Campsmount Technology College

On Friday 13^th January, on a lovely afternoon at Askern Spa Junior School, we saw the Campsmount Pyramid High 5 Netball Festival take place once again between the 2 schools in our pyramid Askern Spa and Norton Junior School. Invited to join us were any of the Primary Schools from the Don Valley Pyramid, to make the festival that bit bigger and Castle Hills decided to join in the fun and attend.

The competition saw some great Netball being played from all schools and what was brilliant to see was the enjoyment that all students had taking part in this festival. They were helped along by 5 of our Campsmount students, who were doing their final mentor session before being externally tested for their Youth Netball Umpire Award. The year 11 students were great with the younger students giving them help and advice in how to improve throughout all of their games.

In the end it was a close competition between Castle Hills Primary School and Askern Spa Juniors, however Castle Hills just won the festival this year by beating Askern Spa by 2 goals in their game.

I would like to thank the Askern Neighbourhood team for supplying refreshments on the day, Claire Hayes was a star again and Askern Spa for hosting this festival.

Due to Askern Spa beating Norton Juniors in the festival they will now go on to represent the Campsmount Pyramid in the Doncaster High 5 Netball Finals at Adwick in a couple of weeks.

C.Knowland (Camspmount School Sports Co-ordinator)

On Wednesday 11^th January 2012, we saw the Pyramid Sports-Hall Athletics Final take place between Askern Spa and Norton Junior School. We also teamed up with the Rossington Pyramid to host this due to them not having that many schools entered in their festival.

The morning was a huge success and it saw students across Years 5 & 6 competing in a variety of track and field events. The students participated in individual and team track events and worked really hard as a team to gain as many points for their school as possible. The field events that took place were the usual speed bounce, standing long jump, vertical jump, javelin and overhead throw. All of the students worked extremely hard across all disciplines and particularly exceptional results came from the Askern Spa Girls squad.

The competition was very close with there only being 2 points in the end between the winners and the runners up. In the end the winners of the Campsmount Pyramid and the whole competition were Askern Spa Junior School who finished with a total number of 100 points and finishing closely in second position with 98 points were St Josephs Primary School from the Rossington Pyramid.

This then means that Askern Spa will go on to represent Campsmount in the Northern Doncaster Finals at the beginning of February to try and become the Doncaster Champions of Sports-Hall Athletics 2012.

A big thank you to Rossington All Saints School for again hosting this event and for their leaders help to run the festival.

C.Knowland (School Sports Co-ordinator)

On Saturday 19^th November, Campsmount entered the National Schools Netball Tournament held at Wickersley Sports College in Rotherham. This was a first for the Campsmount girls and after 5 years of training hard I felt that it was time for them to experience playing at this level.

It was a tough competition and throughout the morning they faced very hard games against exceptional competition, including a range of South Yorkshire and England Development Squad players, so for Campsmount to hold their own in the competition it was very pleasing to see, especially as two girls were playing in this competition a year early.

They started off winning their first game against Silverdale School 5-3 and their use of spatial awareness and driving forwards onto the ball was excellent within this game. However unfortunately this was the girls only win of the day, but this was by no means a reflection of their performance. During their second game they played Sheffield Girls High School, who happened to be the Winners of the overall tournament and they put out a fantastic display against them to only lose by 1-6 was amazing against a tough squad. Following this they narrowly missed winning Aston school and the final score was 2-3, this game could have gone either way with chances constantly at both ends. They then went on to play Wickersley and the final score of this was 4-7, this was a shame as the girls were winning this game and they then let their oppositions get the better of them. Then the girls played Wales, who were the Runners up in the tournament and the final score of this game was 7-11 to Wales. The girls fought back hard to win the second half 5-3, however there just wasn’t enough time to catch up their oppositions. Then the final game of the day was against an exceptional King Edwards school in Sheffield and the girls lost this 0-11, this was the only game of the day though that was not within reach of the girls and their opposition were clearly an amazing standard.

All in all it was a very successful morning though and the girls thoroughly enjoyed being challenged at this level of Netball. There were some great performances, particularly excellent shooting from Billie Canning-Birtles and a great partnership within the shooting circle between Jessica Sandford and Billie Canning-Birtles. There was also a great centre court network between Ebony Kerry/Rosie Ward, Darrianne Woolley and Shannon McMillan and as always Olivia Jackson, Abi Roberts and Rebecca Greaves were awesome in circle defence.

A pleasure to take this set of girls to this tournament!

C.Knowland (Campsmount School Sports Co-ordinator)

On Wednesday 19^th October, the U16 Campsmount Netball Squad entered their Doncaster Netball tournament and for those students who are not staying on into sixth form at Campsmount this was probably one of the last that they would enter together.

The girls have never won this tournament in the past and each year they have gone from strength to strength. Back when they all first entered the tournament in 2008 the standard of netball that the girls produced was very different from that of today. They lost every single one of their games and I promised them that if they worked hard and attended practice each week that they would get much better and one day we would win that tournament. I am sure then that some of the girls didn’t quite believe me and thought I was just saying this to make them feel better, especially after suffering a 21-0 defeat. However, they all listened and over the past 5 years they have continued to listen to everything I have said and developed their netball to an excellent standard.

Last year saw us miss out on the final by 1 goal, which was such a shame as the girls thoroughly deserved a place in that final. Therefore, this year we had a point to prove and we set about to do this. The girls played their little hearts out and the standard of Netball that they produced was unbelievable. To become champions the girls had to ensure they scored more points overall in the Round Robin tournament than Hall Cross, Hungerhill, Balby, Rossington and Hayfield and they did this! In their final match they played Rossington where their spatial awareness and ability to read each other’s game was exceptional.

Over the past 5 years I have loved coaching this squad and they have become as I now call them “My Dream team”. I will be very sad in March when it comes to the end of the netball season and for some of the girls they will be moving on. Pictured is photos from their very first tournament and the girls now. Thanks for being such fabulous netballers….I will miss you all!!

(Unfortunately Karina Jakes-Shawcroft was absent for the photograph)

C.Knowland (Campsmount School Sports Co-ordinator)

Y7 Rugby team interview by Campsmountwebadmin
Y8 Rugby team interview by Campsmountwebadmin

Following on from the fantastic success of the Year 11 side a few weeks ago, Campsmount Technology College became the highest ranked school Rugby League team in South Yorkshire at both Year 8 and Year 7, meaning we now have three sides that are current County Champions, as well as the Year 10 side that finished runners up!

The Year 8 team edged a thrilling final to beat Clifton of Rotherham 16-12 in extra time, after topping their group with victories over Barnsley Academy (8-0) and Hungerhill (16-0). The Year 7 competition was a round-robin tournament with a draw against King Edwards, and victories against St. Michaels (4-0), Rossington (4-0) and a convincing 16-0 win over Balby Carr meaning they finished top of the pile!

Iain Service, co-ordinator of Rugby League in South Yorkshire said;

“The finals are an opportunity for school teams from across South Yorkshire to play off in an exciting, challenging competition. Credit must go to Campsmount Technology College who have won 3 out of 5 South Yorkshire competitions this year. That is an excellent achievement, and one that I am sure has never been done before. Lets hope they can pull off some shocks in the next round.”

Mr A. Mankin, teacher in charge of Rugby League at Campsmount said;

“I have never known a season quite like it. To have three sides as County Champions – with another as runner-up – is an absolutely superb acheivement and without doubt the highlight of my time at Campsmount! All the teams showed a tremendous team spirit which I think is the key to our success. The standard was very high but more often than not we proved to be the best, often with the more able players stepping up to play for the Year above, which just goes to show what talented individuals that we have and our fantastic commitment and team ethic as a school overall. The hard work starts now though as we try and make an impact in the national competition which will be extremely tough but a challenge that we are all definitley up for, bring it on!”

All four sides will now progress to the Yorkshire stages of Carnegie Champion Schools, playing against winning teams from across Yorkshire in the regional stage of the national competition, with the main final being held at Twickenham later next year.

Mr A. Mankin

  In April 2011, the Campsmount Cheerleading Club entered the first Doncaster Cheerleading Competition which was held at Campsmount Technology College. The students had to perform a routine without stunts, only using Pom Dance material.

The students performed a rendition of their Insomnia piece, which they had previously performed at the Grease Production in January. The routine consisted of 15 students who had auditioned to take part in the competition and they had been selected by our own Cheerleading Coach Bekki Dyas.

All students put on a fantastic display and performed the routine to an excellent standard, which impressed the judges as they finished top of the leader board. The competition was judged by members from various Leadership Academies across Doncaster, who had completed the British Gymnastics Cheerleading Judges Course and included our very own Monique Woolridge and Jessica Walsh as judges.

The CTC squad then qualified to represent Doncaster at the South Yorkshire Cheerleading Championships in May 2011 at Sheffield Park Academy, along with Danum School who finished as Runners up. This was a tough competition and the girls fought hard for a place in the rankings and after performing their hearts out, they finished in 3^rd position which was a great achievement.

After their first experience of a Cheerleading competition the girls are now looking forward to putting together an extra special performance in 2012 and hopefully look at fighting to win the South Yorkshire title.

Well Done Campsmount!

C.Knowland (Campsmount School Sports Co-ordinator)

On the 27th and 28th of June 55 students went to the Keepmoat Stadium to compete in the Doncaster and District Athletics.

The following students were successful in their events:

Charlotte Beal who came 5th in the 100m and 4th in the discus.
George Bastow who came 2nd in the discus.
Declan Wainer who came 1st in the 1500m.
Brandon Hepworth came 1st in the discus.
Charlie Hepworth came 2nd in the 100m
Charlie Hepworth, Alex Tate, Tyrone Clapham and Ewan Calam finishing 4th in the relay

Over all the year 7 Boys came 4th and the year 8 Girls came 7th. The year 8 and 9 boys both came 9th.

Well done to all Campsmount students that competed!

Since last writing articles for the website, the Campsmount Pyramid have paired up with the Don Valley Pyramid to host a whole range of varying festivals for their cluster of schools across the Key Stages 1 & 2.

The reason for this collaboration is due to our Pyramid only having 2 Primary Schools that fall under the Campsmount Pyramid umbrella and our team wanted to give our students a larger range of competition. Whereas Don Valley who are only a short distance away from ourselves have 7 Junior Schools, so, it was a wise decision we felt to join forces to offer more sporting opportunities for our young people.

High 5 Netball, Sportshall Athletics, Rounders, Cricket, Football, Tag Rugby and Dance festivals have all been arranged for the different schools. The Campsmount and Don Valley Leadership Academies have assisted in delivering these festivals, taking part in the organisation and running of them, including coaching and officiating the students at each festival.

We feel this has been a huge success and the partnership between the two School Sport Co-ordinators has developed immensely, whereby we now have a great working relationship. We have planned the same again for the up and coming academic year and have just completed our first Football Festivals for Girls and Boys. The girls’ competition took place at Bentley New Village School, where we had a fun round robin tournament that lasted the whole afternoon, where the girls had an opportunity to showcase their fabulous football skills. 

A great move forward in developing competitions for our young people!

C.Knowland (Campsmount School Sports Co-ordinator)

On Friday 22^nd January, both of the Campsmount Pyramid Schools attended our annual Campsmount Pyramid Sports-hall athletics final. However, due to the drastic fire which had destroyed much of our school prior to the Christmas holidays we had to change our venue to Rossington All Saints College.

Rossington kindly allowed our school to join their competition and compete against their 2 feeder schools to increase the competition, however, running two separate pyramid competitions alongside each other at the same time.

Both schools had obviously put in lots of practice prior to the competition and this was evident from the standard that was displayed. Both in the track and field events it was evident that we have got some very good talented athletes soon to come up to Campsmount Technology College.

Last year saw Norton Junior School take the title in a close competition, however this year the tables were turned and it was Askern Spa Junior Schools turn to become champions of this competition. However, Askern Spa Juniors not only became winners of the Pyramid competition, they came first place out of all the schools taking part, scoring a staggering 340 points. It was very evident that this school had put in some fantastic hard work and dedication to practice prior to the competition. Derryn Whitely, Askern Spa’s Primary Link Teacher had a lot of praise for one of the schools volunteers Arthur McAdam, who had been working with the young athletes during lunch times and after school practices.

This was a fantastic performance from Askern Spa Junior School and I wish them all the very best of luck in the Flying High Finals in a few weeks time. We would also like to thank Rossington All Saints College for allowing us to join their competition, as we would not have been able to participate if it wasn’t for them organising the whole event at their school, so thank you once again for this!

C.Knowland (Campsmount School Sports Co-ordinator)

After school on Thursday 8^th October, saw the first of our Campsmount Pyramid Festivals this year between Askern Spa Juniors and Norton Juniors. This year as a Campsmount team we have decided to focus on Year 5 & 6 as a priority and run festivals in 5 priority sports. These being Football, High 5 Netball, Sports-hall Athletics, Kwik Cricket & Rounders.

It was decided that staff would work with their students to develop their skills in these chosen sports and then Campsmount would host a festival at the end of each block of work throughout the year. The winners of each festival would then represent the Campsmount Pyramid at the Doncaster Finals in each sport. As an extra bonus prize it was decided that whichever school won the most Pyramid festivals they would then represent the Campsmount Pyramid at the 2012 Olympic Celebration Day in July.

The first festival took place on a beautiful evening where it saw the girls and boys from each school play a friendly football fixture against each other to decide a winning school from our Pyramid. Both schools put on an excellent level of performance and the results came out with Askern Spa Juniors winning the girls competition and Norton Juniors winning the boys competition.  Scorers on the evening were Ewan Calam and Luke Hogg for Norton Juniors and Amelia Zivkavic, Edrea Dean & Georgia Stephenson for Askern Spa Juniors. This was a great start to our calendar of festivals for the year.

Following the success of Norton Junior School winning this Pyramid Competition they then went on to represent our Pyramid in the Doncaster Football Finals on Tuesday 20^th October at Balby Carr Sports College. They managed to secure wins over Holy Family and Willow and gain a place in the final against Auckley and they put in a fantastic performance and managed to beat Auckley 3-0 in the final, therefore becoming winners of Doncaster 2009. This has now secured them a place in the South Yorkshire County Finals. What a fantastic achievement and well done to all students and staff at Norton Junior School.

C.Knowland (Campsmount Technology College)