Leaders show quality

Comberton’s sports leaders have been battling all the elements this half term, but rain, snow and hail has not stopped them from carrying out their officiating duties!

Last month, 20 sports leaders travelled to Wilberforce Road to assist the South Cambs Partnership with their primary school quicksticks hockey tournament

The sports leaders were prepared for the day, as they had been practising their hockey umpiring during their PE lessons

This proved extremely useful as they umpired more than 100 games across the day! A special mention goes to Jack, Sam, Sally-Ann and Joseph, who were all exceptional

On an action-packed day at the Cambridge University sports ground there were four separate competitions cup and plate events for big schools and small schools, based on pupil numbers

The teams of four, two boys and two girls, all gave their best for their schools

The ‘big’ schools cup went to Histon Brook, who beat University of Cambridge Primary, from Eddington, 2-1 in the final Pendragon, Papworth, won the ‘plate’ final 3-0 against Trumpington Park

In the ‘small’ schools cup Harston and Newton beat Meldreth 2-1, while the plate went to Barton, who continued their goal fest in the final against Gt Abington Barton scored an incredible 23 goals in their four group games, then added another six in the final against opponents who won the toss of a coin with Harston and Newton II when both teams finished their group games with the same points, goal difference and goals scored!

Another festival saw more bad weather this time a downpour at the Bee Netball tournament

This was the second time that the Comberton sports leaders had umpired at a netball tournament, so it was brilliant seeing their knowledge develop and their confidence grow

There was some technical terminology and confident umpiring from Jenna, Aliyah, Olivia and Abi in particular

Chloe, Sam, Stella and Olivia also stood out as they did a brilliant job scorekeeping and ensuring we ran to time across the event

The leaders were so good, that we are hoping to use them again for the A Team Primary Netball Finals next month

The A Team Plate finals take place at Comberton on April 24th with the Shield finals at Impington a few days later