U13/15 Girls & Boys School Games Handball Final Highlights!

On Thursday, 20th March, the first leg of the Super-Series Handball Finals took place at Crown Hills Community College.

The event brought much competitive spirit along with it and and lots of action! However it was Priory Belvoir Academy that took the victory for the U13 boys, after a nail-biting few rounds. With Hinckley Academy taking the win for the U15's.

Hamilton Academy and Priory Belvoir Academy also won the Spirit of the Games Award for demonstrating the School Games values; passion, self-belief, respect, honesty, teamwork and determination.

Results U13/15 Boys:

Year 8

Winners: Priory Belvoir Academy
2nd Place: Robert Smyth Academy
3rd Place: New College
Spirit of the Games Winners: Hamilton Academy

Year 10

Winners: Hinckley Academy
2nd Place: CLCC
3rd Place: Priory Belvoir Academy
Spirit of the Games Winners: Priory Belvoir Academy

On Wednesday 27th March, it was the turn of the girls, and yet again there were some high-energy and action packed games, with each team bringing some great play and sportsmanship along with them.

It was great evening for Priory Belvoir Academy who scored victories in both the U13 and U15 competitions, and St Martin's Voluntary Academy who came claimed second in both competitions. In third for the U13's was Sir Jonathon North Community College and for the U15's Soar Valley College.

Loughborough High School were the Spirit of the Games Award winners for demonstrating the School Games values; passion, self-belief, respect, honesty, teamwork and determination.

Results U13/15 Girls

Year 8

Winners: Priory Belvior Academy2nd Place: St Martin's Voluntary Academy

3rd Place: Sir Jonathan North Community College

4th Place & Spirit of the Games: Loughborough High School

Year 10

Winners: Priory Belvoir Academy

2nd Place: St Martin's Voluntary Academy

3rd Place: Soar Valley College

4th Place & Spirit of the Games: Loughborough High School

Photographs from the School Games Super-Series Finals are available to view on our Facebook Page.

Make sure to keep up to date with all the activities over the coming months through our Twitter - @LR_Sport, Instagram - @lr_sport_ and Snapchat – lr_sport using the hashtag #LRSchoolGames

The Leicestershire & Rutland Sport Games is part of the national 'School Games Programme'. This programme aims to keep competitive sport at the heart of schools and provide young people with the opportunity to compete and achieve their full potential. It is available to all young people aged between 6-18 years and of all abilities and backgrounds from every school across Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.

Delivered Locally by Leicestershire & Rutland Sport (LRS) and the 10 School Sport & Physical Activity Networks (SSPANs), The Leicestershire & Rutland School Games enables schools to develop their existing work in school sport and create a year-round calendar of competition for all students.

More information: www.lrsport.org/schoolgames