Wednesday 23rd June, only two days after Jonathan, Joshua and Ieuan had taken home Gold from Blackpool, the boys including Andrew Porter, Lewis Hardman and Erin Davies were all representing the North, at The Nationals in Bedford. 
These children had done magnificently well just to get to this stage, and were very nervous but very excited about the day.  Jonathan and Joshua of course, had qualified last year and were hoping to come home with medals again!!
Joshua was up first doing High Jump and managed a fabulous 1.23m!  He had won Silver!  Our first medal was in the bag!
Lewis was up against some tough competition in the Year 5 Boys Cricket Ball Throw, and despite achieving a personal best was 4th.
Andrew too was in a difficult group in the Year 6 Boys Shot, also managed a personal best and came 4th.
Joshua was next in the Year 5 Boys 75m sprint and was hoping to emulate his success of last year – he won another Silver!
Jonathan’s Year 6 Boys 80m race was soon after, and he too won Silver!
After a small delay in proceedings, Erin was eager and ready to run in the Year 4 Girls 600m – she ran a wonderfully courageous race, almost tear-jerking, and came 5th.
Finally, Ieuan who had waited so patiently all day, was ready for the Year 5 Boys 600m race.  With about 300m to go, Ieuan had a burst of energy and sprinted past four other boys into first position, he held on until about 60m to the line, and managed a well earned Bronze!
The children and parents had had a fantastic experience, one never to be forgotten!  With many thanks to Mr Arnold and Miss Kennerley for driving there and back, and to Miss Davis for her support to the nervous competitors.

CONGRATULATIONS TO REDCOURTS ATHLETES!
2ND IN THE NORTH IN ISA'S ATHLETICS IN WIGAN,
WEDNESDAY 9TH JUNE 2010.
As a result 6 pupils will be representing the North in The Nationals
at Bedford on 23rd June ~ we wish them well!

Overall:            U11 Boys were 1st
                          U12 Boys 3rd
                          School finished 2nd place out of the 24 competing schools

Highlights of the day:

TRACK  EVENTS
Year 3 60m
            Catherine Spencer                       1st in heat           3rd in final
            Erin-Marie Flynn                         2nd in heat
            Noah Randall                              2nd in heat          5th in final

Year 5 75m
            Joshua Solomon-Davies              1st in heat           1st in final
            Rhianne Griffiths                          1st in heat           5th in final
            Stephanie Chan                           2nd in heat          7th in final

Year 6 80m
              Jonathan Nelson                          1st in heat           1st in final
              Suzie Roberts                                2nd in heat          6th in final

All four of our 150m runners got through to their finals after super heats:
Year 5               Robert Ashton 3rd                       Lucy Teare 2nd

 Year 6              Harry Jollie 2nd                           Bethan Thomas 2nd

Great performances over difficult 600m
Year 4                 Arran Kearney 4th                     Erin Davies 1st
Year 5                 Ieuan Kearney 2nd                    

5 out of 8 Relay teams reached the finals!

FIELD EVENTS:

Cricket Ball                 
Year 4               Joe Brennan 5th
Year 5               Lewis Hardman 1st (41.26m)
Year 6               Andrew Porter 3rd (38.65m)

Rounders Ball             
Year 4               Corin Davies 3rd
Year 5               Emily Mossman 4th
Year 6               Oumie Jallow 7th

Long Jump                 
Year 4                 Bailey Onwuemene 7th
Year 5                 Ieuan Kearney 2nd (3.5m)
                            Rhianne Griffiths 4th
Year 6                 Jonathan Nelson 2nd (3.8m)
                            Suzie Roberts 4th

High Jump                  
Year 5                 Joshua Solomon-Davies 1st (1.23m)
                           Georgia Houghton 6th

Shot                             
Year 6               Andrew Porter 1st (6.83m)
                          Oumie Jallow 5th

A fantastic day for achievements and all participants thoroughly enjoyed the experience!

On 14th may we travelled over to Liverpool College for our annual meeting.  We had a team of 70 pupils from Year 3 - 6 taking part in a full range of track and field events - despite the weather!  Thanks go to all the parents who braved the conditions and came to support the team.  At the end of a very successful afternoon, Redcourt had scored 649 points but unfortunately were 15 points behind Liverpool College.  The results had been close all afternoon, showing how good both school teams were - well done to everyone who took part especially the Year 3’s  who were representing Redcourt for the first time.

Some of our outstanding performances in the running were:
Erin Flynn and Noah Randall in Year 3 sprints;
Arran Kearney and Erin Davis in the Year 4 sprints and 600m;
Rhianne Griffiths and Stephanie Chan Year 5 sprints, also Lois Bryan, Libby Jackson and  Jemma Teare in the difficult 200m;
Lucy Teare, Emily Mossman, Ieuan Kearney and Lewis Hardman in Year 5 600m;
Bethan Thomas and Harry Jollie in the Year 6 200m.

In the field events great performances from:

Jonathan Nelson Year 6 who came 1st in the high jump (1.14m) and 1st in long jump (3.95m);
Suzie Roberts Year 6 was also 1st in high jump (1.06m) and 1st in long jump (3.45m);
Joshua Soloman–Davies Year 5, came 1st in high jump (1.06m) and 2nd in long jump (3.6m);
Rhianne Griffiths Year 5 was 1st in long jump (3.3m) and Jenny Wise was 2nd (3.2m);
Bailey Onwuemene 1st in Year 4 boys long jump (3.1m) and Harriet Dunleavy 1st in the girls Year 4 long jump (2.7m);
Catherine Spencer and Erin Flynn were both joint 2nd in Year 3 long jump (2.4m).

In the Cricket Ball Throw success for:

Andrew Porter Year 6 who was 1st with 32.75m and Oumie Jallow Year 6 girls 2nd with 18.1m;
Lewis Hardman Year 5 1st  with an outstanding 37.9m and Cameron Carlisle with 32.9m;
Emily Mossman Year 5 1st with 18.1m;
Joe Brennan Year 4 1st with 30.1m and Corin Davies 1st with 15.2m;
Erin Flynn Year 3 1st with 15.2m.

Thanks to Miss Asher and Miss Davis for all their help at the event.

By Miss R  Kennerley

Thursday 20th May was Wirral’s Primary Schools Hockey Tournament at The Oval in Bebington.  A beautiful sunny afternoon and Redcourt took along a team of Prep 5 and 6 pupils to participate in the tournament. 
Redcourt were joint runners up in their group but unfortunately due to goal difference, Redcourt finished 3rd overall. 
The Team:-

Jonathan Nelson, Harry Jollie, Andrew Porter, Zak Dunn-Jurack, Suzie Roberts, Emily Pennington, Ieuan Kearney, Maddy Holemans, Lucy and Jemma Teare.

Wednesday 19th May ~ U9 Tag Rugby Tournament ~ Abbeygate College

We were delighted to be invited to the picturesque setting of Aldford Village for the U9 Tournament.  With a new set of “league” rules for Tag we were al a little apprehensive but a few minutes into the first game we had found our feet! 
Erin scored our first try, closely followed by our second from Bailey, meaning we had beaten The Firs 2-1.  Our second game against Waverton ‘B’ saw fantastic tries form Lewis (2), Bailey and Arran, and a comprehensive 4-0 win for us. 
We knew our third group game against Liverpool College ‘A’ would be our toughest but we started well with some great runs to ‘tag’ the opposition from Bailey.  Liverpool College put in some excellent passing and won 3-0.  We had finished second in our group.
We then played a very tense Quarter Final game against Huntington, finishing 0-0 and forcing extra time!  Luckily a lightening run and fantastic try by Lewis meant we won 1-0.
The Semi-Final against Bridgewater was a very well matched game.  We saw great runs from Arran and superb ‘tags’ form Ryan.  Lewis’s try made the score 1-1, meaning extra time yet again!  With fantastic efforts from end to end with darting runs and swift tagging and unfortunately Bridgewater scored and went through to play the final.
Mr McKinney and I were extremely pleased with the efforts of every player in our matches and the excellent behaviour on our new minibus.

Thanks go to Mr Fielding for his help on the sidelines and to the other parents who came to support the team.

Our team was:

Anna Finegan                         Bailey Onwuemene

Erin Davies                             Lewis Burrows

Scarlett Fielding                     Ryan Sides

Pablo Broughton                    Dominic Seddon

On the evening of Friday 14th May, Redcourt took part in the annual Wirral Primary School Swimming Gala at Europa Pools.  Redcourt have always been successful in this competition and the team were hoping to emulate their success - and they did just that!!   An excellent all round performance!!  The last three races were nail-biting and it was very tense during results time because we knew it was close. Redcourt came 2nd and brought the shield back home to the trophy cabinet!!  Well done!!

Tuesday, 27th April - Quad Kidz at The Oval, Bebington

A beautiful sunny afternoon and Redcourt took 3 teams to compete against 19 other Wirral schools in an athletics event.  Each child had to run in a 75m and 600m race, do a standing jump and vortex throw.  Redcourt pupils excelled again with some fantastic running, jumping and throwing!!

Final results revealed that Redcourt’s “A” Team finished FIRST and extra congratulations go to:-

Suzie Roberts - ranked 1st out of all the girls who entered

Jonathan Nelson - ranked 1st out of all the boys who entered

Joshua Solomon-Davies - ranked 3rd out of all the boys who entered.

As you can see from the pictures below, everyone had a fun afternoon.  Well done!!    

Thursday 25th March saw Redcourt competing in Wirral's last Cross Country race of the season, held at the Arno in Prenton.  It was a relay race and therefore more about fast running rather than stamina. Redcourt did not disappoint again!!  The “A” team came in at a fantastic 4th position and the “B” team a brilliant 2nd position.  Well done to all of the runners throughout the cross country season.  Many thanks go to Mr Bryan (Lois Bryan’s dad) who presented the whole team with an ice lollie each for their hard work!

Wednesday, 24th March

The U11 football team travelled to Lady Barn School in Cheadle to compete in the ISA Umbro

semi-final and final.

The semi-final was a convincing 5 – 0 stroll for our boys, who played some excellent football.

The final was against the home team, Lady Barn.  It was an exciting match, and could have gone either way.  Lady Barn scored a dubious first goal and minutes later Redcourt were awarded a penalty, and Harry Jollie made no mistake in putting the ball in the back of the net.  Lady Barn took the lead yet again but this did not deter our boys who had endless shots on goal and showed such determination. But Lady Barn had all of their players behind the ball and made it impossible for our boys to equalise. 

The final score was 2 -1 to Lady Barn.

Although we were runners up, the highlight of the day was that Paul Scholes of Manchester United, presented the team with their medals and was kind enough to sign their presentation boxes too.  On top of that, he also took the time to have a team photograph with the boys (below) – thank you

Mr Scholes!

It was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon for both players and parents, and our thanks also go to ISA, Umbro and Lady Barn School!

Friday 19th March
A beautiful afternoon saw Redcourt’s rugby stars dominate this match from beginning to end.
The first half was a flood of (7) tries and (4) conversions from Redcourt (43 – 0). 
Our boys continued to dominate in the second half with a further 3 tries, and the final score being Redcourt 58 Abbeygate 7!
A truly professional performance to be proud of – well done boys!!

Friday 12th March, Redcourt hosted the CB U11 Rugby and Tag Rugby Tournament at the Fields.  A bright but bitterly cold afternoon did not deter Redcourt’s eager youngsters from participating in an exciting afternoon of rugby, with a great result for both teams finishing runners-up!  Another good result was Mr Arnold losing his voice from shouting instructions all afternoon to the U11’s!!  Joseph Hay recieved player of the tournament.

Many thanks to Mr McKinney for great refereeing and the mums who did refreshments for the children and adults.

Friday 5th March, the annual CB Cross Country took place on a cold, bright afternoon.  The girls raced first over two laps of the course.  Suzie Roberts finished a superb 2nd place, with Emily Mossman a fantastic 3rd place.  Lucy Teare continued an excellent season finishing 4th.

The boys followed the girls and although it is not the sport of choice for many of the boys, we once again saw an outstanding performance from Lewis Hardman, 3rd.  The boys seem keen for the Athletics season to get underway so their cross country fitness can benefit their shorter sprint events!!  I’m sure the hard work will pay off boys!!

When results were announced, the boys were in overall third place, and for the first time the girls were winners of the CB Cross Country trophy and all received gold medals.  Well done!!
Miss Kennerley

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

..... more pictures

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

..... more pictures

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