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The event, supported by Total Promotions Ltd, South Cambs District Council and Lloyds Banking is now in its tenth year and attracted entries from 45 local primary schools and over 1400 children aged 7-8 years who are encouraged to try out a range of different sports and activities on the day, whilst trying to achieve their personal best.

This was the last of three finals nights with Coton Primary School having previously won the A Team Plate Competition whilst Steeple Morden were victorious in the B Team Competition.

The schools were split into four pools, with each team playing all of their rivals within that group to determine whether they qualified into Division 1, 2 or 3 for the next round of matches. It was the teams from Harston & Newton, Histon & Impington Juniors, Meridian & Swavesey that won their groups and qualified into the top division.

There wasn’t much to separate the top four teams though with them all winning at least one of their matches in the final round. It was the team from Meridian Primary School that managed to claim a second victory though and this earned them enough points to take the title and claim the winners shield ahead of defending champions Histon & Impington Juniors who finished as runners up.

The finals were played in a round robin format which each team playing the other three in timed singles matches. As expected the matches were extremely competitive with a great standard of tennis on display and some really close scores.

The final round of matches were very tense with 3 teams still in with a chance of claiming the title of SSP Champions. Elsworth stepped up their play in their last match though with a 3-1 victory over Haslingfield which meant both teams finished on equal wins (5) overall. On count back of percentage of points won to points played though it was Haslingfield that finished 3^rd with Elsworth 4^th.

The Meridian team played some fantastic tennis in their last match against Harston & Newton and looked like they were going to win it until the last few points. A draw was enough for both teams though with Meridian finishing second with 6 wins and Harston & Newton finishing first with 8 wins and retaining their title as SSP champions. The teams from Harston & Newton & Meridian will now go forward to represent South Cambs SSP at the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough County School Games Summer Festival on 27^th June in St Ives, we wish them the best of luck.

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Activities at Park Life will include water sports such as canoeing, paddle-boarding and kayaking. Children will be able to try den building in the Wild Place. Other activities will include fishing, archery, climbing, cycling, golf, tramploining and fencing.

This years event will be themed around the:

Football World Cup (in Brazil 12th June – 13th July)
Tour de France (Coming to Cambridge on Monday 7th July)
Commonwealth Games (in Glasgow 23rd July – 04th August)

There will also be stalls showcasing local produce and craft stalls, charities, community groups and sports clubs.

To download a poster please click here

If you would like to volunteer to help at the event please click here to download a volunteering letter

Email CMcDonnell@comberton.cambs.sch.uk for more information.

Quadkids is a team based competition with 5 boys and 5 girls each competing in a 75m sprint, a 600m run, a long jump and vortex howler throw. Individual performances are scored using a points table and the winners are the team with the highest cumulative points score.

There were some great individual performances on the night with Poppy Fulton from Harston & Newton & Nina Bevis from Histon & Impington Juniors finishing with a joint top score of 215 points over the four events and Thomas Harris from Elsworth winning the boys individual award, beating second placed Benjamin Grain from Jeavons Wood by 5 points.

The team competition proved to be a really close run affair between the four schools at the top who were jostling for positions after each round of events. The eventual winners were Histon & Impington Juniors who finished 35pts ahead of runners up Harston & Newton Primary School with both teams qualifying for the County School Games Summer Festival on 27th June in St Ives. In 3rdplace was Over Primary School, closely followed by Gamlingay Village College who finished 4th.

Claire McDonnell, Partnership Manager said “It was a great event and fantastic for the children to get to compete at the athletics track and use such lovely facilities, I hope it will have inspired some of them to get more involved in athletics. There were some excellent performances on the day so congratulations to all of our winners and well done to everyone who took part. As always we have to thank the amazing sports leaders from Cottenham, Melbourn, Swavesey & Melbourn Village Colleges who organised and scored the events for us, they did a great job and the staff and parents were full of praise for them. ”

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Final Team Positions:

1 Histon & Impington Juniors 1 1,623pts

2 Harston & Newton Primary 1 1,588pts

3 Over 1 1,575pts

4 Gamlingay Village College 1,529pts

5 Steeple Morden 1 1,468pts

6 Jeavons Wood 1,432pts

7 Meridian 1 1,401pts

8 Melbourn 1 1,387pts

9 Meldreth 1 1,381pts

10 Elsworth Primary 1,339pts

10 Swavesey Primary 1,339pts

12 Guilden Morden Primary 1,332pts

13 Meridian 2 1,331pts

14 Bassingbourn Primary 1 1,328pts

15 Bassingbourn Primary 2 1,313pts

16 Histon & Impington Juniors 2 1,271pts

17 Steeple Morden 2 1,235pts

18 Harston & Newton Primary 2 1,232pts

18 Melbourn 2 1,232pts

20 Hatton Park Primary 1,203pts

21 Over 2 1,156pts

Individual Winners:

Girls

1st = Poppy Fulton (Harston & Newton) 215 pts

1st = Nina Bevis (Histon & Impington Juniors) 215 pts

3rd Leah Harper (Harston & Newton) 199 pts

Boys

1st Thomas Harris (Elsworth) 269 pts

2nd Benjamin Grain (Jeavons Wood) 264 pts

3rd Jake Thurston (Swavesey) 245 pts

If you would like a copy of the full results you can email us at sspadmin@comberton.cambs.sch.uk

Working in groups, children have been challenged with problem solving activities which they must work at together in order to succeed. Activities have included Charlotte’s Web, Shepherd & Sheep, Walk the Plank and Crossing the Swamp.

Feedback:

Year 6 pupil – ‘I really enjoyed Charlotte’s Web as it was an activity I had never done before. It was fun and challenging and we had to talk to each other and work as a team to get everyone through the web.’

Year 5 pupil – ‘I liked Shepherd & Sheep because we were blindfolded and could only communicate with a whistle.’

Year 3 teacher – ‘it has definitely had a positive effect on my class’s ability to relate to one another and their concept of what a team is. It was a fantastic experience for them.’

We look forward to working with more schools to bring a new challenge to their children.

With an entry of 18 teams the competition was split into a separate Cup and Plate competition with matches played over 12 mini courts and umpired by tennis leaders from Comberton VV and Sixth Form.

In both competitions schools played each other in a round robin format before qualifying through into divisions 1 through to 6 based on their results. Qualifying into Division 1 of the cup competition were the teams of 2 boys and 2 girls from Elsworth and both Meridian A and Meridian B. This set up some tense final matches and with Elsworth A and Meridian A both beating Meridian B 3 games to 1 it all went down to the final match between the two schools. Nothing could separate the teams though with each school winning 2 of the 4 matches and recording exactly the same number of points won!! This meant the honours were shared with both teams collecting winner’s medals and certificates.

Both teams will now go forward to the South Cambs SSP Finals on Monday 9th June where they will play against Haslngfield and Harston & Newton who were the joint winners from the competition played at Melbourn VC to determine the SSP Champions 2013-14.

In the Plate competition for schools’ B, C & D teams it was the mixed teams from Swavesey D, Elsworth B and Meridian C that made it through the group stages to qualify for the top division. This time the winner was clear cut however with Meridian C team winning both of their matches 3-1 to finish with 6 wins and ahead of Elsworth B who were runners up with 4 wins.

Claire McDonnell, Partnership Manager and organiser of the event said; “It was great to see so many children getting their first taste of competitive tennis, there were some really close and exciting matches that were all played in a lovely, friendly spirit. Well done to all of the teams and children who took part as Honours shared atwell as our winners.

Finally, I must say a special thank you to the leaders from Comberton Village College who did a fantastic job of scoring the games and helping the event run so smoothly.”

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