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!!

Mighty Methley are West Yorkshire Champions!!

West Yorkshire Kwik Cricket Champions 2012 - Methley Primary School

On Tuesday 26^th June, the Methley Cricket Team (Josh Neal, Harvey Walker, Liam Birrell, Luke Phillips, Ross Carrington, Joe Oliver, Finlay Rooke and Daniel Ford) travelled to Weetwood Playing fields to represent Leeds in the West Yorkshire School Game Kwik Cricket finals. After finishing runners up in the previous stage and with key player Euan Cowan missing, the team were slightly apprehensive about the challenge that lay ahead of them. Upon arriving the team were drawn in Pool 1 alongside Bankfoot Primary School, Northawram Primary School, Cawley Lane J, I and N School and Stanley St. Peters.

Game 1 – Methley 258 beat Cawley Lane J, I & N School 204

The first game saw Methley produce a brilliant fielding and bowling performance. Three wickets in the first over from Josh Neal set the tone for the rest of the team to follow. 2 wickets for Luke Phillips and 1 a piece from Joe Oliver, Finlay Rooke and Ross Carrington meant that Cawley were only able to muster 204 runs. Baring in mind that each innings started on 200 runs this was some achievement. Buoyed by their brilliant bowling performance the Methley batsmen set about chasing the total. All of the pairs batted with excellent style but the final pair of Daniel Ford and Liam Birrell played some devastating shots, dispatching the bowlers all over the field to record 30 runs from their 12 balls.

Game 2 - Methley 301 beat Stanley St. Peters 214

The second game followed a very similar pattern to the first. Fantastic fielding and bowling from Methley restricted the Stanley team to 214. The wickets were again shared between the team with Josh, Ross, Joe and Daniel all grabbing a wicket each. The batsmen again set about destroying the bowling of the opposition. An opening stance of 42, including six sixes from Josh Neal, set the platform for the rest of the team. In addition to this 21 from Harvey and Ross and 29 from Liam and Daniel made for a comfortable victory.

Game 3 – Methley 297 beat Bankfoot 197

With their confidence now growing the Methley boys were becoming more ruthless in the quest for glory! Bowling first the team were able to keep Bankfoot to a mere 197 runs. This was in no small part down to the wickets taken by Josh (2), Daniel (2), Finlay (2), Harvey (2), Luke (1) and Ross (1). A fantastic achievement from the boys meant that they could go and enjoy batting and they duly racked up a large amount of runs. All of the team scored freely and the innings saw them only lose 1 wicket! Josh and Joe (26), Harvey and Ross (29), Finlay and Luke (18), and Daniel and Liam (31) made for a comfortable victory and meant that Methley now had 3 wins from 3 games! They knew that if they won their final game they would top their group!

Game 4 – Methley 286 beat Northawram 254

Game 4 saw the Methley team much more sluggish in the field. Some poorer bowling and fielding allowed the opposition to build an imposing total. But as heads started to drop an unlikely hero emerged! Coming in as a replacement to the team Joe Oliver took two vital wickets and halted the score this was then followed by a good over from Finlay and when Harvey took a wicket with the final ball of the innings the Northawram score of 254 didn’t look quite as imposing as it could have been. In reply, Methley got off to a slow start. The Northawram opening bowlers frustrated Methley and Josh and Joe had to work hard for their 9 runs. Another tight over began to frustrate Harvey and Ross. However, instead of letting their heads drop this seemed to inspire Harvey who set about annihilating the next bowler – 29 runs from 6 balls seemed to install some belief in the team. A further 22 from Finlay and Luke coupled with 25 from Daniel and Liam meant that Methley eased home unbeaten in their league.

Semi-final – Methley 257 beat Bell Lane 250

The semi final was a nervous affair with Bell Lane batting first. With the Methley team playing slightly over confidently they managed to pose a testing score of 250. In response Methley batted well and were able to make a total of 287 however with the loss of some silly wickets near the end the total was rounded down to 257. Thankfully this meant that Methley were through to the final where they would play against Northawram, from their original group.

Final – Methley 268 beat Northawram 197

The final saw Methley play some breathtaking cricket with all members of the team doing their part to ensure that they went home victorious. Whilst batting the Methley boys played some brilliant shots all around the ground with both Daniel Ford and Harvey Walker in particular showing some nice touches. Special mentions must also go to Joe Oliver, Ross Carrington and Luke Phillips who kept the runs ticking over. With a score of 268 Methley were confident that they could win however they knew, from their group game, that Northawram were a good batting team. The first over came from Josh Neal and set the tone for the rest of the team. Four wickets including a superb diving catch from Harvey meant that straight away Northawram had lost 20 runs. The wickets continued to fall, the catches got better, run outs were accurate and the team even managed a couple of stumpings. A shell shocked Northawram had no answer to the Mighty Methley fielders and as a result Methley were rightly crowned the champions of the West Yorkshire district!

A great performance from all members of the team and they should be extremely proud of their achievements. The performance seeming even more impressive considering this was a year six tournament and Methley only had two year six players in the team! The rest made up of year 5 and year 4! At the end of the tournament the Yorkshire coaches commented on the impressive fielding and bowling of the Methley team and it was most definitely this side of the game which won the tournament for the team. Next up for Methley is a trip to Headingley, home of Yorkshire CCC, to see if they can become county champions!! I am sure you will all wish the team luck as they try to achieve this. Finally, a massive thank you to all the parents who stayed for the full day to support the team, without you to get the children there none of this would be possible!

Cricket Superstars!

On Monday 18th June the Methley Cricket team (Joshua Neal, Harvey Walker, Liam Birrell, Euan Cowan, Ross Carrington, Cade Clibbens, Luke Phillips and Finlay Rooke) travelled to Weetwood playing fields in Leeds to take part in the Leeds Kwik Cricket final. Having finished second in the previous round to qualify Methley were unsure as to how they were going to find the competition. Upon arrival the team found out that they had been drawn in Pool 2 along with; Rawdon St Peters, Morley Victoria, Pudsey Southroyd and Alwoodly.

Match 1  Methley 299 beat Pudsey 232


The first game saw some brilliant fielding nd bowling perfomrances. Wickets from Euan and Ross and a run out meant that Pudsey could only manage a score of 232. In reply some devasting batting from Josh and Liam saw that Methley were able to win their first game comofrtably.

Match 2  Methley 247 beat Alwoodly 218


The second game saw Methley bat first and pose a good score. All of the team contributed well to the score but a big mention must go to Harvey and Josh who started the innings strongly and also to Ross and Liam who finished well. Whilst fielding the Methley team were in inspired form taking plenty of wickets and preventing teh Alwoodly batsmen from taking command. One performer however stood out and that was Euan who managed to take a hattrick and bowl a maiden over. This completely stopped Alwoodly in their tracks!

Match 3  Methley 242 beat Morley 230


The third game saw Methley face a more difficult challenge. Batting first methley soldiered to 242. A very respectable score, in which only the opening pair of Harvey and Josh got to double figures! This meant that again a good bowling performance would be needed. Methley duly delivered!! Finlay, Luke and Cade preventing the opposition from scoring freely whilst Harvey was able to finsih off the innings with some pacy and acccurate bowling.

Match 4 Methley 223 beat Rawdon 189


Going into the last match Methley knew that another win would see them progress to the final. Methley lost the toss and were asked to bat. Facing a much stronger bowling and fielding team Methley did very well to get to 223 but were far from confident as they took to the field. Little did they know what was about to happen. An absolutely sensational fielding perfomrance saw them take regular wickets and dismiss Rawdon for 189!! 2 wickets each for Josh, Ross and Finlay coupled with a wicket for Luke sent Methley into the final unbeaten!

Leeds final Farsley Fairfield 246 beat Methley 239


Methley entered the final confident but slightly nervous. Farsley batted first and some brilliant bowling and fielding saw them slowly build a score. Unfortunatley in the last over some sloppy mistakes allowed the batsmen to claim some easy boudaries and boost their score. In reply Methley chased hard and all of the batsmen should be proud of their performance but umltimately the boudaries in the last over proved the difference in the teams.

Methley will now progress to the West Yorkshire finals next Tuesday where they will represent the Leeds area. A massive congratualtions to the team - you were brillaint. Also a huge thankyou to the parents who helped transport the children to the venue and stayed and supported all day! Bring on the next round!!

Kwik Cricket

Just a quick note for your diaries - if we finish in the top two of the Kwik Cricket final on Monday then we will progress to another round. We will take part in the West Yorkshire final which will be played on Tuesday 26th June 2012. The venue is yet to be confirmed and I only received notification about this last night!! I have also been informed that the venue we are playing at on Monday will have 3G pitches and there is plenty of shelter so should the weather be bad we will still be able to play the tournament!

LEEDS KWIK CRICKET FINAL 2012

Fantastic news!! The Methley Cricket Team has made it into the Leeds City Finals which will take place on Monday 18th June at the University of Leeds. This is a massive achievement by everybody that has attended the cricket club not just this year but last year as well. Everybody who has been selected to play for school should be very proud and those who have been chosen to play in the final will be coming home with a letter with all the details tonight! For those who haven't made the team for the final we are hoping to arrange another tournament with the Brigshaw family of schools which will take place before the end of the summer term! I am sure you will wish the team lots of luck for Monday! Fingers crossed!!

Cross Country Super Stars

Just a quick note about the amazing performance of the Methley team at Woodlesford on Friday night. A huge number of children, proud parents and staff were there to support the participants in a brilliant night of cross country running.

Firstly the boys team, made up of Liam, Leon, Owen, Jack and Daniel put together a set of amazing times and places. The stand out performance coming from Liam Birrell who won the boys event with Daniel Easton and Owen also finishing inside the top 10!! These places added together meant that the boys finished in second place overall. Well done boys!!

The girls team, made up of Grace & Hannah Plater, Ella and Emily were able to go one better! Grace Plater, following on from finishing second in last years race, managed to win the girls event and the rest of the team placed in the top 10! This meant that for the first time Methley won the girls comp!! Absolutely brilliant effort ladies!

As well as these two successes there were many other children from school who took part in the all comers race and ran excellently and represented school fantastically well. Thank you to all the parents that attended and helped the children. Let's hope next year we can do equally as well!!

City Indoor Athletics semi finals as Boston Spa

A big well done to the athletics team who took part in this event of Tuesday night. Unfortunately the team came in 3rd and so will not progress any further however they should be very proud of their achievements as this is the furthest Methley has got in this competition in a very, very long time!! Mrs Reynard was very proud of the efforts and mentioned that their sportsmanship was fantastic. A huge thank you to all the parents that have helped transport the children to the various events and again a massive well done to the team members listed below!

Liam Birrell Grace Plater Leon Rymer

Hannah Plater Matthew Laverick Ella Price

Euan Cowan Ella Cowan Joe Oliver

Emily Johnson Oliver Adamson Molly Aitchison

Carrick Shields Mia Wedlinsky Ben Thompson

Jodi Stanley Tom Foster Gabbie Scollan

Tom Ibbeson Emily Ibbeson Emily Sawdon

Finally thank you to Mrs Rymer for helping Mrs Reynard with the club!

Yours in sport

Mr Smith

Girls Football Club

Following the success that our girls had at the recent Futsal tournament lots of people have asked if I will run an after school club for them. At the moment I am thinking of the club starting after half term and taking place on a Thursday night. In order for the club to be successful I need at least 10 girls to sign up who are committed to attending every week. If you would like to be part of the club add a comment to this post with your name and class. If we have enough people then I will send letters out in the next couple of weeks to let you know more details!

Thankyou

Mr Smith

Draw for Sportshall Athletics finals

This morning saw Methley drawn in the first semi final of the Indoor Athletics event next week. The team will be competing against schools including Horsforth, Lower Wortley, Westerton and an as yet unnamed school from the North of Leeds. The children will be competing at Boston Spa, next TUESDAY 24th JANUARY and will need to be at the venue for 2:45pm for a 3:00pm prompt start. Your child will be bringing home more information in the next couple of days if they have been selected to take part and this will outline the arrangements for children getting to the venue on time and leaving school early.

Good Luck Guys!!!

Sporting Successes for Methley!!

Monday night saw another night of sporting success for MPS as both the Key Stage 1 multi skills team and Key Stage 2 athletics club took part in competitions.

At Brigshaw, the Multiskills team made up of Daniel McCourt, Alex Cree, Matthew Bridge, Sam Gilbert, Poppy Huntridge, Erin Hosty, Ashley Bhebhe, Elise Westmoreland, Ella Dodsworth and Bailey Warburton took part in a series of events against other schools from the Brigshaw trust. Supported by very vocal parents and staff the team performed fantastically in the speed bounce, sprint shuttle, basketball bounce, bean bag target throw, mini hurdles, standing long jump and distance throw and should be very proud of their second place finish! A massive thank you to all the parents for making sure that the children were transported to and from Brigshaw also to Miss Bellido, Miss Gott and Mrs Westermann for their fantastic support!

Elsewhere the Key Stage 2 Athletics club travelled to Boston Spa to take part in the East Leeds indoor athletics final. The squad of 20 athletes including Grace Plater, Hannah Plater, Emily Johnson, Molly Aitchison, Mia Wedlinsky, Ella Cowan, Ella Price, Gabi Scollan, Leon Rymer, Liam Birrell, Tom Foster, Emily Sawdon, Jodi Stanley, Euan Cowan, Matthew Laverick, Oliver Adamson, Carrick Shields, Ben Thompson & Joe Oliver were fantastic and have amazingly qualified for the Leeds City Semi Finals which will take place at Boston Spa next week! Mrs Reynard would like to thank all of the parents who gave up their time to help transport the children to and from the venue and for your vociferous support!!

Well done to all our fantastic athletes and good luck to our Athletics team at next week’s Leeds semi final!