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Boccia Champions

On Wednesday morning a team of Y7 & 8 students travelled to Wollaston to represent the Academy in the Key Stage 3 District Boccia Competition. Competing against other schools including Wollaston and Ferrers, the students played 6 games in total. The Rushden team won 5 out of the 6 games and drew to local rivals Ferrers! An absolutely fantastic achievement for a group of students who only met each other as a team last week and were only introduced to the sport for the first time two weeks ago!!!

The team consisted of Winnie L, Luke Q, Logan B, Robert B and Thomas W. Each of these students should be incredibly proud of this achievement and the way in which they conducted themselves throughout the morning, demonstrating amazing sportsmanship and encouragement to other schools when not participating themselves. The team will now continue to practice on a Friday lunchtime at Invitation Club, ready to represent East Northamptonshire in the County Championships later this year. 

For many of the students this was the very first time they have represented their school and Rushden Academy and we as a PE team and school could not be any prouder of their achievement!! 

Boccia Champions

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Y9 & 10 Futsal

The week started off on Tuesday when the boys travelled to Manor hoping to qualify for the county schools games later in the year. The team consisted of a mix of both Year 9 and 10 students including Jacob B, Ethan H, Michael C, Alfie G, Zac H, Richard S, Noah C and Alfie C. The boys worked incredibly hard despite the physical presence and prowess of other schools, improving game by game and that is all we can ask for. The boys will look to continue their improvement when they participate in the Central Venue tournaments which commence next week. Good Luck boys!


On Thursday afternoon it was the turn of the girls. The girls were absolutely buzzing to take part, even creating their own little group chat. The team consisted of Mollie W, Daisy M, Mellissa B, Bella C, Abbie W, Kaysee S, Julia D, Lexi V and Kristie C. With the vast majority of the team having not played futsal before, it was always going to be a step into the unknown for the girls. In each of the four games all 9 girls worked their socks off, laughing and giggling their way through despite some knock-backs in terms of the scorelines! The girls were a real credit and can be immensely proud of themselves for taking on the challenge of competing in a tournament in a sport they've never played and celebrated the two goals in which we scored - like we won the world cup!!! Amazing scenes!! Although we lost each of the four games, the girls stayed to support and cheer on the other schools in the final games, providing a realistic futsal (slightly carnival-like!) atmosphere! The girls are fully committed to returning in a couple of weeks demonstrating their improvements.

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