Welcome to the 4th Edition of the Wiltshire School Sport Magazine


As you will see when you read through this edition we have an incredibly vibrant and diverse range of sporting opportunities taking place in the County, along with many talented and inspirational pupils, students and teachers.


I am grateful to everyone who has contributed to the running of the competitions that have taken place over the last 6 months and for the many stories and photographs included in this edition of the magazine it is great to have your input.


Earlier in the year we ran our first New Age Kurling competition and below you will find a full report from the competition along with an introduction for those of you who are new to the sport.


We also have reports from many more of the competitions that make up our Winter School Games programme, some of which I had the pleasure of attending.


In June and July we will be staging the finals of the summer programme and I would like to extend an invitation to our School


Heads and Governors to join us at either Lydiard Park Academy on 26 June or Marlborough College on 8 July as our guests. If you are interested in joining us and seeing first-hand the School Games events please do contact me.


Good luck to everyone who will be taking part in the forthcoming competitions leading up to the County level 3 events and we look forward to seeing you all.


Wiltshire and Swindon Sport COE Steve Boocock Steve@wiltssport.org.uk


School Games 2015 Winter Games Competitions New Age Kurling Level 3 Winter Games


New Age Kurling is a form of the original curling game, but adapted so that it can be played indoors on any smooth, flat surface, such as a sports hall, rather than on ice.


Devizes Teacher Ollie Clements & Daniella Askey


The New Age Kurling level 3 competition was held at Lavington School on 15 January and was the first Level 3 Winter Games of 2015.


The competition was attended by competitors from Uplands, St Edmunds, Lavington, Devizes, Exeter House and Avon Valley secondary schools.


All the athletes were from the SEN groups within each school as New Age Kurling is one of the fastest growing sports in the country and specifically designed to be all-inclusive allowing disabled and non-disabled athletes to compete against each other with an equal chance of winning.


2 Wiltshire and Swindon Relay


The competition was only made possible with the assistance of the Young Leaders from Lavington School who gave up their day to help organise, score and officiate the competition. They were a real credit to the school and themselves.


Fun was had by all and everyone enjoyed the day with there being some great battles and use of cunning tactics to win the games.


Winners of the competition were; 1st Place - Avon Valley College team 2 2nd Place - Avon Valley College team 1 3rd Place - Uplands school team 1


All the winners were presented medals and the Avon Valley College first team received trophies.


Everyone had a great time and Sally and Leah from St Edmunds were celebrating their win with a high five to each other! Schools entered multiple teams with 2 players each team.


Devizes x 4 teams Lavginton x 3 teams St Edmunds x 3 teams Exeter House x 5 teams Uplands x 7 teams Avon Valley x 2 teams Lavington Young volunteers x 13 year 9’s


Winners from Avon Valley


Sally & Leah from St Edmunds


Young Leaders from Lavington School


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