St Bede’s College U14 Hockey Team won the Manchester Catholic Cup in a recent tournament held in December. The College has an excellent reputation for sport with a number of its students selected to represent their County and some have even been selected to play for the National team. Nikki McCormick, Head of Girls PE, [...]
Olympic sprinter, Andrew Steele, returned to St Bede’s to talk about his experiences in the recent Olympic Games in Beijing and his preparations for the 2012 Olympics in London. He gave a talk to an A-Level PE class and met some of the College’s future rising sports stars. Head of Boys PE, Kevin Rafferty, said, “It was very [...]
St Bede’s College PE department is celebrating a hat-trick of successes as three of the College’s 1st XV Rugby Squad, have secured call ups for professional clubs and positions on the Cheshire and England Squads. Simon (U6) who is currently playing for Sale Rugby has received an England call up, while Greg (L6) has been signed to Warrington [...]
Amy from Warrington has been selected to play for England’s rounders team along with two of her friends, Caragh and Isabelle. Amy has been selected as a backstop for the under 15s squad, Caragh and Isabelle have been selected as bowlers for the under 13′s England squad. Amy said: “This is my third year in the [...]
Manchester and District Netball Tournament St Bede’s were victorious again at this year’s Manchester and District Tournament hosted by Bolton School. This is a long established tournament which celebrates its centenary in two years’ time. In the round robin, we beat Bolton School, Altrincham Grammar, Our Lady’s Royton and Sale Grammar School and drew with [...]
St Bede’s first Rugby Tour of Connacht hailed a great success.
The ISFA Six a Side Tournament was a resounding successs, not least because St Bede’s won the prestigious trophy.
The builders have completed a major extension to the St Bede’s Changing Rooms on Brantingham Road during the Summer. In addition, the College Pavilion has been extensively refurbished. The Changing Rooms Project was financed with the help of a substantial donation from the Kennedy Charitable Trust and their were numerous gift aided donations from College [...]
FOOTBALL The teacher in charge of soccer, Mr Fallon, and the Head of Sixth Form, Mr Kearney, who assists the running of the first XI, took 18 players to Valencia during the last week of August. Based at a 4-star Hotel on the outskirts of Valencia the squad trained for four hours each day with [...]