Tewkesbury Tag Rugby Festival
Tag Rugby
Tewkesbury Primary Schools' Sports Network's Tag Rugby Festival - Thursday, 21st March 2019
A team of eager rugby players ventured over to Tewkesbury Rugby Club to compete in the Tewkesbury Primary Schools' Sports Network's Tag Rugby Festival. Although some of our team had not played tag rugby before, they were really keen to try out a new sport and to play as a part of a team in a sports event. Led by our captain William, the team performed brilliantly throughout the evening. And despite the fact that they had not practised together at all, they managed to win five matches out of seven. Victories over Twyning, Tredington, The John Moore, Carrant Brook and Queen Margaret's were full of excellent passing, zigzagging runs and frantic tagging. The two defeats came against Tewkesbury C of E Primary School by a scoreline of 2-0 and Mitton by 5 tries to 2 but there was no shortage of effort or determination on show. With some excellent tries by Ruben, Matthew, William, Isobel and Charlotte and some fantastic defence by Charlie, Owen, Freddie and Jordan, the team worked together brilliantly throughout the festival and certainly entertained the many watching parents and friends! The thing that stood out most, however, was the team spirit - this always remained high and positive.The players smiled consistently, cheered each other on, supported even when they were substitutes and congratulated each other on each of their wins as well as congratulating their opponents in every game. They really represented our school well. Well done to all of our players for their efforts and attitudes, particularly to Matthew who carried on when feeling unwell and getting injured, and congratulations to Isobel and Ruben for their achievements in being awarded School Games values bands. Well done!
Squad: William B (captain), Owen B, Charlie C, Matthew J, Isobel M, Freddie P, Charlotte P, Jordan T & Ruben 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.