Tewkesbury Netball Cup Success!
Gold again!
Tewkesbury Primary Schools' Sports Network's Netball Cup - Tuesday, 26th March 2019
Our netball team headed over to Tewkesbury School to participate in the Tewkesbury Primary Schools' Sports Network's Netball Cup. With the league trophy under their belt, the team were eager to try and defend their title and to gain the cup trophy too.
The teams were split into pools. The first round of matches meant that Tirlebrook faced Carrant Brook, Ashchurch and Twyning 1 before finding out if they would qualify for the semi-finals. During their first match, the team worked superbly to beat Carrant Brook 7-0. Both Finlay and Gracie worked excellently to score seven amazing goals between them. As the rotations were underway, the team swapped bibs and prepared themselves for a challenging match against Twyning 1. Their efforts were not misplaced, and the team managed to score to finish at one apiece, meaning 3 points were awarded for a draw. The teams were quite clearly well matched! In their final game against highly competitive opponents Ashchurch, the team had quite a slow start and it was looking quite likely that the game was going to be lost. However, in the final minute of the game, they kicked into fight mode and scored a fantastic four goals in just one minute! This meant that the final score was 4-3 to Tirlebrook and secured another win for our school.
As the points were collated, Mrs Leggett then finalised the arrangements for the semi-finals. In our pool, Carrant Brook finished 4th, Ashchurch 3rd and Twyning 2nd. Our team had managed to gain a 1st position in the pool meaning they would go through to the final to win either the gold or the silver Move More medals.
Their final game was nail-biting, breath-taking and heart-racing, as both teams worked superbly to not only score but to defend. The match against Tewkesbury C of E was extremely close and each team managed to score only one goal each before the final whistle was blown. Mrs Leggett then announced that the next goal would act as sudden death and would be the winner. This added to the huge amount of anticipation already present. Unfortunately, the defending was just too strong and each team pushed themselves to the limits to try to win the game. Mrs Leggett then blew the whistle and announced that both teams would share the win and earn a gold Move More medal.
Congratulations to our amazing Tirlebrook netball team yet again. Not only have they won the league but they have also won the cup. For Tirlebrook, this is the second year running that gold has been won in both events.
Congratulations to Charlotte for earning a 'Self-Belief' School Games values band and to Oakley for being rewarded with a 'Determination' band.
Squad: Charlotte P (captain), Owen B, Oakley H, Zoe H, Gracie J, Leah T & Finlay W
Tirlebrook Primary School
Tirlebrook Primary School is highly committed to PE and school sport. The School Games and its associated values of Respect, Passion, Determination, Self Belief, Honesty and Teamwork are the essential embedded foundations of our approach to PE and school sport as we continue to develop a vibrant curriculum and an exciting array of wider opportunities that promote high quality learning, contribute to healthy lifestyles and provide a breadth of opportunities to organise, participate in and lead in a variety of sports and activities. We are delighted that we are currently holders of the Gold School Games mark - for the fourth successive year.