Monday 25th January Year 5/6 Basketball 3:45

Monday 1st February Year 5/6 Basketball 3:45

Wednesday 24th February Year 5/6 Basketball Finals

(Winners of two events)

3:45

Friday 4th March Year 3/4 Tag Rugby Event 1:30– 3:15

Monday 7th March Year 5/6 Uni Hoc 3:45

Monday 14th March Year 6 Sports Ambassador Re-

view event

3:45

Wednesday 23rd March Mini Paralympics 8:45– 12:00

Tuesday 12th April Year 5/6 Netball (School Games) 3:45

Tuesday 19th April Year 5 Netball (or reserve date

for Yr5/6 Netball)

3:45

List of Sports Leadership events this term

The primary school cross country and TAG tournament also take place this term.

After Easter

Summer—primary school sports days, KWIK cricket tournament, Year 1/2 Multi

Skills, Year3/4 Mini Olympics and the Year 6 Sports Evening.

6th Formers leading students in Year 10 and 11

In certain groups some Year 12 and 13 leaders have been working with

Year 10 and 11 students, this will continue and extend this term. Also

after half term sports leadership competitions led by students from all

years will be taking place. Look out for posters and more details.

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Lock In 2016! This year’s event, the 9th “Lock in” will be in aid of ASSERT.

Photographs and reports regarding the event will be published

in the next issue. The event runs from February 11th-12th.

Please look out for all the latest information ahead of the event.

Sports Teams Highlights!

Last term we were very busy with fixtures in a number of

sports and achieved a number of great results. There is

still plenty of silverware to play for as we aim to replicate

our fantastic success from last season. For more

information turn to page 2.

Trampolining Success for RSA!

County Champions and regional competition success

read more on page 3.

GET SET Champion School - page 7

RSA has been selected to become a Youth Sport

Trust Champion School

Harborough Mail Sports Awards Success - read about

our award winners on page 4.

Cross Country Success!

Well done to Martha Clapp on being crowned senior girls county league

champion, an excellent achievement in her final schools’ season.

Martha, Abi York and Year 10 student Lottie Edwards were also

crowned Senior girls relay champions, retaining our title from last year.

Well done to all our runners this season.

Sports Teams

Highlights

Rugby

The U16s remain unbeaten scoring over 50

points against Lutterworth (last year’s County

Cup winners), Beauchamp and Bishop

Stopford. The U15s record good wins against

Carre’s Grammar, Bishop Stopford, and

Kibworth. Also the U18s defeat Lutterworth

in repeat of 2015 Plate final.

Football

The U19 Girls and U19 Boys make it through

to County Cup Semi Finals. The U16 girls and

U19 girls reach Round 4 of the National Cup.

The U15s recover from a slow start to draw

at Kibworth and the U16 boys record big win

in the national cup.

Netball

Highlights from this term have included being the top state at the U16

county tournament and comfortably beating Countesthorpe at U15 and

U16s.

Badminton

With 8 wins and 5 defeats from the season so

far across all year groups there have been

some stand out performances including 8-0

wins over Wigston College (U18 Girls) and

Leicester Grammar (U18 and KS4 Girls), and 7

-1 wins over Countesthorpe (KS4 Boys) and

Wigston College (U18 boys).

Swimming

Well done to all the students who participated

in the annual gala at Leicester Grammar.

Sports Ambassadors

Early in the Autumn term the RSA sports ambassadors led the annual

conference for the Year 6 sports ambassadors for 14 local primary

schools. Over 60 ambassadors attended the training morning. During the

training they listened to presentations from Abi York, George Lawton and

Josh Bott, took part in team building exercises and designed and led their

own activities. Each primary school has link ambassador who liaises with

the school/children throughout the year and helps where necessary with

assemblies/clubs etc. Well done to the 15 ambassadors involved in this

project.

RSA has been selected to become a Youth

Sport Trust Champion School with the aim

of encouraging other secondary schools to

run community events with an Olympic or

Paralympic focus.

Less than 80 schools have been chosen

nationally. As part of this, Gold Sports

Ambassadors George Lawton and Josh

Bott attended the National conference at

Villa Park in November.

GET SET

Conference

Inclusive Futures

10 students have signed up for a new

inclusive futures leadership project

where they will be training and working

alongside a number of inclusive leaders

from Ellesmere College. A number will

attend the regional camp and then

hopefully gain selection to the National

camp in March.

Sports Leadership

Academy

The RSA sports leadership academy continues to go from strength to

strength with around 180 leaders currently on accredited courses. The

term has seen RSA become a designated Youth Sports Trust Champion

School, following on from its status as a runner up in National Sports

Leadership Academy of the Year. Lily Mills was selected as sports leader

of the year at the Harborough Mail Sports Awards and we have been

invited to speak at the Local Government Association National Confer-

ence about Leadership in February.

Primary School Sports Leaders

Throughout the term as part of their GCSE

and/or Sports Leadership courses we

have sent sports leaders to almost all the

14 local schools. Students have led clubs

in a variety of sports including football,

netball, basketball, multi skills, tag rugby,

cross country and hockey. A number of

students have coached teams and

officiated matches.

Primary School Uni Hoc

Meadowdale were crowned Year 3/4 uni

hoc champions in the annual tournament

held just after half term. Well done to all

the leaders involved in this tournament.

Our pupils have loved

having the sports leaders

here.

- Meadowdale

Thanks for sending the

coaches this term they

have been terrific and

really helpful.

- Lubenham

The sports leaders have

been extremely good and

very proactive.

- Little Bowden

Tennis

Congratulations to Harry Amos who was

firstly selected as a ball kid at the ATP

world tour finals at the O2 Arena last term

and then secondly for being drawn out to

present the trophy at the event. I am sure

many of you will have seen Harry on

television. Well done to Harry.

Rounders Girls Well done to Lauren Chantler and Elise

Tear (both year 12) and Sian Pyne (Year

10) who have been selected to

represent England.

“I’m really looking forward to represent-

ing my country in a rounders tour to Du-

bai next month, it’s going to be a once in

a lifetime opportunity.” - Lauren Chantler

Trampoline

Trampoline Regional Schools @

Loughborough Lottie Edwards finished 2nd

in the U19G Elite, Louisa Shellard 7th in

the U19G intermediate with Callum

Howard 2nd in the U19B Novice. The boys

team of Callum, Alfie Jones, and Josh

Wellicombe were winners of the team

event at U19B novice. The medallists now

travel to Cardiff for the Zonal round

Trampoline Leicestershire Super Series

Finals Well done to he team of Lottie Edwards, Louisa Shellard, Billie may

Laver, and Alfie Jones were crowned the KS4 County champions—a su-

perb effort.

THIS TERM More fixtures AND INDOOR ROWING DODGEBALL VOLLEYBALL INDOOR CRICKET

Harborough Mail

Sports Awards

Well done to all the students

nominated for the Harborough

Mail Sports Awards this year.

Lily Mills was selected as Leader

of the Year, from a shortlist

containing a number of past and

present RSA students. Tabitha

Copson was awarded Sports

woman of the year following all

her success in rugby. The Academy’s Rugby Ambassador programme

also won Team of the Year for all the efforts of students and staff in

promoting the Rugby World Cup over the past year. Well done also to

Isaac Akers and Ewan Ronald who were runners up in the sportsman

of the Year category.

Gifted & Talented Course On January 4th a number of talented

Badminton players received a

Badminton masterclass session at

RSA with 19 students attended the

day’s coaching Early Years Training

45 Year 11 students have been receiving training from representatives

from local council and the physical activity development officer from Blaby

council ahead of undertaking a physical activity project in local early year’s

providers. The students will be encouraging Pre-School children to become

active by supporting sessions running in the local settings. Students

developed their understanding of projects such as big moves and the

problems locally with sedentary young children.

House Fixture Update Last term saw students from all year’s

participate in over 30 house fixtures.

Students have participated in sports

including football, rugby, netball,

unihoc, volleyball, badminton and

dodgeball.

Fixtures this half term include indoor

rowing, badminton, trampolining, table

tennis, basketball and handball.

House Total:

Bragg 375

Moseley 285

Pickering 490

Wartnaby 445

Sixth Form Sports Well done to the group pf sixth form students, headed by Jonny Nicholson

who have been participating in lunchtime tournaments and activities

throughout last term. This has been extended this term to include all sixth

formers and will take place on Wednesday lunchtimes.

LADS Day - 7th December

Well done to the following boys: Liam

Timms-Maile, Ethan Haddon, Josh

Watson, Matthew Moir, Michael

Cannon, Jake Sutherland, Alfie Jones,

Ed Best, Brandon Greening, James

Illson, Ben Fraser, Brodham Morris,

George Carpenter, Kyle Bennett, Liam

White, Tom Fortnum, Chris Hill.

The boys attended the day at Huncote

Sports Pavilion and took part in a day of

various activities including boot camp,

boxing, street dance, dodgeball, table

tennis, and golf. There was an inspirational talk by BMX European

superstar Keelan Phillips. It was a very motivational day!