There have been many clubs on offer at Stainburn this Autumn Term.
A variety of sports were delivered by Allerdale SSP coaches, PE teachers and by members of the school staff and year 11 pupils. Sports included badminton, boxing, break dancing, cheerleading, cross-country, hockey, fitness, football, indoor athletics, netball, rugby league, rugby union, sports ability and trampolining.
Badminton
Allerdale School Sports Partnerhip coach Barry Wilkinson delivered Badminton to GCSE PE and BTEC Sport students. He focused on performing specific shots and how to analyse technique. This was an excellent opportunity for the students to gain knowledge and understanding of the game, which can be used in their coursework. It was also very informative for staff, who can transfer Barry’s ideas and teaching into Stainburn PE lessons.
Key stage 4 boys who attended the sessions Paul Brown, Kieran Irving Ashley Kelly, Luke Melroy, Eddie Mullen, Thomas Powell, Matthew Reid and Jack Williamson were selected for the Centre Parcs National Schools Badminton Championships, which will be held later in the year.
Indoor Athletics
Through the Allerdale SSP, Stainburn have been lucky enough to offer indoor winter athletics training, led by local Seaton Athletics Club Coaches. This is a fabulous opportunity not only for athletes to develop their technique but for all pupils to develop their fitness levels, including their speed, power and strength. The club coaches are due to come back in the summer term to offer their expertise and hopefully further improve our ever successful Athletics teams.
Cheerleading
Mrs Mason and Miss Tubman attended a Cheerleading course in the summer and have started a new cheerleading club this term. This has attracted girls that do not usually attend extra-curricular activities and they have really enjoyed the sessions producing some complex, well timed moves. They performed an impressive routine at the Workington Cluster Cheerleading festival in November.
Boxing
For the first time at Stainburn a boxing club ran this term. This was delivered using Sports Unlimited funding by a Boxing instructor from the Workingotn Hokshinko Martial Arts Centre and assisted by members of Stainburn staff. The aim was to improve fitness, confidence and maintain a disciplined approach to life. It involved 6 weeks at school and 2 at the centre. The club was open to all and although it did not attract as many participants as expected the boys who turned up every week really enjoyed it and worked very hard every session.
Netball
Netball practice has been well attended, particularly by the year 7 girls. Stainburn have a team in every year group, with two teams in year 7 who play weekly fixtures against teams from Allerdale and Copeland. The results so far are:
Football
BOYS
The Football league does not start until the spring term, during the Autumn term schools play in the County, National and Allerdale Schools cup. The boys teams have been very successful in the recent Allerdale Schools football cup competitions. Stainburn took part in all but one of the five cup finals and were victorious in two. The first final saw Stainburn under 12’s narrowly beaten 5-3 by Nelson Tomlinson School after taking a two goal lead. They later gained revenge in the Under 14’s final against the same opponents winning 2-1 after goals from Lewis Hull and Zac Jones.
The under 13’s final was an all Workington affair against Southfield Technology College in which Stainburn beat a very resolute Southfield team 8-1 with the help of a Dominic Smallwood hat trick.
The under 16’s Final against Nelson Tomlinson School was an excellent game contested between two very committed teams. The game finished 0-0 and it took at late goal from Nelson Tomlinson in extra time to separate the teams. A special mention must go the Stainburn’s captain Luke Melroy and their Man of the Match Mathew Clark who really deserved to be on the winning team.
GIRLS
An U16 and an U13 girls team have competed in both the National and County Cups. The U13 team had very tough first round draws against Nelson Thomlinson and Richard Rose Academy Morton. Both teams were very organised and experienced against a Stainburn side who have never played together and consisted mainly of year 7 girls rather than year 8. But they battled hard and should be proud of the performance.
The U16 girls are having another successful year. They competed in the Cumbria 7-aside tournament held in September and were crowned County Champions beating every team and only conceding 1 goal. A great team performance with goals coming from all over the pitch, scorers were: Charlotte Caldow, Rio Hardy, Steffi Hardy, Natalie Irving, Sammie McGarry and Emma Watson. The other players certainly deserve a mention as they made sure that they were first to every tackle and all made great contributions Melissa Donoghue, Shanon O’Fee, Beth Simpson, not forgetting star goalkeeper Brittany Bell.
The above squad plus Ashleigh Brunton, Alyson Douglas, Ellie Launder and Sophie Murray are all competing in the National and County cup. They are through to the last 32 of the National cup after and the semi-finasl of the county cup.
Cross Country
The annual cross country competitions take place in the Autumn term. The year 7 Cumbria competition was held in October at Penrith with around 120 pupils in each race. The boys were Caine Barnes, Adam Cowan, Marcus Crawshaw, Kurtis Gregory, Jordan Smith and Zack Thornthwaite. The girls were Chloe Coid, Misha Clarke, Jade O’Driscoll, Hannah McGarry, Bethany Mossop and Sarah Smith. First girl home was Hannah McGArry in 37th place and first boy home was Kurtis Gregory. Kurtis came 6th which was an outstanding run and this qualified him to take part in the National competition held in Shropshire on the weekend of the 20th/21st November.
Sporting events
Active Girls Day
The West Cumbria Active Girls Day was held this term and a group of 15 students from year 10 attended this event at Moorclose Sports Centre. They participated in a range of activities including the new craze Zumba, Taekwondo, Re-bounding and Basketball. Activities were offered that many of the girls had never participated in before and an important part of the day was the evaluation. It was a chance for girls who donot take part in many sporting activities to explain what the barriers are and what they would like to see changed to encourage them to participate more. From this event the activities that were most popular were identified and free classes have been organised for girls aged 13 – 17 in local facilities.
