East side Football league winners and now Champions league semi-finalists!

Our talented and amazing football team won the East side football league last Wednesday, which has been played from October to March. Today they competed in the Champions league quarter finals against the winners of the West side league 'Springhill'.  It was an exciting match for us against a worthy team. Both teams demonstrated amazing skills, stamina and competency and battled to the very end. 2-2 at full time, then 2- 2 in extra time which resulted in a nail biting penalty shoot-out! Both teams were neck and neck going through the players scoring and equalising each shot. Eventually the pain was relieved in a 12 - 11 result on penalties. Bitterne Manor finally winning a very deserved place in the semi-finals!

A nail biting penalty line-up

I and the boys would like to thank Mr Puckett again for his relentless enthusiasm for the game and coaching expertise.

I think Mr Puckett is there somewhere?

The next round is Bitterne Manor v Oakwood in a Semi-final of the Champions league. This is the first time a small school like ours has reached this level!

County Athletics championships

Bitterne Manor is a small school with some BIG talents. Twelve children have been competing in local competitions to become worthy finalists. On Thursday our children represented the Southampton district in Hampshire County Athletic Championships competition. Within each category the children competed against 32 of the best children across Hampshire. We did very well, with some of our children coming 1st in their event and lots were placed in the top 10! Well done again to our amazing children and a personal thank you to the parent and also a helper from Solent who came with us on the day.

BM Year 6 Boys WIN the East side Football league!

I am very proud of our Year 6 boys who are winners of the city East side league. They played 8 games scoring 18 goals and conceding only 2!  A big thank you to Mr Puckett our fantastic coach for inspiring and teaching our children the football skills enabling them to do so well. Also a massive CONGRATULATIONS to the boys for working well as a team and never giving up. Now on to the championship game against the West side. Bring it on!

A win again for Bitterne Manor Football team!!

The second round of fixtures of the Southampton Schools football league were held at Wide Lane yesterday. Bitterne Manor boys had three matches and again won all three!

SCORES

Bitterne Manor   2      Bitterne Park  1
Bitterne Manor   3      Sholing  0
Bitterne Manor   1      Townhill  0

So far in the league we have played 5 games, scored 16 goals and conceded only 1.

Well done to all for your determination, dedication and teamwork. The boys were presented with players of the match certificates in assembly today.

Happy St Patrick's Day!

A special treat for assembly today as we were entertained by Katie and her superb Irish dancing! Katie has been dancing for many years know and has received countless awards for her efforts. She was also promoting her dance school and for more information about this please contact kjbmc21@aol.com at the 'Blair McCarthy School of Irish Dancing' or phone 07969 214290.

Sports week is off to a flying start

Cricket Bitterne Manor Cricket team played really well, only losing out to the team that went on to win the tournament. Well Done! Mini-Olympics Year 5 and 6 enjoyed a morning at Bitterne Park Senior School, taking part in rowing, running, cycling and throwing activities. Training and Rounders A sixth form student came in to train our rounders team for their tournament in which they won their matches and played some year 7s from Bitterne Park, defeating them too. Well Done!

City Athletics

21 Children represented Bitterne Manor in a number of events at the annual city athletics championships. Bitterne Manor were in the top 3 in 12 events. Well Done to all the children and adults that helped. Another great day!

Summer Musical Extravaganza!

Congratualtions to our talented musicians who performed at the Summer Concert last night. They made us and their parents very proud!