Saturday 24th March 2012

Teams from The Bolsover School and Hasland Hall Community School were among the winners at the Derbyshire Winter School Games.

More than 700 school pupils from across Derbyshire took part in the county-wide event, which saw school teams represent their districts in disability swimming, indoor rowing, Quicksticks hockey or Sportshall Athletics at Moorways Sports Complex in Derby on March 21st.

In the indoor rowing event, The Bolsover School, representing Bolsover district, won the Key Stage 3 competition. 2nd placed was Meadows Community School from Chesterfield, and in 3rd was Kirk Hallam Community Technology and Sports College from Erewash.

In the Key Stage 4 indoor rowing competition, the winners were Hasland Hall Community School from Chesterfield. In 2nd place was The Bolsover School from Bolsover district, and in 3rd place was Tupton Hall School from North East Derbyshire.

In the Indoor Rowing Plus, Anthony Gell School from Derbyshire Dales took first place, Brackenfield School from Erewash were 2nd and Ashgate Croft School from Chesterfield were 3rd.

The Derbyshire Winter School Games are part of the National School Games programme, which is designed to build on the magic of 2012.

The event began with an Opening Ceremony which included a dance performance by pupils from Brimington Junior School, and an acrobatic gymnastics performance by pupils from Derby's West Park Community School.

There was also a performance by music and art development agency Baby People, and speeches by Chesterfield Young Ambassador Laurissa Robson, from Netherthorpe School; Sporting Champion Emma Pass, who played basketball for England and Great Britain between 1998 and 2010; and Tibshelf School Headteacher Peter Crowe, Chair of the Derbyshire School Games Organising Committee.

North East Derbyshire Young Ambassador Dan Shephard, from Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School, gave the closing speech.

In the Sportshall Athletics (years 5/6) event, the winning school was Chellaston Junior School, representing Derby East. In 2nd place was Harpur Hill Primary School from High Peak, and in 3rd place was Deer Park Primary School from North East Derbyshire.

In the Sportshall Athletics Plus event, the winning school was Alderwasley Hall School from Derbyshire Dales, in 2nd place was a district team from Bolsover, and in 3rd place was a team from the Royal School for the Deaf Derby, representing Derby East.

The winning Quicksticks Hockey team was Brailsford Primary School from Derbyshire Dales, which beat Mundy Junior School from Amber Valley 1 - 0 in the final.

Meanwhile in the Swimming Plus competition the winners were Brackenfield School from Erewash, in 2nd place was Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School from Derbyshire Dales, and in 3rd place was a district team from Chesterfield which included pupils from Mary Swanwick Primary School, Dunston Primary School and Ashgate Croft School.

Following a day of tough competition, Derbyshire Dales were crowned overall winners, just pipping Erewash into 2nd place. Chesterfield took 3rd place.

Derbyshire County Competition Officer Craig Homer said: "My congratulations go to all the young people who took part in the Derbyshire Winter School Games. It was fantastic to see so many young people taking part in sport, and also in the cultural activities and educational workshops and in the organisation and officiating.

"The event was a great celebration of competitive sport in the lead up to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games."

Around 100 young leaders supported the running of the event, taking on roles such as time-keepers, scorers and umpires.

The Derbyshire Winter School Games involved pupils from primary, secondary and special schools across Amber Valley, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derby, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, High Peak, North East Derbyshire and South Derbyshire.

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