Schools in Rochdale qualified for the Greater Manchester School Games

Greater Manchester Summer School Games

Young people from the Borough of Rochdale will be taking part in the 2018 Greater Manchester Summer School Games competition, taking place on Friday 6 July.

The event will see the winners from the 10 local boroughs battle against each other in their sport to become Greater Manchester Champions.

The Greater Manchester School Games is now in its seventh year and its 15th festival and is one of the largest School Games events in the Country. This event is one of the largest School Games festival in the country with 21 competitions in total across 14 sports, consisting of Athletics, BMX and Golf amongst others and utilising seven of Greater Manchester’s venues, including the Regional Athletics Arena and The National Basketball Performance Centre.

The schools representing Rochdale are:

• Wardle Academy - Athletics - Year 7 Quadkids
• Redwood School - Athletics - Year 7/8 Disability Quadkids
• St Gabriels RC - Dodgeball - Year 5/6
• Hollingworth Academy - Dodgeball - Year 7/8 Girls
• Kingsway Park High School - Football - Under 13 Girls
• St Vincents RC - Football - Year 5 Girls Mini Soccer
• St Josephs RC - Football - Year 5 Girls Mini Soccer
• Team Rochdale - Golf - KS2 Tri Golf (Disability)
• Holy Family RC - Golf - Year 3/4 Tri Golf
• Team Rochdale - New Age Kurling - Year 5/6
• St Vincents RC - Rounders - Year 5/6
• Wardle Academy - Softball - Year 7/8/9
• Team Rochdale Boccia - Year 5/6
• Wardle Academy - Dodgeball - Year 7/8 Boys
• Norden Community Primary        Golf - Year 5/6 Tri Golf
• Middleton Parich CE - Netball - Year 5/6 High 5
• Middleton Parish - Rounders - Year 5/6
• Hopwood Primary - Tennis - Year 3/4 Mini Tennis
• Smithy Bridge - Netball - Year 5/6 High 5
• Hollingworth Academy - Rugby Union - Year 7/8 Girls Tag
• Norden Primary - Tennis - Year 3/4 Mini Tennis

Singer Laura White will be performing her new single, Heartbreaker, at the opening ceremony before female professional boxer and GreaterSport ambassador, Stacey Copeland, who was recently awarded the Sporting Role Model award at the Women’s Sports Trust ‘Be A Game Changer Awards’, opens the event.

The School Games Organisers across Greater Manchester have organised local competitions with 241,253 individuals having taken part in this academic year so far. Their winners then attend the Greater Manchester School Games to compete to become the Greater Manchester champions in their sport.

The athletes will experience an opening ceremony at The Regional Athletics Arena hosted by MC Paul Sleem before they take part in their competitions. 

Sara Tomkins CEO at GreaterSport said: “We are really excited to be hosting the Summer School Games next week. There is some unbelievable talent in Greater Manchester and it’s great for them to gain experience at an event of this scale.

“What I’m particularly looking forward to seeing is the participation festival which involves even more young people having a go at activities and joining in the spectacular day.”

Stacey Copeland commented: "I'm honoured to be opening the Greater Manchester Summer School Games. Sport has given me many amazing opportunities in my life and events such as these are so important both for inspiring young people and to encourage an active lifestyle. To qualify for this prestigious event is an amazing achievement so I’m sure there will plenty of strong competition."

The event is organised by GreaterSport on behalf of the Local Organising Committee, there will be 160 volunteers supporting the delivery of the event with many of these coming from local schools to form the School Games Crew.