Bangor Cares Football Tournament

Today Holywood participated in the Bangor Cares Football Tournament at Bangor Fuels Arena. Holywood entered two teams, fielding 20 boys and girls across P6 and P7 in what was a super day for some sports fun in the sun.

The teams played some fantastic football showing great teamwork, work ethic and displayed some individual moments of brilliance leading to some terrific goals. Both teams registered 2 wins and 2 losses respectively in what was a fantastic afternoon of football.

Many thanks to all the parent helpers for providing transport and for staying to cheer the boys and girls on!

RESULTS:

Holywood A - Grange Park A: 0-1 (L)

Holywood B - Holywood A: 0-2

Holywood B - Grange Park B: 1-0 (W)

Holywood A - Grange Park B: 0-1 (L)

Holywood B - Sullivan: 1-0 (W)

Holywood B - Grange Park A: 0-2 (L)

Holywood A - Sullivan : 4-0 (W)

P3 Superhero Day

On Thursday P3 had a blast dressing up as their favourite Superhero and testing their Superhero Senses! They explored all 5 of their senses in an action packed day of fun investigations. It was truly a SUPER DAY!

Success at the North Down Athletics Championships!

Over the past week 18 boys and girls from P5-P7 have competed in a number of track and field events in the North Down Athletics Championships. On Monday and Wednesday all pupils competed in the heats of each of the events to qualify for the finals on Friday. A total of 12 pupils represented Holywood Primary School in the finals today held at Bangor Sportsplex with great success! Holywood came away with a total of 11 medals (5 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronze) and the boys won the Besant Shield for the school with the most points accumulated at the end of the Championships! 1st Place! What an amazing achievement!

Well done to all the boys and girls involved for a fantastic display of athleticism and sportsmanship all round!

Congrats to the following pupils for qualifying for the finals: Matthew Lockington, Omar Binder, Alana Thornton, Lily Andrews, Lucas McKeown, Freddy Raduva, Roger McMullan, Nina Grace Kanwei, Isla Fox, Oscar Chambers, Ben Irvine and Anna Calvin.

Medal Honours

P5

• Matthew Lockington - Gold in the 100m Sprint and Silver in the 50m Sprint.

• Omar Binder - Bronze in both the 50m and 100m Sprint.

• Lucas McKeown - Gold in the Cricket Ball Throw.

• Freddy Raduva - Silver in the Cricket Ball Throw.

• Alana Thornton - Gold in the 100m Sprint and Cricket Ball Throw, Silver in the 50m Sprint.

P6

• Roger McMullan - Gold in the 100m Sprint and Silver in the 75m Sprint.

East Down Rugby Tournament

On Wednesday 10th April the Rugby Club attended their first tournament of the year. The sun wasn’t the only thing shining as the P6 and P7 boys put in some terrific performances against some tough opposition. 

They played six matches winning three, drawing one and losing two.

Results

vs Strandtown 1-1 (D)

vs Moneyrea 0-3 (L)

vs Stranmillis 1-3 (L)

vs Grange Park 3-0 (W)

vs Carrickmannon 3-1 (W)

vs Andrews Memorial 3-0 (W)

A fantastic day of rugby with some great team performances as well as some moments of individual brilliance. Well done to all the boys involved and a big thank you to all the parent helpers.

SQUAD: Jamie McC, Zach H, George M, Keelan N, Finley R, Benjamin G, Isaac H, Ben W, Kieran I, Matthew I and Roger McM.

Ashfield Football Tournament

Congratulations to the sixteen boys who represented Holywood PS at the annual Ashfield tournament. By having two teams participating in the Ashfield Tournament, this  enabled a number of the P7 and many of our P6 pupils to have the opportunity to represent the school for the first time.`

The B Team equipped themselves very well against tough opposition but despite their best efforts and a great goal by Kyle they were unable to secure a place in the knockout stages.

The A Team kicked off the tournament positively with their first competitive win of the season. Throughout the competition the boys played some great football but unfortunately did not manage to convert their chances and suffered two 1-0 losses after having the majority of the possession. The A team finished the group stage with 4 points and narrowly missed out on progressing to the knockout stages by 1 point. Despite the miserable weather the boys had a great morning of competitive football. Special thanks to David Kennedy for his joint managerial role and for all the parent helpers who provided transport and even stayed to support HPS! :)

SQUAD:

P7: Ruan (C), Benjamin, Joshua P, Oliver, Ben, Luke, Jamie, Harrison and George.

P6: Cameron, Thomas W, Zak, Matthew, Joshua, Oscar and Kyle.

Kick Off for HPS Footballers

Holywood’s football season got underway this afternoon as the new league format kicked off at Eddie Irvine Sports Complex in Bangor.

The league consists of 16 teams competing from across the Ards and North Down area and matches take place once a month where each school plays a total of 3 games.

Holywood’s opponents for todays fixtures were Towerview P.S, Crawfordsburn P.S and Clandeboye P.S. Holywood had a lot of boys competing and representing the school for the first time and their enthusiasm showed from the first whistle. The boys worked hard as a team and put together some brilliant passages of play over their 3 games that led to some fantastic goals by Ben (3), Ruan. Zak and Luke. For all their hard work, Holywood unfortunately were edged in all 3 of their games but their attitude and application were excellent and they did themselves and their school proud.

A great day of football overall with plenty to build on for the future games to come!

SQUAD: Cameron, Benjamin, Joshua P, Matthew, Ruan, Luke, Oliver, Zak and Ben (C).