WIRRAL PRIMARY CROSS COUNTRY

LEWIS STRIKES AGAIN!

On Thursday 25th February Redcourt took part in Wirral Primary Cross Country at Higher Bebington Park.   Lewis Hardman ran another fantastic race, finishing second and the overall results were both Girls and Boys came third.   A special mention to Erin Davies (Prep 4) who was under-the-weather that day and still came 8th - well done Erin!!  We look forward to seeing more successes from Erin.

The Runners Were:-

(Prep 6) Jonathan Nelson, Harry Jollie, Joseph Kivlin, Zak Dunn-Jurack, Suzie Roberts, Emily Pennington & Olivia Martin.

(Prep 5)  Lewis Hardman, Cameron Carlisle, Robert Ashton, Joshua Solomon-Davies, Ieuan Kearney, Madeleine Holemans, Lucy Teare, Jennifer Wise, Lois Bryan, Rhianne Griffiths, & Emily Mossman.

(Prep 4)  Erin Davies & Gregory Engle-Williams.

On Friday 12th February, Redcourt held the return matches for Netball and Rugby against arch rivals, Birkenhead Prep.  Always hard matches but everyone enjoyed themselves and the experience!

Girls U10 Netball won and U11 girls lost, by a small margin only!  Well done girls!

The boys  Rugby teams were mixed, both unfortunately loosing.  However one of the matches was a very exciting, close game and Redcourt were at one stage in the lead.  It really could have gone either way! 

Many thanks go to  Alex Asher for his superb coaching skills and for refereeing our matches.  This day was his last day at Redcourt before he jets off “Down Under” for a new life in Australia!  We all wish him lots of luck and we hope to see him and hear his stories when he comes back to visit the UK.  The boys and Mr Arnold shall miss him!!! 

Wednesday 3rd February  ISA Cross Country, Highfield Park, Cheadle Hulme.  A mixture of Prep 4’s, 5’s and 6’s travelled on a bitterly cold, snowy day over to Cheadle Hulme. However, it didn't stop the childern having a great time!

Success came in the form of Lewis Hardman (5K), who came 5th in the boys U10’s run and has now qualified for the Nationals.  Well done to Lewis and we wish him well!!

A nervous group of girls set out on Friday 22nd January for the CB Schools Hockey Tournament at St Edward’s in Liverpool.  The girls had not had much match experience but soon adapted and took control of their first match beating St Mary’s “B” team 2 - 0, with 2 goals from Bethan Thomas. 
They went on to a 3 – 0 win over St Edward’s with Suzie Roberts scoring all three!!  And completed a great afternoon with a 1 – 1 draw against St Mary’s “A” team and Suzie scored again!

We were all delighted to hear that overall, Redcourt were winners and all received gold medals.  Suzie Roberts was given a medal for Player of the Team.

Well done all and thanks to Miss Davis for coaching and referring.

The Team:  Suzie Roberts, Oumie Jallow, Bethan Thomas, Emily Pennington (all Prep 6) and Maddy Holemans, Jenny Wise, Jemma Teare, Lucy Teare, Bethany Hughes, Ellen Bridson (all Prep 5).

Report by Miss Kennerley

Suzie Roberts and Jonathan Nelson, Wirral's Indoor Athletics Captain's, emulated their success in a competition against Liverpool, on Sunday 17th January.

The event, held at Leasowe Recreational Centre and organised by Sports For All, saw Suzie and Jonathan both slaughter their races, earning valuable points for their team.  Both did amazingly well in their field events too. 

The competition was a follow-on from Manchester games in November, when Wirral won the event again - for the second year running.  This third victory proves what a strong team Wirral presently has, and for Suzie and Jonathan to both represent and be chosen as team captains is testimony of their talent.  It was a proud moment for Wirral and Redcourt too!

The overall score was Liverpool 64 - Wirral 80!!

FOOTBALL the boys football team was also a combination of Prep 5 & 6 boys, who had not played together as a team before.  Again, this match was played at The Macallister Fields.

The boys looked very smart in their new, yellow kit, supplied by

Mr Hardman (dad of Lewis Hardman 5K).  Unfortunately, the football team lost too!

NETBALL The girls netball match was played in Birkenhead's school grounds and the girls later enjoyed refreshments at the Macallister Fields along with the rest of the rugby boys and footballers.

It was Prep 5 team of girls who played and sadly, they lost too.  But all team members had a wonderful afternoon!

Thank you to Birkenhead for hosting the games and the refreshments afterwards! ..... more pictures

On Saturday 5th December, the boys' hockey team went to Kirkham School in Blackburn, to play in an AJIS tournament.  They were against seven other schools.

We left school at 8.00am, in the cold and drizzle, in the shcool's minibus. Luckily for the boys, the weather remained mostly dry during their matches.

The team managed reached the plate final, with goals form Harry Jollie (1), Jonathan Nelson (1) and Joseph Sloss (2).
It was a close final and we missed two open goals - alas, it wasn't enough and we were the runners up. Happily, the boys all received a medal each.

Well done to Harry Jollie who had a terrific match.

A BIG THANK YOU to Miss Davies for her excellent coaching skills, and to Miss Kennerley for dropping the Year 6 boys straight off at Laserquest, in New Brighton for a party, because otherwise they would have missed it!!

THE TEAM:

Harry Jollie     Andrew Porter    Joseph Sloss    Zak Dunn-Zurack

Jonathan Nelson     Thomas Crowther       Ben Jack   

Cameron Carlisle       Ieuan Kearney

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22nd November 2009 - Jonathan Nelson and Suzie Roberts (6M) were AGAIN celebrating success with Wirral Primary Schools Indoor Athletics,

at Sportcity in Manchester. 

Both Jonathan and Suzie were chosen as team captains for Wirral evidencing their individual prior successes, determination and sportsmanship.

Last year the boys team came first and this year they managed to emulate their success

and came first AGAIN! 

The girls team came fourth with only 19 points difference between them and first position

- it was such a close and exciting competition!  

The squad were up against the best primary athletes from the counties of Liverpool, Cheshire, St Helens, Knowlsey, Greater Manchester and two teams from Lancashire.

REDCOURT IS PROUD TO HAVE SUCH GREAT ATHLETES!

On Saturday 14th November the Year 5's and 6's played rugby against the Old Anselmians Under 10's, 11's and 12's. The match took place on a a rainy day at a very muddy Anselmian's rugby club in Eastham, with Mr Arnold and Mr Scholes coaching us.

After arriving, we sat in the club lounge to keep dry before doing our warm-up on the pitch. The Old Anselmians coach blew for kick-off and both teams attacked from the whistle.

Jonathan Nelson (3), Harry Jollie (1) and Robert Ashton (1) all scored tries for Redcourt but Old Anselmians kept coming back on the attack and eventually score one more try than us, 5 - 6!  It was so close and we could have won!

At the end we gave them three cheers, shook hands and went inside for hotdogs and chips together.
By Zak Dunn-Jurack 6M

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On Sunday 25th October Redcourt Roadrunners ran a 5Km race from Leasowe Lighthouse to Hamson Drive.   

Once again Mrs Kearny did very well coming 3rd in the women’s race.

I would like to thank all of our runners for giving up their time and putting up with the gusts of wind on the day.  Also a big thank you to all of you that sponsored the team.  We raised £177.00 for the PTA!!  

Congratulations to Madeleine Holemans (5K) for achieving a personal best on the day and knocked 275 seconds off last years race!

Mrs Chan

I would like to send my congratulations to the following pupils for their outstanding performances in
The National Finals of the ISA Athletics, at the spectacular Alexander Stadium in Birmingham,
representing the North of England. 

        Lydia Reynolds       3rd in Year 6 Girls 600m

        Jonathan Nelson     3rd in Year 5 Long Jump

        Joshua Solomon-Davies    

                                                3rd in Year 4 Long Jump

                                                1st in Year 4 60m Sprint with a new National Record!

Overall our “North”  team finished 2nd!

Jonathan’s Long Jump success came immediately
after a nasty fall just before the finish line of the 75m Sprint and he was within inches of a medal.

It was the first year Redcourt had participated in the ISA event, so we are very proud of their
achievements!  Well done!

More Sucess for Redcourt ~ June 2009

The pictures below (from left to right) "Hockey Torunament" - the team won and go through to represent Wirral in The Primary Games in Wavertree (see above for results).

"ISA North Arena Athletics, Wigan" Lydia Reynolds, Jonathan Nelson and Joshua Solomon-Davies all qualified for The Nationals in Birmingham (see above for results).