Year 3 & 4 Cricket Superstars!

The final week of half term saw the Year 3/4 cricket team travel to Shadwell Cricket Club to take part in the first round of the Drax Cup. Despite the showers the children managed to get all their games completed and comfortably won the competition! This means that they will move forward to the next round which will take place in late June, should they be successful there then they can look forward to playing at Headingley as part of the regional finals!! Well done guys!

The victorious 3/4 cricket team at Shadwell Cricket Club

Also a massive thank you to the parents who took time out of their busy days to transport the children to and from the venue. Letters for the next round will come out shortly.

Rothwell Schools Cross Country - 17th May

On Friday night the Methley Cross Country squads traveled to Woodlesford to take part in the Rothwell Schools Cross Country Event. Following last year's success confidence was high in both teams. Both teams did excellently and the girls were able to retain their title form last year. Mrs Reynard the club coach was very proud and congratulates everyone who took part, whether you were in a team or not. Also a massive thank you to the parents who took the time to get their children to Woodlesford for the event. Below are some pictures from the event

Methley Cricket Team Up and Running!!

The Year 5/6 Cricket Team - Brigshaw Trust Winners

Monday 29th April saw the Year 5/6 cricket team make the short trip to Brigshaw to play in their opening tournament of the year. With the overs shortened and NO boundaries in play this was going to be a tougher test than first thought. Playing against teams from Allerton Bywater and Kippax Ash Tree the team did really well and in the end were comfortable winners. With this victory the team will progress to take part in the East Leeds finals. Well done to all the members of the team on a brilliant performance and thankyou to all the parents for helping with transport and supporting the team!

Final table below:

Methley Primary School        469 pts
Allerton Bywater                   423 pts
Kippax Ash Tree                    388 pts

Invincible Methley are Netball Champions!!

The victorious Netball squad with their trophy.

Monday 22nd April, saw Methley compete in the final round of the East Leeds High Five Netball league. Over the past few weeks, the team has played exceptionally well and going into last night had only lost once! The team (Oliver Adamson, Molly Aitchison, Emily Johnson, Joe Oliver, Jessica Suggitt, Jack Maskill, Jamie Wedlinscky, Ella Cowan, Emily Sawdon, Gabi Scollan and Matthew Bryan) continued their devastating form last night and won all their games, which means they have been crowned champions of the league! A proud Mrs Reynard said "Well done to the whole team who have shown themselves to be brilliant netballers and also fantastic sports men and women throughout the games!" Mrs Reynard would also like to thank all the parents who have helped to transport and support the team over the past few weeks. Well done guys!!

Brigshaw Bike Competition - 24th November

Below are some of the snaps taken by Miss Russell at the bike competition on Friday. A big thank you to all of the parents who transported the children!!

West Yorkshire School Games

If you get chance take a look at the WYSG website through this link http://www.wysport.co.uk/know/events/wy-school-games-cricket-finals/

There are some fantastic action shots - see if you can spot anyone familiar!!

Headingley Heartbreak for Methley!!

Headingley Carnegie Stadium - Home of Yorkshire CCC

The Methley Cricket Squad

Tuesday 3rd July saw newly crowned West Yorkshire Champions, Methley, travel to Headingley to take part in the Yorkshire Asda Kwik Cricket Finals knowing that a win would take them to the North of England finals. Following last week's outstanding showing and the return of Euan Cowan to the squad, the Methley boys (Josh Neal, Harvey Walker, Liam Birrell, Euan Cowan, Ross Carrington, Joe Oliver, Luke Phillips, Finlay Rooke and Daniel Ford) were confident of doing themselves proud. Upon arriving Methley found themsevles drawn in group 1 alongside North Ferriby School (Hull), Richmond Middle School and Hunters Bar Primary School. 

MATCH 1 - Methley 277 beat Hunters Bar 218

Methley's first match saw the team put into bat and make a slow start. The opening pair of Josh and Luke batted well but were disappointed to only make 9 runs from their two overs. As the Methley team settled into their batting the runs started to flow a little easier and an imposing total of 277 was set for the opposition. Finlay and Euan adding 18, Harvey and Ross 30 and Daniel and Liam 20. With Methley knowing their awesome fielding potential the boys were very confident of defending this total and winning their first match. Some excellent bowling and fielding followed and regular wickets started to fall. Josh Neal (2), Luke Phillips (3) and Ross, Euan and Liam all taking one each. A fantastic start from the Methley team with special mention going to Ross for some devastating batting in the middle of the innings.

MATCH 2 - Methley 293 beat North Ferriby 220

Match 2 saw Methley skipper, Josh Neal, win the toss and put North Ferriby into bat. An unbelievable start followed for Methly 3 wickets in the first 3 ball of Josh's over and then 3 more for Daniel in the next saw North Ferriby lose 30 runs before they even scored a run. the rest of the bowling was well controlled and Liam added another wicket near the end of the innings. In response Methley batted excellently. With the opposition accepting defeat all too easily and some of their players not controlling themselves in the correct manner, Methley focussed on winning the game. Superb batting performances from Josh and Joe (31) and Daniel and Liam (33) meant that Methley had won their first two games and were looking strong!

MATCH 3 - Richmond 236 beat Methley 232

Approaching the final game Methley knew that only a win was good enough to see them through the semi finals. Fielding first, Methley were able to restrict their opponents to 236. Daniel taking one stunning one handed catch for a caught and bowled plus wickets for Liam and Ross meant Methley had a chance. Unlike the first two games though Methley faced a much tougher bowling attack but applied themselves well. Chasing the 236 the team batted well and lost few wickets. Going into the final pair of Daniel and Liam Methley needed 5 to win. Two fours from Liam and Daniel meant that Methley went four ahead but then with the last ball of that over a wicket meant that they lost 5 runs and slipped behind again. With six balls left Methley needed four to win! A single from Liam took the team to three behind, then two good 2s from Daniel meant that with two balls left Methley were ahead by 1 run! Victory was in sight! The fairytale ending looked like it was on. But Richmond had other ideas a wicket with the next ball put Methley back behind and with the last ball not being hit the Methley boys fell just short and were, devastatingly, out of the competition!

Despite falling just short of the semi finals the boys should be very proud of their run this year. They have played 15 games and only lost 3! In that run they have shown to be the Champions of the Brigshaw federation of schools, 2nd in the North of Leeds, 2nd in the City of Leeds finals and were able to win the West Yorkshire competition. At the end of the day Methley finished 5th in the Yorkshire competition - a hugely impressive effort! Well done boys, you were awesome. Thank you to all of the parents for taking their time to get the children there and staying to support them during the day. Hopefully next year we will be able to do just as well or perhaps...go one step further!!