
Thongsley Fields Primary School Claim District Netball Title
75+ year 5/6 children from 7 local primary schools attended the Huntingdon leg of the Hunts School Sports Partnership’s Bee Netball competition.
The tournament which acts as a pathway to the Cambridgeshire County Netball Association county finals, was hosted at Hinchingbrooke School on Tuesday 2nd May.
The 11 teams were initially split into two groups, with each team playing every other team in their group. Following completion of the round robin group stage, each team played a final placing match against the equivalent placed team from the other group.
Final: Thongsley Fields vs Buckden
3rd Place Match: Crosshall vs Houghton
Final Results
A Team
1st – Thongsley Fields
2nd – Buckden
3rd – Houghton
B Team
1st – Buckden B
2nd – Round House B
3rd – Houghton B
The event was supported by four Year 9 Sports Leaders from Hinchingbrooke School who ably umpired every match with growing confidence.
Doug Finlayson, Hunts SSP Partnership Manager said, “The standard of Netball was exceptionally high and it was great to see the level of improvement from all teams as the event progressed. Thank you to all schools that attended and made for an exciting tournament. Congratulations to Thongsley Fields and Buckden who will progress to Bee Netball county finals alongside Somersham and St Helen’s as Huntingdonshire’s representatives. From all at Hunts SSP we wish them good luck and look forward to hearing how the get on.”
Schools:
Buckden CE Primary School
Crosshall Junior School
Houghton Primary School
Stilton CofE Primary Academy
The Round House Primary Academy
Thongsley Fields Primary School
Warboys Primary Academy