Blog by David Smith
Gymnastics Championships March 2019
On Sunday 3rd March 2019, our gymnastics team competed in the North West Floor and Vault Schools Championships. All gymnasts performed extremely well with our U14 team finishing 4th in the region and our U19 team picked up the bronze medal finishing 3rd in the region. The standard of competition…
Posted by /blog/author/dsmith/page:3 on 5 March 2019
Category: PE Events
Year 7 Girls Football February 2019
On Wednesday 13th February 2019, our Y7 girls football team travelled to Ormskirk School to take part in the West Lancashire girls football competition. The girls finished 3rd overall after taking part in two fixtures against St Bede's Catholic High School, Ormskirk, which they drew 1-1, and…
Posted by /blog/author/dsmith/page:3 on 15 February 2019
Category: PE Events
West Lancs U14 and U16 Girls Football February 2019
The West Lancashire U14s and U16s football competition took place on an extremely cold night at Ormskirk School! Our U14s girls finished 5th and U16s finished 3rd. Both teams thoroughly enjoyed the event and did superbly well - they were a credit to the school. Well done girls!
Posted by /blog/author/dsmith/page:3 on 8 February 2019
Category: PE Events
West Lancs table tennis February 2019
Burscough Priory Academy students have this week competed in the West Lancashire schools table tennis competition. Each pupil was seeded and competed in ranked league competitions.
Results:
Year 7 Rank 4-Charlie 3rd, Rank 3-James 2nd, Rank 2-Jamie 3rd, Rank 1-George 4th.
Year 8 Rank…
Posted by /blog/author/dsmith/page:3 on 7 February 2019
Category: PE Events
Under 13s Indoor Cricket January 2019
On Tuesday 29th January, despite the poor weather conditions, the Year 7 and Year 8 cricket team travelled to Ormskirk School to take part in the under 13’s indoor cricket competition.
The team did exceptionally well to get to the final after beating Lathom High School. Highlights included…
Posted by /blog/author/dsmith/page:3 on 29 January 2019
Category: PE Events
Year 10 Girls District Handball Tournament November 2018
We entered two teams into the Year 10 district handball tournament at Lathom High School on Wednesday 28th November. One of our teams finished 2nd in the tournament and these were;
- Jessica, Mary, Sophie, Millie, Emma-Jane, Molly, Elizabeth and Charlotte.
Our other team finished 3rd and…
Posted by /blog/author/dsmith/page:3 on 30 November 2018
Category: PE Events
Year 10 Boys District Handball Tournament November 2018
On Tuesday evening, our Year 10 boys competed in a district handball tournament against 6 other schools. The lads played out of their skins in all of their matches and were narrowly beaten in a couple of fierce and competitive games with just a single goal deciding it. After playing every school…
Posted by /blog/author/dsmith/page:3 on 29 November 2018
Category: PE Events
Year 7 Sports Hall Athletics November 2018
On Wednesday 21st November, it was the turn of our brilliant Year 7 students to compete in the sports hall athletics at St Bede's Catholic High School, Ormskirk for a potential place to represent West Lancashire in the County Championships. Unfortunately, we did fall short of that but fantastic…
Posted by /blog/author/dsmith/page:3 on 23 November 2018
Category: PE Events
Year 8 Sports Hall Athletics November 2018
On Tuesday 20th November, Burscough Priory Academy took part in an exciting night of sports hall athletics at St Bede’s Catholic High School. All 7 West Lancashire schools competed in the Year 8 event which generated an electric atmosphere all evening. Our pupils took part in a number of track and…
Posted by /blog/author/dsmith/page:3 on 21 November 2018
Category: PE Events
Year 7 and 8 Boys Handball November 2018
On Thursday 15th November, the Year 7 and 8 handball team travelled to Lathom for the West Lancashire Schools Handball Competition. After a slow start the boys grew in confidence and started to find the net more consistently. Unfortunately, this came too late in the first game and just failed in a…
Posted by /blog/author/dsmith/page:3 on 16 November 2018
Category: PE Events
District Cross Country November 2018
Burscough Priory Academy took part in the district cross country event at Tarleton Academy on Wednesday 14th November. The team achieved some amazing results both collectively and individually. The top 8 finishers in each age category will go on to represent West Lancashire schools at the…
Posted by /blog/author/dsmith/page:3 on 15 November 2018
Category: PE Events
Year 8 Handball Competition November 2018
On Tuesday 13th November 2018, our Year 8 handball team competed in the district handball competition at Lathom High School. They showed great skill and determination in what can only be described as a real nail biter! After beating St Bede’s in the first round, then losing to Lathom in the…
Posted by /blog/author/dsmith/page:3 on 14 November 2018
Category: PE Events