April 18, 2007

Town Team Represent In Jersey

The Felling Gateshead East Primary Town football squad has just returned from playing in the English Schools FA festival at Jersey.

Six matches were played over a six day period with two other days being used for travelling. The results were as follows:

8/4/07 – Felling Gateshead East 1 Barking 1

Scorer- Connor Halpin

9/4/07 – Jersey 2 Felling Gateshead East 2

Scorers- Connor Halpin (pen) & Greg Olley

10/4/07 – Felling Gateshead East 6 Mondeville Normandy 1

Scorers- Connor Halpin 2, Michael McGill 2 & Adam Ingram 2

11/4/07 -Felling Gateshead East 2 Sutton Coldfield 2

Scorers- Mitchell Galloway & Luke Day

12/4/07 – Thurrock 1 Felling Gateshead East 0

13/4/07 – Felling Gateshead East 3 Newbury 0

Scorers- Mitchell Galloway, Michael McGill & Connor Halpin.

THe results at the halfway stage meant that we won our group after the first stage.

Our squad was made up from children from the following schools - Lingey House (3 players), Bill Quay (2 players), Brighton Avenue, St. Peters, Kells Lane, Roman Road, Windy Nook, Oakfield & South Street.

All the squads were based in the same St. Helier hotel which enabled lots of contacts and friendships to be made. The squad shared a corridor with Bishop Auckland (who also play in the Durham County league) and each group supported each other in their matches.

When not playing, the squad took part in various leisure activities. One of these involved us travelling in twenty four degree heat to a very up market minature golf course called Living Legends. Players from Gloucester PSFA and ours were sorted into teams and played out competitions. When the overall totals were released, Gloucester were the winners. On returning to the hotel, both squads escaped into the indoor pool for a water polo match.

Further details can be found on Gloucester's website - www.gpsfa.com or our website www.fellingschoolsfa.co.uk

The squad really enjoyed themselves and didn't want to come back. Hopefully next years Primary squad will have an even better time.

The Association continues to go from stength to strength in its two main areas - school football and Town Team football. Various different events are coming up including a couple of days away at Gloucester.

New teachers to work within the Town Team setup are desperately needed. This does not need to be for a weekly commitment. Coaching, fundraising, event organisation, press are all areas where help is needed. Anyone who is interested, should contact me at Roman Road Primary School.

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June 21, 2005

Line Dancing Crazy

A fantastic evening of line dancing was enjoyed by 25 children from Brighton Avenue at Gateshead Leisure Centre on Thursday 16th June. It was brilliant to have an activity which catered for children aged 6 to 11 and even included a very brave boy. We discovered unknown talents from many of our parents, who couldn't be beaten by their children, and successfully tackled the tricky grapevine steps. The evidence has been captured on camera! Well done to everyone who took part.

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June 8, 2005

Hoops for Health

The Newcastle Eagles visited our school to encourage us to lead active and healthy lifestyles. Zoe advised us that smoking cigarettes was a bad idea while Andrew explained how our hearts worked. Gerald taught us about healthy eating and Charles demonstrated basketball skills we could try. Rewards of t-shirts, posters and basketballs were an added incentive. we are looking forward to future coaching sessions.

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