Newark & Sherwood take netball titles

On Saturday 13 June, Winthorpe Primary School from Newark & Sherwood won the High Five netball title in the third competition of the 2009 East Midlands Airport Nottinghamshire Youth Games.

Competing against seven of Nottinghamshire’s districts, the team took the county title, just pipping the Gedling team from Burton Joyce Primary  School which came in second.  Broxtowe’s Eskdale Primary team took the bronze medal.

In the Year 7 competition, the Broxtowe team came out champions.

The final tallies are as follows:

High 5 (Year 5/6 Competition)

1st                   Newark and Sherwood: WinthorpePrimary School

2nd                  Gedling: Burton Joyce Primary School

3rd                   Broxtowe: Eskdale Primary School (Chilwell)

Year 7 Competition Results

1st       Broxtowe

2nd      Newark and Sherwood

3rd       Ashfield

The next competition for this year’s Youth Games will be hockey which takes place on Saturday 27 June at Kingsway Park, Kirkby-in-Ashfield

Those interested in taking part in the Youth Games either as a participant, coach or volunteer, should contact their district sports development officer for further details. Team trials are already underway. Contact numbers can be found at www.intosport.org.uk in the Notts Contacts section.

 The Youth Games is running in a slightly different format this year.  There will be a series of competitions rather than two large multi-sport events.  The dates are as follows:

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