Mulbarton Sports

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