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Two new SSCos
Pennine SSP welcome two new SSCOs

We have two new SSCos - Jim Booth who is based at Honley High School                       and Neil Kelly who is from All Saints Catholic Humanities College We bid you both - WELCOME

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Regional Award
The partnership scoops a regional award

The Youth Sport Trust has awarded the Pennine School Sport Partnership one of only four Regional Sports Awards.   The award recognises schools working with Community clubs to encourage more young people to take part in sport, through an initiative called Carpark cricket.   Paddock ...

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National School Sport Partnership 2010
London 2012 – ‘Be part of it’ in the Pennines

During last week’s National School Sport week, the Pennine School Sport Partnership held a week of Olympic focussed activity at Leeds Road Playing Fields.   Kirklees council supported ‘Getting fit for 2012’ through its Mission Active campaign, providing coaches and some fu...

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MP visits NSSW
Jason McCartney MP visits the 'London 2012' - Be part of it! event

Jason McCartney MP for Colne Valley, paid a visit to the London 2012 - Be part of it event at Leeds Road playing fields on Friday 2nd July 2010. This annual event which involved 1450 Year 4 children took part over the whole week and introduced several different sports to the young peopl...

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ATHLETICS
KIRKLEES YEAR 7 ATHLETICS FINAL

Despite heavy rain, the Kirklees Year 7 Athletics finals were held in high spirits at Leeds Road recently. The discus, shot put and high jump were moved indoors into the Sportsbarn to escape the unseasonal weather, with the Long jump and Track events remaining outdoors. 13 Schools from across Kir...

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Kwik Cricket Final
South Kirklees Kwik Cricket Finals!

The 12 teams were split into 2 groups playing on a round robin basis with the top 2 teams from each group going into the semi finals.   GROUP A saw a very strong side from Kirkburton amass 389 runs in wining all their matches to claim top spot and a place in the semis.   Fight...

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G & T 2010
G & T 2010

45 carefully selected year 6 children from across the partnership have taken part in a fantastic two days of high quality specialised coaching and training. The morning of Day 1 was spent at Greenhead Gym Club and the afternoon at Leeds Road Playing Fields where the young people received rugby, cr...

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Carpark Cricket
Carpark Cricket is Official

The official launch of Carpark Cricket will take place at the Yorkshire County Cricket ground in Headingley, Leeds on Thursday 3rd June at 4pm. Our partnership has been involved with carpark cricket since it first started last year - be part of it!  If you can't get to Headingley, look ou...

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Water Polo
Sally Nook - Water polo champions!

Monday 10th May 2010 saw the Pennine School Sports Partnership's first ever Water Polo fixture between Salendine Nook HS and Holmfirth HS. The fixture was held at Salendine Nook HS swimming pool and proved to be a resounding success. Over the past year Paul Bentley from Huddersfield Otters ha...

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MINI TENNIS FUN!!
DOUBLE SUCCESS FOR SCHOLES!

Newsome and Pennine School Sport Partnerships in conjunction with Huddersfield Lawn Tennis Club recently held 2 Mini Tennis Competitions.   The winners from both competitions would go onto represent Kirklees at the West Yorkshire Youth Games in June.      The first w...

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The Team
Team Photo

back row - left to right Rob Crookes (Huddersfield Grammar), Paul Quinn (Colne Valley), Daniel Hermann (Fartown & Salendine Nook), Matt Haigh (Honley) front row - left to right Kim Roberts (All Saints), Brenda Hilton (Partnership Development Manager), Sue Weston (Royds Hall), Zoe Ward (Ho

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KIRKLEES HIGH FIVE NETBALL FINAL
HIGH FIVE NETBALL

  On Thursday 22 nd April, 12 junior and middle schools from across all 4 Kirklees School Sport Partnerships were represented at the Kirklees High Five Netball Final at   Newsome High School and Sports College.   3 teams from each SSP had all come through their partnership qual...

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KIRKLEES TAG RUGBY FINAL
MARSDEN TRIUMPH!!

Junior and Middle schools from across all 4 School Sports Partnerships in Kirklees took part in a Year 5/6 Tag Rugby extravaganza at Leeds Road playing fields on Tuesday 20 th April which was organised by the partnerships competition managers, Kirklees Youth Games, the Huddersfield giant&rsq...

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HONLEY SUCCESS AT CHAMPION SCHOOLS RUGBY
HONLEY MARCH ON

Danny Hirst scored 3 trys as Honley beat Brentwood 56-6 to advance to the national semi finals. Danny Hirst was MOM but was pushed close by Mikey Holmes who was exellent for most of the game until his shocking conversion attempt in the second half, one of the worst i have ever seen. The other try...

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YEAR 5/6 RUGBY COACHING FESTIVAL
RUGBY FUN IN THE RAIN!!

On Tuesday 23rd of March, Newsome and Pennine School Sport Partnerships held a festival of Rugby League coaching at Newsome High School and Sports College.  The children from, South Crosland, Rowley Lane, Dalton, Marsden, Honley and Brockholes, were all preparing for the Kir...

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Strictly Pennine
Strictly Pennine 2010

The snow came down but it was only the dancing which was show stopping!  The Pennine School Sport Partnership hosted a fabulous evening of school dance at the Lawrence Batley Theatre.  A wide variety of ages, schools and Dance styles were included in the programme.  Infant groups fro...

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Ashbrow Infants
Zack visits Ashbrow Infants

KAL mascot Zack took time out of his busy schedule on Friday 26 th February to visit Ashbrow Infants along with SSCo Danny Hermann. The visit was to celebrate the success of the school in offering 120mins of High Quality PE and sport to all their children and to present them with their award. &nb...

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Kirklees Boys Basketball Finals 
Kirklees Finals

The finals of the Kirklees Youth Games Under 14's and Under 16's Basketball took place on Tuesday 23 February 2010 at Huddersfield Sports Centre. The finals, which pitted the winners of the respective North Kirklees and South Kirklees basketball leagues, were organised by Competition Manage...

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STRICTLY PENNINE
STRICTLY SELL OUT FOR TONIGHT!

All tickets for Strictly Pennine have now been sold at the Lawrence Batley Theatre.  In only our second year we have a total sell out - wow! With over 20 performances this should be a great night out. Mrs Weston & Miss Ward are currently putting the finishing touches to th...

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BADMINTON FINALS
SUCCESS AT BADMINTON FINALS!!

Holmfirth High School were the big winners at the Kirklees Youth Games Badminton Finals, which were held at Huddersfield Sports Centre, claiming 3 of the 4 titles, with Honley securing the other title.   The finals featured the winners of the Partnership heats in each category, and wer...

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KEY STEPS GYMNASTICS
Key Steps Gymnastics

Gymnastics Take Centre Stage     Deighton Arena played host to the Kirklees Key Stage 2 Key Steps Gymnastics qualifying finals on February 11 th 2010. The event was co-ordinated by Gymnastics Coach Louise Pool, supported through the 4 School Sports Partnerships (Spen ...

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U14 GIRLS BASKETBALL
SUCCESS FOR SALENDINE NOOK!

Kirklees U14 Girls Basketball      Qualifyers at Whitcliffe Mount School on 8th February 10     One of Basketball England’s focus events saw 46 U14 girls from 6 schools across 3 of the districts 4 school sports partnerships take part in the firs...

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Table Tennis
Pennine SSP join forces with Newsome SSP in Table Tennis Festival

On Thursday 19 th November over 50 year 4, 5 and 6 children from across South Kirklees took part in two Table Tennis Festivals at Newsome High School and Scissett Middle School.   The events were run by Newsome and Pennine School Sports Partnerships in conjunction with the Huddersfield Ta...

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Car Park Cricket logo design Competition
Car Park Cricket logo - competition date extended

What do you know about Car park cricket? Would you like to win some cricket equipment for your school?  Open to all childen aged 5 - 11.  Just design an appropriate logo for ' CAR PARK CRICKET'?  This logo will be used on all future marketing material relating to c...

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Fixby win at Fartown
Fixby win at Fartown

Fixby Primary school claimed the Fartown Cluster Sports Hall Athletics title for 2009 with a close run competition at Fartown High School.   Fixby were up against four local competitors from rival schools and proved too strong in the end winning the competition by 18pts.   ...

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Success recognised
Partnership honours for National School Sport Week

Lloyds TSB National School Sports Week provides Olympic Honours for the Pennine School Sport Partnership.  Our partnership is one of ten hard working School Sport Partnerships who have been selected to receive a visit to the OLYMPIC PARK in London! This is because we are one of the most succe...

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Free-D
Colne Valley Free-D - a first!

Pennine School Sport Partnership are ahead of the game, having organised and sourced the funding to enable Colne Valley High School to be the first place in the country to have Free-D (free running / parkour) equipment installed in the grounds. A chance remark to the Partnership Developme...

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Young Ambassadors for 2009/10
Paige and Sophie are the Young Ambassadors for 2009/10

The Pennine SSP have chosen two girls to represent the Partnership as Ambassadors. Sophie Coventry is a Student at Greenhead College, and apart from studying for her AS levels, Sophie is a keen netball player with Huddersfield Giants.  A keen volunteer Sophie has been working very hard coachin...

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Concept 2 rowing takes off
All Saints give Royds Hall and Fartown a rowing challenge!

Pennine School Sport Partnership held one of the first Concept 2 Rowing Competition in Kirklees at All Saints High School.   Teams were made up of four KS3 girls from All Saints High School, Fartown High School and Royds Hall High School who don’t normally partake in any Sport. ...

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Concept 2 Challenge
Fartown High School takes the first rowing honours!

Pennine School Sport Partnership held one of the first Concept 2 Rowing Competition in Kirklees at All Saints High School.   Teams were made up of four KS3 girls from All Saints High School, Fartown High School and Royds Hall High School who don’t normally partake in any Sport. ...

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Royds Hall Concept 2 rowing 
Royds pips All Saints to second place 

Pennine School Sport Partnership held one of the first Concept 2 Rowing Competition in Kirklees at All Saints High School.   Teams were made up of four KS3 girls from All Saints High School, Fartown High School and Royds Hall High School who don’t normally partake in any Sport. ...

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High 5 Netball Results
Nields Win for a Second Time

After a competitive round robin tournament Nields emerged as the Colne Valley Family High 5 Netball winners, with Linthwaite Clough as the runners-up.  All the pupils and spectators took part in the appropriate spirit with three cheers for the opposition and lots of hand shakes. Joy Cum...

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Hi 5 Netball
Hade Edge only school to represent Holmfirth in semis

Schools from the Honley cluster joined in the tournament, and 16 teams were entered, there were 4 sections and the games were played over three courts.  Holmfirth and Wooldale both entered two teams, unfortunately, one school registered and didn't turn up, which meant that three tea...

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Hi 5 Netball tournament
Meltham Schools in the finals

The Honley family of schools held a joint Hi5 Netball competition with the Holmfirth Schools. All the junior schools were represented and Honley Junior entered two teams. Meltham Moor and Helme were in the same section along with Wooldale and as one Holmfirth school didn't...

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Colne Valley Family: Cross Country
Results

Year 3 Competition Girls Winner: Molly (Clough Head); 2nd Evie (Wilberlee) Boys Winner: George (Linthwaite Clough); 2nd Ewan (Beech) 3rd Ronnie (Clough Head)  Year 4 Competition Girls Winner: Amy (Wilberlee); 2nd Amelia (Clogh Head); 3rd Olivia (Linthwaite Clough) Bo...

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Cheerleaders
Cheerleaders go from strength to strength

Salendine Nook has a vibrant Cheerleaders club.  This club which is run by volunteers is very well attended and as the picture shows these girls are going to be a force to be reckoned with in dance competitions. You are all a credit to your club - we salute you!

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Fartown & Salendine Schools - Mini Basketball Tournament
Basketball Tournament

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Royds Hall Cluster Sportshall Athletics Results
Cowlersley are Champions!

Thursday 13th November saw this year's annual sportshall athletics competition for the Royds Hall cluster of schools.  Teams of year 5/6 children from Paddock, Spring Grove, Cowlersley and Crow Lane descended on the sports hall at Royds Hall High School, eager to test themselves against ...

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All Saints and Salendine Nook Sportshall Athletics Results
Lindley and Saint Patrick's are Victorious!

All Saints and Salendine Nook clusters joined together for this year's sportshall athletics competition.  The sports hall at Huddersfield New College provided the venue for the exciting event, with teams of Year 5/6 children from Lindley, Reinwood, Moorlands and Saint Patrick...

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Fartown Sportshall Athletics Results
Sportshall Athletics at Fartown High School

A dynamic competition for the Fartown family of schools’ year 5/6 children unearthed some fabulous talent.   The afternoon of December 2 nd proved exciting and noisy with some highly competitive races and field events.   Many young people showed what powerful natural athletes t...

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Sports Hall Athletics Festival: Results
Golcar take the Colne Valley Title!

Following an action packed, well supported, and well contested event on the 11th November 2008, the results were: 1st Golcar (Manor Road) with 125 points 2nd Marsden Junior School 3rd Linthwaite Ardron 4th Linthwaite Clough 5th Clough Head 6th Beech Many thanks ...

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Honley Family Sports Hall Athletics - Monday 17th November
Meltham Moor win the Honley family Sports Hall Athletics

Honley Family Sports Hall Athletics - Monday 17 th November   Four schools entered this years’ Sports Hall family event held at Honley High School. The atmosphere was excellent throughout the evening with nearly a 100 competitors and many teachers and parents supporting their tea...

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Year 3 Competition
Young Leaders take charge!

During October, over 50 Year 10 Sports Leaders from Honley High School went into their Primary schools to organise a running competition for Year 3 pupils and organise activities for Year 4 pupils.   The activities included tunnel ball, balloon ball, hoop ball and parachute games whilst th...

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Taekwondo at Royds
Taekwondo classes at Royds Hall

Sensei Richard Hardy of Huddersfield Cobras is instructing approximately 20 pupils for in the art of Taekwondo.  Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and by the end of the 10 weekly classes pupils will have mastered the basic arts and be much fitter! Funded by Sport Unlimited this is just ...

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Royds Hall Fitness Suite
Popular after school fitness!

The fitness suite at Royds Hall is buzzing!  On the evening I visited to take some photographs, the atmosphere was electric with enthusiasm.   Led by Lee Yarker (doesn't this man feel pain?), there were four pupils doing floor exercises and most of the machines were in use. T...

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Competition Manager
Martyn Lord is our new Competition Manager

Martyn Lord has joined our partnership as 'Competitions Manager,' and has responsibility to increase the number of children taking part in competitions, and also to organise new competitions. We share Martyn with Newsome SSP which will link our two partnerships even more....

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Tony Eustance MBE
Tony Eustance MBE

We were delighted to hear that the Head Coach of Holmfirth Cricket Club, Tony Eustance was awarded the MBE in HM The Queen's Birthday honours.  Tony was given the award for ' services to Education and to young people in Liverpool and Cheshire.'  Having spent all his work...

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