Sports | Holcombe Brook Primary School

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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...
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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...
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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...
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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!
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Amazing Athletes!

11th February 2024

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We took a team of 23 children to compete against 23 schools in total! The children could take part in a maximum of four events from the 10 track and field activities. When the results came in for the top 5, we knew we were in with a chance as we had won the majority of our heats! “In...
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Dodgeball Dynamos

19th December 2023

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Yesterday our amazing dodgeball team set out to Woodhey. They played against 3 different schools, performed really well as a team but sadly didn't top their group and therefore just missed out on a semi final spot.
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Top Of The Table!

21st November 2023

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On Thursday 16th November our football team set out to Goshen to take part in a league group event where the team that finished top, would make it through to the quarter finals after Christmas. There were three other schools that took part and our first opponents were St Joseph’s Ramsbottom. It was a nervy start and Samuel saved...
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Brilliant Boccia Bunch!

3rd November 2023

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Our boccia team set out to play in a tournament earlier in the week and put on a great display of teamwork and technique! They won some games and lost one, just missing out on a semi final spot! Thank you to Miss Forrest for coaching and transporting the team and to Mrs Seel and Miss Phillips for their...
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Football frenzy!

13th October 2023

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Last week our year 3/4 girls performed superbly at a tournament. Yesterday saw Team HB compete in a ‘hat-trick’ of events! In the morning, the year 3/4 boys played in a tournament with some strong convincing victories. Both year 3/4 teams finished third in their group. Thank you to Mr Crawshaw for arranging and transporting to both! Last night our...
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Girls’ Football Friendly!

1st October 2023

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We welcomed two teams from Greenmount to our pitches for a friendly game. There were lots of goals, smiles and great football played! Thank you to Mr Crawshaw for helping and to the parents for their support too!
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Double Football Champions!

11th July 2023

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Congratulations to our year 2 football team who topped their group without losing, then won their semi final against CC Walshaw. They then faced OLOL in the final but it was agreed, after the score was still 0-0, that the trophy would be shared! Two days later and both our upper key stage two teams took part in the SC...
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Amazing Athletes!

25th June 2023

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On Saturday morning we took 20 children from year 3 to year 6 to Market Street running track. The team spirit and togetherness was there to see for everyone as they cheered on their school mates throughout all of the events: relays, sprints, long distance, javelin, jumping and shot putt! Every child exceeded our expectations and really pushed themselves to...
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One goal needed!

20th April 2023

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Our girls football team put up a really good show at Goshen tonight with 2 wins and 2 draws and didn’t concede any goals. 2 other teams also had the same number of points but a better goal difference by 1 so they went through to the semi final stage and we sadly missed out. However, as a school,...
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Netball Update!

30th March 2023

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Building on from their recent games the team faced a difficult BGS side last week but gave them a good game only losing 8-2. Tonight they had a double header and beat St Joseph’s 17-0 and Peel Brow 12-0! What a superb effort! A huge thank you to Mrs Rothwell, the parents and former pupil, Lily, for umpiring!
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Tri Kidz T3/4

24th March 2023

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Incredible team effort from all our children yesterday. They kept going and squeezed every last drop of energy they had to put out a brilliant triathlon performance.
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Nifty Netballers!

19th March 2023

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Since prior to Christmas, Mrs Rothwell and Mr Davies have been proving our new netball team with some fantastic coaching and in the last fortnight, they have taken part in two matches. In their first match it was an extremely close race and they ended up only losing by a late goal to CC Ainsworth but a week later,...
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Athletics Aces!

19th March 2023

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Congratulations to our 23 pupils that took part in the annual athletics competition this week at Castle Leisure Centre. The team spirit and togetherness was lovely to witness and the children certainly did the school proud with their effort and behaviour! We managed to win our race heats in all 10 races and children that took part in the...
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Brilliant Basketballers!

12th March 2023

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Well done to our amazing basketball team. You showed a tremendous team spirit throughout and some wonderul skills, winning two games and coming 5th overall! It was a really enjoyable event to be a part of: lots of smiles and laughter throughout! Thank you to Mr. French and also the parents for their support!
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Frosty Fitness!

15th December 2022

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Super proud of all our little athletes in Year 3/4 today, who gave it their all in our Tri Kidz triathlon challenge.
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Dodgeball Demons!

10th November 2022

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It was a brilliant event at Woodhey on Monday evening as 8 year 6 pupils took part in a dodgbeall tournament. They won some games, lost some games but most importantly, had a whale of a time and learnt some new skills! It was also a super experience for the children as many of them will be making the...