On Wednesday 11th. October the St. Thomas More Cluster of primary schools held their Annual High Five Netball tournament. Six schools entered, of which four schools entered two teams each, giving a total entry of ten teams. The previous year was wet but this year was even wetter, not that the competitors minded. The array of umbrellas added colour to the proceedings. The competition was split into two leagues with the top team in each playing the runners up in the other league. The winners of these matches then played off for champions and runners up while the losers played off for third and fourth positions.

Highfield St. Josephs played Blaydon St. Josephs in the final with Highfield retaining the Corpus Christi High five trophy and winning the gold medals. Blaydon, St. Josephs gained the silver medals for the second year running while St. Philip Neri from Dunston beat St. Agnes from Crawcrook to secure the bronze medals. Every pupil who participated in the competition received a certificate while every team received two netballs each. New for this year is the St. Thomas More fair play trophy. This is to be awarded at the end of the year to the school that accumulates the most fair play points over the season. St. Mary and St. Thomas Aquinas from Stella gained the first point of the year.

Pictured, below on a sunnier day, Highfield St. Josephs, who went on to finish runners up in the Gateshead finals.