Sports | Holcombe Brook Primary School

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Super six!

20th October 2025

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📣SPORTS DESK Today saw a new year 5/6 football team play Greenhill away in the first round of the cup. We started brightly with Oliver finishing from a narrow angle following a great save from their keeper. We then conceded five minutes later but Oliver again won a penalty and smashed it home. Two more goals followed from Max and Jaiden...
PE, Sports, Taj Mahal

Tri Kidz - Taj Mahal

2nd October 2025

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This week, Taj Mahal class "gave it all they got" for our bi-annual TriKidz event. They swam, ran and biked their way through 30 minutes of a grueling triathlon relay. I was immensely proud of their effort and team spirit. Here's to the retest next year - fitter and faster!
Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, PE, Sports

Fantastic Football Friendly!

4th April 2025

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A huge well done to the fantastic football squad that took part in a friendly vs Tottington at home on Tuesday. 15 boys from year 5/6 repesented the school superbly with 2 6-a-side games on the go! One team fought hard but lost 6-4 and the other team managed an incredible 12-7 victory! 16 goals from both teams combined...
Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, PE, Sports

Indoor Athletics Event

7th February 2025

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On Tuesday, 23 children took part in an indoor athletics competetion and out of 21 schools, managed to come THIRD and received their bronze medals this morning in assembly! Whether you did one event or four, you still made a huge contribution to our success! We are all really proud of you!
Community, Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, PE, Sports

Greater Manchester Girls!

7th February 2025

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Two girls from year 5 and 6 had the privilege of representing not only their school but also their town too! They represented Bury on Saturday at Heaton Park for a gruelling cross country race but did the school proud and showed a real determination to complete the course against the best runners across Greater Manchester! Well done you...
PE, Sphinx, Sports, Taj Mahal

Super Six!

7th February 2025

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Congratulations to the 6 year 3/4 children for their amazing teamwork at a recent multi-skills event at Bury Church. They represented the school superbly and improved in all aspects as the event went on. A huge thank you to Miss Forrest, Mrs Edwards and Miss Aston for taking the children.
PE, Sports

Friendly winners

18th November 2024

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11 boys set out to Redbank playing fields to play a friendly vs St Andrew’s Radcliffe. It was a really close game played in the right spirit but we managed to come away with a 6-4 win with 3 goals from Jacob, 2 from Alex and one from Arthur. The lads played some lovely football with one parent commenting...
Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, Sports

Courageous Cross Country Runners!

8th November 2024

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10 children set out to Goshen yesterday to take part in the annual cross country event and try to conquer the grueling 2k boggy course! They all did this really well with some commenting that they wanted to do it again! A huge thank you to Mrs Edwards and Mrs Horridge for transporting the children and parents for their...
Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, Sports

Penalty Heartbreak

8th November 2024

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We had another girls’ tournament recently and the team performed superbly, losing just one match on their way to the semi finals vs Butterstile. We managed to keep the score to 0-0, including during extra time too! We made it through to penalties where both teams scored two and missed one, sadly we lost on sudden death! The girls represented the...
Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, PE, Sports, Taj Mahal

Fantastic Footballers!

14th October 2024

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Well done to our two boys’ football teams that took part in tournaments last Thursday from year 4 and year 5/6. In the morning the year 4 boys started confidently with two convincing victories in their group games as well as a draw which saw them top their group. In the semi final, they faced Heaton Park and despite...
Community, Enrichment, Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, PE, Sphinx, Sports, Taj Mahal

Hat trick of football events!

7th October 2024

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Over the last ten days, 20 key stage two children have taken part in football events at Goshen. First of all we had four children head down with Mrs Rothwell to compete in a range of football skill based events. The children took part with the right attitude and represented the school superbly! Secondly, a girls’ year 3/4 team...
All Pupils, News, Sports

Athletics Success

10th July 2024

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Congratulations to the athletics team that competed against 20 other schools. We had five GOLD medals which I believe might be a first for our school: Molly (javelin), Seth and Emma (600m), Ariella (long jump and 75m). Both boys and girls managed to win bronze medals for their relay races too! Lots of children also came in the top...
Enjoy and Achieve, News, Sports

Swim Champs!

22nd May 2024

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What a fabulous morning at Castle Leisure! 21 schools, 84 boys and 84 girls all trying their best at a range of strokes for their respective schools. There were four heats and we were lane 3 of heat 2. The girls started things off with some confident individual performances and the boys also did the school really proud. They...
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‘Howzat!’

22nd May 2024

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Our cricket team put on a fine display yesterday at Walshaw Sports Club and narrowly missed out on a place on finals day by finishing third. It was lovely to watch their team spirit and a range of super skills on show: bowling, batting and catching! Well done to the team! Thank you to Mr West and the parents...
Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, News, PE, Sports

Quarter Finalists!

10th May 2024

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In our round if 16 tie versus Cams Lane tonight, we stamped our authority early doors and went in at half time 2-0 up following a bottom corner finish by Seth and Jacob smashed one into the top corner! After half time we managed ti get two early goals following some lovely football and 2 close range finishes from...
All Pupils, Enjoy and Achieve, Healthy and Safe, News, PE, Sports

Rugby and Tennis Stars

2nd May 2024

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Congratulations to our rugby and tennis teams that took part in some key stage two competitions recently. They all competed to the best of their ability and in many cases were trying something new! Each team won some games, lost some games and drew some games but they ALL had fun along the way and hopefully learnt some new...
Community, Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, PE, Sports

Close call in the football!

18th March 2024

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The girls football team played in a tournament and started off with three strong victories. They then faced Bury Grammar and narrowly lost 3-2. This meant they needed to win in their final match against St. Mary’s Radcliffe to stand a chance of progressing to the next stage. The girls hit the post, crossbar and their goalkeeper was outstanding...
Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, News, Sports

Football Cup Success

8th March 2024

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Following on from a friendly defetat last Friday to a very talented St Andrew’s Radcliffe team, the boys set out to Chantlers Primary on Wednesday to play a cup game. Despite having one player missing, the team worked really hard in difficult conditions and still managed to play some of the best football Mr. Crawshaw and I have seen...
Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, News, PE, Sports

Tricky Quarter Final

11th February 2024

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Our boys football team made it into the quarter final stage for the first time in a few years, however, they were unfortunate to come against a very strong side in Greenhill. Sadly we were 3-0 down at half time but we battled on and were the better team in the second half. The woodwork was struck on four...
Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, PE, Sports

Basketball Brilliance!

11th February 2024

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It was a pleasure to watch our basketball team put in some fantastic performances recently at Phillips High. They won 3 out of 4 games and just missed out on bronze medals following a last minute basket by Higher Lane. A tremendous effort alk round!