In February, six schools from the Littlehampton, Angmering and Worthing areas competed in the 2020 inclusion athletics event for Key Stage 2 pupils. After the excitement of the obstacle relays the athletes progressed to the challenges of the field events. Each athlete should be congratulated for their determination shown from the start to the finish of the competition.

A big thank you to the Sports Leaders from Angmering who were absolutely fantastic with their encouragement and leadership skills throughout the morning.

The photo shows the winning team from St Catherine’s proudly showing off their medals.

10 teams from 5 Littlehampton Area Schools participated in the  New Age Kurling competition in February. The teams played 4 other teams in the first round, a round robin tournament and then progressed to the positional play-off games. Matches were extremely close and many games had to be decided by a tie break.

The photograph shows the children from each school proudly showing off their School Games medals – each student was chosen because they showed the most ‘perseverance’ throughout the tournament. This was a very difficult task for the teachers as all pupils tried so hard throughout. Well done everyone!

The Littlehampton Academy Sports Leaders, wearing their new Sports Without Boundaries bibs, were super when officiating and helping to organise the tournament.

This year’s Boccia Tournament was a great success with 12 teams from 6 schools taking part. The event, officiated by sports leaders from Angmering School, saw noticeable improvement by all players as the tournament progressed.

After the first round teams were divided into the Trophy, Cup and Shield events and played a further 3 games to decide the winners.

Congratulations to all the players and well done to White Meadows Primary ‘D team’ winners of the Trophy and gold medals; Lyminster who won the Cup and silver medals, and to St Catherine’s ‘A team’ who won the Shield and bronze medals.

On 3 May, 50 competitors from 7 schools attended the Sport Without Boundaries inaugural cross country event at Thomas A Becket Junior School in Worthing. The event was inspired by the members of ARunners who also kindly sponsored the competition.

During the morning, KS2 children completed a 1200m course whilst those from KS3 completed a more gruelling 1500m.

Thanks to everyone who supported the event, to Thomas A Becket Junior School for hosting and their Sports Leaders for their amazing help. It was a great success reflected in the smiling faces of our wonderful participants and these comments from staff:

“The cross country event was just lovely and so well organised” (White Meadows Primary School)

“The children absolutely loved taking part having never been involved in anything like this before.  It did so much for their confidence, so much so that they are already asking when they can be chosen for a competition again!” (Arundel C of E Primary School)

An enjoyable but tiring time was had by all with individual places and results as follows:

74 players from 9 schools across four Southern Area localities participated in our latest football tournament. They had fun with skills and drills followed by games and all had a fantastic time!

Watch this space for news of the next football tournament, coming soon!

Winners of the RESPECT medals

Over 60 cricketers from 12 schools participated in this year’s inclusion cricket festival. Thunder and lightning threatened to put a stop to the event but fortunately the squash courts were available which allowed the coaches and sports leaders to practise certain skills inside! Table cricket was also played by half of the participants … but then the sun broke through.

Normal business was resumed with groups moving from one station to another to finely tune their batting, bowling and fielding skills under the expert tuition of Angmering & TLA Sports Leaders and Middleton Cricket coaches. After lunch these skills were used in cricket games.

Another great Inclusion Cricket festival at Middleton Sports Club. Many thanks go to Middleton for allowing us to use their facilities and for providing fantastic coaches to help the youngsters with their skills.  

Over 50 youngsters from 8 schools within the locality participated in the first ever Sport Without Boundaries football festival. The event was organised by Reece Nolan, a Higher Sports Leader at The Littlehampton Academy. Mixed school groups rotated around 8 different football skills & drills stations in the first part of the festival. Players then applied their ‘improved skills’ in fun games during the second part of the event. All had loads of fun and should be congratulated on their team work and cooperation skills. Many thanks to Reece, his team of helpers and also to Tyler from Albion in the Community who kindly assisted at the event.

55 participants from 10 schools in the Southern Area Partnership took part in the annual inclusion athletics tournament for Key Stage 2 children. They competed in obstacle courses, throwing, jumping and running to score as many points as possible for their school teams.

Thanks to the Sport Leaders from Angmering for superbly officiating and judging. Using the ‘magical score table’ the results were compiled taking into account age, gender and ability. The results were as follows:

1st – Palatine

2nd – Georgian Gardens

3rd – Lyminster

Thanks to all who took part and well done!

17 teams from across the Littlehampton & Angmering localities took part in this year’s KS2 ‘Sport Without Boundaries’ NAK event. It was officiated and scored by students from The Littlehampton Academy. All participants loved the competition and are now looking forward to watching the ‘real’ game played on ice at the forth coming winter Olympics.

Final positions were as follows:
1^st ARUNDEL ‘C’ 2^nd WHITE MEADOWS PRIMARY ‘B’ 3^rd GEORGIAN GARDENS ‘A’

 4^th WHITE MEADOWS ‘A’ 5^th GEORGIAN GARDENS ‘A’ 6^th ST MARYS ‘A’ 7^th LYMINSTER ‘B’

 8^th ST CATHERINES ‘A’ 9^th ST CATHERINES ‘B’ 10^th ARUNDEL ‘B’ 11^th ST MARYS ‘B’

12^th WHITE MEADOWS ‘C’ 13^THARUNDEL ‘A’ 14^th ST PHILIPS ‘B’ 15^th LYMINSTER ‘A’

16^th ST PHILIPS ‘A’ & 17^th GEORGIAN GARDENS ‘B’

18 teams from schools in the Littlehampton and Angmering areas participated in the annual Sport Without Boundaries Boccia event.

Teams played in two round robin competitions and after 7 matches the final positions were as follows:

1^st Lyminster ‘A’

2^nd Georgian Gardens ‘A’

3^rd White Meadows ‘A’ 

A player from each school was chosen to receive a medal for either being the player who made the most progress, the player who displayed the best sportsmanship or the player who demonstrated good captaincy and tactics. A very difficult task for staff choosing!

Sports Leaders from Angmering were as ever ‘top draw’. Many thanks to them for being so wonderful and willing to volunteer their time to help at the event. Thank you also to Mr Richards who has trained them and to Mr Jenner who supported them at the event.