaders was fantastic and they are a credit

to each school and their PE staff, such competitions could not run without the

help and support from our secondaries.

The following schools will be battling it out at the Wolverhampton finals at

Aldersley Leisure Village late March where the top 3 schools will onto to

represent Wolverhampton at the Black Country Games.

The finalists are as follows;

West Park St Luke’s Eastfield St Mary’s

Fallings Park Bhylls Acre Palmers Cross Bantock

Wolverhampton Multi Skills Finals

What a brilliant event. The top 8 qualifiers from our multi skills hub sites

participated in the finals at Aldersley Leisure Village to see which 3 schools will

go onto represent Wolverhampton in the Black Country Games this summer.

All 8 schools and 79 students from years 1 and 2 conducted themselves

brilliantly, working hard in all 8 stations to battle for victory. There were some

challenging stations but they were not phrased and put effort into all they did.

The schools were all supportive of each other and it was a lovelt afternoon of

competition. The leaders from Our Lady and St Chad were again fabulous and

running the show, many compliments were given to our young leaders for

their professionalism, attitude and enthusiasm shown to the year 1-2 students.

The final placings are as follows;

Placings School Points

1st Q Bhylls Acre 1050

2nd Q St Mary’s 1041

3rd Q West Park 976

4th Palmers Cross 946

5th St Luke’s 927

6th Fallings Park 856

7th Bantock 841

8th Eastfield 668

KS! MINI FESTIVAL

KS1 Mini Festival was our first primary event of the year. It was a lovely event attended by 7

primary schools, 79 students, who took part a number of new activities. This event was for

engage and inspire children with the main emphasis being on fun and breaking down

barriers. The students work hard, there was lots of effort and laughter all day. The students

experienced croquet, squash, tennis, fitness and dodgeball with a twist. The leaders from

Our Lady and St Chad were a credit to their school. Mike Harris from Newbridge Lawn and

Tennis Club was fantastic and the children loved him, he coordinated a lovely day of events,

thank you to Newbridge Lawn and Tennis club for their wonderful facility.

Well done to SS Peter and Paul, Northwood Park School, The Royal, Fallings Park, St Luke’s,

Perry Hall and Warstones.

FOOTBALL RESULTS 2022-23

Mixed Football 2022-23

In the mixed football leagues the winners were:

League 1 - Elston Hall

League 2 - Wolverhampton Grammar

League 3 - St Andrews

League 4 - Corpus Christi

League 5 - Springdale

League 6 - Bilston CE

League 7 - Whitgreave

League 8 - St Anthony’s RC

These teams went into the City Championship Play off Quarter Finals.

St Andrew’s 1 St Anthony’s RC 7

Wolverhampton Grammar 7 Springdale 1

Elston Hall 2 Corpus Christi 0

Whitgreave 4 Bilston CE 7

In the semi Finals the results were:

Bilston CE 1v St Anthonys RC 8

Elston Hall 0 Wolverhampton Grammar 2

The Final between Wolverhampton Grammar and St Anthony’s RC was one of the best finals for a number of years with Wolverhampton Grammar taking the game into extra time with a goal 10 seconds from the final whistle. In extra time Wolverhampton Grammar scored the decisive goal to become City Champions for this season.

St Anthony’s RC 2 Wolverhampton Grammar 3 (after extra time)

Girls’ Football 2022-23

In the Girls’ League the winners were

League 1 - Perry Hall

League 2 - Bilston CE

League 3- Oak Meadow

League 4 - Uplands.

The semi finals of the City Championship were

Perry Hall 0 Uplands 6

Bilston 2 Oak Meadow 1

In the Final between Uplands and Bilston an exciting game saw Uplands emerge victorious 6-3 to retain their City Championship Title for the second consecutive year

The Tony McGinn Trophy

64 year 3/4 students took part in the Tony McGinn Cup at Aldersley Leisure Village. The atmosphere was very sporting and respectful, the children were lovely to be around, they all seemed to enjoy the event. There were some great competitive games of football. The young referees from OLSC were superb, this was only their third tournament to officiate and they did a great job.

Top placings

1st Oak Meadow

2nd Bilston CE

3rd Perry Hall

4th Stowlawn

5th St Stephen’s

6th Woden

7th Bantock

Champions – Oak Meadow

TENNIS 2023

What a fab event.  6 teams, 24 students and 14 young leaders enjoyed a rather windy but great tennis competition.  The standard of play improved immensely during the competition as did our young officials from Highfields.  The experience of our year 3 and 4 students varied demonstrated competency and an improved knowledge of the game.  Thank you to Highfields for hosting and providing such fab role model in their young leaders.

St Andrews 1, St Andrew 2 and Bantock 3 went onto represent Wolverhampton in the Black Country Games.

Gymnastics

Key stage 1 Gymnastics - 24th April 2023

The KS1 WASPS Gymnastics Competition involved 3 schools and 30 children in total. It took place at St. Edmund’s Catholic Academy, with children from Wodensfield, Villiers and Royal competing against one another. It was another close competition with few points separating 1st and 2nd place. Wodensfield won the overall competition, Villiers came 2nd and Royal came 3rd.

Key stage 2 Gymnastics – 13th March 2023

KS2 children across Wolverhampton competed at St. Edmund's Catholic Academy in the WASPS gymnastics competition.

There was a fantastic turnout with approximately 154 children from 10 schools. It was excellent to see 4 new schools attend this year. The competition was fierce with few points separating the first 4 schools. This year, Villiers came 3rd with 16 points and Royal came 2nd with 17 points. Wodensfield managed to win the trophy for the 2nd year with 18 points.