Schools Competition

North Yorkshire Year 7 Marston Moor Emerging 9's

Yesterday saw Year 7 pupil’s battle it out in the North Yorkshire Marston Moor Emerging 9's Schools competition. There were over 80 pupils who took part in the North Yorkshire competition. This shows the competition is growing year on year developing in different parts of North Yorkshire.

North Yorkshire High Schools One Step Closer To Wembley

champion_schools_logo The top high schools from North Yorkshire competed in the 1^st round of the Yorkshire Regional Champion Schools Competition the last two weeks. The winners have now progressed to the next stage.

Rugby League Champions of North Yorkshire

champion_schools_logo The last two weeks have saw High schools from across North Yorkshire battle it out in the local rounds of Rugby League’s Champion Schools competition. There were over 700 pupils who took part in the North Yorkshire competition from year 7’s to 11’s. This is a massive increase from last years competition which saw 400 pupils take part. This shows the competition is growing year on year and rugby league is developing in different parts of North Yorkshire.

Teacher and student start their level 1 coaching course

The head of PE and driving force behind Rugby at Settle Anthony Shepherd is moving on – forming a need for a new generation of coaches to continue the schools excellent record in Champ Schools.

Sophie Morley (PE teacher) and Lauren Stallwood (age 16, currently sitting GCSE’s) are taking a level 1 coaching badge so they can learn some skills to develop students at the college.

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Picture: Lauren Stallwood and Sophie Morley.

Carnegie Champion Schools

The Carnegie Champion Schools tournament is the worlds biggest Rugby League knockout competition and one of the greatest success stories for the sport.
Open to every secondary school in England, Wales and Scotland – the tournament was re-launched back in 2002 by the RFL and the English Schools Rugby League.

Rugby League has seen an immense growth in schools over the last few years which will support the development of the sport in the future and this competition has played a vital role in introducing the game to an ever increasing number of young people throughout the United Kingdom.

This years tournament has seen a total of 1,678 teams take part, which was an increase of 175 from the previous year.

Overall 27,537 students took to the field which is up by 2,911 from last year and a staggering growth of 22,369 since 2002.

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