Our Lady’s & Ormskirk in finals
PUPILS from Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College and Ormskirk School are celebrating after clinching a place at the largest youth sporting event in Lancashire, following victory in a super eight athletics competition.
The winning schools battled it out against seven others and will now represent West Lancashire at the SPAR Lancashire School Games county finals where they will compete against teams from 14 Lancashire districts in a bid to be crowned county champions in super eight athletics.
The even took place at Edge Hill University, and was a multi-sex competition. Our Lady Queen of Peace won the boys’ groups and Ormskirk School for the girls.
Chris Hart, who is the school games organiser for West Lancashire and arranged the event, said: “Both competitions were very close.
“Our Lady Queen of Peace and Ormskirk School did well to come out on top, but everyone involved did very well.”
Now in its eleventh year, the SPAR Lancashire School Games is made up of two main events providing all children in Lancashire with the opportunity to take part in competitive sport.
Schools across the county are now competing for a place at the county finals which will be held at Blackpool’s Stanley Park on July 4, where over 2,000 children are expected to battle it out for glory.
A range of sports including gymnastics, football and athletics, as well as two new additions to the 2017 line-up, mixed cricket and touch rugby, will be contested by pupils from 15 Lancashire districts.
In addition, the Disability Swimming Gala took place on March 15 at Lancaster’s Salt Ayre Leisure Centre.
The SPAR Lancashire School Games is organised by the Lancashire Sport Partnership and delivered by the county’s school games organisers. James Hall & Company Ltd, the SPAR distributor for the North of England, is sponsoring the event for the eleventh year running.