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Several pupils at BRGS play Handball
outside school for Haslingden, and some have even become national
champions recently! One pupil, Aden Woodall (Year 10) will represent
England,
in
Belgium this month!
What is Handball? Visit links below:
Read about our talented Handball players' recent successes below... |
Headmaster, Mr Morris, and talented
Handball players at BRGS!
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 Under
13 British Handball Cup
The British Handball Cup was held at Haslingden on Sunday
the 8th of May 2005.
There was an Under 13 competition;
in which four members of BRGS played in. This team was led by Captain
Tom Sipocz (year
8), Colm Kennedy (year 8), Sam Smallridge (year
8) and Ellie
Carrick (year 7).
The under 13 team fought their way
to the final against Deva by defeating Deva and drawing with
Wirral in the
group stages. In the final it was very tightly fought and went
into the last minute still with both teams level. The final score
ended up 7:6 to Deva. Haslingden were the runners-up. In the
final Tom Sipocz scored 3, Colm Kennedy scored 1, Sam Smallridge
scored 1 and Ellie Carrick scored 1.
 Well
done to Tom, Colm,
Sam and Ellie!!!
Mr. Morris presented our Handball players with their medals in
assembly...
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Under
15 British Handball Cup
The Under 15 age group also had a tournament on Sunday
8th May. The Haslingden 1st team included Jonathan
Haworth (year
10), Aden
Woodall (year 10), Michael Hindle (year 10) and Tom
Sanders (year 9).
Also four other students, Joe
Hodgson (year 10),
Tom Sipocz (year 8), Colm Kennedy (year 8) and Sam
Smallridge played for the Haslingden
2nd team in the same tournament.
Helmshore played first against Cannock. Although Joe Hodgson
got sent off during the game for hitting an opposing player,
he managed to score 4 goals on his debut!
Cannock
finished the first game with a win.
Next Haslingden
played Deva and the match was rather one sided and finished
27:2, to Haslingden. Then
the two Haslingden
teams were to play each other. The game ended up 21:3 to Haslingden
1st Team with
Jonathan Haworth scoring 6 and Aden Woodall scoring 5.
The final was Cannock against Haslingden 1st Team. The game
started off slowly but soon the game accelerated when Michael
Hindle opened the scoring and Jonathan Haworth lobbed the keeper
bringing the half time score to 14:5. The second half came
to a close with Aden scoring goals to add to Haslingden’s
score. Haslingden were now ahead by 17 making the score 29:12.
 Haslingden
were presented with the champion’s cup and
became Champions of Great Britain!
Well done to Jonathan, Aden, Michael and Tom Sanders!
Haslingden
2nd team ended up 3rd and got bronze medals.
Well done to Joe, Tom Sipocz, Colm and Sam!
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