St. Michael’s Athletics Team put on a powerful performance to qualify in first place for the City finals in January. Both girls and boys were on top form in all disciplines to claim victory. With a team made up from years four, five and six, competing against predominantly year 6 competitors, it made the success even more exceptional. Well done to all concerned and again a huge thank you to parents for your continued support in our competitive endeavours.
Another first for our Academy – SS Mary and John’s with St. Michael’s jointly entered the City athletics multi skills competition. Such was the pool of talent, we entered two teams of 10 (5 boys/ 5 girls) to compete. Jude, Nathan, Shay, Calvin,Brodey, Millie, Thelma, Tia, Gabriella and Holly were on one mixed team. Faye, Kareena, Gracie, Niamh, Keira, Tarell, Gareth, Tegan, Aidan and Jake were the other team. The children competed fantastically across a number of disciplines from sprinting, throwing, jumping and speed bounce! Everyone gave their all and when the final results were tallied, we finished 1st and 5th respectively. A massive achievement considering they had never worked together before. Mrs Dawes was extremely proud of all the kids and supported them throughout the competition. A massive thank you to all parents and family for helping with transport, it was really appreciated.
The week ended with even more success, with the football team putting 7 past Woodthorne Primary without reply. Nathan got the first and hotshot Declan weighed in with 6 more! That’s 64 goals in 5 games with none conceded, a record for the Academy.
St.Michael’s Academy played St.Michael’s C of E in the first ever game against our namesakes. As in the previous league games we were too strong in every department for our gallant opponents. From kick off the lads were attacking with force and skill, culminating with a goal within 50 seconds – Declan the scorer. This continued for the whole of the first half with Finlay, Nathan, Brodey,Declan and Jude chipping in more goals to make the score 8-0 at half time. At half time Byron,Luke,Kye,William and Tommy came on to great effect and were all playing extremely well. Moreover, Harry also came on and scored – the youngest ever in the school’s history! The goals were raining in and the standard of our play was of the highest quality. This was epitomized by Rian and Haiden marauding down the left creating havoc for the opposition. At full time the team had amassed 17 without reply. the scorers were Declan(4),Jude(4),Brodey(3),Finlay(3),Nathan(2) and Harry(1). Man of the match went to the tireless Rian.
The Academy team have made a thunderous start to the season. Having dispatched The Giiffard for 11 without reply, it was the turn of Bantock Primary to face the force of this talented squad. From kick off we were on the offensive and it was only a matter of time until hotshot Declan got himself on the scoresheet. Nathan, Finlay and Brodey created a host of chances which helped Declan add 4 more to his tally. Rian, who was dangerous on the left all half, added another. Nathan completed the half with a super solo effort.
The second half saw Tommy make his debut for the team and he slotted in the back three extremely well. Luke also came on and showed real quality in his passing game. Skipper Jude displayed a controlled, quality performance, turning defence into attack with ease. Jake also commanded at centre half. The goals continued to flow with Declan and Fin adding a brace each, Nathan getting another, Haiden – the flying winger – firing in and an own goal made it 14. Brodey completed the scoring with a neat finish having hit the ‘woodwork’ several times already. Bantock never gave up and gave it their all, they were a credit to their school.
Final score 15 – 0. A huge thank you to the PTA for our new strip – the kids love it!
Congratulations to Hannah, Gracie, Olivia, Niamh, Serena, Brodey, Josh, Max, Harry and Ben (year 4) on winning the City finals at Tri-Golf. All 10 players contributed to an extraordinary performance, winning by 130 points from 2nd placed St. Stephen’s. The team will now go on to represent the city of Wolverhampton in The Black Country Games. A big thank you to all the parents who gave up their time to help transport – and support – our children to this event. It is a tribute to how parents and school contribute to the continued development of sport in our Academy.
On Wednesday 20th May, St.Michael’s Academy represented the City of Wolverhampton at The Black Country Games Tag Rugby Competition. The team started off well with a 6-5 win against Walsall District. They followed that up with a convincing 6-1 win against Sandwell. This set up a nail-biting game against Dudley, as the only winning team in the group would go through to the final, who were also unbeaten. The game see-sawed in tries scored until a great run zig-zagging through the opposition by Jude put us level at 5-5. We then managed with some great defence ‘tagging’ to overturn the ball. Brodey swerved his way past several challenges to make it 6-5 when the final whistle blew…or so we thought!
The secondary school leaders (who had refereed the games very well all day) had the score at 5-5 and with the Dudley team manager accepting this score to be correct, they progressed to the final. Our Academy team- although a little confused and deflated by this – showed enormous sportsmanship and fair play by accepting the decision to play off for 3rd place. We won this game and were officially Bronze medal winners!
Mr McGinn could not have been prouder of the squad who attended the competition. A real credit to our Academy ethos. Well done Emily, Keeley, Carys, Ellie, Mikey, Jude, Jake, Brodey, Shay, Tom, Shaun and Tommy.
Our Year 4 team of: Gracie,Serena, Niamh,Hanna,Olivia,Brodey,Josh,Harry,Max and Ben were outstanding in the Tri-Golf competition. Each player scored valuable team points in the putting and chipping events, held at the Royal School, to put us through to the City finals.Well done to all the team and a special thanks to all parents/family members who helped to support their children and our academy.
With events coming thick and fast at St. Michael’s, Monday 23rd March saw the Tag Rugby city finals.Having qualified unbeaten the squad were in a posititive mood for the challenge ahead.However, we started slowly narrowly beating Bilston in our first game.Fortunately the players upped their games and got better and better as the tournament progressed. We qualified for the semi-finals in first place, leaving us a tricky game against Uplands! The team were outstanding running in 5 unanswered tries with Tom,Shaun and Emily finishing off magnificent build-up play from Brodey, Shay,Jude and Carys.
Our opponents in the final were St. Stephen’s – worthy finalists in their own right. We had really hit our peak and produced some breathtaking support play. At one point we managed to string 15 passes together which culminated in a winning try for Smiler! What a collective achievement from all the squad: Jude(captain),Brodey,Jake,Shaun,Hannah,Ellie,Lara,Tom,Shay,Carys,Aidan,Emily,Keeley and Tommy.
Again a huge thanks to Mandy,Sarah,Louise and Tom for transporting/supporting our children on the day. We are very lucky to have such great parents!
On Friday 20th March, St. Michael’s were invited to participate in the annual Catholic Sports Competition. We entered a football team from our year 4,5 & 6 boys and girl! The standard was high, however, our team coped well under pressure and qualified unbeaten to the semi-finals. Notably, we managed to beat St. Christopher’s of Codsall who were last year’s winners. In the Semi’s we came up against a strong St. Anthony’s team.The deadlock couldn’t be broken – with Brodey giving blood for the cause – so penalties ensued. The pressure didn’t get to Declan who calmly placed his shot in the bottom corner. Daniel saved their penalty and Finlay slotted home to put us 2-0 up in the penalty stakes. Their player placed his shot wide putting us into the final!
The final was played against Corpus Christi and was a one way affair from start to finish. Unfortunately for us their keeper was in amazing form and made save after save from Hebert and Finlay. Emily, Jude and Jake were rock solid at the back so we needed Brodey, Gabriel and company to break the deadlock. With time ticking away we broke away. Brodey played in Finlay who passed to Hebert, who in turn laid on Declan to smash the ball home with the last kick of the game…Champions!!!
Special thanks to Mrs Cox who helped support the players and provide transport to and from the event.
Tag Rugby Competition at Smestow School 10th March 2015.
St.Michael’s were triumphant in the Tag Rugby Competition winning all five of their matches, scoring 22 tries and conceding only 6! Our first place puts us through to the city finals on the 23rd March at Wolverhampton Rugby Club. A huge achievement against the likes of Uplands, St.Stephens, Loxdale, Castlecroft and Bilston primary schools. Congratulations to: Emily C, Keeley L, Hannah D, Lara Y, Ellie B,Carys N,Shaun D, Jude B, Jake F, Shay M, Tom Y, Tommy M, Josh T, Aidan M and Brodey M. You were all a credit to the school and played outstanding rugby! Thank you to all the parents who provided transport and support for our children.
