| This term all Year 7 pupils who attend one of the seven
secondary schools within the Priesthorpe School Sport Partnership
will be given the opportunity to attend a multi-sport event
which will be run at a variety of venues across West Leeds.
Secondary Schools will be paired up with a school of similar
size and will compete as a year group against the other school
in a variety of sports such as rounders, softball, football
and tennis.
One of the aims of the Priesthorpe School Sport Partnership
is to increase the number of young people competing in inter-school
competition to 50% by 2008. With ever increasing pressures
and demands on young people’s time, this is proving
very difficult in secondary schools, and the Year 7 multi-sport
event is seen as a way of addressing this.
The emphasis for the event is on fun competition and participation,
and we hope to motivate the young people at a time when
some children start dropping out of sport. Many traditional
competitions only provide competitive opportunities for
a handful of children and at a time when our country is
gearing up towards the 2012 Olympics and trying to encourage
mass participation, an all inclusive event is just what
is required!
We hope the events will be a great success and will become
part of the annual competition calendar in years to come!
Ms Brown
Competition Manager
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