Latest Competitions From SCSSP

Kids of Steel Triathlon

Kids of Steel will be back in Cambridge for 2012 with the date now confirmed as Thursday 26^th April. The event will take place at Impington Sports Centre and is a fantastic opportunity for pupils in Year 5-8 to take part in a vibrant and exciting sport that will play a big part in the 2012 Olympics.

The event is open to all children and is fully inclusive with all equipment, including bikes, provided. The event will run from 10am until 3pm and schools will book in for their preferred start time with the whole event taking each school approximately 2hours.

If you want to see what Kids of Steel looks like then you can view a video from last year's event.

You can download an information pack and entry form here.

COUNTY SCHOOL GAMES

The sports for the event in 2012 have now been confirmed as:

Year 3/4 Mini Tennis
Year 5/6 Quick Sticks Hockey
Year 5/6 Quad Kids Athletics

Year 7 Girls Netball
Year 8 Girls Rounders
Year 7/8 Boys Table Tennis
U15 Mixed Super Sixes Golf
U16 Boys Basketball
U15 Mixed Trampolining
U16 Mixed Rowing
U19 Disability Football

Two schools from South Cambs will qualify to represent the SSP in each of these sports.

Make sure you school is in with a chance of being at the County School Games by entering your school into the local qualifiying rounds now.

South Cambs SSP Year 5/6 Quad Kids Athletics

QuadKids is a new, exciting and easy to organise athletics concept designed to give more children the opportunity to participate in and enjoy athletics. It covers the core disciplines of running, throwing and jumping in a team quadrathlon format.

This is a team based competition where individual performances are scored using a points table and the winners are the team with the highest cumulative points score.

Teams are made up of 4 boys and 4 girls, with each athlete competing in all events.

All athletes take part in a 75m sprint, vortex howler throw, standing long jump and 600m run.

The two winning schools from this competition will go forward to represent South Cambs SSP at the County School Games on Tues 10th July 2012.

To find out more about the competition and the events contact us for a Manual or visit the quakids website to register your school and download a manual.

On the day of the event you will need a completed Team Declaration Form to hand in to the event organiser.

If you would like some support with introducing or developing Quadkids in your school please speak to your SSCo or the SSP.

Dont forget to visit the School Games website where you can download resources to support the delivery of intra-school athletics in your school.

South Cambs SSP Year 3 & 4 Mini Red Tennis Competition

This competition is being run in conjunction with Comberton Tennis Club and hosted at their courts. The event is open to all schools in South Cambs SSP with the winning school going on to represent the Partnership at the County School Games on Tuesday 10th July 2012.

Teams are mixed -2 boys and 2 girls. Schools can enter a maximum of 4 teams.

The LTA is currently offering the following incentives to schools that enter this event:

30 sponge and 30 red low compression tennis balls
A racquet and ball set for four players from each school (available for the first 10,000 children who are not British Tennis Members)

As a Partnership we are also offering all schools that enter a free team training/coaching session with a professional tennis coach from a local club. So what are you waiting for, enter your team today!!

Simple rules:

· Mini Tennis Red uses badminton sized courts, 23” Mini Tennis rackets, Mini Tennis sponge balls if played indoors, or Mini Tennis red felt balls if played outdoors.

· The format is Timed Tennis; players play for a set period of time, until the whistle blows. The length of matches depends on time available and amount of entries, but matches normally last ten minutes.

· The serve is decided by a ‘toss' at the start of the match. The nominated person serves for the first point, it then alternates every two points.

· When serving, players should stand behind the baseline and the ball must not be bounced before being hit.

· The serve can be hit over or underarm and should be hit diagonally, landing in the diagonally opposite service box.

Don't forget to visit the School Games website where you can download competition and challenge cards to support the delivery of intra-school tennis in your school.

South Cambs SSP Year 3 & 4 Mini Red Tennis Competition

This competition is being run in conjunction with Shelford Tennis Club and hosted at their courts. The event is open to all schools in South Cambs SSP with the winning school going on to represent the Partnership at the County School Games on Tuesday 10th July 2012.

Teams are mixed -2 boys and 2 girls. Schools can enter a maximum of 4 teams.

The LTA is currently offering the following incentives to schools that enter this event:

30 sponge and 30 red low compression tennis balls
A racquet and ball set for four players from each school (available for the first 10,000 children who are not British Tennis Members)

· Mini Tennis Red uses badminton sized courts, 23” Mini Tennis rackets, Mini Tennis sponge balls if played indoors, or Mini Tennis red felt balls if played outdoors.

· The serve is decided by a ‘toss' at the start of the match. The nominated person serves for the first point, it then alternates every two points.

· When serving, players should stand behind the baseline and the ball must not be bounced before being hit.

· The serve can be hit over or underarm and should be hit diagonally, landing in the diagonally opposite service box.

· Each court will have a helper/scorer, who calls out the scores and helps out with decisions

More information will be sent out nearer the time. If you want to know more about Mini Tennis Red you can visit the LTA website.

Don't forget to visit the School Games website where you can downloadcompetition and challenge cardsto support the delivery of intra-schooltennis in your school.