are an opportunity to motivate and inspire young people across Wiltshire and Swindon to take part in more competitive school sport and a chance to develop their sporting abilities. We want to encourage even more young people to get active and this is a great way to nurture new talent and build that lifelong love of sport."


Alma Borthwick, WASP’s School Games Co-ordinator, commented “The event gets better every year with more schools taking part not only in the sports competitions but also training leaders and entering the cultural competitions. A special mention to the young sports leaders who attended on Wednesday along with the 100 who officiated the winter events. They were professional, encouraging and a credit to their schools.” Frances Chapman,


Young Leaders


Head Teacher, Chapmanslade CE VA Primary School, “Thanks so much for Wednesday’s School Games. It was a fantastic day for our pupils


and brilliantly organised again. Your young sports leaders were a credit to their various schools. Please pass on my thanks. Can I also thank the Orienteering organisers for the additional activities that had planned to keep the children occupied – much appreciated!”


Redlands School Dancers


Results Sport


Primary Swimming


Athletics Quadkids Tri-Golf Tennis


Orienteering


Secondary Table Tennis


Athletics Super 8’s Girls Athletics Super 8’s Boys Touch Rugby Rounders


Trampolining


Tennis Girls Closed Tennis Girls Open Tennis Boys Closed Tennis Boys Open


Disability Cricket Festival


John Popowicz, Project Manager GLL Swindon said “On behalf of GLL can Wendy and I thank you very much for a wonderful day. The event ran so smoothly on a very hot day, and that is testament to an event well planned and well organised. The atmosphere at the games was very exciting with a lot of young people full of energy and eagerness to partake in the competitions. I was impressed with the


Winners


Wroughton Shaw Ridge Holt


Ramsbury All Cannings Commonweal


South Wilts Gramma Bishops Wordsworth’s Hardenhuish


South Wilts Gramma Kingdown A


South Wilts Gramma South Wilts Gramma St Augustine’s


2nd Place Preshute


Fitzmaurice Shaw Ridge Southfield


Even Swindon


St Augustine’s Sheldon


St Laurence St Joseph’s Trafalgar


St Edmund’s St Laurence


3rd Place Seend


Great Bedwyn Ramsbury A


Winsley / Harnham Chapmanslade


Kingdown


St Edmund’s Hardenhuish Sheldon


John Bentley Kingdown B


Bradon Forest


Royal Wootton Bassett Academy --- Bishops Wordsworth’s


Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Bishops Wordsworth’s A Participating Schools – Uplands and St Marys


Bradon Forest Bishops Wordsworth’s B


Tri Golf


standard of the girl’s touch rugby and how far it has come in such a short time.”


All the young athletes did extremely well to perform at such a high standard across all the sports and especially in such hot conditions as the there was hardly a cloud over Marlborough all day and temperatures reached 28 degrees!


2017 School Games Results


Ramsbury Primary School were winners of the Primary Competition and Bishops Wordsworth’s School were winners of the Secondary School Competition. Well done to all the young athletes who represented these schools and everyone who took part in the Wiltshire and Swindon School Games Level 3 Competition.


Joanna Price, Head Teacher from Ramsbury School commented “We were extremely proud to win the 2017 Primary Competition. To once again be the top performing school in Wiltshire for sport is an important accolade for us. Our pupils performed fantastically well during the year, winning all bar 2 of the local school cluster competitions. We had over a third of our pupils competing across all the sports at the summer’s School Games. Our sporting success has impacted on our pupils by enhancing their team building and leadership skills, as well as supplementing their personal development. We actively promote healthy lifestyles and offer a wide range of free after school sports clubs. Our pupils are extremely proud of their achievements and have enjoyed celebrating their success.”


Wiltshire and Swindon Relay 3


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