SPORTS ROUND-UP- September 2015

A great start to the year!

We may only be three weeks into the new school year but it has been a great start to the year for Congleton High School’s PE department with them already recording success in a range of sports.

Last year the school entered into over 100 different leagues and tournaments, with success coming in a wide range of sports. The PE department’s dedication to school sport has been deservedly recognised with the department being nominated for School of the Year in the Everybody Sports Awards.

Netball was one of the sports that CHS excelled in last year, with year 7, 8, 9 and 10 winning their respective leagues and both year 7 teams, year 8, 9 and under-18 teams were crowned South Cheshire Champions. Despite, CHS’ netballers facing a sterner test this year as they will play in the Macclesfield league for the first time, the netball teams have made a great start to the new campaign. CHS recorded five wins, a draw and a loss against local rivals Eaton Bank before recording a clean sweep of victories against All Hallows, winning all six of their games.

The football season is also back under way and the year 7 football team were introduced to high-school football with a thrilling 8-6 win against All Hallows in the under-12 PlayStation 9-a-side Schools’ Cup. The victory was courtesy of a Logan hat-trick, two goals from Alfie and goals from Bailey (man-of-the-match), Joe and Finn. Over 700 teams have entered the national competition and CHS will now face NCHS- The Science College in the next round.

The year 9 team are also in cup action this week as they travel to the Fallibroome Academy on Friday in the under-14 PlayStation Schools’ Cup.

It was also fantastic to see over 60 pupils staying behind last Friday for basketball extra-curricular. If you want to try out for a particular team or just want to have fun and stay fit then attend the school’s many sporting extra-curricular activities that are on offer.

The sport bug is also affecting the staff too. There was an excellent turn out at the staff boot camp and last Friday also saw the return of Friday Night Football.

By Adam Bailey