March 5, 2008

Birtley St Joseph's Girls X Country

Having won the Gateshead Cross Country Competition, Birtley St Joseph's girls completed the double by winning the Chester-le-Street Primary Schools Cross Country Championship. The event was held over three Saturday mornings where the girls scores totalled 19,20 and 14 points giving them a total of 53 points. This was 21 points ahead of the nearest school. Once again the star performers were Sarah Corrigan, Rhyanna Douglas and Kate Rafferty

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January 8, 2008

Gateshead Cross Country

Birtley St. Joseph's Junior School girls' team had tremendous success in the Gateshead Cross Country.

The Gateshead Primary Schools Cross Country Event was held on Sat. November 10th at the bowl behind Gateshead International Stadium. The girls event was won by Birtley St. Joseph's Junior School.
Their 'A' team became champions and collected the £250 cheque with their two runners Rhyanna Douglas finishing 3rd and Sarah Corrigan 5th.
The 'B' team weren't far behind with Hanna McDougall coming in 8th and Kate Rafferty 9th. This enabled them to finish 3rd in the team event.

What a performance! Four in the first nine, out of over 80 runners!
Well Done

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June 11, 2007

Birtley St. Joseph's are North of England Champions

The Birtley boys 7-a-side football team are confirmed as the North of England Champions.

Having already won the Eden Colliery Cup, earlier in the season, Birtley St. Joseph's Junior School football team had to travel to Newcastle Academy to take part in the North of England Championships, incuding teams from as far south as Cheshire and as far north as Cumbria.

The boys had to play 6 matches and completed a very successful afternoon, winning 5 of them and drawing the other.

As a result, the Birtley boys were confirmed as the North of England Champions. This now means that the team have to compete in the National Finals, to be held at Keele University on Saturday June 16th. Although the school will be given some money by the English Schools F. A., to help with expenses a lot more money will be needed to help with the cost.

If you can help, or know someone who can, could you please contact Joe McCormick at Birtley St. Joseph's Junior School, School Street, Birtley or telephone 0191 4102231

School County P W D L Points
B. St. Joseph's Durham 6 5 1 0 16
Carleton House Merseyside 6 4 1 1 13
Saxton N. Yorkshire 6 3 1 2 10
Whitehouse N/Land 6 2 2 2 8
Forest Park G. Manchester 6 1 1 4 6
Lindow Cumbria 6 1 0 5 3

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February 26, 2007

Durham County ESFA Girls' Final

The girls from Birtley St. Joseph's Junior School competed in the final of the Durham County ESFA final against 2 other schools in their section.
They beat St. Teresa's 2-1, drew 1-1 against St Charles then were unfortunately beaten 3-6 by Howletch to come runners up in their section.
Howletch then went on to win.
Congratulations to all who took part for their skill, hard work, determination and fair play.

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December 18, 2006

'Football I Can 2'

Carl Magnay, a former pupil of Birtley St. Joseph's School beat 30,000 other hopefuls to win the football competition 'Football I Can 2' on Sky TV. As a result, Carl will receive a football contract with CHELSEA F.C..
WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT!

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Edne Collery Cup

Birtley St. Joseph's win the Eden Colliery Cup.
Birtley St. Joseph's Junior School got through to the final of the Eden Colliery Cup in football which was played recently. This tournament is open only to schools who have less than 100 pupils. The final was played at Red Rose Primary School in Chester-le-Street and the pupils of St. Joseph's pulled out all the stops to win the cup. They will now represent Durham County in the North of England Championship next year. Well done to all the players for this fantastic achievement.

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June 21, 2005

Football Festival

Birtley St. Joseph's Football Festival was held for the St. Edmund Campion School Cluster on their playing field in Birtley on Thursday 9th June.
Seperate boys and girls teams competed against each other in a 7-a-side festival.

The boys teams were made up of pupils from St. Alban's, St. Augustine's, Birtley St. Joseph's and St. Peter's primary schools. There's was a fiercely fought and very close competition of a very good standard. Goals were scored by all sides with Birtley St. Joseph's marginally coming out ahead.

The girl's teams were represented by St. Augustine's, Birtley St. Joseph's and St. Peter's. This was also a very close competition with a lot of skillful play being demonstrated by all involved. Birtley St. Joseph's again won the most games.

Congratulations to all - pupils, teachers, parent's and supporters who made this a very enjoyable festival.

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