Sports Presentation Evening - 19 October

Guest Speaker for the Sports Presentation Awards was Stephen Kelly, a respected sports journalist. Presentations were made to students who excelled in the wide range of sports offered at Calder High over the past academic year. (Awards Booklet)

Pictured above, from left to right: Mick Kay, Head of PE, Stephen Kelly, Sam Hinchliffe, Head Boy, and Stephen Ball, Headteacher

Opening Ceremony

PE staff, mayor of Hebden Royd, and other invited guests

On October 19, the new facilities, here at Calder High School were opened. For those of you who haven’t already been informed, these are the new Tennis/Netball Courts and the newly re-furbished Climbing Wall.
Many visitors and guests came along to the exciting event; including, the Mayor of Hebden-Royd, Netball Players from popular teams, Tennis Players, Sports Co-ordinators, representatives from the Big Lottery Fund, and many, many others.

Students from the School put on displays at each of the brand new venues, a group of Netballers, Tennis players and also a small group of Climbers. The Mayor of Hebden-Royd, Betty Ward, cut the ribbons to open up each of the sites. Natalie Woolley, England U21 International netball player, came along to give a short lesson to the Netball players from our School. All of the players looked to be having fun, we asked one of the players, Hannah Mundell from Year 9, what she thought of the new Courts; she said: “I think that the new courts are much better than the old ones, and make it easier to play sport”. Visitors gathered around to discuss the Courts, and also future developments to other such facilities. A few students from Year 9 came along to ask Mr Kay (Head of PE) a few questions, for their English work, on the Courts and about Sport, etc.

Everybody seemed to be enjoying themselves and seemed happy that the Courts are finally now in use …So, now that they’re open, we can all look forward to using these three fantastic facilities!

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