Mulbarton Sports

Round 2 of the basketball league. Mr Lawrence's team played two games, one friendly and one league game. A tough game against St Francis resulted in a heavy loss however, Kade did score a couple of baskets to keep their confidence up for the next game which they drew. The team played very well and look forward to the next round. Mrs Bidder's team also suffered a defeat to Hethersett. A close game though, Samuel and Jude got on the scoresheet and were unlucky as Hethersett narrowed the gap in the dying seconds. Their second game against West Earlham was a tight one. Samuel was sharp again scoring two baskets. Kayden and Gilby were excellent at defending. We just lost by two points making it a really close game. Well done both teams for not giving up! Wednesday March 4th saw the Cross Country County Final. I took 6 pupils in years 3&4. Thomas, Nymeria and Jude it was their first time here. For Logan, Alfie and Chloe this was their second time. All six ran exceptionall...

A big congratulations to Year 3 for winning the Football Development League Trophy last Wednesday. The team did not concede  a single goal in all their games.  They also scored 13 goals. Brilliant play throughout the 3 rounds from all the boys and some spectacular goals on the final day. Two wonderful long range shots from Sam sealed their victory in the final game. William and Jude also scored spectacular goals aided by Thomas and Issac. A big thank you to all the parents who supported us. Year 4 were very unlucky not to come back with a trophy. They also played brilliantly throughout the 3 rounds. A single goal from St Francis sealed their victory. We had many chances but, the ball just didn't want to go in the back of the net for them. Year 6 started their basketball games last night. Mr Lawrence's team had two friendly games and won the first game 2-0  ,the points coming from Kade. Their second game was a lot harder and the team lost 16-2 but it was only a frien...

Welcome back.  Last Wednesday, saw year 5/6 at the Sportspark  for the final round of foot ball games. My team had one game and a very important one at that. We had to beat Hethersett to finish first. A very tight game which saw chances from both teams. It finished 0-0 unfortunately we finished runners-up ,missing out by just one point. This amazing team has won the trophy two years in a row and did not lose a game in these three rounds. A big thank you to all the parents who have come along and supported the team. Another thank you to Mr Grant for stepping in as manager. It has been an absolute joy to manage this team, a final thank you to ; Gilby,Samuel,Nicholas, CJ ,Jesse,Sonny,Oliver,Daniel and Alfie. Mr Lawrence's team had two games to play on this final round. First up was Hetersett  the current leaders. The team had many chances at goal and were unlucky not to score.  It finished 4-0 to Hetersett but the team had one more game to finish runners up. Up ag...

Year 5 Girl's Football Tournament Last Thursday, year 5 girls had their turn to play some football. They finished top of their group, winning all three games. An excited Astrud scored a cracker of a goal on her debut. The team were then put into the cup stage and competition was fierce! After playing another 4 games ,the girls won 2 and lost two. Isla scored two terrific goals to see them finish seventh overall.   Another fantastic performance from all; Lavinia, Amy ,Mia ,Astrud, Caitlyn, Flora and Isla.

Girl's 3-4 Football Tournament. Yesterday we took 2 teams to the UEA for an energetic afternoon of football. Nine of the girls had not participated before but were absolutely fantastic. They played 4 games in round 1then, another 4 in round 2,  to see if they went through to the cup or plate play offs. Year 4 team were first in their group so proceeded into the cup play off. Year 3 were third, and so went on to the plate play off. Meghan & Anna- May scored twice, Florence, Millie & Imogen all scoring three and Chloe scored 4. These girls did not lose a game throughout the afternoon. Victoria also made several great saves to ensure several clean sheets. They came third out of sixteenth and were unlucky not to qualify for the County final. They all played some outstanding football so a very well done to you all. The year three team also had a great time . Many were playing football for the first time and I was thrilled with their positive attitude. They only lost a co...

Year 3/4 Football @UEA Last Wednesday, the boys had two games each. Mr Lawrence's team who could not make it, but  Mr Phillis kindly stepped in and was amazing. They played Cringleford and although they lost 2-0 played some very good football. This was only a friendly so we also gained some experience on team tactics for next time! Their other friendly against Notre Dame was called off due to low numbers . My team played against St Francis. A very tight game with a 1-1 draw. CJ played a great cross to Jesse who scored his fifth goal of the tournament. Gilby also kept us in the game with some fantastic saves. Our second game was against Hethersett. This was a friendly but both teams played like it was a Champions League Final. Fantastic defending from Sam & Nic ensured it was a very tight 0-0 final score . Well done to both teams, final round on Jan 15th. A very big thank you to Mr Phillis as well. It was also great to see parents supporting the teams, thankyou to all.

Upcoming Events 20th November: round 2 of the FDL year 5-6 Football 4- 5:30 @UEA 25th November: Year2 Multi Skills morning.9:45 -11:30 @ Easton College 27th November round 2 of the FDL year 3-4  4-5:30 @UEA December 2nd: Girls Football year 5  1-4 @UEA December 4th: Girls Football year 3-4  1-4 @UEA

Football Development League Round 1 for Year3-4 The boys kicked off their first round of matches at the UEA . Mr Lawrence's team played two games and won both 2-0. Goals came from Thomas and Jude. Two clean sheets also meant the whole team were working very well together. My team also had a good first round. One win 2-0 and a 3-1 defeat from a very strong St Francis team. Both teams played some good football and training will resume on Mondays. Round two will be on Wednesday 27th November for Year 3-4. Round two for year 5-6will be on Wednesday 20th November.

Mulbarton took 70 pupils to the annual Cross Country Event at Earlham Park last week Every pupil finished the race with some excellent results. Year 2 pupils took part for the first time and were amazing. Elliot Dye came fourth and Amber Moore finished twelve out of nearly one hundred other pupils! All the pupils showed such great resilience and were a credit to the school. We are very pleased to have 7 runners go through to the County Final. Logan Moore Alfie Farrow Cherie Buckley Thomas Watson Chloe Munn Nymeria Gaskell William Hunt A big thank you to the parents for your help and support.

Football is back again! Year 5-6 kicked off the first round of the football development league at the UEA. Mr Lawrence's team played two games. They won the first 1-0 with a perfectly timed goal from Liam Sutcliffe. Their second game was a draw. A great start for the team. Mrs Bidder's team also won their first game 1-0 with a great goal from Jessie Bradford. Their second game was also a good result winning 3-1, again three more goals from Jessie but,also excellent teamwork to secure the win. Yesterday saw the annual cross country event at Earlham Park. We had 78 pupils taking part and ran amazingly well. Seven pupils made it through to the county final. Year two pupils ran for the first time and were fabulous ,none of them stopped though and were a credit to the school. A very big thank you to the parents who helped us yesterday! Photos coming soon.

Welcome back to our sports news. Upcoming events: Monday 7th October- Year 5/6 Football Development League at UEA Sportspark Tuesday 14th October- Cross-country Years 2-5 At Earlham Park Wednesday 16th October- Year 3/4 Football Development League at UEA Sportspark Tuesday 3rd December Year 3/4 Girls Football Competition at UEA Sportspark Thursday 5th December 5/6 Year Girls Football Competition at UEA Sportspark

Quad Kids Event On Friday 24th May, Mulbarton entered 40 pupils from year 3-4 to take part in 60m run, 400m run, standing long jump and vortex howler throw. I have to say how fantastic they all were. They challenged themselves in every event and some recorded a personal best. The 400m was the race they all were quite worried about but, every one of our pupils did not give up and finished the race with pride. In the afternoon ,it was year 5-6 who broke many records for running and throwing. Again they tackled the events with style, their races were slightly longer 80m and 600m  but, excelled in both. Year 3-4 came third and just missed out on a county final, year 5-6 came sixth. A brilliant day, thank you so much for representing Mulbarton and making me very proud to be a part of it! 

Kwik Cricket. Two teams  went to Eaton Park last week to participate in a series of cricket games. The bad weather had other ideas though ,and we only managed to play one game, both of which were won. Unfortunately, the event was rescheduled on our sport's day so we couldn't go. A big thank you to both teams for their excellent commitment in  giving up their lunch hour to practice for this event. Cup Finals The local Mulbarton football teams have been very successful recently with winning their cup finals. Well done to under 8's for their victory, also under 9's  as well. I was very fortunate to watch the under 11's last Saturday in a  thrilling cup final which they beat Bungay, who had been undefeated for the past two seasons 4-0. A stunning hat-trick from Liam Ireland and a fourth belter of a goal from Jude George. Absolutely fantastic achievements from all of you, well done!

This month sees Mulbarton taking part in three different sporting events. Next Wednesday May 8th, two teams from year 5 will be at Eaton Park to play some Kwik Cricket (11:00 - 4:00). Friday May 17th,  16 pupils will be at Eaton Park again for a year 3-4 Mini Tennis Tournament ( 1:00 - 4:00). . Friday May 24th, Quad Kids event at the UEA Sportspark.  The format is different to last year as 40 pupils from year 3-4 will participate in the morning (10:00- 12:30) and 40 pupils from year 5-6 ,yes year 6, will be participating in the afternoon (2:00- 4:30). Parents are very welcome to come along to these events.  

On Thursday year 6 played their final games of the basketball tournament. Both teams were put in the same league after round 1 as their were 15 school teams taking part. Both teams won their final games and Lloyd's team finished runners up in league 1. Kieran's team finished  third with both teams only losing to the eventual winners St Francis.Another excellent performance from both teams. Congratulations to Riley Bell, Daniel Kaszczak and Lloyd Slaughter who successfully qualified for the County basketball team, another amazing achievement for the boys and all of us at Mulbarton are extremely proud of you all. Friday was the swimming gala. Mulbarton entered 13 pupils in 4 different strokes. All  results are on the SSP Norwich website. Nicholas, Colby, Joshua and Henry all won their races. Isabella .C narrowly missed out on first place. For many of these 13 it was their first gala. I was very proud of all their placings and a very big thank you to Isabella Parry and Alexand...

Last week, Mulbarton had a busy sporting events calendar .First up, the year 1 boys who were  invited by Norwich Community Sports Foundation to take part in a series of  mini 4 a side football games at Colney, Norwich FC training ground. Mrs Jack reported back that the boys behaved outstandingly and witnessed some amazing football skills! Team work  Well earned rest!

Last Wednesday, ten pupils from Mulbarton took part in the cross country county finals at Holkham Hall. Over 640 runners from 158 schools came together to take part. Our ten runners all ran with over 80 other runners in their year group and ran magnificently. Alfie Farrow came 8th, closely followed by Logan Moore who came 15th, this was their first time at the county finals running 1000m and did the school proud! Chloe Munn came 20th and Millie Hyde came 39th, again this was the girls first county final.A n amazing achievement from the year 3's. Cherie Buckley and Isabella Challis ran 1200m, with over 80 other runners finishing 36th and 38th respectively. Another fantastic finish. Jessie Bradford, Daniel Sutcliffe and Samuel Wheeler ran 1400m and ran a very competitive race again with over 80 other runners. Jessie finished 34th, Daniel 39th and Samuel 43rd. Holly Farrow was the only year 5 girl and she made it look easy .Holly crossed the line smiling even though sh...

Last Thursday Mulbarton year six boys played basketball at City Academy. Each team played three games in round 1 and both teams won all their games with high scoring results. A great start , look forward to round 2 on Feb 28th. Mulbarton took a mixed year 5 team to the annual Norwich Community Sports Foundation Football Tournament last Friday. Mr Lawrence and Mrs Harroven- Brooks reported back on how wonderful the pupils were. They had some tough games but, stayed focused and played every game with team spirit and enjoyment.This was a  great opportunity for pupils to play in a competitive football event for the first time. 

Upcoming events, Basketball for year 6 commences Thursday 31st January. Cross Country County Finals Wednesday 6th March. Swimming Gala for years 4&5 on Friday March 22nd. Kwik Cricket for year 5 on Wednesday May 8th Mini Tennis for years 3-4 on Friday May17th Girls Kwik Cricket for year 5 on Monday May20th

Mulbarton have had a lot of sporting events since September. The Schools Sport Partnership Football Development League started in October and we had two teams in each 3-4 and 5-6 groups. I witnessed some magnificent goals, excellent defending and some brilliant passing in midfield. Year 5-6 won their league trophy,the other team were runners up. I have to thank both goalkeepers Max and Gilby for keeping clean sheets for all their games. In year 3-4 both teams finished runners up but, only one point difference prevented the bold team from winning. They both worked incredibly hard considering it was their first time for the year three boys. A big thank you to the parents for coming along and supporting us. Well done year 5-6 for winning the FDL 2019 In early October over 80 pupils took part in the SSP Cross Country Event. Year 2 took part for the first time and Jude Fogarty beat over 100 other pupils to win the 1200 metre race. Years 3-5 ran 1400 metres and were amaz...