Greater Manchester Mini Games Review

Tameside Sporting Success Continues!

Ashton-On-Mersey Sports College in Trafford, played host to the first ever Greater Manchester Mini Games last week. 5 boroughs, Trafford, Manchester, Oldham, Stockport and Tameside, took part in 7 sporting events including Athletics, Rugby Union, Netball, Girl's Football, Basketball, Hockey and Tennis.

A magnificent team of 70 children travelled across to Trafford to take part in the inter-borough sports festival for Primary schools, supported by 15 enthusiastic teachers and 10 sports development staff.

7 local primary schools were involved in the event. They were Hurst Methodists, Ashton (Football), St. John Fisher, Denton (Rugby), St. Mary's, Denton (Netball), Ridgehill, Stalybridge (Hockey), Stalyhill, Stalybridge (Tennis), Micklehurst, Mossley (Basketball) and Yew Tree, Dukinfield, (Athletics). All of these schools excelled in recent tournaments ran by Tameside Sports Development Unit and earned their place to represent their borough.

The day proved to be most successful for Tameside, with 3 out of 7 sports teams winning the Fair Play award. The emphasis of the day was on participation and sporting attitude. There was no prize given out to winners, only to the team that showed Fair Play to others during their matches. The Fair Play award was won by St. Mary's Denton in Netball, Ridgehill in Hockey and Hurst Methodists in Girl's football. This was voted for by the Umpires and fellow participants.

All seven schools did Tameside proud and were supported by the Mayor of Tameside, Councillor Margaret Downs and also, Councillor David Sweeton.

We are now looking forward to next year's Mini Games where we hope to continue our success and uphold our fantastic sporting reputation!

The full results are as follows: