Year 4 Orienteering
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Only 4 girls teams took part in this Tournament and the standard of football was exceptional – some of the teams had County development girls in their squads. Longstone played with amazing determination and resilience and never gave up. They were unlucky to lose all 3 games and not score any goals, but they certainly stopped the other teams from scoring! They improved throughout the tournament and they all said they had enjoyed it and learnt lots! Despite finishing in 4th place, they walked away with the ‘spirit of the games’ award for determination and perseverance. Wirksworth Juniors were the worthy winners of the tournament. We were very proud of how the girls played in this tournament.
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Eight Year 5 & 6 pupils attended this event at Bakewell Pool on the last day of term. There was a great atmosphere around the pool and it was a very well organized event. Each pupil was only allowed to enter 1 individual stroke event for all the 4 strokes and then all 8 pupils took part in a Freestyle Relay.
The individual races were all timed over 2 ‘heats’ and the top 3 pupils went through to a final. The Longstone pupils made 5 out of the 8 finals and they all swam extremely well, with excellent starts and finishes. Belle and Jens won gold medals in the Backstroke Eva and Noah won silver medals in the Breaststroke Sam won a bronze medal in the Freestyle. Oli and Martha swam fantastic Fly and just missed out on the finals - the winners swim for Matlock Swimming Club. Sophie swam her Freestyle really fast against tough competition – next year Sophie. The highlight was the whole team relay, which Longstone won by a whole length of the pool – a fabulous achievement. The children were delighted to receive the ‘Duck Trophy’ for their efforts. The points were then calculated for the whole event and Baslow won the overall event by just 1 point and so received the winner’s shield! We will be back next year to try and retain the title. Congratulations to all the swimmers who took part – I was very proud of you all, especially at the end of such a busy term. |